Alumni Focus
Technology, teamwork, and lot more dancing than you might expect…
Macquarie alumna Mel Blake (GradCertHis 2017, BEd 2019) first became involved in Robotics when she was in high school and was recruited for the first ever team in Australia (Team 3132) in 2009. She went on to mentor the team, co-ordinate the LEAP Robotics program at Macquarie and work on a casual basis for FIRST Australia. She says mentoring Team 3132 was a way of paying back the opportu...
Award-winning playwright Kendall Feaver makes it big overseas
Macquarie alumna Kendall Feaver (BCreativeArts 2012) is an award-winning UK-based playwright. She grew up in Bowral, New South Wales, and attended Macquarie University, graduating in 2012 with a Bachelor of Creative Arts. She was a resident at Dunmore Lang College, one of the two residential colleges on campus at Macquarie in North Ryde. Kendall has achieved many accolades for her debut ...
Hong Kong alumni chapter is 20 years strong and our alumni networks continue to grow throughout the world
The Hong Kong Alumni Chapter is one of the University’s longest-standing chapters, having formed in 1999. There are currently over 6,000 alumni living in Hong Kong, the majority of whom are from the Faculty of Business and Economics, and many of them are graduates of Macquarie Graduate School of Management. The Hong Kong Alumni Chapter committee has dedicated much time and talent to...
Hamid Yahyaei – investment analyst by day, finance lecturer by night
Alumnus Hamid Yahyaei is the Macquarie trifecta: alumnus, current student and staff. He’s now on a mission to promote financial literacy and the beauty of corporate bonds to help people understand that they can control their lives through their financial choices. In this in-depth Q&A, he shares his passion for finance, his views on the economy, and why being financially literate is so imp...
After 252 graduations, meet the man who still wants more
If you’ve graduated in the last ten years, chances are you would have encountered Noel Wagg. He is one of the University’s most committed alumni volunteers, with almost a decade of volunteering at graduation ceremonies under his belt. This year is the 10th anniversary of our graduation volunteers. At this year’s April graduation series, it’s estimated that Noel will be volunteerin...
Hong Kong alumni chapter welcomes new president
Newly elected president of the Hong Kong Alumni Chapter, Clement Lam has been an active member of the committee for 6 years. As one of the University’s longest-standing chapters, the Hong Kong Alumni committee has dedicated much time and talent to supporting alumni engagement, organising business seminars and social events for Hong Kong alumni and using their networks to stay connected wi...