GRADUATION – MARCH/APRIL 2016
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ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
Susie Porter Bachelor of Arts 1993 Susie Porter has built a reputation as one of Australia’s most outstanding actors. Her remarkable list of credits include feature films Summer Coda, Bootmen, Better Than Sex, Mullet, Paradise Road, Idiot Box, Two Hands, Feeling Sexy, Monkey’s Mask, Teesh and Trude, The Caterpillar Wish and the award-winning Little Fish. Recently she was seen in The Turning: On Her Knees, a collection of short stories by Tim Winton and Is this the real world. On the small screen, Susie played the lead role in East West 101 (series 1, 2 and 3), East of Everything, RAN, My Place, Love My Way, The Secret Life of Us, The Jesters (series 1 and 2), and Sisters of War and Underbelly: Squizzy. Recent television appearances include Network Ten’s biker drama Brothers in Arms, the family series Puberty Blues (series 1 and 2), the comedy Problems and It’s a Date (series 2) and the telemovie Dangerous Remedy. Her most recent theatre credits include the critically-acclaimed Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, That Face and Death and the Maiden. Susie has been widely acknowledged by her peers and the public with multiple American Film Institute Awards, Inside Film Awards and Logie Awards; and nominations from The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts and Film Critics Circle of Australia.
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
Awni Al-Otoom PhD (Chemical Engineering) 2001 Dr Awni Al-Otoom, a recognised chemical weapons inspector, was selected to receive the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). In his work at OPCW, Awni has participated in the destruction of chemical weapons worldwide, most recently in Syria. He also evaluates different chemical industries and assesses their relevance and risk to the purpose and objectives of the Chemical Weapons Convention. By using local seminars to deliver his message, Awni has promoted both regional cooperation and the safe use of chemistry. Awni’s role in orchestrating physical inspections of targeted facilities has significantly contributed to increasing the security and confidence of the 190 countries that are signatories to the Convention. Prior to working as an inspector for OPCW, Awni was an Associate Professor in the Chemical Engineering Department at the Jordan University of Science and Technology. He has more than 35 scientific publications in international peer reviewed journals in various fields of chemical engineering.