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A season of beginnings and endings
A Season of Beginnings and Endings May Graduation season marked a new tradition for Macquarie, with the introduction of the Pro-Chancellor role to preside over many of the graduation ceremonies. A purely ceremonial role, the robes have been dutifully filled by Emeritus Professor Nick Mansfield. The University has a very packed Graduation schedule for 2022 after it made a commit...
Reaching for the light
From a Master of Arts Literature student being given sage advice by a newly published Margaret Atwood to nurturing some of Australia’s most exciting writing talent such as Liane Moriarty, Associate Professor, researcher and published poet Marcelle Freiman has spent more than thirty years as a student, academic and lecturer at Macquarie University. Now, as she embraces retirement and life bey...
Collective action
It’s not often that someone can give you an insight into an entire generation as they are, not as we think they might be. Macquarie University Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) and Global Leadership Program graduate Angelica Ojinnaka is one such person. A researcher and advocate for youth affairs and gender equality, she was recently named Australia’s Youth Representative to the United Nations. ...
A family cornerstone
Speaking with Lucie Chami is like talking with an old friend, even though this is the first time we have met. Warm and open, she takes you into her confidence as she shares her and her family’s story. At the heart of it all is a mother’s dream for her four children – Aniss, Latify, Lucie and Anthony – to complete their schooling and achieve a university education. ‘We owe our educatio...
Looking on the bright side
A Macquarie University International Scholarship recipient, there’s no doubt Macy made the most of her time in Australia. In addition to her masters, she also enrolled in the Global Leadership Program, achieving a Certificate in International Business Negotiations, found time to be a delegate at the World Model United Nations (MUN) in Melbourne, and was an active member of the Filipino Student S...
MD graduates answer the call for help
It’s one thing to dare to be different. It’s quite another to underpin those ambitions with action and realise change. But that’s exactly what the MD program at Macquarie University aimed to achieve and is now doing. One graduate at a time. With the first cohort having completed their course at the end of 2021, the long journey to reimagining what an MD program, and indeed what a qualifie...