travel, live in different cities and meet as many people as you can.” “If you stay focused, good things will happen. Your life, career, people and experiences may sometimes take you on different paths than expected, but it is all part of the journey, so embrace it.”
NADIA DALY (2006) is the weekend news anchor and a weekday journalist with the ABC in the Northern Territory. At school, Nadia says she was a keen student but certainly not top of the class. “I did well in the subjects I enjoyed: English and Media Studies (though I now wish I’d
Above: Taylor Caudle (2015).
TAYLOR CAUDLE (2015) has been named in the eleven-member signing class for the Wisconsin Women’s Rowing Team that will join the University of Wisconsin Badgers for the 2016–17 season led by head coach, Bebe Bryans, and assistant coach, Nancy LaRocque.
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When asked how she felt about receiving this award, Ady said, “I felt incredibly
Nadia Daly in the ABC Studios.
Ady Elmitt at her university Graduation in 2016.
applied myself more to the subjects I didn’t enjoy!),” she says.
thrilled and honoured to have been awarded a University Medal for 2016 at my recent graduation ceremony. I put a lot of effort into my studies for five and a half years, so it was extremely rewarding to have that hard work pay off in the end.” As a student at Canberra Girls Grammar School, Ady enjoyed the academic side of school.
“I worked hard to get into Media and Communications at Sydney University,” where she cut her teeth in journalism doing work experience in a newsroom before landing a job. Later she worked in the press gallery of Parliament House before reporting in France and then joining CNN in Hong Kong.
Top: Amy Braddon (2002).
ADRIENNE (ADY) ELMITT (2009) earned First Class Honours in her Bachelor of Laws with Honours degree and was a 2016 University Medallist at The Australian National University (ANU).
Nadia’s journalism career keeps her busy. “One day I might be reading the TV news in the studio, the next interviewing a politician or flying to a remote community to report on Indigenous affairs.” “My advice to students facing today’s competitive work environment: make a plan and work towards it, but be flexible and ready to change course if you need to.”
“I had great teachers and I developed a real passion for learning. I particularly enjoyed history and English, which is why I ended up studying law!” Ady says that she loved the social side of school and getting involved in school and House activities. “House sports and dance days were always my favourite days of the year. I was House Captain of Waverley in Year 12, which was a really memorable experience.” After graduating from CGGS Ady took a year off to work and travel. “It was great to have a little break from study and to see some of the world before starting university.”