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50 Voices
This year, as part of our 50th Anniversary celebrations, we have launched 50 Voices - a content series that celebrates the people who have made UOW what it is today. From labs to libraries, lawns to lecture theatres, hear unique stories from students, staff, alumni, donors, and community members who have had a lasting impact.
Articles
How volunteering can enhance your degree
It’s an opportunity that often flies under the radar but holds the key to a truly transformative experience – volunteering.
Compassion in crisis
Meet the newest recruit in UOW's School of Nursing, Professor Timothy Wand
Be a part of everything
From a farm in rural Australia to the centre of Wollongong – how IT student Jack Wason found home away from home at UOW
A CEO in the making
Meet the Vice-Chancellor Leadership Scholar with big plans for the future.
Lecturer by weekdays and a rapper, as fate would have it
Growing up in Surabaya, Indonesia and raised by a single mother, Yani Oktaviana loved listening to a variety of music genres from a young age, but it was hip hop that would eventually win her heart.
Force of gravity
The UOW graduate putting retired mineshafts to work for our green energy future