University of Tasmania Graduation Program - Burnie 11 December 2018

Tuesday, 11 December 2018 Burnie

WELCOME FROM THE CHANCELLOR As Chancellor of the University of Tasmania, I offer my warmest congratulations to you as you become our newest graduates. I am honoured to be able to share this special event with you, and your family and friends.

Today marks a milestone event in your life as you take a significant step towards your future. In your time as a University of Tasmania student, you have focused your talents and energy on the goal of succeeding in your studies with the help and support of the University’s community.

You have learnt to be knowledgeable within your discipline and to use your knowledge to change the world for the better. I encourage you to be proud of your achievements and to actively and positively contribute to your community.

You graduate today from one of Australia’s leading universities – the fourth oldest university in the country. Since 1890 we have combined teaching and research in a powerful way, serving our State, our nation and the world. As we reflect on our many achievements in research, teaching and learning excellence we also look forward to the bright future that each of you as graduates will help to shape.

We are indeed proud of our graduates and you can be assured that today you join a body of graduates that have, and will continue to have, an impact on the advancement of society.

Graduation is not a final farewell to the University. We now count more than 100,000 alumni around Australia and the world of which some 12,500 live overseas. We look forward to welcoming you back as members of our global Alumni community, by continuing formal studies and by participating in the many symposia, lectures, concerts and events hosted here at the University and across the globe each year.

For today, enjoy your achievement. Celebrate with your mentors, colleagues, family and friends. The University community is extremely proud of your success and we look forward to your continued involvement and support in the future.

The Hon. Dr Michael Field AC Chancellor

Mission Statement The University of Tasmania continues a long tradition of excellence and commitment to free inquiry in the creation, preservation, communication and application of knowledge, and to scholarship that is global in scope, distinctive in its specialisations and that reflects our Tasmanian character.

The University will provide leadership within its community, thereby contributing to the cultural, economic and social development of Tasmania.

A MESSAGE FROM THE VICE–CHANCELLOR Congratulations on reaching the milestone of your graduation. We hope that during your time at the University of Tasmania we have been able to support you to develop the skills and experiences that will enable you to make the contribution you want to make and to live the kind of life you chose.

Your studies at the University of Tasmania will have created a new horizon of opportunities for your own life and career path.

As a result of this phase of your education, you are also well placed to make a difference to whatever society you choose to be a part of and have a positive impact on the lives of the people around you and the community in which you live. This might be here in Tasmania, or elsewhere in the world.

Through completing your studies here, you have already made a contribution to the lives of the people around you. This journey does not stop now and I encourage you to take the opportunity to cherish what it is that makes Tasmania such a unique and truly special place.

I hope that your connection to Tasmania, to the island and its future remains important to you. I encourage you to take a real interest in Tasmania’s future and to continue to contribute to its evolution. In caring for the island, both its people and its places, this connection can be maintained and we can all benefit greatly from it.

I hope that your association with this University will continue beyond today’s ceremony. Our alumni association is an invaluable resource for you as you embark on your career, with connections across all disciplines and with chapters across Australia and in many other countries. You have become part of an extraordinary community of graduates and we are very proud of you all.

Professor Rufus Black Vice-Chancellor

A HISTORY OF GRADUATIONS The graduation ceremony is one of great antiquity.

Its essential features have been the same since the 12th century when the first universities came into existence.

Its necessary constituents are the Chancellor or his or her deputy, the academic staff, the graduands, and the public.

When the Chancellor confers degrees, saying to the graduands: ‘By virtue of my authority as Chancellor, I admit you to the degree of …’ those words are a translation of the Latin form used in the Middle Ages. Then, the Chancellor’s authority to confer degrees came from the church. The church had a monopoly on education, partly because it was the guardian of true doctrine, and partly because clerics were almost the only people who could read and write. As a result, the only person who could license a teacher was the bishop of a diocese until, under pressure of other business, he deputised the task to his chief secretary or chancellor.

As learning spread, teachers wanted a licence to teach not just in one diocese, but everywhere, and the only person who could give them that was the Pope. The Chancellor’s authority, then, came from the Pope. But at the Reformation, Henry VIII assumed for the Crown all the rights that had previously been the Pope’s in England. That is why all subsequent universities in England have been created by Royal Charter. It is for this reason also that the Chancellor does not wear ecclesiastical robes, as would have been worn in the Middle Ages, but robes similar to those of the Lord Chancellor of England.

The second group participating in the ceremony is the academic staff. In the 12th century they would all have been called ‘masters’ or MAs. At that date they were paid no salaries, but hired their own lecture rooms and charged their own fees. But they also formed themselves into a guild or union, which is what universitas originally meant. As in all guilds they were insistent that they, and only they, should determine who should be of their number, and since this involved saying who should be teachers, they soon found themselves in conflict with the Chancellor. In the 13th century they won a great victory when they persuaded the Pope to decree that Chancellors were obliged to confer degrees on all those nominated by the masters. That is why the masters examine the candidates, why the Dean, acting as their spokesperson, reads out the names of those who are to receive degrees, and why the masters at this ceremony watch to see that the Chancellor or his deputy does what is required of him.

Thirdly, the graduands. The word ‘degree’ comes from the Latin gradus, which means ‘a step’. When students

are admitted to a Bachelor degree they move one step up towards the mastership. When they are admitted to a masters degree they climb another step and come up on a level with the masters, who then receive them into their guild, or universitas. In the Middle Ages they would then have stayed on the dais, so that their old master could invest them with the symbols of office. But that was only part of the business. The new master had to deliver an inaugural lecture, entertain the whole guild of masters to dinner and preside over disputations for forty days continuously. For that reason, taking one’s masters degree was called ‘inception’, or the beginning of one’s career as a master.

The public is the fourth participant. It has an important function because the whole point of the proceedings is that they should be seen and heard by valid witnesses.

The public hears the words of the Dean and the Chancellor and sees the new graduates dressed in their respective gowns or robes.

The academic gowns are derived from the everyday dress of the medieval clergy. In the Middle Ages they were not open in front, but closed like a clergyman’s cassock. It was in about 1500 that academics had the front opened up so as to display the fine clothes which they were wearing underneath. The hood was the normal medieval headwear, but it soon acquired a coloured lining. By the 17th century, if not earlier, these colours were strictly controlled so that anyone could identify from the colour of a graduate’s hood, the university and the degree.

Based on Davis, R.H.C. 1991, From Alfred the Great to Stephen, Hambledon Press, London, pp. 307–309.

UNIVERSITY MACE & BLACK ROD UNIVERSITY MACE

THE BLACK ROD

Most Australian universities have adopted a ceremonial mace that symbolises, in its material and decoration, the universities ethos. Before assuming a ceremonial function, the mace was a weapon carried into battle by medieval knights and war-like bishops. Gradually the role of the mace changed to be purely one representative of authority.

In 2014, the University of Tasmania reintroduced the use of a Black Rod as a symbol of authority at ceremonial occasions.

The University of Tasmania was inaugurated in 1890 and the original object used as the symbol of authority was a simple black rod. In 1982 the university commissioned a mace.

Peter Taylor, a local sculptor, designed and co-ordinated its creation and a number of Tasmanian artisans contributed to its making.

The head is made of ceramic and bronze. Twelve shaped ceramic flanges or ‘vanes’ form the lower part of the head.

The vanes are alternately enamelled in the university colours of red and blue. Gilding is applied to the outer edges of each of the 12 vanes and is topped by a bronze crown. Four of the 12 ceramic vanes extend through the crown and are chamfered to form a visual focus for the paws of four bronze thylacines (Tasmanian tigers) which surround the crown.

At the base of the head is a large undecorated wooden knop and the tapered wooden shaft has two knops.

The lower knop is coloured blue on its upper surface and red underneath. Its outer perimeter is gilded. The foot knop of turned wood is painted blue.

Source: Australiana 2012, February, vol.34, no.1, p.29

The use of a Black Rod dates back to the 14th century in Britain. An Usher of the Black Rod was appointed to serve the monarch in the British House of Lords and was originally an officer of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, a British order of knighthood. The Black Rod was used to discipline anyone who offended the Order.

The Usher of the Black Rod leads the official party in and out of important ceremonial occasions, calls the ceremony to order and assists with maintaining order throughout.

The University’s Black Rod is made from Hydrowood Blackheart Sassafras. Specialty timbers including Huon Pine, Sassafras and Myrtle as well as Eucalyptus and Blackwood have laid dormant on the bed of Lake Pieman on Tasmania’s rugged West Coast since the site was flooded in the 1970s.

Now, these sustainably recovered timbers, the lost trees of Hydrowood, are available for use by furniture designers and woodworkers, as well as in high-end residential and commercial construction.

The Centre for Sustainable Architecture with Wood, an extension of the University of Tasmania’s School of Architecture and Design, is collaborating with the State Government and Sustainable Forest Management in the Hydrowood project. The Centre’s role is to provide mainstream timber producers with confidence that the recovered logs can be economically and efficiently converted into usable products.

The University black rod is designed by award-winning designer and former Program Director of Furniture Design, Simon Ancher.

University of Tasmania Mace

University of Tasmania Black Rod

ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS THE PROCESSION will enter the Hall at 2.30pm in the following order: Usher of the Black Rod Members of all Colleges Mr Lee Whiteley, GCLeanMgtSys Tas, MBA Deakin, Chief Executive, University College Professor Catherine Palmer, BA(Hons), PhD Adel, representing the Executive Dean, College of Arts, Law and Education Professor Karen Swabey, BEd TCAE, MSc CalState, PhD Q’ld, Dean, Faculty of Education Professor Tracey Dickson, PhD, Associate Dean, College of Health and Medicine Professor Holger Meinke, BSc Hohen, MSc TUBerlin, PhD Wagen, GAICD, representing the Executive Dean, College of Sciences and Engineering Professor Melanie Bryant, BBus(Hons), PhD Monash, representing the Executive Dean, Tasmanian School of Business and Economics Professor Denise Fassett, BHlthSci(Nurs), MNurs Tas, PhD Technol.Syd, SRCNA, Executive Dean, College of Health and Medicine Professor David Adams, BA(Hons), BSW Tas, MA Sheff., GradDipPubPol Melb, PhD Tas, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Community Partnerships & Regional Development) Professor Dominic Geraghty, BSc(Hons) Dub, PhD Deakin, Deputy Chair of Academic Senate Aunty Nola Hooper, Aboriginal Elder Professor Jane Long, BA(Hons), MA, PhD W.Aust, FRHS, FAICD, Provost Professor Rufus Black, BA, LLB(Hons) Melb, GradDipTh, MPhil, DPhil Oxon, Vice-Chancellor Mr Scott Rankin, FACA, Guest Speaker Mace Bearer The Honourable Dr Michael Field AC, BA, HonLLD, Chancellor THE NATIONAL ANTHEM Australians all let us rejoice For we are young and free We’ve golden soil and wealth for toil, Our home is girt by sea: Our land abounds in nature’s gifts Of beauty rich and rare, In history’s page let every stage Advance Australia fair.

In joyful strains then let us sing Advance Australia fair.

WELCOME TO COUNTRY delivered by Aunty Nola Hooper WELCOME BY THE CHANCELLOR The Honourable Dr Michael Field AC, BA, HonLLD THE OCCASIONAL ADDRESS delivered by Mr Scott Rankin, FACA, Co-founder and Creative Director, Big hART MUSICAL INTERLUDE performed by Mr Angus Deeth THE CONFERRING OF DEGREES THE VALEDICTORY ADDRESS delivered by Miss Estelle Armstrong, BBus CLOSING REMARKS by the Chancellor THE RECESSION of the stage party in reverse order to that of entry, followed by the new graduates REFRESHMENTS will be served after the ceremony in the foyer This program includes the names of those candidates who will receive their degrees and diplomas in person and in absentia, and is correct at 4 December 2018.

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DIPLOMA OF UNIVERSITY STUDIES (ARTS)

DIPLOMA OF UNIVERSITY STUDIES (ENGINEERING)

Lydia Jane Cooke Angelique Iris Woodward

Jack Edward McMahon

COLLEGE OF ARTS, LAW AND EDUCATION ASSOCIATE DEGREE IN ARTS Ebony Sharon Foster Travis John Van Tholen BACHELOR OF ARTS Chloe Louise Agius Lynette Blume Alison Ruth Eastley Jessica Maree Flint Carlie-Alyshia Sandra Rose Howlett Dean Robert Lester Briony Ruth Richards

BACHELOR OF EDUCATIONAL STUDIES Carolyn Joy Moore BACHELOR OF EDUCATION (PRIMARY)

BACHELOR OF EDUCATION (APPLIED LEARNING)

Montana Bradley Amelia Ronlyn Briant Ruth Lesley Buckley Rachel Lee Christoffersen Kylie Suzanne Fenton Isabella Henwood Carmen Louise Holmes Shaun Robert House Regina Dawn Keep Alexandra Brooke Kirkland Kate Maree Percy Jessica Randall Jye Mengya Roe Banks Kerry Scott Rebecca Joy Swan

Karen Anne Maslen Mark David Shelton Nathan Graeme Wells

BACHELOR OF SOCIAL SCIENCE (POLICE STUDIES)

BACHELOR OF ARTS WITH PROFESSIONAL HONOURS (PUBLIC SECTOR LEADERSHIP AND MANAGMENT) Robert William Gunton

Jack Ansell Brie-Anna Mary Cawston Jason Shawn Lyons

BACHELOR OF SOCIAL WORK Sophie Anne Eaves Montana Jordan Groenewege Melissa Eunice Perren Jasmin Marilyn Quilliam Samantha Joy Riley Emily Jane Wallace MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK Danica Elizabeth Griffin Louise Bryde Hollingbery Margaret Ann Richardson Rebecca Jane Walsh MASTER OF TEACHING Emma Maree Cohen Gracie Dimasi Lynne Marie Jordan Alexander Troy Milgate Justin Paul Rattray

COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND MEDICINE BACHELOR OF DEMENTIA CARE Audrey Joan Loone BACHELOR OF NURSING Kellie Anne Eason Louise Anne Ellis BACHELOR OF NURSING WITH PROFESSIONAL HONOURS (MENTAL HEALTH AND PSYCHIATRIC NURSING) Antonia Jane Arwen Danes BACHELOR OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE Katherine Worley GRADUATE CERTIFICATE (CLINICAL REDESIGN) Crystal Ann Burgess Julie Miriam Cort Brendan Thomas Crozier

Brian Diskin Claire Winsome Douglas Georgina Drewery Daniel Flunt Laura Isabelle Giblin Karina Elise Haaksma Jayne Alison James Shefali Pranav Jani Erin Krisenthal Marika Mackenzie Elizabeth Mason David Morris Leeann Mullen Susan Maree O’Shea Vaishnavi Parimalanathan Graeme Lindsay Pearson Melissa Anne Potts Julie Rutherford Rachel Louise Sales Francesca Schiavuzzi Daniel Matthew Morris Shaw Sonya Shengri Shi Tanya Nicole Somani Michael Wayne Spencer

COLLEGE OF SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING BACHELOR OF NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND WILDERNESS STUDIES WITH HONOURS Sharon Lee Dennis

Christine Margaret Sullivan Naomi Annamieke Van Steel Flora Vashinsky GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN NURSING (CRITICAL CARE NURSING) Naomi Louise Baldock Tegan Renee Williams GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN NURSING (PAEDIATRIC NURSING) Cathryn Jane O’Dea Leah-Jayne Maree Wescombe MASTER OF CLINICAL NURSING (CRITICAL CARE NURSING) Amy Eileen Poulton

TASMANIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS BACHELOR OF BUSINESS Jacqueline Ruth Aldridge Estelle Thara Hope Armstrong Jessica Paigan Bowden Mercede Rose Quilliam Katrina Vivia Christine Rollins Chloe Rose Smith Roxy Res Vant Kiran Gordon Walker Paul Anthony Walker

GRADUATE DIPLOMA OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

MASTER OF PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTING

Carol Emma Steyn

Yvette Kara Hill

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (POLICY MANAGEMENT) Elisa Tyler Pena

GRADUATE RESEARCH GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN RESEARCH Juneo Lee Eng Keong DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Juneo Lee Eng Keong School Creative Arts Thesis Title Redeeming ‘Slippery’ Meaning from the Gap Between the Present and Past: Exploring visual art processes and visual representation Supervisors Dr MC Bywaters, Dr AJ MacDonald, Ms PL Mason, Professor MA Sierra

UNIVERSITY ARMS & MEDALS UNIVERSITY ARMS Prior to 1936, the University used a Common Seal that was the seal of the Tasmanian Council of Education.

In 1937, the University Council arranged a competition, seeking designs for a coat of arms from University graduates. A design by Mr Egbert Holder Harry BA, BCom, a Launceston resident, was declared the winner from 47 submissions.

Mr Harry’s design was a rough sketch, with a shield divided into silver and blue quarters bearing the following charges: –– a red lion being the Tasmanian badge as decreed by Queen Victoria –– a gold book signifying ‘the academic side of University Activity’ –– a gold Southern Cross ‘representative of Australia’ –– a red Olympic torch ‘representing the athletic side of University activity’ The original design also contained a crest, which was later removed.

Over time, the university commissioned UK designer for the Royal Mint, Mr George Kruger Gray, to produce a beautifully painted drawing that looks much like the regal logo in use today. He kept the emblems of Mr Harry’s design, arranging them in a visually appealing, heraldically correct manner.

The blazon of a Grant of Arms is the official definition of the Arms. The blazon for the University’s shield, from the Grant of Arms is translated (from heraldic language) as follows: A white/silver shield on which is a red lion walking across facing straight ahead with right forepaw raised with blue claws and tongue, holding in its right forepaw a flaming torch in natural colours; and on the shield is also a broad red bar making up the top one-third on which is a broad central blue vertical bar with a yellow/gold border down each side, carrying the [five] brightest stars of the Southern Cross in white/silver; between two yellow/gold books closed with clasps.

The University of Tasmania’s logo, used on its stationary and web sites today, is based on a standardised and stylised version of the red Lion passant from the Coat of Arms.

UNIVERSITY MEDALS The University Medal is the highest academic award made to an undergraduate student. The medals are awarded to students who have a consistent record of exceptional academic achievement at all levels of a bachelor’s degree program, and qualify for a bachelor’s degree with first class honours. Up to thirteen medals can be awarded annually.

In the 1970’s the University applied to the College of Heralds for a Grant of Arms. This application was successful, and for the first time the University had Arms.

University of Tasmania Coat of Arms

University of Tasmania Medal

ACADEMIC REGALIA The University’s academic dress is based on the styles worn at the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge. The academic regalia consists of a scarlet or black cloth gown; a separate hood or stole; and a trencher cap (also known as mortarboards) or bonnet.

Gowns and hoods of different shapes indicate the degrees of Bachelor, Master and Doctors. The colour of the hoods represents the discipline of study.

Honorary Doctorate A gown of scarlet cloth faced on the opening of the sleeves and on the full length of the lapels with coloured silk representing the academic discipline. The hood is black and fully lined with coloured silk. A black velvet tudor bonnet with a gold cord and tassel.

Australian Maritime College Bachelors Degree A gown of black cloth. The hood is black and fully lined with coloured silk and bound on the tippet and cowl with gold braid. A black trencher cap with a black cord and tassel.

Honorary Master Degree

Associate Degrees and Diplomas

A gown of scarlet cloth faced on the opening of the sleeves and on the full length of the lapels with coloured silk representing the academic discipline. The hood is black and fully lined with coloured silk. A trencher cap with a gold cord and tassel.

A gown of black cloth. A stole of coloured silk representing the academic discipline. A black trencher cap with a black cord and tassel.

Professional Doctorates

Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor

A gown of black cloth faced on the opening of the sleeves and on the full length of the lapels with coloured silk representing the academic discipline. The hood is black and fully lined with coloured silk. A black velvet tudor bonnet with a gold cord and tassel.

A gown of black damask silk trimmed with gold braid, and featuring gold embriodery designs representing the lion from the University’s coat of arms and the Tasmania floral emblem, the Tasmanian Flowering Blue Gum. A black trencher cap with the cap edged with gold braid, or a black velvet Tudor bonnet, with a gold cord and tassel.

Doctor of Philosophy A gown of black cloth faced on the opening of the sleeves and on the full length of the lapels with scarlet silk. The hood is scarlet and fully lined with scarlet silk. A black velvet tudor bonnet with a scarlet cord and tassel.

CEREMONIAL REGALIA

Members of UTAS Council A gown of black cloth with gold braid running from front to back on each shoulder. A black trencher cap with a black cord and tassel.

Masters Degree

Members of the Australian Maritime College Board

A gown of black cloth. The hood is black and fully lined with coloured silk. A black trencher cap with a black cord and tassel.

A gown of black cloth with a square collar of gold silk and faced on the full length of the lapels with gold silk. A black trencher cap with the cap edged with gold braid and a black cord and tassel.

Australian Maritime College Masters Degree A gown of black cloth. The hood is fully lined with coloured silk and bound the on tippet and cowl with gold braid. A black trencher cap with a black cord and tassel.

Bachelors Degree A gown of black cloth. The hood is black and lined with coloured silk on the tippet and cowl. A black trencher cap with a black cord and tassel.

Fellow A gown of black cloth with a stole of red trimmed with gold.

A black trencher cap with a black cord and tassel.

ACADEMIC REGALIA FACULTY, SCHOOL OR DISCIPLINE ARTS Music & Performing Arts Fine/Visual Arts and Craft All other Arts Awards COMMERCE All awards LAW All awards EDUCATION All awards HEALTH Medical Science Medicine and Surgery Nursing Pharmacy All other Health Awards SCIENCE and ENGINEERING Agricultural Science Architecture and Town Planning Environmental Design Environmental Studies Geomatics and Surveying Engineering and Technology All other Science, Engineering and Technology Awards AUSTRALIAN MARITIME COLLEGE Marine Conservation and Resource Sustainability Marine Engineering and Hydrodynamics Maritime Operations Marine and Logistics Management Certificate I-IV (all disciplines) Diploma (all disciplines)

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WELCOME TO YOUR UNIVERSITY ALUMNI COMMUNITY Congratulations on completing your studies successfully and graduating today.

As a graduate of the University of Tasmania, you are part of a vibrant global family of over 107,000 alumni that live and work in all continents around the world and across more than 120 countries.

The University of Tasmania’s alumni program enables you to keep or renew contact with your former classmates, colleagues, friends and professional networks globally.

So as a graduate of the University we encourage you to: Share your graduation moments Graduation is a celebration of your success at university and we encourage you to share celebration messages and photos of your smiles, gowns, families and friends on the University’s Alumni Facebook page at facebook.com/UTASAlumni.

Show your University pride

Recognise the exceptional The prestigious University of Tasmania Distinguished Alumni and Foundation Graduate Awards are held annually and recognise the achievements of our graduates globally who are making a significant difference in their communities.

For more information or to nominate outstanding alumni for the awards visit utas.edu.au/alumni.

Make a difference The University of Tasmania Foundation provides important philanthropic leadership for projects and programs that underpin excellence at the university.

As part of this role, scholarships for students who would not otherwise be able to access a University of Tasmania education are always a high priority. So if you would like to make a gift to support a scholarship or another area please phone + 61 3 6226 8575.

The University of Tasmania is ranked in the top 2% of research universities worldwide and is also a multi-award winner for teaching excellence – extraordinary achievements when you think about them. So if you are proud of your achievements and proud to be one of our alumni, then tell the world!

Reap the benefits As a graduate of the University of Tasmania you have access to many exclusive services and benefits including: –– professional development events and webinars; –– career mentoring programs; –– discounts on further study; –– lifelong learning opportunities; –– career development services; –– free access to the University Library; –– lifelong email; –– alumni news services and social media;

KEEP IN TOUCH We encourage you to keep your contact details updated with our Alumni Relations Office so we can continue to keep you informed about all the exclusive opportunities available to you as a graduate of the University of Tasmania.

To update your contact details online or for more information about your alumni community visit utas.edu.au/alumni.

–– volunteering opportunities; –– company discounts AND –– reunions and networking events.

utas.edu.au/alumni

MEET SOME OF YOUR ALUMNI FAMILY As a member of the University of Tasmania’s alumni community you are part of an illustrious family that continues to achieve extraordinary success globally. Meet some of your inspirational alumni family…

Luke McGregor BA/BEc 2007 As a comedian and actor, Luke McGregor has forged a successful career in the Australian entertainment industry over the last decade.

Luke’s impressive body of comedic work includes TV roles in Studio A, It’s a Date, The Time of Our Lives, Legally Brown and the Logie-winning Utopia. In 2016, he was cocreator and star of the hit ABC documentary series Luke Warm Sex. He has also performed at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, winning Best Newcomer for his show My Soulmate is Out of My League in 2013. Recently he has also performed to sold out audiences at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Tasmania’s 10 Days on the Island Festival.

Brooke Saward BA 2013 A Launceston local and avid world traveller, Brooke is the founder of renowned travel and lifestyle blog World of Wanderlust, an online source of travel tips and inspiration.

Established in 2013, the blog has been a massive success, attracting one million social media followers and six million readers globally to date.

In 2016, Brooke released her highly acclaimed first book, World of Wanderlust: How to Live an Adventurous Life, through Penguin Random House and also unveiled a World of Wanderlust app.

Dr Saul Eslake, BEc(Hons) 1979, LLD honoris causa 2012 As one of Australia’s preeminent economists, Saul Eslake has worked in the Australian financial markets for more than 25 years, including as Chief Economist at McIntosh Securities in the late 1980s, Chief Economist (International) at National Mutual Funds Management in the early 1990s, as Chief Economist at the Australia & New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) from 1995 to 2009, and as Chief Economist (Australia & New Zealand) for Bank of America Merrill Lynch from 2011 until June 2015.

In 2015 Saul commenced his own economics consultancy business in Hobart and the following year was appointed as the University’s inaugural Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow.

Dr Clare Smith BBiotech (Hons) 2007, PhD 2012 Dr Clare Smith is currently in the United States researching tuberculosis treatment with the University of Massachusetts and has become an international leader in research into the eradication of malaria, through her discovery of a new antimalarial compound. Clare has used genetic and pharmacological techniques to investigate the role of host enzymes in malarial infection. This discovery has the potential to have an immense global impact, with clinical trials on the patented research now underway.

Clare was awarded the University’s Foundation Graduate Award in 2016 and was named Tasmanian Young Australian of the Year in 2014.

Brodie Neill BFA (Hons) 2001 Brodie works from his London studio designing furniture destined for the major cities of the world. He has been previously named in TIME Magazine’s Top 100 Most Influential Designers and one of the best designers in the world by Taschen’s Design Now. In 2016, Brodie was given the important honour of representing Australia at the inaugural London Design Biennale. This event included works from 35 countries and was attended by over 90,000 visitors.

ALUMNI PROFILES Professor Roger Byard AO, PSM, MBBS 1978, B Med Sci 1975 Roger is one of Australia’s most distinguished contributors to the medical profession. His achievements in the field of pathology have been recognised globally. He is an Officer of the Order of Australia, a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists of the United Kingdom, a Fellow of the College of American Pathologists, Honorary Member of the College of Forensic and Legal Medicine of Sri Lanka and a Registered Expert with the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

Roger is the George Richard Marks Chair of Pathology at the University of Adelaide and a Senior Specialist Forensic Pathologist at Forensic Science SA. He has a specific interest in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), and has published over 500 papers in peer-reviewed journals. He was awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award in 2016 – one of the University’s highest accolades.

Dr Mansoor Mirkazemi FRACS (Plas), B Med Sci 1993, MBBS 1995 Mansoor arrived in Tasmania in 1986 as a 17 year-old Iranian refugee, and has gone on to become a highly successful plastic surgeon and humanitarian. Currently working with Collins Plastic Surgery in Melbourne, he specialises in cosmetic surgery, plastic surgery and hand surgery.

He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS), a member of the Australian Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (ASPS) and a member of the Australasian Cleft Lip and Palate Association and travels frequently to Indonesia and Fiji as an Interplast volunteer where he treats children with cleft lips and palates, burn injuries, hand injuries and tumours.

He received the University’s prestigious Foundation Graduate Award in 2015.

Alison Watkins, BCom 1985 Originally from Tasmania’s midlands, Alison has gone on to forge a ground-breaking career in the Australian business sector over the last three decades.

Alison is currently Group Managing Director of Coca Cola Amatil and Non-Executive Director for The Centre of Independent Studies. Prior to her appointment with Coca-Cola Amatil in 2014, Alison’s roles included CEO of agribusiness GrainCorp Limited, CEO of Berri Limited and Managing Director of Regional Banking at ANZ. She also spent ten years at McKinsey & Company from 1989-1999 and became a partner of the firm in 1996 before moving to ANZ as Group General Manager Strategy.

Alison remains one of only a few females to have held a CEO position with an ASX200 company and was the first appointed to head a listed Australian agribusiness.

Shane Gould MBE, MEnvMgt 2010, MCA (Visual Arts) 2012 Shane won five individual Olympic swimming medals at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games and is the only swimmer ever to hold every freestyle world record simultaneously. She was the first female swimmer to win three Olympic gold medals in world-record time and was a torch-bearer for the opening ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.

Now based on Tasmania’s east coast, Shane is a highly successful businesswoman, author, photographer and keynote speaker.