Surprise!

Best students honoured

Brenton Stacey
Public relations officer
Avondale College of Higher Education
Cooranbong, New South Wales, Australia

Josh Bolst and Karlie Fraser are, officially, the top students on Avondale’s Lake Macquarie campus this year.

Both received $1500 after being named winners of the Avondale Prize for Excellence during Forum on October 26. “I didn’t even know the prize existed; that’s not very academic of me,” says Josh. Karlie shares his surprise. “I wouldn’t describe myself as an excellent student,” she says. “Heaps of others could have received this prize.”

Josh is completing a Bachelor of Arts specialising in communication. He is a previous academic prize winner, receiving the Digital Media Prize this past year. Sponsor Adventist Media Network now employs Josh as an intern. He notes how receiving the prize acknowledges the contribution of others who live off campus. “You don’t have to live in the residences to get the full Avondale experience.”

Karlie, a Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Teaching student, is majoring in modern history and religious studies. She is also the leader of Student Associated Ministries. Receiving the prize shows Avondale values this aspect of education, says Karlie. “I hope it encourages other students to get involved because getting involved enhances the experience.”

Academic Prizes

Faculty of Arts and Theology
School of Humanities and Creative Arts

Adventist Media Network Digital Media Prize
Adventist Media Network
Lagani Gairo ($1000)

Adventist Media Network Journalism Prize
Adventist Media Network
Sara Thompson ($1000)

Adventist World Radio Prize in Radio Production and Public Relations
Adventist World Radio
Brock Goodhill ($1000)

Allen and Andrea Steele Huguenot History Prize
Dr Allen and Andrea Steele
Lee Hancock ($1000)

W A Townend Christian Journalism Prize
Townend family
Josh Dye ($1000)

Willobee Floor Service Bachelor of Arts Excellence Prize
Willobee Floor Service
Lesley Coverdale ($1000)

School of Ministry and Theology

Arthur Ferch Prize for Hebrew Studies
Ferch-Johnson family
Simon Gigliotti ($1000)

Clifford Anderson Ministry Prize
Clifford Anderson bequest
Leighton Heise, Trevor Mawer and Jared Smith ($1000 each)

Edna Ferris Heise Prize in Communication
Heise family
Lindsey Sands ($1000)

Elwin Currow Prize for New Testament Apocalyptic
Dr Elwin Currow
Ben Reynolds ($100)

Graham Miller Memorial Prize for Youth Ministry
Graham Miller Memorial Fund
Christos Spero ($1000)

South Pacific Division Bill Marr Institute of Public Evangelism Prize
Institute of Public Evangelism, Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific
Andrew Russell ($1000)

 

Faculty of Business

Gail Valentine Memorial Prize for Human Resource Management
Gail Valentine Memorial Association
Amanda Bickerdike Wheeler ($500 Avondale Bookshop gift voucher)

Professional Advantage Bachelor of Business Prize
Professional Advantage
Cristi Cantrill ($1000)

Williams Premium Bachelor of Business (Accounting) Prize
Williams Premium Wholesale
Amy Verhoeven ($500)

 

Faculty of Education and Science
School of Education

Australian Union Conference Bachelor of Education (Secondary) Prize
Seventh-day Adventist Church in Australia
Simon Hutton ($1000)

New Zealand Pacific Union Conference Bachelor of Education (Primary) Prize
Seventh-day Adventist Church in New Zealand and the Pacific islands
Racquel Cobbin ($1000)

South Pacific Division Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood) Prize
Adventist Education Department, Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific
Hayley Oliveri ($1000)

Adventure 195 Outdoor Recreation Prize
Adventure 195
Joshua Low ($500 Adventure 195 gift voucher)

ACHPER Tertiary Student Health and Physical Education Prize
Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation
Dean Tenhave (Certificate plus 12-month membership to Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation)

Primary Teacher’s Literacy Prize
Primary English Teachers’ Association
Heather Porter-Kay (Certificate plus 12-month membership to e:lit)

School of Science and Mathematics

Bachelor of Science Prize
School of Science and Mathematics, Avondale College of Higher Education
Daniel Sheedy ($600)

 

Faculty of Nursing and Health

Academic Excellence Prize
Sydney Adventist Hospital
Lorna Layson ($250 plus gold medallion)

Clinical Excellence Prize
Sydney Adventist Hospital
Linda Macdonald ($250 plus gold medallion)

Medical Nursing Excellence Prize
Sydney Adventist Hospital
Yoke Ananto ($100)

Prize for Consistent Effort and Accomplishment
Faculty of Nursing and Health
Matt Ivey ($100)

Surgical Nursing Excellence Prize
Sydney Adventist Hospital
Hannah Thorton ($100)

 

Other

Avondale Alumni Association Community Service Prize
Avondale Alumni Association
Kyle Morrison and Hannah Thorton ($500 each)

Overseas Volunteer Service Prize
Anonymous sponsors
Herbert Bergmann ($100)

 

Prize for Excellence

Avondale Prize for Excellence, Lake Macquarie campus
Sanitarium Health and Wellbeing
Joshua Bolst ($1500)

Avondale Prize for Excellence, Lake Macquarie campus
Sanitarium Health and Wellbeing
Karlie Fraser ($1500)

Avondale Prize for Excellence, Sydney campus
Sanitarium Health and Wellbeing
Shion Shironishi ($1500)