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Brasse bronze
It seems UniSA architecture graduate Lothar Brasse has another string to his
bow. The Magill campus library has just acquired a bronze bust of famous
Australian author and namesake of the library, Colin Thiele, which is the work
of Brasse. The sculpture was fixed in the library foyer in April as another
permanent tribute to former head of UniSA’s antecedent college and author whose
books have been read and loved by millions of children around the world.
Marketing success recognised
UniSA’s top marketing students are being recognised with a series of awards this month. The School of Marketing and the Marketing Students Association have organised awards for the top student in each of last year’s marketing courses. Marketing Students Association president Hayley Barich said support from sponsors had made the awards possible. “Strong support from a wide range of companies involved in marketing has enabled us to make an award to the top student in each undergraduate marketing course for the first time in many years,” she said. A cocktail evening and awards presentation was held this month.
Postgraduate
excellence
Excellence in postgraduate studies was recognised at the Students’
Association annual awards recently. More than 150 staff and students attended
the event at City East campus, which recognised staff and students for their
contribution to the UniSA postgraduate community. The overall Research Student
of the Year was Anna Hickey-Moody (pictured), from the Division of Education,
Arts and Social Sciences (EASS). The runner-up was
Mahinda Pathegama, from the Division of Information Technology Engineering
and the Environment (ITEE). Peter Quinn, from Electrical and Information
Engineering, was named Coursework Student of the Year. The runner-up was Bob
Smart, of Computer and Information Science. The Best Research Students of
the Year were: David Haley, of the Institute for Telecommunications
Research, Sarah Jay from EASS, Nikolaos Vogiatzis from ITEE, Pamela Alde
from Health Sciences and Tim Rodgers from Business.
Beyond
the boundaries
The Cheung Kong Endeavour program is not only helping postgraduates to travel
and research, it has also allowed three UniSA undergraduates to spread their
wings. The students Rohan Fleetwood, journalism/international
studies (pictured); Kim Khanh Vien, occupational therapy; and Lisa Crannage,
international business/international studies have all won scholarships to
study in Hong Kong. They will be studying with UniSA partner institutions,
the Hong Kong Baptist University, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and
the Chinese University Hong Kong. The students each received a $5,000
scholarship to support their travel and accommodation for the semester
placement. Each student received a special plaque at the ceremony to
announce the scholarships enscribed with a Chinese proverb that captures the
spirit of the Cheung Kong Endeavour program - “learning has no boundaries”.
The closing date for the 2005 applications for these scholarships is August
12 and more information is available online at: www.dest.gov.au/sectors/
international _education/programmes_funding/programme_categories/international_scholarships_exchanges/