News and feature stories 2004

DECEMBER 2004

Medical science student wins our top award
A student, described by her lecturers, as without a doubt the most academically gifted student they had seen in 30 years of teaching has been honoured with the University of Canberra's most prestigious award, the Herbert Burton Medal.

NOVEMBER 2004

Come Movember
About 30 guys from University of Canberra let their moustaches grow long in November. But it wasn't to raise hell, it was to raise money for a good cause.

UC Tourism Management graduate gets feet wet
One of the new faces of the Canberra convention industry, Cathryn Hendrickson, leads a double life that begins most days when her alarm clock goes off at 3.50am.

Amy attracts tourism award
A bit more than two years ago, "Amy" Xu Xiaodong spent her working days fixing electronics on passenger aeroplanes in Shenyang in north-east China.

UC clothes designer finds way to beat jobless queues
Finding decent work as a migrant can be almost impossible, so University of Canberra student Sifundo Kahonde avoided job knock-backs and started his own business, Rebecca Stones reports.

Long, hot days don't worry Indonesian town planners during Ramadan
Eighteen Indonesian town planners on a three-month AusAID-funded course at UC did not have to suffer through hot afternoons in class during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, John Martin reports.

Family's fire tragedy retold in award-winning Documentary
Clare Young was at her boyfriend's 21st birthday when bushfires swept through her family's horse agistment property 10 minutes out of Canberra, on January 18, 2003. Unable to get home due to roadblocks, Clare waited while her family fought the devastating firestorm.

STORIES FROM 2005

SEARCH FOR A STORY
Use the 'search' function on the University homepage to search for a story.

Coop - your campus bookstore stocks all the books you need for your study and more.

UCU - bringing your campus to life.

For further information about Monitor Online, contact the editor: monitor@canberra.edu.au

Copyright © 2005 University of Canberra

Last Updated on August 1, 2005