Meet Student Leader Taylor Hummel

Nipissing University is pleased to have recognized Taylor Hummel from North Bay with the Dave Marshall Leadership Award, one of it's most prestigious accolades.

Annually, 25 full-time students are recognized with a Dave Marshall Leadership Award. These students have made an outstanding extracurricular contribution to their academic program, to the campus, or to the greater community. They have demonstrated leadership, initiative, commitment, and an ability to motivate and influence others toward the betterment of Nipissing University.

This award is a prestigious, non-monetary award in recognition of the dedication and leadership Dr. Dave Marshall demonstrated during his 18 years of consecutive service as the Dean of Education and President and Vice Chancellor of Nipissing University. Dr. Marshall’s tenure at Nipissing University is a reflection of his commitment to higher education, vision for the future, and leadership in external community service. These were all characteristics reflective of Dr. Marshall’s position at Nipissing University and are qualities embodied in the students chosen for this award.

Taylor is working towards a Bachelor of Business Administration with a stream in Marketing.

Taylor has demonstrated her leadership in academics through her roles as a Teaching Assistant, Research Assistant, and Classroom Contributor. She has been involved with a research project investigating organic produce consumption patterns in Canada. This led to the acceptance of a co-authored paper by the 2019 Academy of Marketing Science World Marketing Congress Conference in Edinburg, Scotland. She has also successfully represented the university at the WinCan Ontario Project with The Knowledge Management Institute of Canada at York University’s, Lassonde School of Engineering. In this capacity, Taylor worked with academic and workplace partners to build a more innovative workforce in Canada by targeting post-secondary students and employees in the public, private, and social sectors.

Taylor is a three-time recipient of the Nipissing University Business Community's School of Business Leadership Award, nominated by her peers. She has shown leadership as Manager of Operations for the 2018 Lakers Break the Ice on Mental Health event, and at the 2017 Northern Ontario Business Case Competition at Algoma University. Taylor has also planned career development workshops for her peers on topics such as proper business resume writing, and networking skills. In these roles, she showed incredible creativity, a capacity to elevate her peers, and the ability to inspire others to achieve excellence.

After graduation, Taylor plans to return home to Ottawa to pursue employment in marketing.

The university community congratulates Taylor on her Dave Marshall Leadership Award in the Academic Category!