UniSA Alumni
Kellie
CampbellKellie is a Senior Designer with Parallax Design in Adelaide. In 2010 she was the only Australian designer to win a coveted position on the prestigious Young Guns List from the International Art Directors Club (ADC).
In her final year of completing a Bachelor of Visual Communication (Graphic Design) at UniSA, Kellie was awarded Best Graduate from the Australian Graphic Design Association and the Design Institute of Australia.
Over the last seven years Kellie has been with Parallax, she has won numerous design awards for her work, including the Adelaide Advertising and Design Club Gold Chair in 2008.
Kellie is currently the Vice President of the Australian Graphic Design Association's South Australian Chapter.
Barbara
HarknessHarkness Design was founded in 1990 after Barbara had successfully completed a Bachelor of Visual Communication at UniSA. Originally, it was never her intention to specialise in wine label design, but she is now regarded as one of the top wine label designers in Australia. As a consultant for the first ten years, Barbara was instrumental in the creation of boutique brands and labels with innovative designs, such as: Majella, Cape Jaffa, Tatachilla, Tamar Ridge and Cockatoo Ridge, to name just a few.
After the first wine marketing conference held in Adelaide in 1999, Barbara initiated the idea of selling 'off the shelf designs' in an effort to help producers gain access to export markets. This became a separate company called 'Just Add Wine' with the first concept to sell being the now infamous 'Yellow Tail,' a brand which has made history in the industry as being the most successful ever launched.
Barbara's lateral thinking and being pro-active has turned round, the way the industry approached wine label design. After being a full-time mother for 12 years, Barbara has demonstrated how a determined individual can succeed in a very competitive market. In fact, not only succeed, but progress from a sole proprietor operating from home, to a studio with four designers. While Barbara still prides herself on her expertise in the wine industry she has now expanded into other areas of corporate design.
Megan
LloydAfter graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, Megan started as a third year cadet before heading overseas.
Returning to Adelaide the same time The News closed in 1992, Megan was forced to resort to casual journalism work to pay the bills.
Eleven years later, she was still working in Adelaide, and found herself as the Chief-of Staff at The Sunday Mail. Eighteen months later, Megan was appointed the Editor-in-Chief of Messenger Newspapers.
During her time at the Messenger, Megan was instrumental in launching the glossy magazine Adelaide Matters.
Megan is now the Editor of The Sunday Mail.
Rosanna
MangiarelliAfter graduating in 1997 with a Bachelor of Arts (Journalism), Rosanna did work experience at Central Television in Port Pirie where she earned herself her first full time job in journalism. She stayed there for eighteen months before moving onto Tasmania with the ABC and then onto Adelaide.
At the ABC Adelaide newsroom, Rosanna was involved in presenting, reporting and producing and from there moved onto presenting a national news service with a subsidiary of the ABC called Asia Pacific.
Rosanna moved to Channel 7 in 2004, initially doing some presenting and producing before being named as Adelaide's new host of Today Tonight.
Rosanna feels privileged to have interviewed a number of international, national and state identities - some of her highlights include: boxing great Muhammed Ali, Anzac hero Alec Campbell (who was Australia's last surviving Gallipoli veteran) and award-winning writer Max Fatchen.
Some other career highlights for Rosanna include reporting on the 2003 Baxter Detention Centre riots, covering the Kapunda Road Royal Commission, travelling to Los Angeles to read news for Seven's Sunrise and hosting local magazine program, Adelaide Weekender. Rosanna is also a regular presenter on Discover, Seven's local tourism program.
Rebecca
MorseRebecca Morse was born in Adelaide and educated at Blackwood High School, before completing a degree in Journalism at the University of South Australia.
In 1998 Rebecca won a cadetship with the ABC in Adelaide and embarked on successful postings in Port Pirie, Darwin and Brisbane.
She returned home to Adelaide in 2002, as a senior reporter and presenter for ABC TV and radio news.
Rebecca was a 2004 Walkley Award finalist in the TV news category for her series of exclusive reports on the sex abuse scandal in the Anglican Church.
She was named South Australian Journalist of the Year in 2005.
Rebecca joined Network Ten in March 2006 to present Adelaide's Ten News at Five with George Donikian.
She is married to TEN journalist James Wakelin and they have two daughters, Grace and Milla.
Nyrell
PattelNyrell Pattel GDMHScTCMH, GDICFT, MSScC, PhD candidate is the Executive Program Director/Therapist at the Australian First Nations Academy for Cultural Family Therapy and Counselling. As Bidjarra/Kari woman, Nyrell is the Founder and President of the Australian First Nations Cultural Family Therapist and Counsellors Association. She is a member of the International Counselling Association, Australian Counselling Association and the Federation of Psychotherapists and Counsellors of Queensland to which she is the Indigenous representative on the Board of Directors.
Nyrell Pattel is an Aboriginal therapist, curriculum writer, trainer and workplace assessor who has over twenty-seven years of working experience within the health and community service field. Nyrell was the first Aboriginal to graduate with Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Sciences (Transcultural Mental Health) from the Victorian Transcultural Psychiatry Unit, University of Melbourne. She was also the first Aboriginal to graduate from the School of Psychology, University of South Australia with a Masters in Social Science (Counselling). Nyrell is currently a PhD candidate with the University of Tasmania.
In 1995, Nyrell developed the Bachelor in Indigenous Psychology and an Advanced Diploma in Aboriginal Community Healing Practices. She has also co-authored post graduated Diploma in Aboriginal Counselling for La Trobe University and participated in the development of a CD Rom teaching tool for external students under taking studies in the Graduate Diploma in Mental health Sciences (Transcultural Mental Health) with the Victorian Transcultural Psychiatry Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Melbourne University.
Emma
RebellatoEmma Rebellato is a Journalist with the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC). Emma made a name for herself, copping stick and working through the pain of early mornings on breakfast at Nova 919. She also freelances in TV news and emcees various functions around Adelaide. She was the breakfast newsreader since Nova's inception in 2004, interacting with the brekky announcers and sometimes reading the news live on-location at special events. She's even had a puppy dog named after her, from an avid listener!
The seed of journalism was planted back in high school. Emma realised her passion was in public speaking - and broadcast journalism beckoned. While in school, Emma started volunteer work at a community radio station, and then completed a Bachelor of Arts (journalism) degree at UniSA in 1998. She quickly found work in the Riverland at 5RM/MagicFM as a newsreader and announcer. Within a year, she had moved back to Adelaide to work at Fiveaa - Nova's sister station. During her time there, Emma covered events such as the protests at Baxter Detention Centre, and Snowtown murder trial.
Sister Judith Redden AOSr Judith Redden is a distinguished educator and a courageous champion for the disadvantaged in our community. She has won several prestigious awards and is highly respected in educational, religious and business communities at local and international levels.
Sr Judith Redden was awarded the title of Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 2002 for service to education, particularly through the promotion of educational opportunities for girls, to children from refugee families and students from lower socio-economic backgrounds, and for promoting the development of programs to encourage professional development for teachers.
Sr Judith Redden is a Fellow of the Australian College of Education (FACE), a title awarded to her for service to the education of disadvantaged students (1968). In 2004 the Asia Pacific Business Council for Women awarded her the status of Woman of Distinction.
Sr Judith Redden was appointed as Principal of St Aloysius College in 1983. As a former student and teacher at the College, she has experienced all aspects of life at St Aloysius College.
Sr Judiths initial qualification (Diploma of Teaching- Primary) was awarded by the University of South Australia (Adelaide College of Advanced Education) in 1968. In her continuing professional studies, Sr Judith Redden specialised in Education Administration continuing her studies at the University of South Australia (Adelaide CAE) where she was awarded a Graduate Certificate in Educational Administration in 1975. She was awarded a Master of Educational Administration Degree from Flinders University in 1980 and a Master of Arts Degree in Urban Education from the University of London in 1981. She is currently engaged in the Professional Doctorate program at Flinders University, South Australia.
During her distinguished educational career, Sr Judith Redden has served as a teacher, Primary School Principal and Supervisor of South Australian Catholic Schools Program as a member of the Catholic Education Office in Adelaide. In 1986 the Australian College of Education recognised her efforts on behalf of disadvantaged schools by admitting her as a Fellow of the College (FACE).
Rachael Sporn Rachael Sporn typifies the Australian Sporting hero. Like every hero the story must start somewhere; for Rachael her journey to become one of Australias most recognisable female basketball players began in the Victorian countryside as a junior at the age of nine.
Her swag of sporting achievements make impressive reading. Just a few include membership in the Australian National Team since 1989 where she played 304 games for her country. Her proudest achievements are reserved for her part in the Australian Olympic Opals basketball teams Bronze Medal at the 1996 Atlanta Games, Silver Medal at the 2000 Sydney Games and Silver Medal at the 2004 Athens Games.
Success has not just followed Rachael internationally, but also locally where she has become the face of South Australian womens basketball as captain of the Adelaide Quit Lightning Team. Praise too has echoed across the nation when she was named a dual winner of the WNBLs Most Valuable Player and her induction into the Australian Sporting Hall of Fame in 1996.
The many years of hard effort and toil for Rachael has culminated in her recruitment to the Detroit Shock in the American WNBA for the 1998, 1999 and 2001 seasons. The level of competition in America is intense but Rachael has always risen to the challenge. Perhaps Rachaels success is due to her passion for sport, not content just to play sport, taking on the rigours of university at the University of South Australia doing Secondary Physical Education and Mathematics.
A new chapter in Rachaels life has begun with the arrival of daughter Teja in August 2002 and son Kade in July 2006. Retirement from basketball came after the Athens Olympics in 2004. Rachael loves motherhood and is enjoying the challenge of being a mum and still striving for her dreams in life.
Bill
SpurrBill has had an eclectic career, which began in education after qualifying with a Diploma of Teaching from UniSA. He had a stint in production management before switching to a successful career in hospitality and tourism which now spans some 20 years.
Today, Bill is Chair of the Education Adelaide Board and on a number of other Boards including the Adelaide Festival Trust, The Adelaide Entertainment Centre, and the Sealink Travel Group of Companies. In June 2007 Bill retired as Chief Executive of the South Australian Tourism Commission and over the past five years his dedication and passion have been instrumental in achieving both growth and potential for South Australia nationally and internationally. Previously, as Chief Executive Australian Major Events AME, he overturned the seemingly adverse position of losing the Grand Prix to Victoria to a positive one. As a result, we now proudly host: the Tour Down Under, Tasting Australia and the World Solar Challenge.
In addition, Bill's expertise was employed to successfully promote Adelaide and SA as a convention and meetings destination while he was Executive Director of The Adelaide Convention and Tourism Authority. As Chair of the World Police and Fire Games 2007 Corporation Bill lead a very talented team that staged what to date is the largest event ever held in South Australia.
Bill is enthused about the tremendous opportunities that tourism offers graduates both locally and internationally. He is a strong advocate for young people to maximise their opportunities in this field, as he holds the very positive belief in the future directions and possibilities of tourism in South Australia.
Sally Sara
AMSally grew up in Port Broughton South Australia and received her Bachelor of Arts (Communication Studies) from UniSA in 1992.
In 2008 Sally became the first woman appointed as the ABC's South Asia correspondent and she is currently Afghanistan Correspondent.
Sally was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in January 2011 for service to journalism and to the community as a foreign correspondent raising awareness of international issues and as a reporter on rural Australia.
She grew up in a small town of Port Broughton in rural South Australia and started her career at a community radio station at Bourke in outback New South Wales. In 1993, Sally started with the ABC as a rural reporter, before joining the flagship national radio current affairs programs AM, PM and The World Today, working in Melbourne and Canberra.
In 2000, at the age of 29, Sally was the first woman appointed to the ABC's Africa bureau. She spent five years based there and has reported from more than 25 countries including Iraq, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Lebanon.
Sally spent more than six months travelling solo across Africa in 2005 to write a book on African women. 'Gogo Mamma - A journey into the lives of twelve African women' was published by Pan Macmillan Australia in July 2007.
Sally also won a UN Media Peace Award, was a finalist in the Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism, was named Queensland Journalist of the Year, South Australian Young Journalist of the Year and won the British Prize for Journalism. In 2007, she was awarded the International Women's Media Foundation Elizabeth Neuffer fellowship for human rights journalism.
Hossein ValamaneshIranian-born artist Hossein Valamanesh has become one of the country's most significant contemporary artists. Born and raised in Tehran, he graduated from the School of Fine Art in Tehran in 1970.
He migrated to Australia in 1973 aged 24, and commenced further studies in visual arts at the South Australian School of Art at University of South Australia, graduating in 1975.
He has exhibited frequently in Australia and overseas including Germany, Poland, Finland and Japan. A monograph tracing his life's work and philosophy, titled Hossein Valamanesh, Out of nothingness, was recently published by Wakefield Press with essays by University of South Australia's lecturers, Mary Knights and Ian North.
Hossein has completed a number of major public art commissions, including collaborations with Angela Valamanesh, include An Gorta Mor, memorial to the Great Irish Famine, Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney; 14 Pieces on North Terrace, in Adelaide and the most recent of which is Ginkgo Gate, a new western entrance to the Botanic Gardens, Adelaide.
He has received numerous awards including the Australia Council Residency in Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, 1991, and an Australia Council Fellowship in 1998. His work is included in most major public Australian art collections.
In 2007 Hossein completed a residency at Aomori Contemporary Art Center in Japan and a number of his works were shown in Prism, Contemporary Art from Australia at the Bridgestone Art Museum, Tokyo.
In collaboration with Brink Productions, Andrew Bovell and Quinton Grant he completed the stage design for When the Rain Stops Falling that was first performed in 2008 Adelaide Festival of Arts.
He lives and works in Adelaide, South Australia and is represented by Greenaway Art Gallery in Adelaide.
Sandra
Winter-DewhirstSandra is State Director SA, Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Sandra, who holds degrees in Arts and Journalism has many years experience in radio in South Australia. She joined the ABC in 1989 as a producer, and in 1990 was appointed Executive Producer for ABC Regional Production. Since 1997 she has been Program Director for ABC 891 Adelaide.
In her time with ABC radio she has been instrumental in forging strong links with various community groups and taking local radio out among the listeners.
