Vice Chancellor's Equity & Diversity Awards 2004 winners

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S INAUGURAL EQUITY AND DIVERSITY AWARDS 2004  

Group winner ($10,000)
The Bridge a student volunteers group which has helped with many community activities since 2001.

Individual winner ($5000)
Dr Haida Luke for setting up a support network for breastfeeding mothers.

Diversity Action Award winners ($2500 each)
Faculty of Biological and Chemical Sciences for coordinating an international student peer mentoring program.

Joint winners
Simon Scott from Gatton's Halls of Residence and Vijendra Kumar from the Faculty of Natural Resources for coordinating activities to improve the awareness of cultural and disability issues.

Certificate of Appreciation
Elisabeth Edwards, for almost two decades of voluntary service teaching conversational English to spouses of international academic staff and students.

Vice-Chancellor's Inaugural Equity and Diversity Award nominees

Individual
1. Associate Professor Carole Ferrier from the School of English, Media Studies and Art history for her long commitment to and activities addressing issues relating to women, gender studies, discrimination, disadvantage and diversity.

2. Dr Haida Luke a senior research fellow from the Centre of National Research on Disability and Rehabilitation Medicine for her voluntary work setting up the Breastfeeding Network Group for staff and students.

3. Ms Caroline Nordang studying for a Bachelor of Environmental Management (Sustainable Development) and a Bachelor of Laws, for her work in founding The Bridge. This is a group of students from all backgrounds who undertake volunteer work.

Group
1. Information Technology Services for its commitment to equity and diversity, with more than 90% of its staff attending special Equity Office workshops.

2. Contemporary Studies Program (Ipswich) - for a range of guest speakers talking on topics such as indigenous issues, the environment, media and for field trips to understand native title.

3. School of Agronomy and Horticulture (Gatton) - for improving outcomes for women, particularly in leadership and in creating a School Equity Committee.

4. Centre for Research on Women, Gender, Culture and Social Change - for promoting the working class, helping Indigenous Australians with identity and difference, and promoting women's studies and feminist scholarship.

5. School of Economics - for helping improve the study and social lives of people, including school leavers and people of non-English speaking backgrounds, by building support networks through peer assisted study sessions.

6. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit - for its new web-based newsletter Birra News, which has improved communication between students and the wider Indigenous community.

7. Faculty of Biological and Chemical Sciences - for its Peer Mentoring Program that trains current students to be mentors for new international students to help them overcome culture shock.

8. The Bridge - for bringing together students of many backgrounds for volunteer work in local communities.

9. Division of Occupational Therapy, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences - for its inclusive curriculum which gives an international perspective and enhances understandings of cultural diversity, particularly issues facing Indigenous Australians and people with disabilities.

10. The University Library (Cybrary) - for its provision of services to all students, in particular the customised orientation programs, international student liaison officer at each branch, family room and special facilities for people with disabilities.
 

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