Donor thank you

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From left: Juliet O'Brien, Lisbeth Hopkins, Violet Kuskie, Betty Crouchley and Rae Bridge attend the donor thank you event

The sandstone buildings of the Great Court provided a fitting backdrop for the 1910 Society and Chancellor’s Society thank you event held in the Alumni Court on October 20.

The evening was an opportunity to thank donors for their generous support to UQ and to demonstrate how their gifts have directly assisted students and researchers alike.

Donors who have given $100,000 or more are recognised with lifetime membership of The 1910 Society. The Chancellor’s Society recognises donors who make an annual gift of $1,000 or more.

Pro Vice-Chancellor (Advancement) Ms Clare Pullar welcomed guests to the occasion which she said “marked the celebration of philanthropy to The University of Queensland”.

Chancellor John Story asked guests not to be modest when talking about giving to the University and to share their experiences to encourage generosity in others.

Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Greenfield told attendees philanthropy was a pillar of UQ’s first century and that such contributions would play an important part of its future.

Bringing this message into focus was UQ-Link Scholarship recipient Miss Zahra Ghaznawi, who spoke about the difficulties of growing up in Afghanistan, living as a refugee and then completing the final year of secondary school in Australia.

For Miss Ghaznawi, the scholarship represented “the very latest in a long chain of miracles.”

“Education has given me back my life, my future and my hope,” she said.

Guests were also able to meet with other scholarship recipients to see firsthand the impact of their contributions to the University.

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