Waikato Business News July/August 2018

78 WAIKATO BUSINESS NEWS July/August 2018
Students to broaden
their horizons in China
Six Wintec students will experience a
trip of a lifetime when they fly to China in
September as part of the prestigious Prime
Minister’s Scholarship for Asia.
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The students are among
180 New Zealanders
who will travel to destinations
including Korea,
China, India and Singapore
to study, carry out research or
undertake an internship.
Wintec Centre for Business,
Information Technology
and Enterprise students Jordan
Finlay, Aaron Froggatt, Keir
Bullot and Phillippa Kahotea
will head to Jinhua Polytechnic
in Jinhua city in China’s Zhejiang
province.
They will be based at Jinhua
Polytechnic for 19 weeks
where they will study three
Information Technology
papers and one Chinese Language
and Cultural paper.
Student exchanges
like this have the
potential to change
students’ lives by
broadening their
experience and
expanding their
horizons.
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Wintec students (from left) Keir Bullot, Aaron Froggatt, Phillippa
Kahotea, Shannon Dwyer, Jordan Finlay and Cody Steens.
Phillippa is in her second
year studying Wintec’s Bachelor
of Applied Information
Technology and is nervous and
excited about the upcoming
adventure.
“I’m looking forward to
making new friends and hopefully
paving the way for future
business ventures or job opportunities,”
says Phillippa.
“I have three children –
aged 6, 10 and 15 – who will
stay at home with whānau
while I am away, allowing me
to fully immerse myself into
study. Choosing to go on this
trip has been one of the hardest
decisions of my life but I am
proud to show my children and
nieces and nephews that you
can achieve anything – regardless
of your age or race,” she
adds.
Fellow scholarship recipients,
Shannon MacMillan and
Cody Steens from Wintec’s
School of Media Arts, are
also heading to China, but to
Chengdu University.
Bachelor of Media Arts
graduate Cody is going to
be based at Chengdu for one
year while he completes a
postgraduate Graphic Design
programme. He then plans to
return to Wintec to study his
Masters.
University of Waikato honours
more distinguished alumni
In August the University
of Waikato will honour
another cohort of distinguished
alumni – an award
it has been handing out since
2007.
The Distinguished Alumni
Awards celebrate and honour
alumni of the University of
Waikato who have gone on
to make outstanding contributions
in their careers and
communities. The University
of Waikato is conferring six
Distinguished Alumni Awards
in 2018. Those to be honoured
at a dinner hosted by Chancellor
Jim Bolger and Vice-Chancellor
Professor Neil Quigley
on August 24 are:
• Dame Annette King.
Former Member of Parliament.
Bachelor of Arts
1982. Dame Annette is
receiving the award for her
commitment to health and
social justice in New Zealand
while a Member of
Parliament.
• Dr Sarah Calvert. Registered
Clinical Psychologist.
Bachelor of Social
Sciences 1974, Master of
Social Sciences 1975, Doctor
of Philosophy, 1982. Dr
Calvert is receiving the
award for her significant
contribution to her profession
and to research and
“For me there two main
benefits of this scholarship: the
first is learning one of the most
spoken languages in the world;
and secondly, getting an understanding
of another culture’s
design to help me better understand
and improve my design
skills as a whole,” he says.
Wintec’s international
director, Jason Matangi, says
that the Prime Minister’s
Scholarship has been instrumental
in paving the way for
Wintec students to study and
live in Asia.
“Student exchanges like
this have the potential to
change students’ lives by
broadening their experience
and expanding their horizons.
Furthermore, this year Wintec
and Chengdu University are
celebrating the tenth anniversary
of our relationship so it’s
particularly pertinent to see our
students benefit from this successful
relationship,” he says.
The Prime Minister’s
Scholarship for Asia is funded
by the New Zealand Government
and administered by
Education New Zealand. The
scholarship programme has
been running for five years
and has seen more than 1500
students awarded scholarships
to Asia.
innovation in the field of
psychology.
• Jan Zijderveld. CEO,
Avon Products. Bachelor
of Management Studies
1987. Jan Zijderveld is
receiving the award for his
achievements during a long
career at Unilever and his
continued association as an
alumnus of the university.
• Miriam Dean CNZM
QC. Barrister. Bachelor of
Social Sciences 1977. Miriam
Dean is receiving the
award for her distinguished
career in law and business,
and her commitment to
empowering women.
• Professor Tom Higham.
Professor of Archaeological
Science, Deputy
Director of the Oxford
Radiocarbon Accelerator
Unit. Doctor of Philosophy
1993. Professor Higham is
receiving the award for his
work as one of the foremost
archaeological scientists
in the world, based in
one of the world’s leading
radiocarbon dating laboratories.
• Dr Shane Legg.
Co-founder and Chief Scientist,
Google DeepMind.
Bachelor of Computing
and Mathematical Sciences
1996. Dr Legg received
the award in May, for his
outstanding achievements
in AI research and his success
in the international IT
industry.
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