Prizes
The University Medal
University Medals are awarded annually at the discretion of the Academic
Board (on the nomination of a School Board) to candidates who have completed
the requirements of a Bachelor degree with first class honours and who
at all times have demonstrated a very high standard of academic achievement.
University Medals are normally only awarded to students with a Grade
Point Average of 3.6 or more in their best 16 equivalent 150-hour units
completed at Southern Cross University excluding honours year units.
The ABC North Coast Cultural Diversity Prize – $100
Awarded to the most outstanding graduating student in the culture and
media analysis subjects in the media communications undergraduate programme.
Donated by ABC North Coast
The Australian Cultural Studies Prize – $1,000 in kind
(Byron Echo) and cash Beach Hotel
Awarded to the student with the best grade point average achieved
in the study of a cultural studies major of six units, identified by
the School of Arts.
Donated by Beach Hotel and Byron Shire Echo
The Australasian Society of Victimology Prize - $100
Awarded to the student achieving the best result in the unit LAW00120
Victimology.
Donated by Australasian Society of Victimology
The Australian Literacy Educators Association Prize –
One year’s membership of the Association and a $50 book voucher
Awarded to a student completing the Bachelor of Education programme,
selected on the basis of best overall results in the units EDU00401
Curriculum Studies: English I, EDU00402 Curriculum Studies: English
II, EDU00403 Curriculum Studies: English III together with one of the
elective units ENG00351 Children’s Literature, EDU00352 Teaching
English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), ENG00355 Storytelling,
EDU00356 Reading Difficulties.
Donated by the School of Education
The Barry Poole Memorial Prize – $300
Awarded to the graduating student with the best academic performance
in the Bachelor of Business in Tourism course.
Donated by the School of Tourism and Hospitality Management.
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The Bundjalung Prize – $300
Awarded to a graduating student from a course co-ordinated by the
College of Indigenous Australian Peoples. The student must have demonstrated
significant contributions to Indigenous communities located in the area
of Bundjalung lands.
Donated by the College of Indigenous Australian Peoples
The Casino Centenary Prize – $50
Awarded to the student with the best academic performance in either
the Bachelor of Contemporary Music or the Bachelor of Arts (Contemporary
Music).
Donated by Richmond Valley Council
The Centre for Coastal Management Prize – $100
Awarded to the graduating student with the best academic performance
in the Bachelor of Applied Science course.
Donated by the School of Environmental Science and Management
The Club Management Prize – $250
Awarded to the student achieving the best result in the unit “Club
Management” in the Bachelor of Business in Tourism course.
Donated by the Club Managers’ Association of New South Wales
– Far North Coast Zone
The Coffs Ex-Services Achievement Award – $1,000
Awarded to a Coffs Harbour Campus student who is a member or the child
of a member of the Club and who has made a distinctive contribution
to school, university and/or community life through one or a combination
of sporting achievement, community involvement, cultural/artistic achievement.
The recipient must have completed at least one semester of full-time
study at the Coffs Harbour Campus and must not have received the award
previously.
Donated by the Coffs Harbour Ex-Services Club
The Coffs Harbour City Council Prize - $200
Awarded to the highest performing graduating student (as determined
by the highest grade point average) in the Bachelor of Business in Hotel
and Catering Management at the Coffs Harbour Campus.
Donated by Coffs Harbour City Council
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The Coffs Harbour Rotary Club Prize – $200 to student
(Perpetual Trophy to be presented each year)
Awarded to the student who has achieved the highest result in Year
2 of the Bachelor of Hotel and Catering Management at the Coffs Harbour
Campus.
Donated by the Rotary Club of Coffs Harbour Incorporate
The Colin Heselwood Marketing Award – $500
Awarded each year to the student enrolled in a marketing unit at any
level who submits the best marketing thesis or review or project on
the macadamia industry.
Donated by the Australian Macadamia Society Ltd
The College of Indigenous Australian Peoples Prize – $300
Awarded to an Indigenous Australian student on graduation with the
highest grade point average in his/her course.
Donated by the College of Indigenous Australian Peoples
The CPA Australia First Year Prize – $500 and Medallion
Awarded to the Bachelor of Business student with the best overall
result in first year units including meritorious performance in Accounting
and Financial Management I.
Donated by CPA Australia
The CPA Australia Second Year Prize – $500 and Medallion
Awarded to the Bachelor of Business student with the best overall
results in second year Accounting units in the Accounting major.
Donated by CPA Australia
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The CPA Australia Graduate Prize – A framed Certificate
and Medallion, one year Membership of CPA Australia and Enrolment fees
for one segment of the CPA Program
Awarded for the best overall result in third year Accounting units
in the Accounting major.
Donated by CPA Australia
The Darrel Chapman Memorial Prize – $150
Awarded to the graduating student in the Bachelor of Human Movement
Science course with the highest grade point average calculated over
the whole course.
Donated by the School of Exercise Science and Sport Management
The Director of Nursing Scholarship – $500
Awarded to the Bachelor of Nursing student with the highest aggregate
mark at the completion of the first year of study.
Donated by the Institute of Nursing Administrators of NSW and ACT
The Far North Coast Law Society Prize – $100
Awarded to the student achieving the best result in the unit LAW10157
Australian Legal System.
Donated by the Far North Coast Law Society
The Gairbraid Scholarships – Determined annually
Awarded to the most meritorious female school-leaver, taking into
account their financial circumstances, enrolling in the first year in
any course at the Coffs Harbour Campus of Southern Cross University
and having in the previous year gained their HSC from a Public High
School in the Coffs Harbour Region.
Donated by the Estate of Mrs E. Maclean
The Gordon Milne Memorial Prize – $500
Awarded to the student living in the Hastings area who has demonstrated
the best overall academic achievement in their first year of studies
at Southern Cross University. To be eligible for this award, the student
must have a home address in the Hastings local Government area and have
completed year 12 from a Hastings Public High School during the preceding
year, as well as having been enrolled full-time or part-time in any
Southern Cross University course.
Donated by Mrs V. Milne
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The Gwynne Mason Medal
Awarded to the student who has completed a pre-service degree programme
in Primary Teaching and who has achieved the highest total marks in
specialist curriculum units for Science Education.
Donated by the Estate of Catherine Anne Mason in memory of her late
husband, Thomas Gwynne Mason, Head of the Science Department at Lismore
Teachers’ College and NRCAE 1971–1975.
The Harry Shand Memorial Prize – $150
Awarded to the Bachelor of Nursing graduate with an interest in Community
Health Nursing as well as high academic performance over the duration
of the course.
Donated by the Far North Division, Australian Dental Association,
NSW Branch
The Indigenous Australian Prize – $300
Awarded to the graduating student with the highest Grade Point Average
in the units Australian Indigenous Societies Prior to Invasion and Contemporary
Australian Indigenous Societies.
Donated by the College of Indigenous Australian Peoples
The Institute of Nursing Administrators Prize – Perpetual
Shield and Award
Awarded to the Bachelor of Nursing graduate with the best overall
clinical performance.
Donated by the Institute of Nursing Administrators of NSW and ACT.
The name of the annual recipient will be recorded on a perpetual Board
within the School of Nursing and Health Care Practices.
The Jim Bloomfield Memorial Prize – $500
Awarded to the full-time student with the best overall performance
in the first year of a Humanities or Social Science undergraduate course
at the Coffs Harbour Campus as determined by highest grade point average.
Donated by Rotary Club of Coffs Harbour City Inc
The John and Sheilagh Kaske Memorial Fellowship – $5,000
Awarded to the graduating student with the most outstanding performance
in Visual Arts.
Donated by John and Sheilagh Kaske.
The Judith McGilvray Memorial Prize - $300
Awarded to the graduating student with the best academic performance
in the Bachelor of Environmental Tourism Management.
Donated by the School of Tourism and Hospitality Management together
with the School of Environmental Science and Management.
The Kaske Award - 8 x $500
Awarded to the students with the best performance in each of ART00621
and ART00622 in Printmaking, Sculpture, Ceramics and Painting and the
best performance in each of ART00632 and ART00624 in Printmaking, Sculpture,
Ceramics and Painting.
Donated by John and Sheilagh Kaske
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The KRG Conveyancing Centres Prize - $500
Awarded to the graduating student enrolled in either the Associate
Degree in Law (Paralegal Studies) who has completed the Licensed Conveyancing
Stream or Bachelor of Legal and Justice Studies who has completed the
Licensed Conveyancing Major, with the highest aggregate mark in the
following conveyancing units: LAW00057 Conveyancing Law; LAW00108 Legal
and Conveyancing Practice; LAW00107 Conveyancing Professional Practice.
Donated by KRG Conveyancing Centres
The Law Book Company Prize – $300 (2 x $150 Law Book Company
vouchers)
Awarded to the students with the most outstanding achievements in
the units Criminal Law and Procedure (LLB), Criminal Process (AssocDegLaw).
Donated by the Law Book Company
The Lexis Nexis On-Line Legal Research Package Prize –
Seven (7) x 6-month subscriptions to a selected number of on-line databases,
each package valued at around $5,000
Awarded to the best student in each of the following units: LAW00112
Constitutional Law, LAW00117 Administrative Law, LAW10180 Law of Torts,
LAW10157 Australian Legal System, LAW00053 Foundations of Torts, LAW00054
Family Law Practice, LAW00055 Aborigines, Torres Strait Islanders and
Contemporary Legal Issues.
Donated by Lexis Nexis.
The Lismore City Council Mayoral Prize for Waste Related Studies
(Waste Technology) – $500
Awarded to the student who achieves the highest grade point average
in the unit ENS00218 Waste Technology.
Donated by Lismore City Council
The Lismore City Council Mayoral Prize for Waste Related Studies
(Integrated Project) – One-year Student Subscription to the Waste
Management Association of Australia
Awarded to the student who achieves the highest grade point average
in the third year unit SCI00211 Integrated Project on waste related
topic.
Donated by Lismore City Council
The MIAA - Meetings, Conventions, Exhibitions
and Business Events Industry Prize - $250
Awarded to the Bachelor of Business in Tourism (Lismore) or Bachelor
of Business in Hotel and Catering Management (Coffs Harbour) student
achieving the highest overall mark in the Unit MKT01420 Conventions,
Meetings and Exhibitions Management.
Donated by Meetings Industry Association of Australia (MIAA)
The New South Wales Bar Association –
4 x $250
Awarded to the Bachelor of Laws student with the highest mark in the
units LAW00519 Professional Conduct, LAW00114 Evidence and Civil Procedure,
LAW00520 The Philosophy of Law, LAW00111 Legal Process.
Donated by The New South Wales Bar Association.
The Norco Prize for Environmental Science– $350
Awarded to the graduating student with the best overall results in
the Environmental Science Major of the Bachelor of Applied Science course.
Donated by Norco Co-operative Limited
The Northern Star Prize – $200
Awarded to the most outstanding graduating student in the media communications
undergraduate programme.
Donated by the Northern Star
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The Prospectors Earth Sciences Pty Ltd Prize – Geological
hammer, leather hammer holster and pocket magnifier
Awarded to the Bachelor of Applied Science student with the best academic
performance in the unit Geology.
Donated by Prospectors Earth Sciences Pty Ltd.
The Real Estate Institute Prize – Determined annually
Awarded to the student enrolling in the second year of full-time studies
in the Bachelor of Business Degree at the Coffs Harbour Campus, who
achieved the best overall result in the Microeconomics unit or Macroeconomics
unit, and a pass or better in all other units undertaken in the first
year of the Bachelor of Business.
Donated by the Coffs Harbour Branch of the Real Estate Institute
of NSW
The Royal College of Nursing Australia - The
High Achiever Award – First Year Membership to Royal College of
Nursing, Australia – $310
Awarded to the graduate who demonstrates the most outstanding performance
and commitment to their profession during the course of their studies
in nursing.
Donated by the Royal College of Nursing Australia
The Rutherfords Prize – $500
Awarded to the graduating student in the Accounting major of the Bachelor
of Business with the best performance over the duration of the course.
Donated by Rutherfords Chartered Accountants
The School of Natural and Complementary Medicine Academic Achievement
Award – $300
Awarded to the graduating student with the highest grade point average
in the Bachelor of Naturopathy.
Donated by the School of Natural and Complementary Medicine
The School of Natural and Complementary Medicine Clinical Achievement
Award – $300
Awarded to the graduating student with the most outstanding clinical
achievement in the Bachelor of Naturopathy.
Donated by the School of Natural and Complementary Medicine
The Southern Cross Mathematical Association First Year Prize
– $100
Awarded on the recommendation of the School of Education to the Bachelor
of Teaching student with the most outstanding performance in the unit
Curriculum Studies: Mathematics I.
Donated by the School of Education
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The Southern Cross Mathematical Association Third Year Prize
– $100
Awarded on the recommendation of the School of Education to the Bachelor
of Teaching student with the most outstanding performance in the unit
Curriculum Studies: Mathematics II.
Donated by the School of Education
The Stone and Partners Prize – $300
Awarded to the graduating student with the best academic performance
record in the Bachelor of Laws with Honours or Bachelor of Laws (Double
Degrees) with Honours courses, as determined by the highest grade point
average.
Donated by Stone and Partners, Solicitors
The Thomas, Noble and Russell Prize for Accounting – $250
Awarded to the best student in the Bachelor of Business Honours (Accounting)
course as determined on academic grounds by the School Board.
Donated by Thomas, Noble and Russell, Chartered Accountants
The Wappett and Partners Prize for Financial Accounting –
$250
Awarded to the student, if of sufficient merit, with the best result
in the unit ACC00145 Financial Reporting.
Donated by Wappett and Partners, Chartered Accountants
The Yeates Prize – Determined Annually
Awarded to the full-time student enrolled at the Coffs Harbour Campus
of Southern Cross University, who, if of sufficient merit, achieves
the most distinguished results in the first year of his or her course
of study. Merit will be determined by Grade Point Average.
Donated by the Estate of Mrs Marnie Yeates
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