Art Knight, dean of Arts, presents the University Prize in Arts to Lynn Elizabeth McLeod of Saskatoon during Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium.

Bio/Historical Note: "Some troubling questions have been raised over the awarding of the prestigious President's Medal at the Univresity of Saskatchewan. Each year the award is given to the top undergraduate at Fall convocation. the university's awards bulletin states that the medal is given to the most distinguished undergranduate of the year taking into consideration both scholarship and leadership...This year's award was given to Cyprian Enweani who represented Canada at the last Olympics [1988] and is active in local anti-drug campaigns. Enweani graduated with a grade point average 12 points higher. Subcommittee chair, Professor Ivo Lambi, resigned his position on the wards subcommittee because he felt that the award was given without proper consideration of academic achievement. Others on campus feel there are other reasons for McLeod not being awarded the medal.

Award questioned [University of Saskatchewan President's Medal to top undergraduate student bypassed runner-up, Lynn McLeod, who had average 12 points higher than winner; some felt that award was denied to McLeod because she had listed on application her involvement in gay/lesbian community; etc.].

Douglas R. Cherry, Dean of Arts, presents Lorna Mae Sjolie with the Copland Prize in Arts as top graduate at Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium.

Newton Haslam, Dean of Arts, presents the Copland Prize in Arts to Sandra Joan Crooks at spring Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium. J.W.T. Spinks (left), University President, and R.W. Begg, Saskatoon Campus Principal, applaud the winner.

Newton Haslam, Dean of Arts, presents the Copland Prize in Arts to Donna Gay McInnis of North Battleford at the Diamond Jubilee Spring Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium.

Newton Haslam, dean of Arts, presents the University Prize to Lyle Richard Mallett, BEd, at Convocation held in Physical Education gymnasium.

Doug Cherry, dean of Arts, presents the University Prize in Arts to Gertrude Elizabeth Story at Convocation and Installation of Dr. Leo F. Kristjanson as University President. Dignitaries in academic robes applaud in background.

Bio/Historical Note: Gertrude E. Story (née Wudrick) was born 19 September 1929 and grew up in a German Lutheran farming environment at Bergheim, Saskatchewan, close to Sutherland. Her early years formed the background to much of her writing. Starting in the early 1950s Story developed her craft as a freelance writer and broadcaster. Her works include adult and children’s fiction, poetry, radio plays, commentary and non-fiction. For many years she entertained CBC Radio audiences with her literary reports from her home in Vanscoy, southwest of Saskatoon. An active member of the Saskatchewan Writers Guild, her poetry and stories have appeared in a variety of publications across the country. In 1980 her first volume of poetry, The Book of Thirteen, was published, followed a year later with a collection of stories, The Way to Always Dance. Other major publications include After Sixty: Going Home; Black Swan; Counting Two; How to Saw Wood With An Angel; It Never Pays To Laugh Too Much; and The Last House on Main Street. In addition to her writing and radio work, Story has devoted much of her time to teaching the craft to others through workshops and writer-in-residence programs throughout the province. In 1981, at the age of 52, she received her BA at the University of Saskatchewan, convocating as the most distinguished graduate and receiving the university's Arts Prize and the President's Medal. She also was a recipient of the Saskatchewan Culture & Youth Poetry Prize, a CBC Radio Literary Award, and the Saskatchewan Writers' Guild Children's Literature Award. Story was very much appreciated by her peers. During her lifetime, Story was set alongside the likes of Szumigalski, Layton, Vanderhaeghe, and Mitchell in terms of the significance of her contributions to Canadian, prairie, and in particular Saskatchewan literature. Gertrude Story died 18 January 2014 in Weyburn, Saskatchewan.