Alumni stories - Archive

Stan Krpan
Ensuring a healthy, liveable environment for future generations is a high priority for alumnus Stan Krpan (BEc 1991, LLB 1992, LLM 2006). He has followed this passion along a diverse career path to his current position as head of Sustainability Victoria.

Deborah Glass
Where do you see yourself in five years time? It’s a common question asked at job interviews and many of us have the answer - a series of goals that we want to achieve across our careers. But Monash alumna Deborah Glass (BA 1980, LLB 1982) has done things a little differently.

Thomas Woodroofe
Weekly plane travel, leading organisations, radio appearances, Young Victorian of the Year, honours graduate... they’re all part of the extraordinary life of the driven Thom Woodroofe (BA(Global) 2011).

Berna Wake
A fortuitous meeting at a Monash University careers fair has led to a 28-year career at Unilever for alumna Berna Wake (BEc 1983).

Rod Harris
Monash alumnus Rod Harris (BE 1969) is a successful engineer, adventurer, and athlete. Across his career Rod admits to mixing his work and travel whenever possible in an effort to satisfy his other passions in life: adventure and the great outdoors.

Humaira Maheen
Working in maternal and child health research is a dream come true for Humaira Maheen (MAppSocRes 2011).

John Paxinos
John Paxinos (MAdmin 1988) talked to us about his 30-year career offering “assistance to the obsessed” in the Australian arts industry.

Kate Ashmor
At 12, Monash arts/law graduate Kate Ashmor (BA(Politics) 2005, LLB 2005) decided the best way to channel and make money from her argumentative tenancies was to become a lawyer.

Aaron Joyner
Aaron Joyner (BPA 2000), from Melbourne-based musical theatre company, Magnormos, declares 2010 an extraordinary year. He hobnobbed with Broadway artists and received a personal email from award-winning American composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim.

Jenny Everett
Jenny Everett (BA 1996, GradDipSocSc (CounsPsy) 1998) knows a thing or two about persistence. The South Australia psychologist did her Monash degree and graduate diploma entirely by distance education whilst working full-time.

Bryan Lee
Bryan Lee (BID(Hons) 2010) is well on his way to making his dream career a reality. Since completing his degree, he has started work at Ford Australia and won the VACC's Target 2020 'Design the Car of the Future' competition.

Duncan Sutherland
Duncan Sutherland (BA 1998, BSc(Hons) 1998, PhD 2005) has combined his passion for biology and the Australian outdoors into a successful research career. Duncan works as a research biologist at one of Australia's most popular wildlife attractions - Phillip Island Nature Park.

Carolyn Creswell
Carolyn Creswell (BA 1995) planned to be a politician or a human rights lawyer, but as John Lennon wrote "life is what happens when you're making other plans." In 1992 life took a turn when she bought a small business. Carman's Fine Foods is the stuff of entrepreneurial dreams.