Valedictorian Thomas Hepworth, Honours Physics Student

Valedictorian Thomas Hepworth will address graduates being conferred degrees in Science, as well as Business and Economics, on Thursday, June 12 at 2:30 p.m.

Thomas did not begin his studies at UWinnipeg as a physics major, but once he made the leap he never regretted it for a second, and worked hard to achieve his goals.

He had several UWinnipeg alumni in his life, which made attending UWinnipeg an easy choice. Now, Thomas is graduating with a 4-year honours Bachelor of Science in Physics, with several awards and scholarships under his belt.

This year, Thomas received the Sir William Stephenson Scholarship, the John A. Bulman Scholarship, the David R. Dyck Prize in history, the H.V Rutherford scholarship, the Donald Kerr Scholarship, and Academic Proficiency Scholarship.

He was the president of the Physics Student Association, and spent many hours with close friends in the physics student lounge.

His time at UWinnipeg passed very quickly for him, but Thomas made the most of each opportunity that arose.

Over the four summers of his undergrad, Thomas worked at CERN’s antimatter factory in Geneva, as well as at TRIUMF in Vancouver. These experiences changed the trajectory of his career and life path.

Now, he is doing a PhD in nuclear physics at the University of Heidelberg with a Max Planck Fellowship in Nuclear Physics. He is working on a neutron experiment, PanEDM at the Institute Laue Langevin in Grenoble, France.

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