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24 QUTLINKS AUTUMN ’13keep inDEGREES SHOWN UNdERNEATH THE NAMES OF ALUMNIARE FROM QUT OR PREDECESSOR INSTITUTIONS.touchkeep in touchShare your newsSubmit online at www.qut.edu.au/alumnior email alumni@qut.edu.auor fax an update to +61 7 3138 1514Quote the year you prefer to be listed under if you have more than one degree from QUT or apredecessor institution. QUT Links reserves the right to edit all Keep in Touch notes received.2000sSabrina AmirMBus(Research) 2009, MBus(ComnSt) 2002After graduating from QUT in 2002,Sabrina returned to Malaysia, workedwith leading multinational Petronas andwas active in QUT’s alumni activities. In2007, she came back to QUT and didher Master of Business (Research). Sheis now studying for her PhD.erien_a22@yahoo.comJocelynne N BerryBCI(MediaComn)/LLB 2005Since graduating with a dualdegree, Jocelynne has continued towork with the law firm ACS LegalSolutions, where she was employed as aconveyance clerk. Jocelynne is now thefirm’s co-principal director. Jocelynne iskeen to mentor others.j.berry@legalsolutions.net.auJane DarbyshireBA/LLB 2008Jane graduated in 2008 with acombined Bachelor of Arts/Laws. Aftervisiting Cambodia in 2006 Jane helpedset up a jewellery-making enterprisewhich provides employment andtraining to Cambodian women livingin poverty, and promotes fair trade andethical business in Australia.info@khmercreations.com.auDr Philip J DoeckePhD 2006Phil has been teaching in the Schoolof Education at RMIT University,Bundoora Campus, since March 2006.His research has taken him overseaswhere he has studied the health andphysical activity of children and youngpeople. Currently program director forthe Bachelor of Education/Bachelorof Applied Science (Disability) atRMIT, Phil is working on establishingplacements for education/disabilitystudents in India and China.philip.doecke@rmit.edu.au1990sMichael BloyceGradDipBus(Admin) 1992Michael has been appointed asGladstone’s first ever manager of artsand culture. Formally venue hiringmanager of the Queensland PerformingArts Centre and manager of NambourCivic Centre, Michael is responsible forsix libraries, the Gladstone Regional ArtGallery and Museum, the GladstoneEntertainment Centre and Council’sevents unit.mabloyce@iprimus.com.auMichael J CostiganBBus 1999Michael completed an electricalapprenticeship in 1977 and wasappointed as an electrical inspector toSEQEB (South-East Qld ElectricityBoard) in 1981 at age 23. Prior toand after completing a Bachelor ofBusiness (Management) at QUT in1999, Michael led his own propertydevelopment company specialisingin industrial, commercial and retaildevelopments across the Sunshine Coast.He is now a full-time student studyinga Bachelor of Laws and aims to becomea barrister.0418 150 070David PageMEd(TESOL) 1999David is the campus manager of thehigher education facility, SAE Institute,at Byron Bay. David has worked in thepost-secondary education and trainingsector in Australia and internationallyfor more than 20 years. He continuesto actively consult, has participated inthe creative arts throughout his life, andcontinues to work on his own music,productions and projects.dpgold@hotmail.comWei An I TanBA 1998Wei was nominated for the Spirit ofEnterprise award in 2011. Althoughhis experience and education at QUTwas in media studies, he has opened asmall bistro which has been running formore than two years. Visualise Media ishis main business which he has run formore than 11 years.isaiah@visualise.tv1980sPeter DavisCertCartography 1981Peter studied cartography at QUT.He began a cadetship with the QldDepartment of Mapping and Surveyingin 1976, which produced the firstgovernment tourist map in Australia.Over the next 20 years he workedwith Hema Maps, which distributedAustralian and international maps acrossthe world. Peter was part of the largestsingle mapping project undertakenin Australia, the Great Desert TracksMapping Expedition. Peter is now aprivate consultant with World MapmanSolutions.worldmapman@ozemail.com.au1960sMerilyn D BecconsallAppDecorationII 1965, AppDecorationI1964Merilyn is a graduate of the CentralTechnical College (CTC). Her husbandwas also a graduate of CTC as wellas her mother in the 1930s. Merilynworked with the Bank of NSW inBrisbane. While working she continuedher music studies to AMusA level,with her final exam being held at OldGovernment House in 1962. She alsoundertook an evening course in AppliedDecoration at CTC and obtainedhonours in 1964/65. At present, shebelongs to the Australian Decorativeand Fine Arts Society (ADFAS) on theGold Coast and is a member of boththe Queensland Art Gallery Society, andBrisbane West Inner Wheel.0407 791 760
wordlastWITH THE VICE-CHANCELLORTHE opening of the Science and Engineering Centrerepresents the culmination of many years of planning,consultation and communication within the university andwith a wide range of external stakeholders. The Centre itselfis part of a series of wide-ranging reforms encompassinga fundamental rethink of QUT’s education and researchactivities in the science, technology, engineering andmathematics (STEM) areas, as well as new conceptions of therelationships between the physical campus, virtual facilitiesand services, and the wider community.There were several key reasons for the new approach.Science and technology is clearly an important part of QUT,and over the years we have developed a number of strengthsin STEM education and research, but it was clear that wehad potential to do much better, for example by reducingfragmentation, improving facilities and strengthening theimpact and relevance of what we can offer. The Gardens Pointcampus was densely populated but needed physical renewaland lacked a fully cohesive sense of internal community orsystematic links to the wider world, despite its ideal location.The opportunity existed not only for QUT to refresh itselfbut to offer something more inspiring, relevant and valuableto the local, national and international scene.In 2008, noting the progress that had been made inprecinct developments across QUT in areas such as creativeindustries and health, the then QUT Blueprint recognised thepotential for such an approach to guide future developmentof the Gardens Point campus, with a focus on science andtechnology, and made this a key priority for the university.As our ideas developed we were able to convey our vision topotential supporters, and particularly generous support wasprovided by the Commonwealth and State governments andby The Atlantic Philanthropies.As the building progressed we restructured our STEMrelatedfaculties and courses and developed a new focalpoint for research in the form of the Institute for FutureEnvironments. The building and its surrounds were designedto reflect our commitments to sustainability, opennessand interaction and to seamlessly link with other campusdevelopments including the restored Old Government House,the theatre and art museum. The combination of state ofthe art technology with physical spaces for interaction andlearning is particularly important, with The Cube providinga striking centrepiece.The end result is a remarkable achievement, one thatis testament to the hard work and commitment of manypeople from across the university and to the support sogenerously provided by external sponsors. The impact onQUT will be transformative; there is no doubt that it willreinvigorate life at Gardens Point for students and staff, andit will provide a great platform for our plans to strengthenour impact and profile in the future. Just as importantly itwill also greatly enhance the accessibility of the universityto the wider world and provide a source of inspiration andexcitement about the potential of science and technologyfor current and future generations.Professor Peter Coaldrake, AOVice-Chancellor
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