Prize pupils

Avondale honours top students

Kirsten Bolinger
Public relations editorial assistant
Cooranbong, New South Wales, Australia

Hannah Rowe, Chris Starrett and 29 of their classmates are Avondale College’s top students after receiving academic prizes during forum this past Wednesday (November 10).

Hannah and Chris each received $1500 for winning Avondale’s most prestigious prize, the Sanitarium Health and Wellbeing Prize of Excellence. The two won other awards, too—Chris the Avondale College Alumni Association Community Service Prize ($1000) and Hannah the Bachelor of Business Prize ($1000).

Hannah, a management major, describes the timing of the presentation of the award as “perfect”—she is marrying her fiancé in February. “With a wedding coming up, I appreciate the money, but the affirmation means more to me,” she says.

Chris, who is completing a Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Teaching, plans to use some of his money to place a deposit on a mountain bike—he regularly rides with Crankt, a ministry of Avondale College Seventh-day Adventist Church. His advice to students entering their final year in 2011: “Don’t wait for the Avondale experience to come to you; go and make it happen.”

Ashlie Biega also won multiple prizes—the Bachelor of Education (Secondary) Prize ($1000) and the Health and Physical Education Prize.

Bachelor of Theology/Bachelor of Ministry student Stephen Ward won the Clifford Anderson Prize for a second consecutive year. He shares it again, this year with Bachelor of Theology (Honours) student Kelly Fry, although both receive $1000. The prize recognises ministerial potential. So does the Seventh-day Adventist Church in southern Queensland, which will employ Stephen as a minister next year.

Avondale will announce the third recipient of the Prize for Excellence during the consecration service on the Sydney campus over the graduation weekend.

Academic Prizes: Winners

The names of the winners of the academic prizes appear after the name of the prize. The monetary value of the prize appears in brackets after the winner’s name.

Faculty of Arts

Alan and Yvonne Thrift Perpetual Shield for Musical Excellence Prize
Sponsor: Faculty of Arts, Avondale College
Jackie Ward ($500)

Bachelor of Arts Prize
Sponsor: Willobee Floor Service
Shelley Poole ($1000)

Digital Media Prize
Sponsor: Adventist Media Network
Reuben Ennor ($1000)

Huguenot History Prize
Sponsor: Dr Allen and Andrea Steele
Hannah Bennett ($1000)

Journalism Prize
Sponsor: Adventist Media Network
Kimberley Ellison and Monique Long ($500 each)

Radio Production and Public Relations Prize
Sponsor: Adventist World Radio
Kirsten Bolinger and Tammy Zyderveld ($500 each)

Faculty of Business and Information Technology

Bachelor of Business Prize
Sponsor: R & B Business Equipment
Hannah Rowe ($1000)

Bachelor of Business (Accounting) Prize
Sponsor: Williamson and Chaseling
Cristi Cantrill and Joshua Hill ($250 each)

Bachelor of Business (Information Technology) Prize
Sponsor: Professional Advantage
Mitchell Eldridge ($500)

Gail Valentine Memorial Prize for Human Resource Management
Sponsor: Avondale College and Valentine family
Michael Brown ($500)

Faculty of Education

Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood) Prize
Sponsor: Adventist Education Department, Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific
Michelle Hawke ($1000)

Bachelor of Education (Primary) Prize
Sponsor: Seventh-day Adventist Church in New Zealand and the Pacific islands
Justin Fraser ($1000)

Bachelor of Education (Secondary) Prize
Sponsor: Seventh-day Adventist Church in Australia
Ashlie Biega ($1000)

Certificate III in Outdoor Recreation Prize
Sponsor: Mountain Designs
Braeden Hyland ($250 Mountain Designs gift voucher)

Diploma of Outdoor Recreation Leadership Prize
Sponsor: Mountain Designs
Andrew Thompson ($250 Mountain Designs gift voucher)

Health and Physical Education Prize
Sponsor: Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation
Ashlie Biega (Certificate plus 12-month membership to Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation)

Primary Teacher’s Literacy Prize
Sponsor: Faculty of Education, Avondale College
Hajdi Soldat (Certificate plus 12-month membership to e:lit)

Faculty of Nursing and Health

Academic Excellence Award*
Sponsor: Sydney Adventist Hospital
($250 plus gold medallion)

Clinical Excellence Award*
Sponsor: Sydney Adventist Hospital
($250 plus gold medallion)

Mental Health Excellence Award*
Sponsor: Sydney Adventist Hospital
($100)

Medical Nursing Excellence Award
Sponsor: Sydney Adventist Hospital
Linda Mackie ($100)

Prize for Consistent Effort and Accomplishment*
Sponsor: Faculty of Nursing and Health
($100)

Surgical Nursing Excellence Award
Sponsor: Sydney Adventist Hospital
Lauren Demol ($100)

Faculty of Science and Mathematics

Bachelor of Science Prize
Sponsor: Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Avondale College
Amanda Kemp ($600)

Faculty of Theology

Arthur Ferch Prize for Hebrew Studies
Sponsor: Ferch-Johnson family
Abel Iorgulescu and Daniel Matteo ($500 each)

Bill Marr Institute of Public Evangelism Prize
Sponsor: Institute of Evangelism, Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific
Paul Kleinmeulman ($1000)

Clifford Anderson Prize
Sponsor: Clifford Anderson bequest
Kelly Fry and Stephen Ward ($1000 each)

Edna Heise Prize in Communication
Sponsor: Heise family
Lyndelle Knight ($1000)

Elwin Currow Prize for New Testament Apocalyptic
Sponsor: Dr Elwin Currow
Tapiwa Mutseriwa ($100)

Graham Miller Memorial Prize for Youth Ministry
Sponsor: Graham Miller Memorial Fund
Ray Moaga ($1000)

Other

Community Service Prize
Sponsor: Avondale College Alumni Association
Chris Starrett and Sydney campus student* ($500)

Prize for Excellence

Prize for Excellence, Lake Macquarie campus
Sponsor: Sanitarium Health and Wellbeing
Hannah Rowe ($1500)

Prize for Excellence, Lake Macquarie campus
Sponsor: Sanitarium Health and Wellbeing
Chris Starrett ($1500)

Prize for Excellence, Sydney campus*
Sponsor: Sanitarium Health and Wellbeing
Sydney campus student ($1500)

* Awarded during the consecration service on the Sydney campus over the graduation weekend