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Employable Me 2 – graduate success stories
Graduating from university is an exciting milestone, and these days young grads are finding it challenging to secure a job in their chosen field. One of the many benefits of being a Macquarie graduate is our Career and Employment Service which offers non-academic, career-related advice, consultation and support services to all current students during their studies and up to 12 months after they ...
Susanna Matters – Rising Star
2020 Alumni Award Winner - Rising Star BA/DipEd 2013 Susanna Matters often tells how, as a young girl who wasn’t allowed a Barbie, she was instead given the Adventures of Vicky, a magazine that contained a doll on the cover. Every issue, a new outfit was attached, complete with an empowering message or profession for girls to engage in. The first issue, Vicky was dressed for an Afr...
Employable Me – graduate success stories
Graduating from university is an exciting milestone, but these days young grads are finding it tougher than ever to secure a job in their chosen field. From law to banking, teaching to accounting, many of our young alumni are finding their Macquarie degree has been highly regarded in their industries. Here we feature just some of them who have had recent employment success. Ka...
Steve Cox – A sense of place
If, as Marcel Proust says, ‘The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes,’ residents of New South Wales are in for a treat. With the greatest diversity in landscapes and culture in any of the Australian states, MQ alumnus (PDMgmt 2009, MBA 2010) and CEO of Destination NSW Steve Cox encourages us all to discover what is right here on our do...
Alumni duo on a mission to save the planet, one compostable package at a time
Over five million tonnes of packaging were used in Australia in the year to June 2018, according to Clean Up Australia. Worryingly, only half of it was recycled, while the rest ended up in landfill, in our waterways, and scattered across the land. Concerned by the amount of plastic waste her first e-commerce retail business (OLIVIA&CO.) was producing, Macquarie University alumna A...
Jason’s journey from mentee to mentor
Alumnus Jason Duarte (BComm 2005) leads the alumni network in Canberra. A keen networker and advocate for his alma mater, he has been attending alumni events since he graduated. He has learnt firsthand the power of networking and the benefits of staying connected with Macquarie. Jason leads Westpac’s Corporate & Institutional Banking business in the ACT, which includes Public Sector...