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Alumni Achievers

Our alumni is made up of a diverse group of talented, dynamic graduates and staff of the University. We celebrated our Alumni Achievers at the 2011 Alumni Awards in September.

A total of eight Alumni Awards were presented to graduates from across the world recognising their outstanding achievements.

Click below to see this year’s Alumni Award recipients, or click on a tab (to your left) to see the 2010-2011 Alumni Award finalists.

2011 Alumni Award Recipients


CONVOCATION MEDAL FOR PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE

THE NEWTON-JOHN AWARD

Dato' Ir Dr Abu Bakar Bin Jaafar

Environmental Scientist and Maritime Expert, Malaysia

    

Ms Julie Squires

Resident Artist,
The Gasworks Art Park,
Victoria,
Australia

Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) 1973

Master of Fine Art 2006
Graduate Diploma in Art 1996
Bachelor of Arts (Visual Arts) 1994

 

ALUMNI AWARD FOR
INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP (jointly awarded)

ALUMNI AWARD FOR
INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP (jointly awarded)

Mr Peter Tay

Corporate Advisor,
Singapore

Dr Andrew Mears

Principal Consultant
Majority World Technology Ltd
New South Wales,
Australia

Bachelor of Engineering (Industrial) (Hons) 1972
Bachelor of Arts (Economics) 1973

Bachelor of Electrical Engineering 1987
Master of Engineering 1993

 

ALUMNI AWARD FOR
NATIONAL LEADERSHIP

ALUMNI AWARD FOR
EXCEPTIONAL COMMUNITY SERVICE

Ms Denise Goldsworthy

Managing Director,
Dampier Salt Ltd; and Managing Director, HIsmelt Corporation.
Rio Tinto,
Western  Australia

Associate Professor
Pauline Chiarelli

Australia's first Physiotherapist Continence Advisor

Bachelor of Metallurgy (Hons Class 1) and University Medal 1989

PhD - 2001
Masters of Medical Science (Health Promotion) 1997
Graduate Diploma Health Social Sciences
(Health Promotion) 1993

 

 

ALUMNI AWARD FOR REGIONAL LEADERSHIP (jointly awarded)

ALUMNI AWARD FOR REGIONAL LEADERSHIP (jointly awarded)

Captain Mohammed
Faiz bin Kamaludin

Captain
- Malaysian Airlines
Malaysian astronaut candidate,
Malaysia

Dr Anne Wakatama

Chief Medical Officer - Royal Flying Doctor Service, South Eastern Section, Broken Hill,
New South Wales, Australia

Master of Aviation Management 2011

 

Bachelor of Medicine 1983

 

 

INDIGENOUS ALUMNI AWARD

YOUNG ALUMNI AWARD

Dr Sarah McEwan

Rural general practitioner
working in
Indigenous health, Western Australia

Dr Nikola Bowden

University of Newcastle Researcher.
Improved diagnosis
and treatment of cancer

NH & MRC Training Post-Doctoral Fellow
The University of Newcastle, Australia

Bachelor of Medicine 2004

PhD - Medical Genetics 2006
Bachelor of Biomedical Science (Hons) 2001
Bachelor of Biomedical Science 2000