Alumni events UTAS scholarship winners celebrated
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ACH YEAR THE UNIVERSITY OF Tasmania Foundation holds dinners in Hobart and Launceston to celebrate the outstanding achievement of the young students to whom scholarships have been awarded. Held this year at the Grand Chancellor in Launceston and Wrest Point in Hobart, the dinners also acknowledged the generous support of donors to the University Foundation.
Achievers in science: Ashlie Burnett (Lois and Alan Dann Scholarship in Science); Grace Giles (Broadreach Holdings Scholarship in Science).
The occasion is one of achievement, excitement and a little bit of glamour, as the formally dressed mix of young people who have just started university and older students well into tertiary study are acclaimed.
Law leaders: Rhiannon Fletcher (Tasmania University Scholarship); Aaron Moss (the Order of Australia Association Foundation Scholarship); Law School Associate Professor Rick Snell; Charlotte Hunn (Sandy Duncanson Social Justice Bursary).
Medical science achievement: Bronwyn Smithies (Morrell Family Trust Scholarship in Medical Research) and Menzies Institute senior research fellow Dr Joy Rathjen.
UTAS scholarship achievers: Jonathan Hennessy (Nick Martin Tasmania University Scholarship in Surveying and Spatial Sciences); Ken Wong (Tasmania University Scholarship); Josiah Sullivan (Ball and Chain Grill Tasmania University Scholarship).
Australian Maritime College achievers: Liam Greene (Outstanding Achiever Scholarship); Emilio Roberts (Excellent Achiever Scholarship); Alexander Cliiford (Subsea 7 Scholarship); James Fisher (BAE Systems Scholarship); Alex Ruskin (Tasmania University Scholarship); Tobias Pearce (Outstanding Achiever Scholarship); Mark Bennet (Club Marine Scholarship, Outstanding Achiever Scholarship); Sean McDonough (Excellent Achiever Scholarship); Nathan Wallace (Outstanding Achiever Scholarship). 28 | ALUMNI NEWS | JUNE 2013 • ISSUE 43