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Alumni newsCatch up with the latest news and events from Monash graduates around the worldReunionsCome back to where it all began … Following the very successful 2000 convention in Kuching, the Australian Universities Inter-national Alumni Convention will be in Melbourne from 5 to 7 September 2002 with ‘Networking in the knowledge economy’ as its theme. Register your interest online by emailing alumni@dsrd.vic.gov.au NursingMore than 150 nursing graduates and School of Nursing staff and friends enjoyed the first alumni function for the group since the school’s inception in 1986. In welcoming alumni to the Peninsula campus, school head Tony Barnett emphasised the importance of keeping in touch with past graduates and their value in contributing to the teaching and research agenda of the school. GippslandIf the letters GIAE or YTC mean something to you, we want to hear from you! Monash Gippsland is putting together a pictorial history of its past and organising a reunion on 1 March 2002 and would like to hear from its many alumni. Graduates from Yallourn Technical School, GIAE and Monash University are the backbone of business, government and the community sector in Gippsland and beyond, and the university is keen to recognise their achievements and identify opportunities to bring their life and career experiences back to the campus. For further information, contact +61 3 5122 6211, email gippsland.alumni@adm.monash.edu.au. MBAThe Monash MBA Alumni held its first event for 2001 in August with guest speaker Professor Allan Fels, AO. For further details on future activities, contact Vivienne Gartner +61 3 9903 1806 or email vivienne.gartner@buseco.monash.edu.au NetworksVisual cultureThe Visual Culture Slide Library is a large research and teaching resource in the School of Literary, Visual and Cultural Studies. If you have an interest in the visual arts and visual culture, you may like to donate a few hours of your time on a weekly or monthly basis. Contact Anne Marsh on telephone + 61 3 9905 4224 or email anne.marsh@arts.monash.edu.au Ambulance paramedicsFourteen Victorian ambulance paramedics from the Metropolitan Ambulance Service and the Rural Ambulance Service made history in April when they became the first graduates in Australia to gain a Bachelor of Paramedic Studies. The graduates completed their studies at the Centre for Ambulance and Paramedic Studies at Monash’s Peninsula campus. WebgirlsMonash Webgirls invites Monash alumni to become involved in a web and internet support mentoring group for women. For those unable to attend events, there is an active mailing list and online discussion forum. Webgirls has recently negotiated a discount for online IT courses, certified by Carleton University, Canada, and offered by online learning. For more information, see www.monash.edu.au/ groups/webgirls/ EventsStay informed of Monash alumni events around the globe by visiting www.monash.edu.au/alumni/events/ or subscribe to the new monthly email newsletter At Monash via our website or by emailing monashalumni@adm.monash.edu.au. Here’s just a small sample of what’s on in the coming months: Monash will be hosting a Hong Kong function on 17 November to coincide with the graduations. The Monash Hong Kong Alumni Association also runs monthly activities, ranging from cruises to business briefings. Meanwhile, in Seoul, the Monash Korea Club is planning to hold its third annual reunion on 24 November. In Malaysia, the monthly Leading Ideas Forum continues, with recent topics on e-business and management. Across the Straits of Johor, new president of the Monash Alumni Association Singapore Barathan Kumaran (BA 1995) invites Singapore alumni to become active in the association. The committee organises regular events and networking opportunities. Contact admin@monash alumni.org.sg to get involved. Alumni in the UK attended a reception in the UK in July and heard Monash vice-chancellor and president Professor David Robinson talk about the university’s activities around the globe. Alumni were also invited to meet the cast at a recent London performance of Pandora’s Box by the Monash Graduate Players. In the US? Be sure to email us so that we can include you on our list for alumni events planned for 2002. The Monash Alumni Association Inc has recently chosen to undertake an amicable separation from the university. It is now managed independently and offers benefits for members that complement those available through the university. For further information, call +61 3 9876 7576 or visit www.monashalumni.com BenefitsMONINFOMONINFO is a fee-based university library information service that can respond to all sorts of inquiries. Clients range from small businesses to multinational corporations. MONINFO can also source documents and journal articles globally and deliver them efficiently and at reasonable rates. Alumni can join the library for $55 per year, which also gives them a 10 per cent discount on library services (incl MONINFO). See www.lib.monash.edu.au/moninfo for details of MONINFO’s confidential service or telephone +61 3 9905 5153. Monash University ClubAll alumni are entitled to discounted membership of the Monash University Club. Membership includes access to many international university clubs, some of which offer on-campus accommodation. For further information, contact the club on telephone +61 3 9905 3590. ALUMNI AWARDS Distinguished Alumni Awards for 2000 were presented during the year to: The Reverend Tim Costello LLB DipEd Monash BD IBTS (R¸schlikon)
TheolM Whitley Dr Pasuk Phongpaichit MEc Monash PhD Cantab Dr Margaret Leggatt AM BA(Hons), PhD Mr Teo Ming Kian BE(Hons) Monash MSc MITChairman, Economic Development Board Singapore Government Nominations for 2001 close on 30 November 2001. Nomination forms can be found on the web at www.alumni.monash.edu.au/events/distinguished_alumni or contact the Alumni Office on telephone +61 3 9905 2044 Classnotes2000sJulie Brooks (GradDipArts(SocWelf) 2000) is the coordinator of the Maitland Women’s Domestic Violence Court Assistance Scheme. Stephen Sariwating (MBusSys(Projects) 2000) is in Singapore on his first assignment for Accenture Indonesia. Tjoki Siregar (MAFAT 2000) has returned home to Jakarta and writes of the “tremendous and unforgetable experience” of studying at Monash and living in Melbourne and Canberra. Lisa Mitchell (BSc 2000) is in Costa Rica working as a volunteer, thanks to a scholarship from the Monash Alumni Association. 1990sThomas Mok (BBus 1999) is based in Hong Kong as the director of legal affairs for the satellite TV business running the Star Entertainment channels. Tony Grigsby (BA(Multi) 1990, GCertArts (Hum&SocSci) 1991) has retired from Victoria Police but remains active in community service as president of the Road Trauma Support team.
Mak Yew Keong (BDigSys 1996) has started work for a medical engineering company, his third job since graduating as an engineer. He found his first job, as a design engineer for Intel in Malaysia, through the on-campus employment services. For Amsterdam-based Frances Cosway (BBus(Mktg) 1995), it was a case of first getting the job, then learning the language. Frances works in the financial services industry. Deddy Mulyana (PhD Arts 1996) has returned to Indonesia to continue his career as a senior lecturer at Padjadjaran University and has now translated or written 10 books on communications. Tony Stevenson (GradDipInfoTech 1991, MComp 1997) has written two books on the internet – The Australian Guide to the Internet and The Australian Guide to Online Business – as well as publishing an Internet Update online newsletter. He can be contacted at mkdsoft ware@trump.net.au. Irlande Alfred (MEdSt 1991) is leading a UNICEF-sponsored program in Mauritius aiming to reform the primary education system from competitive examinations to a continuous assessment model. Elsbeth Jones (BA 1996) is parish nurse at her local church. A relatively new concept in Australia, parish nursing provides a spiritual element that enhances available health care, Elsbeth explains. Louisa Allwood (BA(CeramicsDes) 1993) is part of a neighbourhood group opposing phone tower installations in residential areas. Like-minded people can contact her at rlallwood@ aol.com. Pauline Gray (GradDipA(DevStud) 1999, MA 1999) has been a project officer for a native title claim group in the East Kimberleys and is preparing to head to the Gulf Province of PNG to work for a health services support program sponsored by Ausaid.
1980sThe publicity goddess smiled on Deborah Knuckey (BEc 1986) in June when she was interviewed on ‘Oprah’ – yes, that Oprah – about her book, The Ms Spent Money Guide. A quiz master, author and karate teacher, Dr John Long (BSc(Hons) 1981, PhD Sci 1984) is the curator of vertebrate palaeontology at the Western Australian Museum. Regarded as WA’s ‘face of science’, he was recently awarded the 2001 Industry, Science and Resources Eureka Prize for the promotion of science. Now mother of two children, Jacinta Devlin (BSc 1989) has been teaching at Kilbreda College, Mentone, for nine years and last year was co-author of the Heinemann Science Links Series. Working professionally as Karen Atkins, artist Karen Riches (BA 1984) has exhibited her work at the Agora Gallery in Soho, New York, fulfilling a long-held dream. Quoi Quach (BE 1988) is working in the telecommunications industry, but he reports that business is slow due to the cancellation of the 3G spectrum auction. At Nathalia in northern Victoria, you’ll find Chris O’Hara (ADipBus(GenAdmin) 1989) at Chris’s Car CafČ, a mixed business he opened last year, offering everything from coffee to car repairs and camping equipment. Andrew Stevenson (BE 1989) is now project manager on the Deep Creek Road Bridge after recently spending three months in Northern China as a volunteer for Earthwatch. I.Nenlam Supida (MA 1988) is completing his PhD in linguistics at Udayana University in Bali. After spending six months in China last year working for Beijing Telecom and an international communications company, Marc Gough (BBus(Mktg) 1982) has launched his own marketing consultancy, eAgency, offering e-business solutions. Wendy Greiner (BA 1980) wears the mayoral robes in the South Australian city of Burnside. The principal of her own marketing and communications business, she is also the president of the Australian Institute of Management (SA). 1970sAdvising the Defence Department on which air defence radar systems to acquire is the latest project of Rainer Ignetik (BSc(Hons) 1977, MSc 1978), who works for Sverdrup Technology Australia. Gregory Moedjanto (MA 1978) proudly reports from his home in Indonesia that his five children have all graduated from university; his eldest is a journalist with the newspaper Kompas. Tom McKaskill (BEc 1970) has recently returned from the US to become professor of entrepreneurship at the Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship at Swinburne University of Technology. After 25 years as a structural design engineer, Robert Crigan (BE 1976) has chosen a different path, recently spending six months with the UNHCR working as a shelter coordinator for people fleeing the war in Chechnya. Ron Skermer (DipEng 1973) wants to catch up with fellow graduates, having lost contact while working overseas. His email address is skermer@powerup.com.au. David Jewell (BA 1974) is now the principal of Blackburn Lakes Primary School. Dr Lim Shun Ping (MB BS 1970, PhD Med 1982) (pictured left with his wife) attended the inauguration of President Bush and has recently joined the general committee of the Monash University Alumni Association (Singapore). Shane Phillipson (BSc (Hons) 1978) is a lecturer in gifted education at the University of New England. The National Association for Gifted Children (UK) has judged his PhD thesis the best international thesis of 2000. Having retired from teaching, Thel Thong (MA 1978, PhD Educ 1999) is writing articles on linguistics and education for Cambodian tertiary education magazines. Australia cheered with David Ryan (BEc 1972, LLB 1974) at last year’s Olympics when one of his children won silver in the Australian men’s eight rowing crew. Philip Kiely (BSc(Hons) 1979) is the scientist in charge of the Red Cross’s screening process for all blood donations made in Victoria and Tasmania. John Andrews (BA 1972, PhD Arts 1989) is a member of the newly announced History Council of Victoria. Peter Jennings (BEc 1970) enjoys the good life with his wife at Paradise Point on the Gold Coast, where their 35-foot cruiser is moored alongside their home. He also has an accountancy practice in Runaway Bay. Antarctica is a small world for Monash alumni – Joe Johnson (BA 1975, MA 1984) was awarded the Australian Antarctic Medal in June. Have any other alumni won this award, he wonders, “as Monash has been very well represented over the years”. 1960s
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Federal politician Peter
Reith’s phone card affair provided a career highlight for the Herald
Sun’s Canberra-based journalist Andrew Probyn (LLB 1994, BA 1994),
(pictured right), who won two Quill awards including the
prestigious Golden Quill from the Melbourne Press Club for revealing the
identity of the mysterious ‘Miss X’.
Ivan
Chan (BTech 1998) (pictured left) recently returned to Malaysia to
release his album Tales of the Nocturnal Man under the stage name
Rabbit. The album picked up awards for best local English artist and
album at ‘Malaysia’s Grammys’. Liam Cody (BEc 1990) launched his
humour into cyberspace, creating a web-based show for the 2001 Melbourne
International Comedy Festival (www.gorskys.com.au). James Styles (BA
1993) has two children and is a locomotive driver for Freight Australia.
Satya Grierson (AssDip A(HumSvc) 1996) teaches yoga to about 150
students, mainly in the Ivanhoe area. Greg Hayes (GradDipAgribus
(Faculty of BUSECO) 1992) has moved to Dalby in Queensland as a branch
manager for Associated Grain. Tim Friedrich (BA 1990) has called
Canberra home for 10 years and is a political adviser to the Federal
Shadow Minister for Family Services and the Aged. Chin Lee Yen (LLB
1996, BEc 1996) is a consultant for a wood products company in Malaysia that exports
mainly to Australia, Japan and the UK.
A
foundation student at Monash in 1961, Dick Rigby (BSc 1965) (pictured
right) is now a clinical psychologist with a special interest in voice
and music therapy. Brian Candler (BJuris 1969, LLB(Hons) 1973) has swapped a desk in the
federal bureaucracy for a pilot’s seat, having become chief flying
instructor for Brindabella Airlines in Canberra. Piyaporn
Erbprasartsook (BEc 1969) is working part-time for Thailand’s
opposition Democrat Party. Opera singer Helen Noonan (BPharm 1969) was
back in Melbourne in October to co-produce a cultural program for the
Sixth International Congress on Aids for Asia and the Pacific. She has
recently been seen on television playing a role on ‘Neighbours’.