8 November 2019
The University of Canberra has recognised the achievements and performance of some of its staff through the 2019 Professional Awards.
Chief Executive of People and Diversity, Kirsty Dwyer, said the panel was impressed by the effort of all nominees, and had a difficult task of choosing between the 66 nominations across eight categories.
“The awards celebrate individuals and teams from across the University who have made significant contribution to our culture, strategic direction, business operations or community. Congratulations to all of the winners.”
Full list of nominees and winners:
Community Engagement Award
Craig Johnson
Ethan Althofer (Girls in Property at UC) – Winner
Cross Unit Collaboration
Careers UC – Winner
Declaring a Parking Crisis – Highly Commended
Dual ID Working Group
Media and Communications Team – Highly Commended
Nithya Ichanda
Planning and Analytics
Study Skills and Library Services: Redefining peer learning support
Widening Participation – Mentor Program
Diversity
Jennifer Loh & Naomi Dale
Widening Participation – Student Equity & Access Plan – Winner
Health and Wellbeing
Medical and Counselling – Mental Health First Aid
Safety Management System – Winner
Innovation and Creativity
Academic Talent Campaign – Highly Commended
Admissions Reporting Project
Ashley Zmijewski
Colour coding for strategic quality assurance
Finance and Business Services
Online Partner Agreement Renewal System and Renewal Form
Planning and Analytics team
QILT Reporting project
Research Analytics team
Student Success Project
TRIP
UC Mega Market Day Proof-Of-Concept (POC) – Digital – Winner
UC Statistical Support Network
We’ve Hacked the Time of Our Lives – Highly Commended
Process Improvement
Academic Talent Campaign
Careers UC: BPI Champions of the Univers(ity) – Highly Commended
Declaring a Parking Crisis
Dual ID Working Group
Jennifer Loh
Nithya Ichanda – Judges commendation
Planning and Analytics Team – Winner
Renee Ryan
Single Touch Payroll System Implementation
TRIP
Leadership
Caitlin Judd
Caroline Thompson
CoP 12 Week Research Project
Dennis Foley
Ele Saclier & Sam Smith
Indira Samarawickrema
John Williams
Kate Gemmell – Highly Commended
Mike Ferguson
Renee Ryan – Winner
Outstanding Professional Contribution
Adam Creighton – Highly Commended
Dee Adam
Dennis Foley
Gail Reardon, Lucy Gledhill, Michelle Davidson, Jack Connell
Jamie Fry
Jennifer Loh
Jess Karchinsky
John Williams
Kunal Rajput
Liam Hooker
Luke Nguyen-Hoan
Nursing and Midwifery Technical Team
Scott Powers – Highly Commended
Scott Yates – Highly Commended
Stephanie Hinton
Thomas Hambleton – Winner
The winners of the 2019 Professional Awards will go forward as nominees for the Vice Chancellor’s Awards in December.
