Sharyn Fitzgerald (BSc(Hons)
1994, PhD 1998, MPH 2010)is the ASPREE (Aspirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly) regional manager and coordinator in the Department of Epidemiology and Preventative Medicine, Monash University. In December 2009 she became one of only nine women to complete the Antarctic Ice Marathon.
Elliot Kotek (BSc 1994,
LLB 1996) recently returned to Melbourne from Los Angeles to open R.I.P.olaroid, an exhibition of Polaroid and iPhone images and film.
Since graduating from Monash, artist Elizabeth Dobrilla (BA(FineArts)(Hons) 1996) has completed her masters and also taught in Japan for seven years. She currently works as a printmaker and painter and exhibits in Australia and abroad.
Jeremy Szwider (BCom 1997, LLB 1997, LLM(IntelProperty) 2001) has launched two new businesses: a virtual law firm Bespoke Law, and an online travel concierge service called Travel Hedonism.
Financial planner Adam Watts (BCom(Acc&Fin)1999) won Financial Wisdom's Victorian and National Rising Star awards in 2009.
David Kaylor (BTech(IndDes)(Hons) 1999) has returned to Melbourne after five years working in France and Germany as a digital sculptor for companies including Renault, Volkswagen and Honda.
Gregory Parkhurst (BA 1993) lives in Canberra where he is a lawyer with the Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman.
Tom Griffiths (PhD 1994) won the 2009 Alfred Deakin Prize for An Essay Advancing Public Debate for a piece he wrote in the immediate aftermath of the 2009 Victorian fires.
Carolyn Harkness (BBus 1995) was appointed as an early childhood course coordinator and lecturer at Australian Catholic University in Canberra.
Karen Wylie (BA(Hons) 1996) recently showed her first solo exhibition of artworks on canvas, Cynotopia: Cloudscapes of an Urban Dreamer at Artspace 7 in Oakleigh South, Melbourne.
To share your news, career changes or achievements with fellow alumni, contact Alumni Relations at monashalumni@adm.monash.edu.au.
