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Ecu was awarded a five-star rating for our teaching quality and graduate satisfaction from The good universities <strong>guide</strong> 2012.<br />
eCu profeSSor nAmed wA<br />
AuStrAliAn of the yeAr 2012<br />
Congratulations to Professor Donna Cross who<br />
was named the WA Australian of the Year 2012.<br />
Professor Cross is the Foundation Professor at ECU’s<br />
Child Health Promotion Research Centre. The award<br />
recognises her tireless work to improve the health of<br />
our young people through research and community<br />
programs to address issues including bullying, drug use,<br />
road safety and obesity.<br />
eCu ACAdemiCS AwArded for<br />
dediCAtion to Student leArninG<br />
ECU academics Dr Joyce Hendricks, Dr Julie Ann<br />
Pooley and Professor Mark Stoney received Australian<br />
Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) 2011 Citations<br />
for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning.<br />
The academics have all been recognised for a<br />
sustained commitment to the student experience.<br />
preStiGiouS teAChinG fellowShip<br />
AwArded to outStAndinG eCu<br />
leCturer<br />
Associate Professor Lynne Cohen was named a<br />
2010 Teaching Fellow by the Australian Learning<br />
and Teaching Council (ALTC), which recognises<br />
outstanding leaders from universities across Australia<br />
who are constantly working to improve academic<br />
standards and the student experience.<br />
eCu StudentS Shine in perth<br />
fAShion feStivAl<br />
ECU students Cherish Armstrong and Nicole Marrington<br />
were both winners in the Student Runway competition,<br />
held as part of the 2011 Perth Fashion Festival.<br />
Contemporary Fashion student Cherish won the<br />
Contemporary Evening Wear category, while Western<br />
Australian Academy of Performing Arts Costume Design<br />
student Nicole won the Costume Couture category. This<br />
is the third year that ECU students have won at a Student<br />
Runway competition.<br />
eCu leAdS weStern AuStrAliA (wA)<br />
into the future with informAtion<br />
teChnoloGy innovAtion<br />
In 2011, Professor Craig Valli, Director of secau, ECU’s<br />
Security Research Centre, won the 2010 Achiever of<br />
the Year Award at the Western Australian Information<br />
Technology and Telecommunications Awards (WAITTA).<br />
‘teAm boomerAnG one’ AwArded<br />
firSt plACe in world AdvertiSinG<br />
Competition<br />
ECU’s ‘Team Boomerang One’ students were<br />
named World Champions at the annual International<br />
Advertising Association InterAd XIII global student<br />
advertising competition. The competition gives<br />
students the opportunity to put theory into practice by<br />
testing their skills with a real-world client case study.<br />
ECU’s team were recognised for their outstanding<br />
creative approach in tackling the brief for a brand<br />
campaign that disrupts the category and breaks<br />
all conventions.