Graduate of the Year

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Karl Davy receives his award from Deputy Chancellor Mary Mahoney

While committed to performing well academically, UQ’s 2010 Graduate of the Year is also passionate about sharing his knowledge with others.

Mr Davy, who graduated with first-class honours and a perfect grade point average of seven, was a part-time tutor and assisted students with a disability to complete their laboratory work.

President of the Alumni Friends of The University of Queensland Inc. Dalma Jacobs said Mr Davy completed a Bachelor of Science in chemistry, a subject for which he showed talent and enthusiasm.

“Karl considers that tutoring was one of the most rewarding aspects of his honours year as it gave him the opportunity to put some of his knowledge to work in helping newer students learn about a subject for which he has great passion,” Ms Jacobs said.

The annual Graduate of the Year Award, established in 1999, is bestowed on the student achieving the highest GPA in their undergraduate studies.

Mr Davy was also the recipient of the 2006 UnIChe Summer Research Scholarship, the 2008 TGH Jones Award for Academic Excellence in Chemistry, the Australian Laboratory Services Prize and the RACI Trevor Appleton Laboratory Prize in Analytical Chemistry.

By Penny Robinson

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