Business and Economics faculty awards high achievers
The seventh annual awards evening for the Faculty of Business and Economics at Monash Berwick was held on Wednesday, 30 May 2007.
About 160 guests, including the Guest Speaker, Councillor Colin Butler, Mayor, City of Casey, Councillors Hetherton and Morland, City of Casey, Professor Phil Steele, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Coordination) & Academic Director, Berwick & Peninsula, Professor Tony Dingle, Associate Dean, Education, Professor Mike Ewing, Head, Department of Marketing, Associate Professor Helen Anderson, Head, Business Law and Taxation, Professor Robert Brooks, Head, Faculty of Business and Economics, Berwick and Peninsula, local business members, staff members, student award winners and their families and guests attended the evening.
Entertainment was provided by the St Frances Xavier Jazz Band. Photographs were taken by Peter Krueger, from the Department of Accounting and Finance. The MC for the evening was Danny Khoury, Deputy Head, Faculty of Business and Economics at Berwick.
There were 38 awards presented to Business and Economics students on the evening. .
Sponsors
The Awards Evening would not have been possible without the generous support from our sponsors. Five local businesses have been sponsoring the Berwick Business and Economics Awards since the first award ceremony in 2002:
Casey Business Lawyers, Casey Business Development Group, JSP & Partners, Results Based Business Consultants, Jetset Travel Berwick. Most of the other sponsors have been sponsoring the awards evening since 2002:
Thomson Learning, John Wiley & Sons, Elsevier Australia, Media Monitors, Pearson Education, CPA Australia, LexisNexis, Lawbook Co & ATP, CCH Australia, Office of the Academic Director, Berwick, Monash Tourism Research Unit, Department of Economics, Monash University, Faculty of Business & Economics Berwick,
The Rotary Club of Berwick has sponsored an award for the last three years. Victorian Trades Hall Council sponsored their first award this year.
Students
Many of the 38 students winning awards this year live in local areas such as Berwick, Endeavour Hills, Belgrave, Emerald, Narre Warren South, Silvan, Dandenong, Hallam, Pakenham, Beaconsfield, and Langwarrin.
The winners were:
Aishwarya Singh (Won an award last year)
Brendan James
Brittney Johnston
Dedi Sumantri Abdul Hamid (Won three awards this year)
Elise Camenzuli
Elvira Hilton Belgrave (Won an award last year)
Helen Cusworth
Jessica Rominger (Won three awards this year)
Kenneth Tsang (Won an award last year)
Mace Rushgrove
Matt Spencer
Melinda Dziedziv
Michael Van Hoek
Ming Yan Wong
Nicole Abbott
Pamila Fernando
Paul Ulloa
Priya Kaur Sidhu
Rita Jennings (Won awards last three years)
Sabrina Jackson
Seok Ching Tan
Simone Daniels (Won an award last year)
Stojanka Andric
Susan Rodrigues
Trudie Timothy (Won awards last three years)
Vanessa Scandizzo
Wen Jun Lai
Luke Askew
Danielle White
Stephen Corney
Nur Altun
Casey Winter Arts Program at Monash Berwick
The Faculty of Information Technology will host a multimedia exhibition as part of the Casey Winter Arts Program.
The exhibition evening, which is free to the public, will feature 3D animations and short films by graduate and current students of Monash University Berwick.
The event will take place on Friday the 20th July from 8pm-9pm in lecture theatre G121, building 903.
Please visit the Casey Winter Arts Program for more information.
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Sarah wins Herb Thomas Memorial Trust award
Monash Berwick Communication Honours student Sarah Gorman was recently awarded the Herb Thomas Memorial Trust Award by the Rotary Club of Pakenham, and the City of Casey.
The award perpetuates the memory of the late Herb Thomas who was the proprietor and editor of the Pakenham Gazette.
Sarah received a certificate and a $1200 cheque for being the most outstanding journalism student at Monash University, Berwick.
"I was really surprised and honoured to receive the award," Sarah said. "I was flattered just to be nominated, so winning was awesome."
Sarah plans to use her prize to fund a trip to London next year to further her writing aspirations.
"My goal is to work in magazine publishing, but I would like to gain experience as a journalist in other media too," she said.
Sarah commends the Herb Thomas Memorial Trust for supporting creative industries and for providing her with a competitive edge.
Campus welcomes new students
Monash University Berwick welcomed its new intake of students beginning their studies in semester two.
Campus staff greeted the students in an official Welcome Ceremony. Students enjoyed morning tea before learning all about how to use the library and IT services on campus.
MUBS provided a barbecue lunch and current students took their new counterparts on a campus tour. Academic orientation filled the afternoon so that students could familiarise themselves with life at Monash Berwick.
Campus staff would like to extend a warm welcome to our new students and hope their experience studying at Monash Berwick is an enjoyable one.
NAIDOC celebrations at Monash Berwick
Monash University will officially celebrate NAIDOC Week during the first week of semester two, July 16th - 20th 2007.
NAIDOC celebrations are held around Australia in July to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
NAIDOC originally stood for ‘National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee’. This committee was once responsible for organising national activities during NAIDOC Week and its acronym has become the name of the week itself.
The week is celebrated not just in the Indigenous community, but also in increasing numbers of government agencies, schools, local councils and workplaces.
The Berwick campus wil mark the occasion with a didgeridoo concert in the foyer of building 901 on Tuesday 17th July from 1pm - 2pm.
There will also be a special free lunchtime screening of the film, Rabbit Proof Fence from 12pm-2pm on Thursday 19th July in lecture theatre G.43 in building 901.
For more information please contact Karen Petersen on 9904 7005 or karen.petersen@adm.monash.edu.au