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An inspiring image of young scientific discovery has won the inaugural Monash: Making a difference photographic competition. 'Explore the universe!' was submitted by Monash University physics lecturer Ms Susan Feteris with the agreement of Monash-based photographers Mr Steve Morton and Mr Adrian Dyer. The judges, who included The Australian's national pictorial editor Mr Lyndon Mechielsen, and Monash lecturer and photographer Ms Susan Purdy, chose the winner from five shortlisted entries dealing with topics ranging from cultural exchange and international engagement to science, medicine and health care. "All the entries reveal inspiring stories about Monash people who are out there serving the community." Ms Purdy said it was a close choice. "All the entries reveal inspiring stories about Monash people who are out there serving the community," she said. "Except the image of the building, of course. This is an interesting photograph but I found people much more compelling subjects." Mr Mechielsen said 'Explore the universe!' caught the eye and was the best executed from a technical point of view. For Monash vice-chancellor Professor David Robinson, it is inspiring to see, through the eyes of the entrants, Monash's influence in the communities it serves. "The five shortlisted candidates portrayed very different, yet complementary, aspects of Monash's mission," he said. In 'Explore the universe!', children are captured spellbound in the university's Giardini Planetarium on the Clayton campus. "I believe this image shows Monash 'making a difference' because the planetarium was designed and constructed by Walter Giardini, one of our Bachelor of Science honours students, in 1976, and is still in use, making a difference to our teaching program in first and second-year astronomy," Ms Feteris says. "It is also used during school holidays by children enrolled in Monash's vacation care program. This makes a difference to our local community by exposing them to this university facility. We introduce very young children to the concepts of the earth's rotation, night and day, seasons, latitude, phases of the moon; we delve into explanations of these concepts with the older children." All subjects in 'Explore the universe!' are children of Monash University staff. Also shortlisted were: Ms Charmaine Ross, of Oakleigh, Victoria ('Quiet achiever', a tribute to Monash graduate and radiation oncologist Jill Ainsley); Ms Pamela Crompton, of East Ringwood, Victoria ('City office', a view of Monash's city base which is used for making connections with the international market); Ms Rachael Harris, of Thorpdale, Victoria ('Gyuto monks', Tibetan visitors casting sand from the mandala they made for the local community, into Lake Krellow at Monash's Gippsland campus); and Dr Alex Burk, of Creswick, Victoria ('Antarctic voyage', a self-portait showing a Monash medicine graduate working as voyage medical officer on a recent ANARE -- Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions -- voyage to resupply the Australian Antarctic bases).
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