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Sisters
in STEM
Major math
scholarship
adds up to
success for
Salma and
Sara Radwan
By Lisa Catterall
FOR MANY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS,
mathematics can be one of the hardest subjects
to master. But for Salma and Sara Radwan, math
is second nature.
The sisters are graduates of Eastglen High
School, where they each graduated with top
marks in math. Sara, who graduated in 2017, was
the first in the family to be awarded Edmonton
Community Foundation’s (ECF) Probert Math
Scholarship — an award of, at the time, $16,000
over four years for post-secondary studies in
engineering or a mathematics-related field. Today,
the award provides $20,000 over four years.
“When I was a couple of months into Grade
12, my teachers started seeing my grades and
telling me about the scholarship,” says Sara,
who remembers working hard to keep her math
grades up throughout the year. “I was so happy
and grateful when they announced who the
winner was.”
As Sara went on to complete her degree in
mechanical engineering at the University of
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