Our Rising Stars
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Carleen is thrilled to have won the 2010 SCU-Bowen Fund scholarship and said it had already made a big difference in being able to afford to pay for study materials. The SCU-Bowen Fund was established with matched funding from local philanthropists Dr Peter and Julianne Bowen and Southern Cross University for students suffering financial disadvantage or hardship. Carleen said she had been in real financial need when she applied for the scholarship. A single mum with two children – one of whom has special needs – Carleen has been rebuilding her life since ‘going solo’. One of her main support networks has been the Carrie’s Place Choir of No More Knocks, a group that grew out of the local women’s refuge and resource centre. Carleen said that once she realised she had to get out of her relationship, she was determined to try and gain financial independence and a secure future for herself and her children. “The only way forward was education,” she said. “I knew I had to get a good education and even though I am nearly 40, I decided that going to Southern Cross University was the very best thing I could do for myself and my children.” Carleen is enrolled in a Bachelor of Social Sciences degree which she is doing via distance education from her home near Newcastle, NSW. “I have found it incredibly interesting and challenging and have surprised myself by doing so well and getting pleasing grades,” she said. “Later on in my studies I hope to study domestic violence and sexual abuse and where they cross over in relationships. There is very little research out there about this grey area of relationships. “Then I want to work both with health professionals and in schools, teaching about healthy relationships – how to recognise what is and what is not a healthy relationship and how to build and maintain them.” The SCU-Bowen Fund, now in its second year, is an endowment invested with the Northern Rivers Community Foundation and scholarships are awarded from the fund’s investment income. Scholarships will continue to be awarded to students in the Northern Rivers Community Foundation and broader SCU footprints as the fund continues to grow. Photo: Carleen Corrie, winner of the 2010 SCU-Bowen Fund scholarship. |
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Our Rising Stars |
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| Sami Newnham Sami Takes to the Air Former Summerland Credit Union Scholarship recipient, Sami Newnham talks about her time at SCU and her work with Katherine School of the Air. |
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| Lynne Beames A positive contribution It has taken Lynne Beames six decades of life experience to find her calling, but she reckons that working closely with Indigenous communities is where her heart is. |
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| Moacir Palacios Scholarship makes dream a reality When 15-year-old Moacir Palacios fled Nicaragua five years ago to escape a home life of violence and poverty, he could never have imagined the path his life would take. |
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| Janine Kroemer Janine Kroemer is a Pitta Pitta girl of NW Qld raised on the southern coastlines of Australia. Janine says the journeys and time at Southern Cross Tweed Heads is an experience she will never forget. |
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| Jay Hooker Jay receives support for studies Determined Elanora-based student Jay Hooker is putting his scholarship to good use as he works to complete his studies at Southern Cross University's Tweed Gold Coast campus. |
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| Jessica Waldron Jessica wants to help others For Jessica Waldron, the idea of doing something meaningful to help others was the motivating factor in choosing to study a Bachelor of Nursing at Southern Cross University. |
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| Inanna Shea At the age of 40, former Sydney and Blue Mountains resident Inanna Shea has finally found what she says will be her long-term home after moving to Lismore to study environmental science. |
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