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Welcome from the VC
Professor Paul Clark, Vice-Chancellor, SCUWelcome to the August issue of Discover SCU and, in particular, welcome to all our new students who are starting their studies with us this semester. This is our largest ever intake of students mid-year ... more
News & Features
ANZ scholarship targets Indigenous students

ANZ and Southern Cross University have joined forces to provide increased opportunities for Indigenous students through a new $15,000 scholarship. The ANZ Indigenous Undergraduate Scholarship will be available in 2008 to an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander student enrolling in any three-year... [more]
Tourism students receive awards

Southern Cross University students scooped four out of 12 tourism and hospitality awards presented by the NSW Minister for Tourism, Matt Brown. The Student Achievement Awards were presented to the state’s outstanding hospitality and tourism students studying at either TAFE... [more]
Australian Synchrotron

Southern Cross University is a member of the NSW consortium which has contributed to the funding of the new Australian Synchrotron – a large-scale science research centre that opened last month in Melbourne. A synchrotron is a large machine (about the... [more]
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Meet the Staff at SCU:

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National awards recognise excellence in teaching

Southern Cross University’s innovative teaching methods and excellence in student support services have been recognised in the prestigious national 2007 Carrick Awards.

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No time for fishing

Pat Ellis After more than 30 years teaching in places as diverse Nhulunbuy, on the edge of Arnhem Land and Giang Zhou in China, Pat Ellis was just about ready to retire and go fishing.

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Students star for SCU

Student stars Eight students had a taste of stardom when they participated in the filming of a new television campaign for Southern Cross University.

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STOMP out the abuse now

STOMP“We hear your cries, we share your pain and we are going to do everything we possibly can to stop abuse happening,” is the message a group of Masters students at Gnibi College of Indigenous Australian Peoples are sending the abused children of Australia and the adults who suffered abuse as children.

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Carly heads to Africa

Carly Bindon Southern Cross University Bachelor of Naturopathy student Carly Bindon (pictured) is hoping to learn more about natural remedies used in South Africa while she does a six month volunteer program there.

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Kokoda Challenge teams do us proud

Kokoda Challenge Team Battling fatigue and struggling to keep awake and upright through the middle of a cold winter’s night was the hardest thing about taking part in the 96 km Kokoda Challenge endurance marathon for Cameron Phillips.

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Julie's dream now a reality

Julie Barratt Julie Barratt has achieved a remarkable goal she set for herself when she started university – she has opened her own gallery after completing her Bachelor of Visual Arts degree at Southern Cross University.

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Bangladeshi students win scholarships

Bangladeshi Students By Melissa Sanghera, a Southern Cross University Bachelor of Media student

Two Bangladeshi students, from the country’s Indigenous minority, have won groundbreaking government-funded scholarships to study at Southern Cross University.

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Internships take students all over the world

Hotel School Paid internships in locations such as the United Kingdom, Canada, Hayman Island and the Northern Territory are par for the course for Southern Cross University tourism and hospitality students at The Hotel School Sydney.

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Hayley’s hard work is rewarded

Hayley Skone Southern Cross University administrative assistant and young Mum, Hayley Skone knows the value of hard work and now has a prestigious award to prove it.

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Bundjalung Dreaming meets European history

Bundjalung Dreaming Black history proudly interweaves with European history at Riverside Park, Lismore. Huge colourful interpretive panels tell the integrated story of the settlement of the Northern Rivers region in an innovative project which is showcasing reconciliation to communities across Australia.

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Postcard to home

Natalie Wojtarowicz Natalie Wojtarowicz has followed her heart across the world, swapping the bustling University of Vienna for the intimate Tweed Gold Coast campus.

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Focus on: Iraq war

Dr Richard Hil By Dr Richard Hil, senior lecturer in the School of Arts and Social Sciences at Southern Cross University. Dr Hil is also Associate Director of the University’s Centre for Peace and Social Justice and Director of the Bellingen Institute.

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Updated: 13 August 2007