SUMMER 1997/98Volume 2 Number 2

Rhodes Scholar

Outstanding Alumni

Outback online

Alumni Review

Making a difference1Ben White ... our firstRhodes Scholar

2In brief ...

4Internet sees blue skies beckonoutback graduate

6QUT science train takes scienceto the people

7Forensics fire Karen‘s imagination

8Mental health reformer embracesquest for learning and sharing

10Have qualifications will travel

11Double degree aids globalconsultant‘s success

12Data experts forecastscholarships need

13Last word ...

14Keep in touch ...

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A university for the real world

QUT Links is published by the QUT Corporate Communication Department, in co-operationwith QUT Alumni Relations Unit.

Design and production by QUT Publications Unit.

Photography: Suzanne Prestwidge, Coombs Photography (Canberra shots on cover, P8 and P12), PhilNorrish (Christene Capel shot courtesy of The Courier-Mail, P4)

Editorial material is gathered from a range of sources and does not necessarily reflect the opinions and policies of theQUT Foundation or QUT.

QUT has been a fully fledged university for lessthan a decade, but it has reached a distinguishedpoint in its evolution with the recent announcementof the first Rhodes Scholar from within our ranks.

Naturally our warmest congratulations go to BenWhite who wants to pursue studies in international

law following his successful undergraduate studies at QUT.

His progression to the hallowed halls of Oxford is reward for hardwork, dedication, diplomacy and a strong community spirit.

It also is further evidence that the course we have set ourselves atQUT is ensuring the achievements of those who study and workhere do make a world of difference.

As the Australian higher education sector receives an ever-diminishingpool of Commonwealth Government funding, QUT is determinedto adjust to the new financial imperatives without jeopardisingthose achievements or our reputation.

Of course, to truly be ‘a university for the real world’, equitableaccess to higher education must remain an important priority forQUT. Initiatives like the Faculty of Law Founders’ Scholarship andperpetual trusts established by generous benefactors like theDonnachie family and others help the university to achievethat aim.

Those from outside the university who contribute to such initiativesare to be congratulated for their foresight as well as theirphilanthropy. Their generous contribution will continue to reapbenefits in the decades to come.

For now, I bid you all a happy and healthy holiday season and lookforward to a promising 1998.

Professor Dennis GibsonVice-Chancellor

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Meet Ben White ... our firstRhodes Scholar

“One of the things that drives

me is the possibility of being

able to look back ... and to

have made a difference.”

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A grandfather who helped establishthe State’s Legal Aid system has been adriving force behind the academic andcareer success of Queensland’s 1998Rhodes Scholar, QUT law graduateBen White.

“Grandpa” Bill White was Under-Secretary in Queensland’s Departmentof Justice from 1976 to 1979. Hisachievements during those years havebecome family folklore and left a lastingimpression on his enthusiastic 22-year-old grandson.

Ben will move to the hallowed hallsof Oxford in October 1998 to begin thethree-year Rhodes scholarship, which isawarded to only a handful of Australia’sfinest young minds.

Chosen above 42 other applicants forthe Queensland Rhodes scholarship –which is awarded for character,leadership and intellectual and academicexcellence – Ben completed his four-year QUT Bachelor of Laws degreewith first-class honours and won the1996 University Medal in Law.

At his graduation ceremony in 1997he was also awarded the Faculty of Law’sinaugural Gerry Connolly MemorialPrize for OutstandingCommunity Service.

The prize was recognition of hislong involvement with the QueenslandUniversity of Technology Association ofLaw Students (QUOTALS), the Facultyof Law’s equity committee, theuniversity’s NEXUS program and thefaculty’s peer mentoring program. Healso helped organise the inauguralFaculty of Law (talent) review.

At Oxford, Ben plans to study for aMaster of Letters in Law and progress onto a Doctorate of Philosophy, withparticular emphasis on maximising theeffectiveness of law reforms and their useas tools for change in society.

“My long-term goals are not set inconcrete, but I would really love tocome back (to Queensland) and workon policy and law reform in the area ofaccess to justice,” Ben said.

“It might be through any of anumber of bodies, such as theDepartment of Justice’s Policy andLegislation Division, or through theQueensland or Australian Law ReformCommissions, or a body such asLegal Aid.

“One of the things that drives me isthe possibility of being able to look backon your career and to have made adifference – to have changed thelandscape in some way.

“My grandpa can look back and sayhe was involved in setting up somethingwhich I think is very important – is afundamental right – that people have aright, especially in criminal matters, to afair defence.

“To be involved in setting upsomething like that would be, I think, aworthwhile life.”

Having just finished his year-longappointment as a judge’s associate toQueensland Supreme Court JusticeGlen Williams, Ben plans to do QUT’s

six-week Bar Practice Course in January,1998, which will seal his qualifications asa barrister.

He then plans to work as atemporary law clerk with Legal Aid inQueensland for six months from March1998 before he leaves for Oxford.

At Oxford, Ben hopes to live in thefamed University (residential) College,which counts American President BillClinton as one of its most successfulgraduates of recent times.

With appealing modesty, Ben said hehad not been confident of securing thescholarship despite being short-listed inthe State and national selections theprevious year.

“You can’t go in expecting to winsomething like this or saying that youare a favourite or anything because youhave done well in a previous attempt,”he said.

“I am blown away by the thought ofbecoming part of Oxford – I think it isdue in a large part to the support of myparents and younger sister Vanesa whohave helped me to grow emotionally aswell as academically.”

A keen sportsman, Ben competedwith distinction in a wide range ofsports at St Joseph’s College, GregoryTerrace, and maintains a strong interestin basketball and kayaking.

Cecil Rhodes founded the scholarshipawards in 1902 for people aged 19 to 25,with women becoming eligible in 1972.

Contemplating life at Oxford . . . Queensland’s1998 Rhodes Scholar Ben White takes a shortbreak from legal work for the Supreme Court’sJustice Williams

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UN SNAPS UP FIRSTHUMANITIES PHD

QUT’s School ofHumanities has farewelled itsfirst PhD graduate, GregTerrill, who has taken up afull-time position as a policyadvisor with the UnitedNations ClimateChange Secretariat.

Just prior to hisgraduation, Greg had spenttime at Oxford University inthe United Kingdom wherehe helped edit a book aboutopen government in Britain,a topic closely related tohis thesis.

SPACE DEAL INVOLVES UNILow-orbit Australian

satellites expected to weighless than 60kg – and aroundthe size of a bar fridge – areset to rocket Queensland intothe new millennium.

And QUT and GriffithUniversity will be part of acutting-edge team developingthe satellites which will belaunched from the middleof 2001.

The news came as theState Government recentlyapproved $1.2 million overfive years to support theproject which will entail asatellite technology researchand development centrebeing established at QUT.

SCIENCE DEAN TO HEAD ARCQUT’s Dean of Science,

Professor Vicki Sara, has beenappointed chair of thenation’s most powerfulresearch funding body, theAustralian Research Council(ARC).

Professor Sara is the firstwoman to chair the ARC,which commands an annual

budget of more than$300 million.

With more than 20 yearsof research experience bothin Australia and overseas,Professor Sara will bringsubstantial internationalexperience and a diverseresearch background to theposition of ARC Chair.

Professor Sara is to take upher full-time appointmentearly in 1998.

FORUMS LAUNCHED BYBUSINESS LEADERS

Prominent business,political and academic figuresare to address a series of high-profile Leaders’ Forums inBrisbane being organised byQUT’s Faculty of Businessand sponsored by a numberof large organisations.

The initiative wasannounced recently as a bandof influential private andpublic sector executivesgathered at the Hilton Hotelin Brisbane to toast theimportance of the venturewith political commentatorand television presenterPaul Lyneham.

Flanked by chairmen, chiefexecutive officers, managingdirectors, legal partners anddepartment heads, actingvice-chancellor ProfessorPeter Coaldrake said QUTintended to foster increasedhigh-level interaction amongpeople from industry, theprofessions, media,government and theuniversity in order to enhancethe State’s business andeconomic climate as wellas the calibre of itsbusiness graduates.

“As we near the end of

this century, it is critical thatwe lift the standard of debateon key business, economicand political issues impactingon our community,” ProfessorCoaldrake said. “There ismuch to be gained fromdiscussing these issues fromlocal, national andinternational perspectives and,by holding these forums,QUT will engage in andfoster that debate.”

INDIGENOUS CENTREANNOUNCED

QUT will be a partner in a$2 million centre that willtrain indigenous people ashealth professionals andresearchers equipped to tacklechronic health problems inindigenous communities.

The QueenslandIndigenous Higher EducationCentre will be jointlymanaged by QUT, which isthe State’s largest provider ofhigher education in health,and the University ofQueensland, with the FederalGovernment contributing$1.5 million towards thecentre and the remaining$550,000 coming from thetwo universities.

QUT Oodgeroo Unitmanager Penny Tripcony saidthe QUT arm of the projecthad the potential to trainindigenous nurses, podiatrists,optometrists, healthadministrators and experts inoral health nutrition, dieteticsand environmental health.

The centre aims toeventually become self-funding, with a revenue basegenerated by researchconsultancies and otherfunding initiatives.

Bill Blair

FOUNDATION CHIEFHONOURED

The President of QUT’sFoundation, Bill Blair, hasreceived a medal in thegeneral division of the Orderof Australia (OAM) forservice to the community,business and tertiaryeducation, particularlythrough QUT’s Foundation.

Bill was awarded the medalas part of the Queen’sBirthday celebrations.

QUT UPGRADES JAPANESENURSING LINKS

Following a successful tourof Brisbane’s hospitals by 300trainee nurses from Osaka inJune 1997, QUT’s School ofNursing officially welcomedback 88 senior nursingofficials from Osaka in lateNovember for a two-daystudy tour.

The tour focused on agedand terminal care andincluded seven education-information sessions at KelvinGrove as well as a day of visitsto local hospitals.

Underwritten by OsakaPrefecture’s Government andOsaka’s Director General ofPublic & EnvironmentalHealth, the latest tour marksan important development inthe likely provision ofadvanced nursing courses byQUT to facilitate theupgrading of qualifications

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for a large group of Japanesenurses. (Most of Japan’s430,000 qualified nurses havea diploma or certificate ofnursing and prefecturegovernments across Japan arekeen to see nurses upgrade toa bachelor degree.)

Following the tour, Schoolof Nursing senior lecturerRob Thornton said QUTaimed to provide a one-yearprogram for qualifiedJapanese nurses in Brisbanefrom the middle of 1998.Rob, who is due to return toJapan in April, also confirmedthat negotiations with otherJapanese prefectures –including Fukuoka andBrisbane’s Sister City Saitama–␣ were well advanced.

Gaming MachineCommunity Benefit Fund.

Dr McGrath, whocompleted her Masters inApplied Ethics and HumanChange through QUT’sSchool of Humanities,understands from familyexperience the impact ofbone-marrow cancer.

She will initially investigatethe effectiveness of the StateGovernment’s PatientTransport Assistance Scheme,which subsidises the costs ofregional patients’accommodation and travel.Dr McGrath will also assessthe Leukaemia Foundation’s‘Taking Control’support course.

Data produced throughthese and other researchprojects will help reduce thehuman and financial costs ofserious illness, improvepatient services, informgovernment policies andeducate health professionals.

STUDENTS DON SPACE-AGESUITS

Seven Indonesian studentsare the first batch ofpostgraduates at QUT to dondistinctive blue neck-to-toesuits as they work onthe latest high-techcomposite materials.

The students completedthe new Graduate Certificatein Engineering (MaterialsTechnology) in QUT’sSchool of Mechanical,Manufacturing andMedical Engineering.

Their graduate certificateforms the second half of amasters program which isbeing taught jointly by QUTand the University of

Indonesia and is sponsored byBPPT, the Indonesian Agencyfor the Assessment andApplication of Technology.

In the QUT laboratories,the students wore protectivesuits to keep out resins andthe fine kevlar, carbon or glassfibres as they worked througha three-week block dealingwith engineering compositematerials. They alsocompleted three other blocks– on polymers, ceramics, andelectrical and magneticmaterials – and carried out aresearch project.

Protected by their space-age bluesuits, Graduate Certificate inEngineering (Materials Technology)students work on high-techcomposite materials.

undergraduate degree inmedicine, dentistry orpsychology and be eligible forregistration in theirprofession. Members of theAustralian Hypnosis Societywho have a diploma inclinical hypnosis will also beable to upgrade theirqualifications by completingthe second year of thegraduate diploma course.

Dr Gow said the graduatediploma and graduatecertificates would be offeredto international students from1999, with off-shore teachingpossibly on offer in Singapore,Hong Kong and India by theyear 2000.

SOLUTION FOR STRUGGLINGREADERS

With many childrenstruggling to master the art ofreading, at least someproblems involved may besolved by a book recentlyreleased by a QUT Bachelorof Education graduate.

Brisbane teacher andauthor Judy Frost has justpublished her first book –Now Read This – which, shesaid, had been written forparents to help their childrenwith reading.

Judy said the focus of thebook was to encourageparents, in particular, to spendtime listening to theirchildren read and, if they findthat their children areexperiencing any problemswith reading, the book offersa technique to improvetheir progress.

The book is available fromKey Publications and JudyFrost can be contacted on(07) 3369 4990.

Officials from Osaka, Japan visitQUT’s School of Nursing.

QUT TO TRAIN HYPNOTISTSHealth professionals will

soon be able to offer patientsalternative pain and phobiatreatment by doingpostgraduate studies inhypnosis at QUT.

Practising doctors, dentistsand psychologists will haveaccess to the latest hypnosisresearch and treatmenttechniques through threenew award courses to beoffered from February 1998by the Faculty of Arts’ Schoolof Social Science.

Course co-ordinator DrKathryn Gow said the courseswould be full fee-paying andapplicants must have an

FUNDS FLOW FOR IMPACTSTUDY

QUT masters graduateDr Pam McGrath has beenappointed a post-doctoralfellow in the School of PublicHealth and will conductresearch on the impact of life-threatening illnesses – such asleukaemia – on individualsand their families.

The position has beeninitiated by the LeukaemiaFoundation in collaborationwith the QUT School ofPublic Health. It has beenfunded by an initial $15,000grant from Perpetual Trusteesand $50,000 from the

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“The QUT project has given

rural women a voice and an

audience.”

If you said studying at QUT hadopened up a whole new world toChristene Capel, you could easily beaccused of an understatement.

For this energetic rural woman wholives 100 km north-west of Longreachin central west Queensland, a GraduateDiploma in Teacher Librarianship atQUT introduced her to the Internet,exchanging her relative isolation forparticipation in the global village.

Christene’s studies have since steeredher into agripolitics, put her on speakingpodiums across the State and introducedher to a host of local, national andinternational contacts.

“Because of that study, my life hastaken a different direction,” Christenesaid. “It has opened doors to things Icould never have imagined.”

The former teacher began hergraduate diploma in 1994 as an externalcorrespondence student, but advancingtechnology tracked her down and hercourse ultimately required her to useelectronic mail.

“I was dreading that actually but,when I got going, I loved it,”she admitted.

“At first I used it only for a specificcourse project but, ultimately, I became

the first person ever to submit teacherlibrarianship assignments to QUT viae-mail,” she said.

Christene’s involvement with QUTled to her participation in two projectsco-ordinated by Dr Margaret Grace, asenior research associate in theCommunication Centre.

“The first project focused on ruralwomen’s access to communicationtechnologies for information andnetworking and provided 10 ruralwomen, of whom I was one, with threemonths’ free Internet usage. I became atotal convert,” Christene said.

“The second project – Enhancingrural women’s access to interactivecommunications technologies – was fundedby the Australian Research Council.It focused more on using informationtechnology for ruralcommunity development.

“Workshops on Internet awarenesswere conducted by the researchers andlocal contacts like myself in about 10different rural communities and an on-line discussion group for rural women,now called ‘WELink’, was established.

“The project has had an enormouseffect. It has drawn together like-minded

people and raised awareness in the bushabout the benefits of this technology andof our problems in terms of facilities,costs and access.”

WELink connects urban and ruralwomen and a group of industry partnersincluding the Department of PrimaryIndustries, Queensland Health, theOffice of Women’s Affairs, the Office ofRural Communities and theDepartment of Public Worksand Housing.

“Through WELink, policy- anddecision-makers tap into the needs ofrural communities and raise these withgovernments where appropriate,”Christene said.

“The QUT project has given ruralwomen a voice and an audience thatwould once have been impossible. Thatspace has taken on real power for us.”

Christene’s growing familiarity withthe Internet set her active mind todevising other uses for it, particularly forrural areas.

“I began to think about teleworking– working remotely for an employerbased anywhere in Australia, usingsimply a phone, a fax and the Internet.There were many jobs I felt could be

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done this way, providing a boost forrural employment.

“I spoke at a Positive Rural Futuresconference run recently in ChartersTowers by the Office of RuralCommunities (ORC) and the PriorityCountry Area Program (PCAP) andmentioned teleworking.

“ORC’s general manager was thereand was interested in the concept.

“The ORC later offered me a job, soI’m the first person appointed by theQueensland Government as a rural-based teleworker.

“I’m absolutely thrilled. It’s workingwith the rural policy area, researchingissues which go through to the ORCand providing advice to the Minister.

“The ORC works with the wholeof government on issues affecting ruralcommunities – health, education,primary production,telecommunications – and ensures ruralcommunities are adequately servicedand governments are made aware of

the impact of rural policies onrural residents.

“The position will be mutuallybeneficial. I’m able to have thiswonderful, one-day-a-week job whichdeals with rural policy and the ORCand government obtain grass-rootsfeedback from someone who lives inthe bush and with the results of ruralpolicies. It has been a reallyexciting breakthrough.”

Christene’s rapid adoption of theInternet led to her story appearing in abook called 24 Hours in Cyberspace.

“The publishers picked 100 peoplefrom around the world whose lives hadbeen changed by the Internet and, onFebruary 8 last year, sent 100photographers out to 100 Internet usersworldwide to photograph them in theirnatural environment,” Christene said.

“Of course, that meant I had to getout in the sheepyard, which isn’t reallymy natural environment, but it wasworth it.

“That photo has now been pickedup by a US hard-drive manufacturer,used as an advertisement in an Americancomputer magazine and it refers to mystudy with QUT.”

Christene’s Graduate Diploma inTeaching Librarianship hassupplemented her earlier Bachelor ofArts and Diploma of Education gainedin the early 1980s and she intends to doa masters in the future.

“But, at the moment, the children(Jessica, 12, Duncan, 9, and Miles, 18months), helping my husband Davidwith the property, the teleworking job,speaking engagements, my involvementin several rural organisations and mywork with rural telecommunications, alltend to keep me pretty busy,” she said.

“These days, I’m attached to thecomputer by the hip until about6.30pm. Thanks to my study, my careerhas taken a different direction – a reallyexciting and rewarding one.”

Graduates living inSingapore have formedtheir own alumni chapterand are playing an activerole in briefing intendingstudents wanting to cometo Brisbane to study atQUT.

The group is beingassisted by Bachelor ofBusiness (public relations)graduate Vivian Song whonow works for QUT as aninternational relationsofficer.

Vivian, who is based inSingapore doing work for

the university’s Office ofInternational Relations, saidher “mission” went beyondlending support to QUTcolleagues basedin Brisbane.

“I’m proud to be anambassador for QUT and Ilook forward to sharing withprospective students the joyof my undergraduate days asan international student, as dothe 400-plus alumni chaptermembers we have registeredin the past year or so.

“With the help of theQUT Alumni (Singapore

Chapter), I am sure theactivities we are organisingfor 1998 will also providefuel for greater bondingamong graduates.”

Vivian invited Singapore-based graduates to contacther via e-mail atausqut@mbox4.singnet.com.sgor to visit the group’swebsite athttp://www.qut.edu.au/publications/00org/development/alumni/alumni_chapter.html formore details about thechapter.

Vivian Song takes a short breakduring a recent visit to Brisbane.

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“We obviously captured

the imagination of

Queenslanders.”

More than 25,000 Queenslandersexperienced science first-hand whenthey climbed aboard the popularQUT Science Train during Augustand September.

The $500,000 project took theworld of science on a 10,000 km, five-week journey around the State fromAugust 17 to September 19, stopping at23 regional and rural centres. The trainthen spent a final week on show inBrisbane, closing its doors onSeptember 26.

The brainchild of QUT’s Dean ofScience – and Australian ResearchCouncil chair elect –␣ Professor VickiSara, the Science Train aimed to giverural and regional Queenslanders apersonal, interactive experienceof science.

“People living in these areas don’toften get the opportunity to visitmetropolitan science centres, museumsand universities,” Professor Sara said. “Wethought it would be great to takescience to them, rolling it into their localrailway station.

“We obviously captured theimagination of Queenslanders – morethan 21,500 climbed aboard our mobilescience display in the 23 centres and afurther 3,500 visited in Brisbane.

“School students thronged to theexhibit and feedback was extremelypositive – descriptions such as ‘rad’,‘cool’, ‘wicked’ and ‘legendary’ beinglogged in the visitors’ book.

“The Science Train was also a bigdrawcard to adults, business people andfamily groups who took advantage ofour evening opening hours to visit andget a greater understanding of howscience impacts on their daily lives.”

Professor Sara said the train, deckedout “from dinosaurs to DNA”, featuredthree themed carriages demonstratingearth, environment and cell sciences,with a fourth carriage providinginformation about study at QUT.

“The themed carriages represented atimeline from Earth’s barren beginningsthrough the development of vegetationto the appearance of life forms,” she said.

“The displays were interactiveand dynamic. Faculty of Science staffand postgraduate students staffedthe train and involved visitorsin experimenting with thevarious exhibits.”

Some visitors drove for hours to seethe Science Train, which hadtremendous media and communitysupport across the State.

In Roma, a 94-year-old formersteam engine driver was given a redcarpet inspection of the train’s fourcarriages, while three out of every fourresidents in Richmond and more than aquarter of Mitchell’s residents visitedthe train.

The temperature in Richmondtopped 40 degrees and, when the trainran out of water, staff and students onboard had to forgo their daily shower.On arrival at Charters Towers thefollowing morning, there were nofacilities at the station, but a generouslocal hotelier stepped in to save the dayso that Charters Towers visitors werenone the wiser.

In the wake of the Science Train’shistoric journey, the number of

applications to study undergraduatescience at QUT have lifted considerably,with the faculty receiving its firstapplications from Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander students.

According to Professor Sara, thesuccessful project would never have gotoff the ground without the enthusiasticsupport of a number of sponsors,including QUT, which started the ballrolling with a $90,000 contribution.

Other sponsors included theCommonwealth Department ofIndustry, Science and Technology as wellas the Queensland Government,Queensland Rail, the QueenslandPerforming Arts Trust, The Arts Office -Queensland, Rotary andSunstate Airlines.

Professor Vicki Sara with Deputy Premier JoanSheldon at the offical send-off of the QUTScience Train.

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“We have an arrangement

with QUT whereby the

university provides us with

technological support.”

Karen Crawford using QUT’s scanning electron miroscope

It may not be as glamorous as itappears on television, but, for KarenCrawford, forensic science workwith the Queensland Police offersmany rewards.

“I’ve always been interested inscience,” Karen admitted.

“But the forensic application of itappealed to me and there was the bonusthat what you did could really makea difference.”

Karen completed her AppliedScience (Chemistry) honours at the endof 1996, winning a QUT academicmedal in the process.

She has worked with QueenslandPolice since January this year.

“I work in the analytical supportunit in the scientific section,” Karen said.

“We provide analytical work onexhibits in court cases.

“Our special area here is fire debrisanalysis – examining fire damage orlooking for accelerants.

“We also specialise in paint and glasscomparisons from break-and-enters andhit-and-run cases.

“The work is not often definitive insolving a crime.

“More regularly it’s a contributingfactor – it supports or refutes stories, butit won’t always give you the story if youdon’t know what that story is.”

“It always makes a contribution tothe end result, but rarely does the entirecase rest on (forensic findings).”

Interestingly, Karen’s connectionwith QUT has continued through herwork with Queensland Police.

“We have an arrangement withQUT whereby the university providesus with technological support,” she said.

“QUT has equipment that our lab atRoma Street Police Headquartersdoesn’t possess and I’m often over atQUT using its scanning electronmicroscope, among other things.

“Some of the work I’ve done thereinvolves examining gunshot residue andanalysing paint.”

“It’s a good opportunity forknowledge-sharing and feedbackwith people in the lab at myformer university.”

Karen says the use of forensicevidence in court cases is onthe increase.

“It’s an upward spiral. The morework the forensic scientists do, the moreresults we produce, which demonstrateshow forensic science can be used byinvestigating officers to supporttheir cases.

“It’s been a gradual process ofproducing the results and heighteningawareness among investigators of theassistance we can provide.

“Now they approach us to see whatwe can do for them.”

Karen sees a long future ahead in theforensic science field.

“I’ve found the work morerewarding than I originally thought Iwould,” she said.

“It’s fascinating from a scientificperspective and very rewarding whenyou get feedback from an officer onhow your work impacted on a case.”

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“I maintain contact with

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He graduated as a medical doctor in1977 and completed his psychiatrystudies in 1984. This was followed by aPostdoctoral Fellowship at StanfordUniversity School of Medicine in theUS. Returning to Australia in late 1986,he became acting deputy director of theDivision of Psychiatric Services inQueensland’s Health Department andwas concurrently consultant psychiatristat both Wolston Park and PrincessAlexandra hospitals.

He was directly responsible foralmost 2,000 staff in three psychiatrichospitals, forensic psychiatry services and12 community psychiatry services.

In 1988, he was appointed directorof adult psychiatry in QueenslandHealth’s Psychiatric Services Division,maintaining his consultingresponsibilities and adding the role ofhonorary senior lecturer in the

QUT’s 1997 Outstanding Alumni Award recipient is theCommonwealth’s director of mental health, Dr Harvey Whiteford,a Master of Public Health graduate.

Harvey has been determined to bring the often-marginalised areaof mental health into mainstream health care and has been an“atypical” health-care reformer, straddling the world of clinicians andthe world of health policy and administration.

University of Queensland’sPsychiatry Department.

Harvey established a 24-bedpsychiatric research unit at Wolston ParkHospital with more than 40 staff that isnow the Queensland Centre forSchizophrenia Research.

In 1991, he became Queensland’sdirector of mental health and was adynamic reform agent in mentalhealth services.

“I felt I needed improvedadministrative and policy skills for thisposition, so enrolled in QUT’s Master ofPublic Health program,” Harvey said.

The MPH program was jointlyoffered by a consortium of QUT, theUniversity of Queensland andGriffith University.

“Each offered a different strand, andI chose QUT’s health economics, policy,financing and planning areas. I used the

Other successful faculty nominees:

ArtsPeter Beattie is a 1997 Master of Arts

(Humanities) graduate who is theLeader of the Opposition in the StateParliament and has represented the Stateseat of Brisbane Central since 1989. Histhesis – The Window of Opportunity: TheFitzgerald Experiment and the QueenslandCriminal Justice Commission 1987-1992␣ –follows the Fitzgerald Inquiry frominception to completion and examinesthe effectiveness of the inquiry’srecommendations.

Built Environment and EngineeringAllan Gillespie attained his Associate

Diploma in Electrical Engineering in1969 and has built up a career in theelectricity industry which has taken himaround Queensland, to New SouthWales and up to Papua New Guinea.The Chief Executive Officer of AustaEnergy – a fully corporatisedGovernment-owned organisation whichowns and operates 75 per cent of themajor electricity generation inQueensland – Allan has led large,technology driven corporations throughchange using total quality managementtechniques, best practice benchmarking,equity and quality assurance.

BusinessJohn George is a 1989 Bachelor of

Business (Management) graduate whoestablished the successful Mrs Crocket’sKitchen, a fresh food and saladmanufacturer and distributor. He hasbuilt the business into a multi-milliondollar enterprise, winning the Best SmallBusiness Award in the early 1990s andcurrently ranking in the top 120Queensland companies.

EducationKathleen Newcombe, the managing

director of Lorraine Martin College, hashad a long association with studies atQUT. A 1978 Diploma of Teaching

knowledge gained in the MPH tofacilitate reform Statewide andnationally.

“Putting mental health into themainstream of health care, linking it withother services, planning andcommencing new hospital andcommunity services, weremy priorities.”

During this time, Harvey chaired theAustralian Health Ministers AdvisoryCouncil National Mental HealthWorking Group (1993-1997) whichplans and oversees Australia’s mentalhealth services reform.

Earlier this decade he was invited bythe World Health Organisation to sit ona panel of experts to develop a model ofbest practice in mental health servicedelivery and earlier this year he took upthe new position of director of mentalhealth with the CommonwealthDepartment of Health andFamily Services.

Responsible for driving the FederalGovernment’s mental health initiatives,including Australia’s National MentalHealth and Youth Suicide Preventionstrategies, Harvey has been shaking thetree of mental health policy and servicedelivery while continuing to see patientsand lecture students.

“I maintain contact with patientsbecause this is the grass-roots ofeverything I’m trying to achieve –keeping in touch with the real need,” hesaid. “Teaching also builds bridgesbetween mental health care practice andadministration and, when I was inBrisbane, I taught at QUT and UQ.Teaching is a way of giving somethingback to the system.

“The MPH taught me the languageof health policy and administration andmy medical experience grounds me inthe world of clinical care. Very fewpeople are fortunate enough to havequalifications to be able to work in bothareas. The masters has allowed that tohappen for me.”

graduate who completed her Bachelor ofEducation in 1981 and a GraduateDiploma in Business Administration andMarketing at QUT in 1987, Kathleenbegan her career as a school teacher. Shethen became a course counsellor atLorraine Martin College in 1987. Sincethen she has progressed from consultantto director of international marketing,deputy principal (Brisbane campus) andprincipal (Brisbane)/general manager(Queensland) before recently taking overthe top job in the organisation.

Information TechnologyChristopher Curtis is a 1981

Bachelor of Applied Science (Computer)graduate with a history of both technicaland managerial roles in the informationtechnology industry. In the late 1980s,Christopher started a company whichdeveloped human resource software forin-house systems. The product becamevery successful and is still marketed byMINCOM who bought the company in1990.

LawPaula Gerber is a 1986 Bachelor of

Laws graduate who specialises inconstruction law as senior associate inthe construction group at MallesonsStephen Jaques, Solicitors, in Melbourne.In 1995, Paula founded the NationalAssociation of Women in Construction(NAWIC) and establish State chaptersand three NZ branches. In 1996 shereceived the Crystal Vision Award fromNAWIC (America), the Telstra BusinessWoman of the Year award (Private Sectorat both National and State levels) and,this year, the Law Institute JournalWriters’ Award.

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Have qualifications, will travel!

“I found a job in Saudi

Arabia through a health

recruiting company following

the Gulf War.”

Mary-Ellen Vidgen

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A unique approach whichcombined the best in healthadministration with a strong businessfocus has seen graduate Mary-EllenVidgen go from a career start inBrisbane to working interstate,and internationally, in healthinformation management.

Mary-Ellen, who graduated fromQUT with a Bachelor of Business –Health Administration in 1985, said thebusiness focus of the course created atype of health professional which wasunique for that time.

“Most other institutions offeredhealth administration as an appliedscience degree, so we were the only oneswho had that business emphasis,”Mary-Ellen said.

“I think it attracted a different sort ofstudent in those days.

“As a result, QUT graduates oftenapproach problems from a differentperspective and utilise alternativemethods of solving those problemscompared to our counterparts fromother states.”

Mary-Ellen said graduates from heryear had a strong interest in breaking outof traditional medical records roles inhospitals and that many had pursuednon-traditional careers.

And her own career is suchan example.

Following a start in leadership rolesin medical records departments at theMater Private Hospital and the RoyalBrisbane Hospital, Mary-Ellen movedto the Queensland AIDS Medical Unitin 1989.

In addition to its role as a testing andtreatment clinic, the unit also had anepidemiology surveillance role intracking the spread of the virus inQueensland, Mary-Ellen said.

“There was a lot of difficultyencouraging people to be tested becauseof the confidentiality issues, so part ofmy job was to ensure the highest levelof confidentiality for records,”she explained.

“We had to invent new ways ofensuring confidential informationcouldn’t be accessed. For example, wecoded pathology samples so patientnames didn’t appear on the specimen, incase someone at the lab knew them.”

Mary-Ellen was subsequentlypromoted in Queensland Health into ajob where she travelled aroundQueensland advising small countryhospitals on health informationmanagement and helping themimplement computer software systems.

That job was eliminated when theGoss Labor Government regionalisedthe Queensland health system andMary-Ellen decided to explore thepossibilities of taking her skills overseas.

“I found a job in Saudi Arabiathrough a health recruiting companyfollowing the Gulf War,” she said.

Mary-Ellen said she had littledifficulty adjusting to the Saudi culture,although there were a number ofprofessional hurdles to clear.

“On one occasion I was asked toleave a hospital administration computerdemonstration before it began because itwas the policy of the company not tohave women in attendance. That upset

me because it prevented me from doingmy job,” she said.

“You had to get used to a differentset of values – I had a male staff membercall one morning to say he would be latebecause the washing machine hadoverflowed and he couldn’t leave hiswife alone with the repairman.

“You don’t really understand untilyou have been there a while.

“I would go back to Saudi again butI wanted to come home, buy a houseand see if I could still get the sort of jobI wanted back here.”

Needless to say she did and todayMary-Ellen works in the Informationand Data Services Division of the NewSouth Wales Health Department whereshe oversees the collection of in-patientdata from hospitals to assist in planninghealth services for the State.

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Double degree aids globalconsultant’s success

“The degree covers

everything you see in a

manufacturing company.”

b y G l e n y s H a a l e b o s

A double degree that could havebeen tailor-made for QUT graduateMark Fry has opened the door to anexciting and varied career which hassent him jet-setting around the globe.

“When I was looking at what degreeI was going to do, I tossed up betweenengineering and accounting,” Mark said.

“They’re about as far apart as youcan get, so it was great to see theBachelor of Engineering/Bachelor ofBusiness Management double degreebeing offered.

“It was just the thing I was lookingfor. It was the first time the course wasoffered, so the timing was excellentfor me.”

Mark began his two-pronged studiesin January 1988, finishing in 1992.

“The degrees, if done separately,would have taken seven years, but theway this course is structured, it’s a five-year program,” he said.

“A proportion of the engineeringdegree covers some management topicsso, by combining the two, theduplication is rationalised and courseduration reduced by two years.”

While the two professional areas –engineering and business management

(Mark majored in marketing) – seem tobe at opposite ends of the career choicespectrum, the course has practicalapplication, according to Mark.

“The degree covers everything yousee in a manufacturing company –strategic planning, management, productdesign, manufacture and marketing,”he said.

“It was really useful – we were giveninsights into the different aspects ofcompany operation.”

Mark now works for PriceWaterhouse as a principal consultant insystems implementation.

“We use a whole-of-businesssoftware package from SAP, which is thelargest of its kind in use internationally,”he said.

“It’s the package of choice for asignificant percentage of the Fortune500 companies, and many of Australia’slargest companies.

“The package has a number ofdifferent modules – financials, sales anddistribution, materials management,production planning, plant maintenance,for example.

“I analyse the particular company’scurrent procedures, examine its future

requirements and then establish theactual systems while improving theoverall business process.

“This involves design, constructionand implementation phases.

“The key elements are the process,the actual system, project managementand then the change management –looking at how the new system willimpact on people’s jobs.”

Since commencing with PriceWaterhouse in January 1993, Markhas become a frequent overseas traveller.

“I spent six months in the UnitedStates implementing the package for asemi-conductor company in California’sSilicon Valley and I’m currently workingon a project in Jakarta for a palm oilplantation in addition to working onBrisbane-based projects.

“The project work I’m doing givesme tremendous variety.

“I work with the same softwarepackage, but with disparate aspects of it,with different companies in variousindustries from a number of countries,”Mark said.

Bachelor of Engineering/Bachelor of BusinessManagement graduate Mark Fry ... excellenttiming.

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Data expert forecastsscholarships need

b y G l e n y s H a a l e b o s

When Desmond Donnachiedecided to study computing at theformer Brisbane College of AdvancedEducation (now QUT), neither he – northe College – realised it wouldculminate in his lifetime profession andcement a partnership that would pavethe way for future generations ofstudents to study informationtechnology.

“Obtaining my computingqualification changed my life,” Des said.“It has rewarded me professionally andpersonally and has allowed me to meetmy personal goal of being a dedicatedprofessional.”

So aware is Des of the differencestudy made to his life, that he hasdecided to give a similar opportunity toothers by establishing a perpetual trustwhich will provide scholarships to studyinformation technology at QUT.

“My brother and myself are the onlyremaining members of my family. We’veagreed that our estate will not form partof consolidated revenue, but will serve auseful purpose.

“We want our bequest to QUT tobe allocated to financially disadvantagedstudents who will study information

“My brother and I could not

think of anything ... more

lasting than to offer someone

a shot at an education.”

technology and who want to bededicated professionals.”

Des’s generosity and vision hascreated a long-term partnership betweenhimself, QUT, and students of the futureby establishing the DonnachieScholarships.

“My brother and I could not thinkof anything finer or more lasting than tooffer someone a shot at an education,”he said.

It was back in the early ’80s that Desfirst developed an interest in computers– “doing the things hacks do”.

“I bought myself one of the firstmicros, an Apple IIE, and computingbecame my hobby,” he said.

Deciding it would be good to makehis hobby his career, Des lookedaround for universities offeringcomputer courses.

“The Brisbane College of AdvancedEducation (BCAE) seemed to have theonly computing courses that related tothe real world,” Des said. “Otheruniversities offered very theoretical orengineering-based courses, whereasBCAE was real-world, hands-on computing.

“In 1987, I began an AssociateDiploma in Computing, graduating inNovember 1990, the year BCAE andQUT merged. Graduating at age 49 wasone heck of a milestone. It openeddoors to an exciting and varied career.”

Des was head-hunted to the publicservice and joined the Australian Bureauof Statistics (ABS) in January 1991,moving to Canberra to take up theposition of computer systems officer(now information technology officer).

“Essentially I’m a programmer. TheABS conducts a plethora of surveys, thebiggest being the Australian Censusevery five years. Teams of ABSinformation technology staff producethe computing systems for those surveys.I was proud to be a member of the teamwhich produced the computing systemsfor the first Aboriginal and Torres Strait

Islander Census – a subset of theAustralian Census.”

Des said many organisations –government and private – commissionedthe ABS to develop surveys.

“Suppose, for example, McDonaldsplans to build a new outlet – it wants tobuild where the kids are,” he explained.

“That information can be derivedfrom census data produced bycomputing systems I helped to build.

“About two years ago, the ABS wascommissioned to take part in a NationalNutrition Survey with the Departmentof Health and Community Services. Thedepartment wanted an in-depth surveyof what Australians eat, how often andtheir physical measurements.

“My role was to produce acomputing system which would bringtogether data collected from a numberof sources to be used for furtherstatistical processing.”

Prior to studying for his AssociateDiploma in Computing, Des workedwith the Taxation Department and incredit management.

But computing has become his firstlove and, through his bequest, Des ismaking it possible for many futurestudents who share his interest incomputing to realise their ambitions.

Des Donnachie ... investing in the future.

Simone GarskeHead – External RelationsDevelopment OfficeDivision of Research and AdvancementQUT, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane Q 4001

Remembering QUT

Gifts such as Des Donnachie's help torealise QUT's mission as a university forthe real world through its teaching,research and service to the community.

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Last word ...

LAW GETS FOUNDERSSCHOLARSHIP

QUT’s Law Facultyannounced plans for ascholarship scheme designedto help socio-economicallydisadvantaged students enterthe legal profession at itsrecent 20th anniversarygala dinner.

The Faculty of LawFounders Scholarship conceptwas launched by the faculty’sfirst law dean – Tom Cain,AM – at the BrisbaneConvention Centre dinnerwith several hundredgraduates, current studentsand members of the legalprofession in attendance.

Justice Bruce McPhersonof the Supreme Court ofQueensland’s Court of Appealwas the official guest speakerat the function.

Current Faculty of LawDean Professor MalcolmCope said the scholarship hadalready attracted a steadystream of donations fromformer QUT Law graduateswho are working in thelaw profession.

“Law is now in the highestHigher EducationContribution Scheme(HECS) band and we thinkthat there may be people whowould like to study law whoare academically meritoriousbut are unable to do so forfinancial reasons,” ProfessorCope said.

“The Faculty isendeavouring to raise enoughfunds to provide anopportunity for a student toundertake studies of law whomight not otherwise be ableto do so for financial reasons.”

Professor Cope said hehoped the annual scholarshipscheme – which will offerstudents the option of havingtheir annual $5,500 HECSdebt paid for one year, or theequivalent amount infinancial assistance – wouldbe formally launchedin 1998.

For further details, callProfessor Cope (07) 3864 2227.

ASSESSMENT TAKESUNUSUAL TWIST

Just under 100 QUTinformation technologystudents have completed thefirst two subjects offered ina unique collaborationwith industry.

Over the past three years,the School of InformationSystems’ Associate ProfessorGuy Gable has developed arelationship between theuniversity and SAP, thecompany which is providingthe comprehensiveaccounting software package,R/3, which is being adoptedfor use by State Governmentdepartments and otherlarge organisations.

“With strong support fromour Dean of Information

private and public sector usersof its R/3 package, as well asfrom students;

• a keener interest fromundergraduate students to goon to postgraduate studies afterbeing closely involved withindustry projects this year;

• two or three new PhDstudents likely to come fromthe postgraduate group andequally strong interest from themarketplace to provide fundsfor relevant scholarships;

• the introduction of athird, advanced undergraduatesubject in early 1998 based onthe SAP fourth-generationlanguage used to create R/3, aswell as a business process re-engineering subject; and

• early interest from otheruniversities in running similarprograms.

Now Guy is working on amore flexible format for hispostgraduate subject whichcould see the bulk ofattendance on Saturdays, eitheras full or half days, from nextyear.

He has also beenformalising QUT’s links withSAP and has been instrumentalin its recent establishment ofthe SAPIENT Collegeinitiative, which will draw onuniversities like QUT toprovide more in-depth trainingfor SAP users.

Foundation Dean Tom Cain andcurrent Dean of QUT’s Faculty ofLaw Professor Malcolm Cope werejoined at Law’s gala 20th anniver-sary celebrations by the faculty’sonly other Dean, Professor DavidGardiner, who is now Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Planning and Resources,at QUT.

Associate Professor Guy Gable . . .building a new foundation for“acquired solutions” in business.

Technology, Professor JohnGough, I redesigned acapstone undergraduatesubject, Information SystemsManagement, which shiftedthe emphasis from in-house,customised solutions toutilising acquired solutions,such as SAP’s R/3, for its 71students,” Guy explained.

He also introduced 22masters-level students to asubject called EnterpriseApplication Software, assigningthem eight separate R/3empirical projects with real-world users of R/3 such asQueensland Treasury,Queensland Transport, PriceWaterhouse, BHP, Coopers &Lybrand and the Departmentof Public Works and Housing.

“By involving ourundergraduate InformationSystems Management studentsas one of the stakeholdergroups in our postgraduateEnterprise Application Softwareprojects, I entrusted ourundergraduates with a formalevaluation of the graduates’work, both at the earlierplanning and later reportingstages,” Guy said, “and itworked extremely well.”

The exercise had beenextremely successful, henoted, with:

• SAP supporting QUTto the tune of $2 millionworth of R/3 softwareconnections, Digital donatinga $100,000 server to run R/3at QUT and local R/3supplier Data3 installing (andsupporting) the packagewithout charge;

• extremely positivefeedback from SAP, various

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Geof Gunton(Bachelor of Business – Accountancy1986)

Geof was in Papua New Guineafrom 1987 to 1996 working as amissionary accountant. He wasmarried on January 25, 1997, and isattending bible college in Sydney,studying for a Bachelor ofMinistries. Ph: (02) 9630 3112.

Dr Jeremiah A. Healy(Bachelor of Engineering – Mechanical1989; Doctor of Philosophy 1996)

Jeremiah is engineering managerfor Australian Paper, Petrie.Ph: (07) 3285 0730.

Jason Jacobi(Bachelor of Built Environment 1991;Graduate Diploma in LandscapeArchitecture 1992)

Jason is principal landscapearchitect for Alderson JacobiLandscape Architects, Calliope,serving both the private and publicsectors in Central Queensland.Ph: (07) 4975 8100.

Sharyn Kajewski (neeFerguson)(Diploma of Education 1979; Bachelor ofEducation 1990)

Sharyn works at Glenmore HighSchool and Capricornia School ofDistance Education, NorthRockhampton and is married toMark Kajewski who was a PEteacher but is now a nurse. Theyhave two children – Katie andLaura. Ph: (07) 4928 2488 or(07) 4931 4824 during the week.

Trevor Kowitz(Graduate Diploma in CommercialComputing 1989)

As unit manager – corporate datafor the Queensland Department ofEducation, Trevor is working on aproject to deliver a corporate datawarehouse for EducationQueensland – Stage 1, January1988. Ph: (07) 3237 0763.

Tanya Lindsay (nee Morris)(Diploma of Education 1988; GraduateDiploma in Education 1991)

Married to Brett Lindsay in 1989,Tanya has taught at State schools inCaboolture, Tullawong andElimbah but is presently enjoyingmotherhood with her twochildren, Rhiannan and Siân.Ph: (07) 5498 3586.

Irwin Low(Certificate of Teaching 1954; Diploma ofTeaching 1983; Bachelor of Education1985)

Irwin plans to retire from BrisbaneAdventist College at the end of the1998 school year. By then he willhave taught for 44 years!Ph: (07) 3343 6444.

Sonja Lusan (nee Chandler)(Diploma of Applied Science –Community Nursing 1984; Bachelor ofBusiness – Communication 1987)

Sonja is manager of the HumanResources Department – Healthand Safety section at QUT.Ph: (07) 3864 3190.

Julie Mabb (nee McCubben)(Diploma of Education 1988; GraduateDiploma in Health Science 1991; Masterof Health Science 1996)

Julie has enjoyed teaching atGlenden, Dysart and Caboolturebut is presently appreciating timewith Sarah (21 months), Jacob (5months) and husband Steve Mabb(Diploma of Education 1988;Graduate Diploma in Health Science1991). She is looking forward tofuture work in the health field. Ph:(07) 5498 9716.

Andrew Martin(Master of Applied Science – MedicalPhysics 1990)

Since graduating, Andrew has alsocompleted his Master of Science(Environmental Management). Theunique combination of healthphysics and environmental sciencehas provided him with a strongbasis for working with ErmMitchell McCotter where hecarries out environmental impactassessments and developsenvironmental managementsystems. His specialty is air qualityand dispersion modelling.Ph: (07) 3839 8393.

Tracey Miley (nee Robinson)(Bachelor of Laws 1991; GraduateDiploma in Quality 1994)

Tracey is a partner with KinneallyMahoney, Solicitors.Ph: (07) 3210 0555.

Peter L. O’Brien(Master of Laws 1995)

Peter left TNT Limited in 1996where he was manager – businessstrategy, and is now a director atCoopers & Lybrand Consultants.He is a member of the AustralianInstitute of Management,Securities Institute of Australia,American ManagementAssociation, Institute ofManagement Consultants and alsoa solicitor at the Supreme Courtsof New South Wales, Queenslandand Victoria and for the HighCourt of Australia. Peter is also abarrister at the Supreme Court ofVictoria. Ph: (07) 3877 8888.

Thanousay Ounthouang(Master of Project Management 1994)

Thanousay is deputy director-general of the IrrigationDepartment, Ministry ofAgriculture & Forestry, Laos. Thedepartment is responsible fordevelopment and management ofirrigation systems within LaoPDR, to secure water allocationfor agricultural production. Theyalso co-operate with internationalagencies such as UNDP, FAO,ADB, World Bank, AusAid, etc.Ph: +856 21 21 6627.

Rolf Pfotenhauer(Graduate Diploma in BusinessAdministration 1992)

Rolf is a computer systems officerwith Workcover Queensland inBrisbane. Ph: (07) 3235 9389.

Leticia Polinelli (neeSavage)(Associate Diploma of Arts – Dance1990)

After a successful career with theTen network as a presenter, writerand producer Leticia has finallyreached her life-time ambition ofowning and operating her owndance studio. Her school is calledTurning Pointe Dance Studios andhas more than 130 students.Ph: (07) 4034 2978.

Catherine Pozzi(Bachelor of Business – Accountancy1984)

Catherine is senior manager –national accounting and auditingservices – with Ernst & Young inMelbourne. Ph: (03) 9288 8576.

Sharon Prior (nee Morris)(Bachelor of Applied Science – MedicalLab Science 1989; Bachelor of AppliedScience, Honours 1990)

Sharon spent her first six years afteruniversity working for the RoyalBrisbane Hospital ResearchFoundation on Hepatitis B. Due toa move to South Australia for herhusband’s work she is nowresearching eucalyptus woodquality issues for Kimberly ClarkAustralia. Ph: (08) 8721 4315.

Brenda Reeves(Bachelor of Business – Accountancy,Honours 1993)

Following three years as amanagement consultant withCoopers & Lybrand, Brenda hasrecently gained a two-yearsecondment with Coopers &Lybrand in London. She specialisesin activity-based costing, processimprovement and strategic costmanagement. Brenda was recentlyawarded the 1997 Microsoft MISAward for the highest mark inQueensland for “Management ofInformation Systems” incompleting her CPA course for theAustralian Society of CertifiedPractising Accountants. Brenda isdelighted she has completed herCPA and plans to join theChartered Institute ofManagement Accountants inLondon. Brenda was also arecipient of the 1993 Wendy MillarMemorial Scholarship and the1993 QUT Medal.Ph: (07) 3877 8697.

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James Allen(Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice1992; Master of Laws 1996)

While doing his legal practiceJames became aware of deceasedestates through John de Groot,who was not only director of hiscourse but author of the definitiveestates practice manual. Five yearslater, with his Master of Lawscompleted, James is now an estatessolicitor with Clayton Utz.Ph: (07) 3292 7240.

Jared Armstrong(Bachelor of Applied Science – Geology,Honours 1993)

Jared works for BHP Coal,Emerald, as an engineeringgeologist. Ph: (07) 4982 8126.

Joanne Barrett (nee Long)(Bachelor of Laws 1993; GraduateDiploma in Business – IndustrialRelations 1995)

Joanne is employee relations officerwith QNI Limited, Townsville,presently expanding her legalcareer into industrial relations andhuman resource management.Ph: (07) 4720 6200.

Gabrielle Battersby(Bachelor of Education 1990)

Gabrielle is an History/Englishteacher and Year 9 co-ordinator atToowoomba State High School.She spent first semester as theacting head of the social sciencedepartment. Her husband, Bryan, isthe Queensland agent for BristilesTerracotta Roof Tiles. They havetwo sons, Nicholas, 7, andLoughlan, 4. Ph: (07) 4638 3027.

Ralph Black(Bachelor of Business – Accountancy1988)

Ralph is accounts director forFoodfayre Services Ltd inBerkshire, UK.Ph: +44 0175 368 0725.

Jacquie Brown(Bachelor of Business – Marketing 1990;Graduate Diploma in Communication(Distinction) 1993)

Living in Victoria, Jacquie is publicaffairs manager for the QueenVictoria Market in Fitzroy.Ph: (03) 9269 5830.

Bradley Carmichael(Bachelor of Applied Science –Construction Management 1987)

Bradley’s business, ConsolManagement, has been running forfive years, specialising in projectmanagement of diverse projectconstruction, corporaterestructuring, railways andmanagement. Ph: 015 642 180.

Sharon Carvolth (nee Port)(Bachelor of Applied Science – AppliedChemistry 1991; Graduate Diploma inQuality 1994)

Sharon is managing director ofCarvolth & Associates, providingquality assurance services to themining industry and supportindustries to ensure consistent coalproducts are provided, thusmaximising market share andimproved mining profitability.Ph: (07) 3201 5811.

Margaret Charles(Diploma of Teaching 1982; Bachelor ofEducation 1984)

Margaret is a speech examiner forTrinity College, London. Shereceived the medal of the Order ofAustralia in the New Year’sHonours List and Senior CulturalAward in the Australia Day awardsfrom the Ipswich City Council.Ph: (07) 3281 3296.

Kim Chatfield(Bachelor of Science – Geology, Honours1991)

Kim is a geophysicist withWoodside Offshore Petroleum inWestern Australia.Ph: (08) 9224 4525.

Ana Cristina Ciereszko (neePereira)(Diploma of Education 1987; Bachelor ofEducation 1991)

Cristina is a teacher at CamiraState School. Ph: (07) 3278 1363.

Andrea Close(Graduate Diploma in Education –Music 1990)

Since graduating Andrea hasworked at three schools in boththe State and private educationsystems. Although trained as amusic specialist, she has had thevaluable opportunity of teachingEnglish, drama, human

relationships education andreligious studies. Andrea ispresently teaching at WindarooValley State High School.

Carmel Cranitch(Diploma of Teaching 1984; Bachelor ofEducation 1992)

Presently completing her Master ofEducation majoring in languageand literacy at QUT, Carmel worksas a primary school teacheremployed by Brisbane CatholicEducation. She has her ownconsultancy business and inaddition to teaching does part-timeeducational consulting.Ph: (07) 3366 0303.

Mawson Croaker(Bachelor of Applied Science – Geology,first class Honours 1996)

Mawson is working in Namibia,Africa, for an African miningcompany, Iscon.Ph: (07) 5476 9004.

Charmaine Daly (neeMurdoch)(Diploma of Applied Science –Diagnostic Radiology 1983; GraduateDiploma in Applied Science 1990)

Charmaine is now studying for herPhD in the psychology departmentat the University of SouthernQueensland, researching in thefield of short-term memory.Ph: (07) 4631 2061.

Alan Davie(Bachelor of Engineering – Civil 1974;Graduate Diploma in EnvironmentalEngineering 1977; Graduate Diploma inUrban & Regional Planning 1981)

Alan is Queensland and Pacificmanager of Sinclair Knight Merz,Spring Hill. Ph: (07) 3244 7100.

Ian G Dick(Certificate of Electrical Engineering1980; Bachelor of Engineering –Electrical and Computer Engineering1984)

After completing his degree, Ianstayed in the RAAF until 1990completing a total of 22 years’service. He has been with TunraLtd for more than six years,working with satellite antennatracking control and controlsystems. Ph: (02) 4967 1811.

Roxanne Egeskov(Graduate Diploma in OccupationalHealth & Safety 1990; Master of HealthScience (OH&S) 1996)

Roxanne is principal adviser,ergonomics, in the Division ofWorkplace Health and Safety ofD.T.I.R. and is on maternity leavewith her infant son.Ph: (07) 3247 9404.

Jenni Erbel(Bachelor of Business – Accountancy1991)

Jenni manages 19 financial plannersacross Queensland. She is marriedto Stephen Erbel (AssociateDiploma in Electrical Engineering1990). They are the proud parentsof two children.Ph: (07) 3227 2160.

Eva Farago(Bachelor of Business – Accountancy1993)

Eva is senior accountant with W.A.Kusnierz & Associates, Zillmere,and is undertaking CPA studies.Ph: (07) 3865 1066.

Carol Gay(Master of Business Administration1996)

Carol returned to the UK in July1996 to re-establish herself andfind a job! She now works for MSSMarketing Research, is workinghard and enjoying life in a fast-growing market researchconsultancy.Ph: +44 0117 927 6507.

Michael Gleeson(Bachelor of Business – Communication1994)

Working in the corporate relationsdepartment of the Australian StockExchange since 1995, Michaelinvites all QUT graduates to comeand learn about share investing.Ph: (07) 3835 4017.

Tom Grayson(Bachelor of Engineering – Electrical &Computer Engineering 1980)

Tom is an application and systemsengineer with G.E. Motors &Industrial Systems, Geebung.Ph: (07) 3865 3242.

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The QUT Foundation would like to thank the following people whogenerously contributed to the 1997 Alumni Fund:

Bruce Alvey, Helen Angelos, Astrid Apel, Karen Ashdown, NicholasAssaf, Kaylene Baker, Mark Baldock, Peter Ballin, Lorraine Bird, RalphBlack, Don Bletchly, Russell Boardman, Paul Brown, Di Buckley, MatthewBulat, Philip Cameron, Richard Coggins, Valerie Colaso, Bradley Colledge,Michael Collins, Mary Crowley, Gary Darvill, Hugh Davis, Margot DeGroot, Rene Dibbets, Lesley Dutton, Geoffrey Eades, Keith Elcock, RayleeElliott Burns, Michael Enders, Margarita Escalon, Steven Friedrichs, IanFroome, Stephen Gapsa, James Garnsworthy, Simone Garske, BruceGaylor, Geoffrey Griffiths, Peter Hadgraft, Laureen Harris, Linda Henry,Patricia Hersant, John Hester, Glenda Hunter, Mark Jones, Audrey Lawrie,Margaret Lovett, David Lutz, Joff Martin, Peter May, Jenny McDonald,Eleanor McDonnell, Kym McDougall, Lee McLean, Bob Meggitt, CarmelMischlewski, Gregory Morse, Tony Morton, Mike Murphy, Rim Neang,Bob Neilsen, Rowland Noakes, Mike Noonan, Brian Norris, Valerie Parkin,Peter Pemble-Smith, Lisa Pendall, Steve Powell, Andrew Powell, MichaelPower, Daniel Prentice, Robert Rankin, Janet Raymond, James Rice,Esma Ross, Beverley Ruscoe, Supakit Sakarindr, Craig Schloman, WadeSmith, Glenice Spender, Graham Stenton, John Stokes, Delma Stollznow,Mollie Strong, Paul Sturmey, Peter Swann, Mitsu Terada, Cameron Todd,Romulo Umali, Louisa Van De Meene, Phuoc Vo, Alan Walker, LeesaWatkin, Bruce White, Merla Wollstein, Ian Woodley, Christine Young

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