Monday 17 December 2007

Kate Forrester attended the Monday evening ceremony to receive her Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws and Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice.

Claire Osborne graduated at the Monday evening ceremony with a Bachelor of Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws and celebrated with her extended family (from left), mother Megan Osborne, father Dr Max Osborne, boyfriend Tim O'Sullivan, Sue Dunster and grandmother Pauline Osborne.

Como West resident, Daniel Gallacher, graduated on Monday evening with a Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Laws.

Cronulla resident, Jessica Borg, received a Bachelor of Laws Honours/Bachelor of Commerce at the Monday evening graduation ceremony.

Sutherland Shire residents and good friends, David Arena and Ben Black, each received a Bachelor of Information and Communication Technology at the Monday afternoon graduation ceremony.

Sutherland Shire resident, Steven Ferrier, attended the Monday afternoon ceremony to receive his Bachelor of Information and Communication Technology.

Anthony DeAngelis received a Bachelor of Commerce at the first graduation ceremony of the week on Monday 17 December. He is pictured with his father John, girlfriend Jessica (who is a UOW Management Cadet), mother Carmel, brother-in-law Peter Bernardi and sister Angela Bernardi.

Dr Balakrishnan Parasuraman travelled from Sabah, Malaysia with his family to receive a PhD in Management. Dr Parasuraman is a senior lecturer at the Universiti Malaysia Sabah. His thesis explored and analysed forms and determinants of employee participation in Malaysia. Up until primary school, Dr Parasuraman was unable to read or write. However his parents, who were rubber tappers in the plantation sector, were determined to give their children a good quality of life and after receiving a scholarship Dr Parasuraman was granted his dream of studying in Australia. He is pictured with his uncle Krishnan Manickam, wife Rusia Ginsu, child Hanna Malarvilli, cousin Henry Gunong, child Isaac Dasan and brother Murugaiah.

A group of five Bachelor of Information and Communication Technology Honours students graduated at the Monday afternoon ceremony and have all landed top corporate graduate jobs at companies including Accenture, Macquarie Bank, IBM, Ernst and Young and Theiss. The students were supervised by Dr Katina Michael in the Faculty of Informatics who is an expert in national security and 'überveillance' (exaggerated surveillance). The graduates completed a range of interesting research projects on topics such as e-passport security, chip implants and in-car GPS navigation systems. Pictured (left to right) are Raymond Koppe, Dane Hamilton, Ben Renegar, Matthew Sirotich and Angelo Friggieri.

Postgraduate & Mature Age Recruitment Coordinator at UniAdvice, Bianca Wannell, graduated at the morning ceremony with a Master of Strategic Marketing. She is pictured with her fiancé, Michael Perry.

Richard Irvine graduated with a Master of Science (Logistics) with Distinction at the Monday afternoon ceremony. His mother Helen, who works in the School of Accounting and Finance and is a UOW graduate, was able to watch her son graduate from the prime position onstage as part of the Academic Procession. His father Rod (right) is also a UOW graduate. In fact, between his four siblings, parents and sister-in-law Richard's family have racked up a total of 12 UOW degrees between them. Richard will continue his work in logistics at BlueScope Steel.

Monday afternoon's Occasional Address was presented by Chief Financial Officer for Yahoo!7, Mr Gregory Brown. Mr Brown is a UOW graduate and since joining Yahoo!7 he has become a key part of integrating the existing Yahoo business and the online digital media assets of the Seven Network. This year, Mr Brown has been involved in establishing a new joint venture involving Telecom NZ. He is pictured with the Chancellor, Mr Michael Codd AC.