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Inaugural equity and diversity awards announced

7 December 2005

Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins presented the university's inaugural Equity and Diversity Awards earlier this week at a ceremony at the Clayton campus.

Standing, from left: Ms Leah Weston, Ms Sue Brown, student Mr Vincent Tshikwat Mbav, student Mr Irving Taylor, Professor Richard Larkins, student Mr Andrew Nattestad, Ms Ann-Maree Nobelius, Dr Marian Collis, student Ms Jennifer Willcock, Professor Margaret Clayton and student Ms Marianna Linnik. Seated, from left: Dr Jo Wainer, Associate Professor Frank Fisher, Associate Professor Marlene Drysdale and Ms June Hearn who represented the Monash University Council at the awards.

The awards, with a total value of $10,000, were awarded to academic and general staff and two student groups.

Professor Larkins said the awards sought to acknowledge and recognise the efforts of people in the Monash community who had made a significant contribution to the enhancement of equity and diversity principles through initiatives at work and community activities.

Individual recipients were:

  • Ms Sue Brown, Manager, Staff Development Unit
  • Dr Marian Collis, Director, Gippsland Research and Information Service
  • Professor Margaret Clayton, Associate Dean (Research) and Deputy Dean, Faculty of Science
  • Associate Professor Frank Fisher, School of Geography and Environmental Science, Faculty of Arts
  • Ms Leah Weston, Facilities and Services, Clayton campus
  • Ms Ann-Maree Nobelius, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
  • Dr Jo Wainer, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences.

The Indigenous Health Unit in the School of Rural Health received a team award that was accepted by Associate Professor Marlene Drysdale.

Students from the Monash Student Association's welfare group and engineering students from the Monash University chapter of the international volunteer organisation, Engineers without Borders, shared in a $5500 prize for establishing a program that restores discarded computers and provides them to financially disadvantaged students.

For full details of the winners of this year's Equity and Diversity Awards visit the Equity and Diversity Awards website.