Shortlisted nominations

The inaugural Excellence in Community Engagement Awards attracted 28 quality nominations. The following nominations were shortlisted, with the Award Recipients to be announced on Tuesday 6 December 2011 at the awards reception.

The full list of shortlisted nominees can be downloaded here.

Academic Impact

Dr Amanda Reichelt-Brushett, School of Environmental Science and Management.

For providing expertise as a witness in the National Court of Papua New Guinea to speak for landowners in an attempt to stop the disposal of mine tailings into the ocean and the Coral Triangle - a biodiversity hot spot.

Professor Baden Offord, School of Arts and Social Sciences.

For activating citizenship in regional high school students by inspiring their commitment to human rights, social justice and freedom of inquiry through a student led human rights forum.

Stephan Soule, National Marine Science Centre, School of Environmental Science and Management.

For the National Marine Science Centre Community Outreach and Education Program.

Joanne Cooper, Julia Caldicott, Andrea Boyle, Rebecca Brown, School of Tourism and Hospitality Management; and Vashti Stival, The Hotel School Sydney.

For student-centred, transformative, work-enriched experiential learning opportunities in tourism and hospitality management that creates global citizens and provides valuable community benefit through the Work Integrated Learning program.

Leadership

Dr Judith Wilks, School of Education and Mr Peter Heffernan, Teacher, Orara High School.

For Coffs Harbour's Young Ambassadors for Design: Promoting confidence, active civics and citizenship, and raising the higher education participation aspirations of young people from backgrounds of disadvantage.

Dr Amanda Reichelt-Brushett, School of Environmental Science and Management.

For providing expertise as a witness in the National Court of Papua New Guinea to speak for landowners in an attempt to stop the disposal of mine tailings into the ocean and the Coral Triangle - a biodiversity hot spot.

Dr Maarten Rothengatter, Associate Professor Mark Hughes, Dr Liz Reimer, Hilary Gallagher School of Arts and Social Sciences.

For strengthening the university/community nexus in the Gold Coast/Tweed Heads region by facilitating and sustaining a local SCU Community Reference Group.

Professor Iain Graham, Professor Andrew Cashin, School of Health and Human Sciences; Adjunct Professor Annette Symes, Area Executive Nurse North Coast Local Health District; Rae Conway, Nursing Executive Workforce and Acting Executive Director of Nursing North Coast Local Health District.

For development of a systemic change process that connects the University with the Health service for the greater community health outcomes.

Community Engaged Learning

Dr Kathryn Taffs, School of Environmental Science and Management.

For a collaborative community partnership providing inspirational student learning experiences that promote successful careers in wetland management.

Leonie Lane, School of Arts and Social Sciences.

For linking community engaged research to visual arts/design education in regional Australian contexts, via innovative and sustained teaching and learning applications embracing mutuality and knowledge exchange.

Jeanti St Clair, School of Arts and Social Sciences.

For developing journalism students' professionalism, portfolios and reporting skills by replicating the professional newsroom experience through mentored journalism training set in community cultural contexts.

Brenda Pobjoy, School of Education.

For contextualised learning which promotes recognition of efficacy by the students themselves, within the university and by external agencies and community members.

Andrea Boyle, Julia Caldicott, Rebecca Brown, Joanne Cooper, School of Tourism and Hospitality Management; Vashti Stival, The Hotel School Sydney.

For enhanced community engagement of students and staff through the provision of a structured internship program which equips students with relevant and transferrable management skills and results in tangible benefits for the community.

Community Engaged Research

Dr Frances Doran School of Health and Human Sciences.

For collaborative research with Lismore and District Women's Health Centre to evaluate a community based pregnancy and postnatal group and establish a similar group with Aboriginal women.

Dr Helen Breen, Professor Nerilee Hing, Associate Professor Jeremy Buultjens, Ashley Gordon, Centre for Gambling Education and Research, School of Tourism and Hospitality Management.

For pioneering and sustaining community engaged research with Indigenous Australians at a special event, the Saltwater- Freshwater Festival, while respecting culture, creating training / employment opportunities and building new knowledge in gambling.

Professor Colleen Cartwright, ASLaRC Aged Services Unit, School of Health and Human Sciences.

For a collaborative partnership with Tweed Shire Council to conduct research with older citizens and service providers: "Strategic Planning for an Ageing Population", to inform Council's Strategic Plan.

Associate Professor Stephen Smith, National Marine Science Centre, School of Environmental Science and Management.

Facilitating the effective management of marine ecosystems by building the capacity of underwater volunteers.

Dr Grayson Cooke, Associate Professor Rebecca Coyle, School of Arts and Social Sciences.

For the HOME Project: a collaborative research project between SASS and Northern Rivers Performing Arts, exploring notions of home and homelessness in the Northern Rivers.

Professor Jerry Vanclay, Dr Andrea Leys, School of Environmental Science and Management.

For assisting a community to understand land-use change, and helping them to use social learning and action research to overcome prejudices and plan for opportunities.

Updated: 07 May 2012