2008 Vice-Chancellor's Awards

June 27, 2008

The 2008 University of Wollongong Vice-Chancellor's Awards Function was held on Friday 27 June, formally recognising the outstanding contributions and service of staff members.

The awards were attended by the Chancellor Mr Michael Codd, AC, Vice-Chancellor, Professor Gerard Sutton, AO; Vice-Principal (Administration), Mr Chris Grange; Vice-Principal (Overseas Operations), Dr James Langridge; Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and International) Professor Rob Castle; Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) Professor Lee Astheimer and members of the UOW Council.

Deans, directors, colleagues, friends and family of the award recipients were also present to show their support and appreciation.

Award categories included 25 Years Service Awards, Outstanding Service for General Staff, Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Learning (OCTAL) Awards (categories of Vice-Chancellor’s Award, Early Career Academic Award, Sessional Tutor/Demonstrator Award, General Staff Award and Faculty Awards), Research Excellence Awards (categories of Senior Researcher, Emerging Researcher, Research Partnership and Research Supervision), Excellence in Community Engagement Awards and the Marie Lewis Award.

This year's Awards Ceremony concluded with the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Gerard Sutton, AO being awarded Rotary International's highest honour.  Mr Malcolm Heard, Wollongong Rotary President, surprised Professor Sutton with the prestigious Paul Harris Award for service to the community.

Below is the photo coverage from the event. All recipients are pictured with the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Gerard Sutton, AO.

25 Years Service Awards

Heidi De Coster - Vice-Chancellor's Unit

Marina Evans - Faculty of Engineering

Prof. John Fulcher - Faculty of Informatics

Carlo Giusti - Faculty of Informatics

Dayna Hilton - Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences

Ian Laird - Faculty of Informatics

Debbie McGavin - Faculty of Education (not present at ceremony)

Bruce Robertson - CEDIR

Prof. Julie Steele - Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences

A/Prof. David Vance - Faculty of Creative Arts

Outstanding Service Awards

Grant Jacobs - URAC

Toni Lanyon - Library

Cathy Nicastri, ITS

Stuart Rodd - Faculty of Engineering

Marie Lewis Award

Arpana Sharma - UOW Dubai (not present at ceremony)

Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Learning

Vice-Chancellor's Award: Dr Sue Bennett - Faculty of Education

Early Career Academic Award: Dr Corinne Cortese - Faculty of Commerce

Sessional Tutor/Demonstrator Award: Joakim Eidenfalk - Faculty of Arts

General Staff Award: Dr Lindsay Oades and Alison Hemsley - Accommodation Services

Faculty Award: Dr Anne Abraham – Faculty of Commerce

Prof. Brian Ferry accepted the Faculty Award for Dr Mohan Chinnappan -  Faculty of Education

Faculty Award: Dr Stephen Ralph – Faculty of Science

Faculty Early Career Award: Dr Samanthika Liyanapathirana - Faculty of Engineering

Faculty Early Career Award: Dr Bridget Munro - Faculty of Health & Behavioural Sciences

Faculty Early Career Award: Dr Celeste Rossetto - Student Services

 Research Excellence

Inaugural Research Excellence Award for Senior Researchers: Prof. Shi Xue Dou - Faculty of Engineering and Prof. Gordon Wallace - Faculty of Science

Inaugural Research Excellence Award for Emerging Researchers: Dr Zenobia Jacobs - Faculty of Science

Highly Commended (emerging researchers category): Dr Adam Dolnik - Faculty of Law.  Certificate accepted by A/Prof. Greg Rose

Inaugural Research Excellence Award for Outstanding Research Partnership: Prof. John Norrish - Faculty of Engineering (with partners Thales Aust and DSTO).  Award accepted by Prof. Chris Cook.

Highly Commended (research partnership category): Prof. David Steel - Faculty of Informatics (with partner Australian Bureau of Statistics, represented by Mr Geoffrey Lee).

Excellence in Research Supervision Award: Prof. Mark Wilson - Faculty of Science

Highly Commended (research supervision category): A/Prof. Minjie Zhang - Faculty of Informatics

Excellence in Community Engagement

Individual Category: A/Prof Philip Laird - Faculty of Informatics

Team Category: A/Prof. Siva Sivakumar and A/Prof. Paul Cooper - Faculty of Engineering

 

Highly Commended (individual category): A/Prof Ron West - Faculty of Science

Highly Commended (team category): A/Prof. Ian Brown, Dr Pauline Lysaght and Ros Westbrook - Faculty of Education

Last reviewed: 30 June, 2008