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Alumni Relations
Sirius - Macquarie University's Alumni Magazine
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Feature Story
Honoured
for commitment
A lifetime commitment to making a difference is the thread that runs through the lives of Catherine Livingstone, Christine Nixon and Peter Sjoquist, this year's Distinguished Service Alumni award winners.
Feature: On-campus focus
New team players get down to business
Judyth Sachs and Paul Bowler talk about their roles in the University Executive.
Campus News
- Children and Families Research Centre launched
- Planning approval for Macquarie University Private Hospital
- Macquarie students Goldman Sachs Global Leaders
- Cancer/proteomics research gets $1 million boost
- MGSM tops Australian business schools in prestigious rankings
- Macquarie initiative takes the fear out of flying
- Record number graduate during recent graduation series
- Professor wins 11th International Brothers Grimm Award
- Macquarie signs agreement for training of Malaysian doctors at Australian School of Advanced Medicine
- Macquarie incubator helping northern suburbs businesses survive and grow
- On-campus student accommodation at Macquarie doubles ahead of schedule
- Valete
Acknowledgement: Many of the Campus News articles come from the Macquarie University Public Relations and Marketing Unit. For more details on these and other stories about Macquarie visit the Public Relations and Marketing website.
From the Chair
Alumni
Awards for Distinguished Service
It was a great pleasure for me to be a part of the annual Alumni Awards Ceremony held at the University in May, writes the Chair of the Standing Committee of Convocation, Dr Judith Dickson.
Alumni Profiles
The No 1 numbers man
David Myton talks to John Croucher about his remarkable 40-year association with Macquarie University.
Liz Ellis: on being a good sport
The champion netballer talks to David Myton about winning, team work, and setting the right example.
Doing the Neagles Rock
Steve Wiblin tells Guy Healey about his journey from Macquarie economics graduate to winery owner.
From the Vice-Chancellor
Our
goal: a $1 billion endowment fund
Both of Australia's major political parties have put education at the centre of their respective election campaigns. Attempting to outdo one another, the parties are promising significant new resources for universities.
International spotlight
My
Macquarie experience: the book
Irene Strodthoff, reflecting on life as an international student in Australia. The Chilean graduate developed plenty of new skills, faced many new situations and overcame insecurities in her time at Macquarie.
Sport & Recreation
Facility
development helps MUSR achieve its vision
The Macquarie University Sport and Recreation strategic vision is to be the number one university sporting organisation in Australia.
Around the division: EFS
How
marketers can change attitudes
Macquarie marketing academic Julian de Meyrick and Nick Taylor, fictional talking head for Big Tobacco in the popular film satire, Thank You for Smoking, may be opposed on smoking but their unashamed missions are to change people's attitudes and behaviour.
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