Dharmica Mistry – making geeks chic
2019 Alumni Award Winner - Medicine & Health Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Medicine, 2014 Chief Scientist, BCAL Diagnostics Dharmica Mistry would be the first to sing the praises of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths), yet this young woman’s achievements in medicine and science – and let’s not forget business – are making people everywhere sit up and take notice. And her ...
From London to North Ryde – bringing communities together
Macquarie alumna and former resident of Dunmore Lang College, Melanie Barry (BA 1997, PCMgmt 1999) recently returned to her alma mater from London to run a creativity workshop. With a major in Politics and a further certificate in Management from MGSM, since 1998 in Sydney and London Mel has worked in communications and marketing in the environment and communities area of sustainability. ...
Announcing new alumni scholarship for Global MBA
We are delighted to announce that the Global MBA is now part of the Macquarie University Alumni Scholarship Schemes. This means that as Macquarie University Alumni, you can receive a 10% scholarship towards the tuition fees for the Global MBA. Hear from the Global MBA Academic Program Director, Associate Professor Lan Snell in this short video as she discusses the new addition to the Mac...
From high school drop out to high-achieving mentor – Jessica Sarkis Unleashed
At 17, Jessica Sarkis (BA 2016) was living out of home as a high school drop-out and working three jobs to survive. By 22, she was university-educated and had launched and sold two successful companies. Today, Jessica regularly speaks at schools and is passionate about instilling a sense of self belief in young Australians. She is the Founder of ‘Unleash You’ - an innovative youth caree...
Alumnus Ambassador Brendan Berne strengthens Franco-Australian relations
Macquarie alumnus Brendan Berne (B Econ Hons 1993) is the Australian Ambassador to France, Algeria, Mauritania, and Monaco. Prior to his appointment in July 2017, he held a range of positions in Canberra including Ambassador for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and First Assistant Secretary, Investment and Economics Branch Division. He has served overseas as Deputy Head of Mission at t...
Staying connected in Singapore
The Singapore Alumni Chapter is one of the University’s longest-standing chapters, and is now in its 22nd year. There are currently over 2,000 alumni living in Singapore, the majority of whom are from the Macquarie Business School. Many of them are graduates of the Macquarie Graduate School of Management and Macquarie Applied Finance Centre which delivered the MBA, MA and MAF programmes in...