January 2012
Welcome from the VC
Welcome to our first issue of Discover SCU for 2012. It will be an exciting year for Southern Cross University as we expand our newest campus at the southern end of the Gold Coast and continue to enhance our facilities at Lismore and Coffs Harbour. We are also planning for a number of new courses in 2013 to provide additional opportunities for students in our footprint and beyond.
Southern Cross University has more than 44,000 alumni spread across the globe and we encourage all our graduates to keep in touch.
For 2012, the Southern Cross Business School is offering an exclusive Alumni Masters Scholarship worth $1980 to all Southern Cross University graduate Alumni.
The scholarship is available for all Alumni who enrol in a postgraduate Masters by coursework degree offered through the Southern Cross Business School
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SCU helping save livelihoods of sea cucumber fishers
Lined up beside the majestic whale or the graceful dolphin, sea cucumbers could easily be dismissed as one of the less significant creatures of the sea.
But with threats to their numbers causing the closure of some Pacific fisheries and the subsequent loss of coastal livelihoods, Dr Steven Purcell from the University's School of Environmental Science and Management recently organised the inaugural Sea Cucumber Fisheries: an Ecosystem Approach to Management in the Pacific conference (SCEAM Pacific, for short) at Nadi in Fiji.
World musicians open Woodford festival
The inaugural Ethno Australia culminated with a rousing performance in front of a pulsating crowd of 20,000 people at the Woodford Folk Festival in late December.
New options for education students
Changes to Southern Cross University's Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood) will give students the opportunity to teach across primary, from kindergarten to Year 6, in addition to early childhood and infants.
Whale researchers honoured with international award
Like the whales they have studied for decades, Wally and Trish Franklin migrate to Queensland's Hervey Bay each winter to do research in the unique East Coast whale sanctuary.
Primary students discover the magic of numbers
Two Southern Cross University academics are on a mission to unlock primary school students' passion for mathematics.
Reluctant hero reaches out to other Samaritans
Sally Gregory likes to be called a Good Samaritan, rather than a hero. It's just that calling her a Good Samaritan is akin to calling Hermitage Grange a decent drop of red wine – unflattering.
Sudanese refugee out to make a difference
After fleeing Sudan at the age of 16, leaving his mother and nine siblings behind, George Makuac Mading Mou is now helping other refugees struggling to adjust to life in a new country and is hoping one day to return to his homeland.
Updated: 12 January 2012