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Scholarships to education students

21 September 2005

Two final-year education students have each been awarded $5000 scholarships to support their professional development as they progress from study to careers in the classroom.

Ms Kellie Felmingham (left) and Ms Lisa Barnard with their awards.

Ms Kellie Felmingham and Ms Lisa Barnard received the Invergowrie Foundation/McPherson Family Education Scholarships for Women.

The scholarships are funded by the Invergowrie Foundation, a charitable trust established in 1925 by the principals of six of Melbourne's leading independent girls' schools. They are available to female education students in Victoria who intend to teach maths or science, demonstrate a commitment to quality education and are involved with their local community.

Ms Felmingham holds a Bachelor of Science with majors in biology and psychology and is currently completing her Diploma of Education (Secondary). Her teaching specialisations are biology and general science, and she is also qualified to teach psychology.

Ms Barnard is completing the final year of her Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Education double degree and has teaching specialisations in biology and psychology.

Two other Monash education students were also finalists in the scholarships competition -- Ms Belinda Griffiths, who is studying for her Diploma of Education (Secondary), and Ms Julie Bucknell who is studying for her Bachelor Science/Bachelor of Education.