You to the power of us can change students' lives
Your gift can help change the lives of students who choose to study at Macquarie University, many of whom are overcoming setbacks to further their education.
The value of a scholarship goes beyond supporting a promising student who might not otherwise be able to access higher education. It goes beyond meeting expenses, to providing learning and life experiences, and igniting opportunities. Because when someone has the ambition and tenacity to educate themselves, great things happen – for them, for their family, for their community. And, for our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, for their people. Scholarships are breaking down inequity and opening up new worlds for students. People like Kyh Samuelsson from Lightning Ridge, who will be the first in his family to graduate from university.
At just ten, Kyh was driven to apply for a scholarship at Knox Grammar in Sydney. As he explains, ‘I am a proud Aboriginal man from Youalaroy/Ngemba Country who left home in Year 7. ‘I wanted to be a person who went to school and did well so the kids at home could look up to me. The older boys influenced me, and I wanted to show the younger ones that they can get an education too.’
Achieving his HSC despite the challenges of the pandemic, Kyh may have completed high school but wasn’t prepared to stop there – he had his sights set on university and a career in marketing management.
Still, he couldn’t have done it without the support of generous donors like you. Now in his first year of a Bachelor of Commerce, Kyh says that without the scholarship, he would have had to return home and give up his aspirations for a career in marketing. ‘There just aren’t the opportunities in a small town,’ he says.
By making a donation by 30 June, you can help us support a university education for students like Kyh, who are determined to change their future. But your generosity won’t help just one student.
PS. If you have any questions, or a particular type of student, program or faculty you wish to support, please reach out to the Philanthropy Office on +61 (2) 9850 1386 or email mqadvancement@mq.edu.au for an initial discussion. Our students are waiting. Your gift will change a life.