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My mentee and me

We caught up with alumnus John McMorrow and his student mentee Kathryn Marnell to find out about their year in the Alumni-Student Mentoring program.

Celebrating our ambassadors

During National Volunteer Week - May 14-20 - we're celebrating the contribution our alumni make to the University and to the lives of people in their own communities.

Volunteer to stay connected

Alumni Edward Chiu (BEc 1971) and David Chan (BEc 1988, LLB 1990) have clocked up more than 40 years of volunteering to Monash University between them.

Alumni pay it forward

In 2010 South African alumni Fulu Murovhi (BBusCom 2007) and Laura Cremona (BBusSys 2006, BBusSys(Hons) 2007) launched a volunteer program to teach local community members new skills.

Volunteers begin a social work revolution in PNG

Graduates Tara Kornhauser and Esther Grimes are leading a volunteer program to improve the training of social workers in Papua New Guinea - a nation troubled by violence, HIV infection, and a growing economic divide.

Alumna’s art brightens clinical school

The School of Rural Health’s Gippsland Regional Clinical School has launched a new 40-piece montage of images by alumna Kobie Notting (BVMA 2012).

Monash University: It’s your story

Join alumni Mr Julian Burnside AO QC, Dr Sally Cockburn, Mr Jon Faine, and Mr Max Gillies AM as they speak candidly about their days as Monash students, with the authors of University Unlimited: The Monash Story. 24 May. Melbourne.

The Great Debate

Prominent law alumni will battle it out with current law students on the topic 'Political bias in the media should be banned' at this year's Great Law Week Debate. 16 May, Melbourne.

Alumni advance Australia with flair

Three Monash alumni have received Advance Global Australian Awards in recognition of their talent, vision, ambition and leadership.

Opinion: Launch of Monash Health Translation Precinct

Monash alumnus and Chancellor, Dr Alan Finkel AM, writes on the Federal Government's $71 million commitment for a new building and facilities at the Monash Health Translation Precinct (MHTP).

Opinion: A moral argument against the war on drugs

Ethicist Julian Savulescu (BMedSc(Hons) 1988, MBBS(Hons) 1988, PhD 1995) says a zero-tolerance approach to a crime like taking drugs will always fail.

Alumnus recognised for social commitment

Passionate social campaigner Andrew Asten (BCom 2011, LLB(Hons) 2011) has received a Young Achiever Award from The Rotary Club of Melbourne for his commitment to law and community service.

Learning to fly

It was during second year that aerospace engineering graduate Komal Sangha set her sights on a career in the Australian Defence Force. Four years later she is a fully-qualified aviation engineer in the Royal Australian Navy. .

Fulbright success for alumni

Two Monash Alumni have been awarded prestigious Fulbright Scholarships for study and research at leading institutions in the United States in 2012. .

Technology leader

Monash Chancellor, alumnus Dr Alan Finkel AM, has been appointed the new President of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering.

Alumna on a roll

Monash alumna and staff member Professor Helena Teede (MBBS(Hons) 1989, PhD 2001) has joined 19 other inspirational Victorian women in being inducted onto the 2012 Victorian Honour Roll of Women.

New head of PwC hails from Monash

Monash alumnus Luke Sayers (BBus(Acc) 1993, (Bcomp(InfoSys) 1993) has been announced as the new chief executive of PricewaterhouseCoopers Australia (PwC), the country’s largest accounting firm.