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UK
Outstanding European Students 2007
Shanelle
Melvina Ruby Blair
 Shanelle
is a passionate student that comes from Aylesbury,
England, and is completing her last year at Sir Henry
Floyd Grammar School. Her great interest in sport
is demonstrated through her participation as a County
Standard athlete and netball player. She has been
awarded a Sports Leader Award, and has given back
to her community by acting as Sport Director for a
village school and by offering sporting opportunities
to disabled students. Following the programme in the
United States, she intends to study Business and Management
and hopes to go on to manage several businesses and
eventually run her own business one day.
Zali
Donaeva
 Zali
is a hardworking individual and has achieved remarkable
academic results as well as immersed herself fully
in social and cultural activities. Besides being an
exceptional student, Zali has devoted much of her
free time to charity work and to being a leader. She
is a peer mentor, School Prefect, and has been elected
as Form Representative at her College. After completing
her A-Levels she intends to obtain a degree in Financial
Economics, and later hopes to gain experience in a
fast-moving environment such as London or New York.
Christopher
Keating
 Christopher
is a second year student at the Sir John Cass Business
School at City University in London. He has been described
by his tutor as honest, enthusiastic, and pro-active.
His leadership skills have been strengthened through
his participation as a Student Ambassador for his
university, as Managing Director of a young enterprise
company known as ‘PULSE’, and through
his work with SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise).
Chris has responded to community issues through his
commendable environmental practices, and by his involvement
in creating a non-alcoholic ‘pub’. In
the future he hopes to attain a 1st in Business Studies
and in his words find ‘an enjoyable but rewarding
job’.
Jemma
Depala
 Jemma
is a compassionate and ambitious individual who is
deeply involved with her community. Through her charity
work for Global Volunteers Network, Millennium Volunteers,
Barnet Association for the Blind, and the North London
Hospice, she has been awarded the Edna James Cup for
Community Service and grants from The Prince’s
Trust and Barnet Council. Jemma will be in Uganda
early this summer volunteering with Hope for the Future.
Through this project, which has taken her over two
years to fundraise, she will be teaching English at
a school and working to help destitute children, widows,
orphans, and elderly suffering from HIV and AIDS.
In the future she hopes to gain a 1st in History at
Royal Holloway University of London, and demonstrate
her leadership by setting up a charity.
Nathan
Desmond Joseph Oliver
 Nathan
is a well-rounded medical student from Queen’s
University of Belfast in Northern Ireland. With his
interest in sport, he has been a part of the Queen’s
Rowing Team, Queen’s Water Polo Team, the Mountaineering
Society, and has been named Swimmer of the Year. Furthermore,
he has volunteered to coach younger members of the
swimming club and has achieved a coaching award for
this work. His dedication to help others is evident
through his provision of aid to children in Romania
and his participation in the Down Syndrome Association’s
‘SHOUT’ project. After completing his
degree in Medicine, he hopes to work for the WHO or
the UN within the area of Public Health in order to
help others in less fortunate countries.
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