| Welcome from the VC |
 Welcome to our June issue of Discover SCU. The months are slipping away quickly and I’m sure that many of our students will be looking forward to a well-earned break from their studies at the end of this month ... more |
| News & Features |
Students to benefit from library resources
Secondary school students in Years 11 and 12 can now get a head start on their research and assignments by utilising the resources at Southern Cross University’s Lismore campus library.
The new School Access Program was officially launched at the University... [more] |
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| Southern Cross University unveils master plan for Gold Coast campus |
The master plan for the new Southern Cross University Gold Coast campus, incorporating environmentally-friendly design and state-of-the-art technology, has been unveiled by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Paul Clark.  Read the full article about the new Gold Coast campus
Dalai Lama honoured for humanitarian achievements |  | Southern Cross University has awarded His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso, an Honorary Doctorate in recognition of his humanitarian work and his advocacy of world peace.
Top Read the full article about the Dalai Lama |
Annette has a vision for her future |  | Having spent nearly all her life seeing only shadows as a result of a cancer when she was eight-months-old Annette Riny knows only too well the trauma associated with serious illness.
Top Read the full article about Annette Riny |
University supports Kokoda Challenge |  | Southern Cross University is the principal sponsor of this year’s Kokoda Challenge 2007 and will enter two teams, made up of staff and students, in the gruelling 96 kilometre event.
Top Read the full article about the Kokoda Challenge |
MBA fast-track to Dubai | | From flipping hamburgers in a fast-food restaurant to an executive posting in Dubai – Southern Cross University graduate Shane Beyer’s career progression is on the fast-track.
Top Read the full article about Shane Beyer |
Laptops for East Timor |  | When upgrading their laptops to newer models, Southern Cross University staff members are being encouraged to give them to a worthy cause – the East Timor Coffee Academy (ETICA).
Top Read the full article about East Timor |
International Centre for Excellence in Tourism and Hospitality Education |  | Southern Cross University’s Tweed Gold Coast campus now hosts one of only five International Centres of Excellence (ICEs) in Australia.
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Joining hands around the world |  | “We watch as our world struggles to understand the unrest that prevails and meditate on what we can do to ease the pain that we see around us. Now the time has come to join forces with the positive energy that has come together under the banner of ‘Hands Around the World’."
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Focus on: what it means to be Australian |  | By Jessica Rose, a first year student studying for the double degree Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Laws. Jessica was a runner-up in the national Advancing Australia Fairly Competition with this essay, titled ‘Embracing Diversity’ and won $1,000 for her efforts. The competition celebrated the World Day for Cultural Diversity, Dialogue and Development, held on May 21, 2007.
Top Read the full article about Jessica Rose |
Updated: 12 June 2007 |
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