Staff Awards

The 2011 Staff Awards Ceremony was held on Wednesday 7 December 2011 where the following awards were presented:

• 10, 20, 25 and 35 Year Long Service Awards
• Professional Employee Awards for Excellence
• Learning and Teaching Awards and Recognition
• Community Engagement and Service Awards, and
• Equal Opportunity for Women Achievement Awards

2011 Long Serving Employee Awards

10 Year Long Service Recipients Mrs Cheryl Abberton Dr Latif Al-Hakim Prof Graham Baker Mrs Marlene Barron Mr Gerard Betros Ms Seprina Budden Ms Carmel Cavaye Ms Pauline Collins Mr Rod Daly Mr Ronald Davis Dr Michael de Raadt Mrs Karen Draper Dr Jan Du Preez Ms Justine Fritsch Mrs Deborah Geoghegan Mr Colin Glasby Miss Janelle Griffiths Mrs Chris Hazel Dr Liam Hendry Miss Tess Hetherington Mrs Shannon Hill Ms Eileen Hjertum Mrs Angela Howard Mrs Kristin Humphreys Assoc Prof Yan Li Mr Brian Long Mrs Alison Mander Dr Bernadette McCabe Miss Rachael Millett Ms Annette Nanka Mrs Liz Newbury Dr Patrick O'Brien Mr Neville Oxford Ms Victoria Parker Dr Selvan Pather Mrs Narelle Peach Ms Joy Pinkerton Dr Petrea Redmond Assoc Prof Joachim Ribbe Mrs Shelley Rowe Mrs Juanita Ryan Mr Kenneth Shapland Dr Daryl Sparkes Mrs Kylie Suhr Mrs Carolyn Taylor-Smith Mrs Barbara Tennant Ms Lesa Topp Ms Peta Tucker Professor Hua Wang Dr Paul Wen

20 Year Long Service Recipients Assoc Prof Peter Albion Mrs Morwenna Boddington Assoc Prof Paul Bramston Mrs Debbie Busiko Mrs Suzy Byrne Mrs Jean Charlish Mrs Jessamyn Clarke Mr John Clarke Assoc Prof Geoff Cockfield Professor Julie Cotter Miss Alison Feldman Mrs Bev Gebbett Mr Richard Gehrmann Mr Glenn Harris Mrs Melissa Jarick Mr Maurie Jenner Mr Peter Jones Ms Dorothy Judd Assoc Prof John Leis Ms Sherryl Lendrum Mr George McHugh Mr Anthony Merry Dr Ruth Mossad Mrs Chris O'Reilly Mr Luke Parker Mr John Pearson Assoc Prof Cheryl Perrin Mrs Donna Rees Mrs Jill Scanlan Mrs Sheree Schott Dr Ron Sharma Mrs Julie Shinners Mr Don Smith Mr Andrew Williams Mrs Lynn Zeckomske

25 Year Long Service Recipients Mrs Penny Bailey Mr Wayne Briskey Mr Scott Brown Professor Frank Crowther Mr Barry Hancock Ms Janelle Martin Mr Pat McConnell Mrs Tricia O'Neill Dr Dave Roberts Mr Lez Seal Mrs Coral Thiemann Mrs Cheryl Ward

35 Year Long Service Recipient Professor Ron Ayers

2011 Professional Employee Awards for Excellence

Commendation for Outstanding Service

Mrs Liz Whatson, Senior Administration Officer (Student Support - Research), Faculty of Business and Law for service to the Faculty of Business and Law research office particularly demonstrating high standards of professional behaviour in relationships with staff and students.

Award for Excellence in Innovation or Process Improvement

Ms Dianne Paez, Ms Jill Byrnes and Ms Jillian Blacker from the Office of the Pro Vice-Chancelor (Partnerships) for the "Integrated Articulation and Credit Transfer Project" for the development and implementation of an integrated and transferable model of flexible delivery and seamless articulation of course offerings, dual awards, accreditation and recognition of prior learning between the tertiary and VET eduction sectors to improve the student experience.

Mrs Emily Gaschk from the Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Global Learning) and Mrs Sharon Geise from the Office of the Vice-Chancellor, for the "Inaugural USQ Executive Assistants/Personal Assistants Seminar" for demonstrating innovation and initiative to deliver a positive impact on the professional development opportunities for executive and personal assistants at USQ. 

2011 Learning and Teaching Awards

2011 Awards for Teaching Excellence

Dr Alexander Kist from the Faculty of Engineering and Surveying for inclusive learning experience that enables student learning and critical enquiry.

Dr Karey Harrison from the Faculty of Arts for motivation and development of excellence in student learning.

2011 Awards for Programs and Services that Enhance Learning

The Engineering Education Research Group for fostering research in engineering education to develop a scholarly approach to teaching and learning.

Albert Chong Alex Kist Andrew Maxwell Andrew Wandel Angela Fry Badri Basnet Bernadette McCabe Bob Fulcher Carola Hobohm Carolyn Brown Chris Snook Clinton Caudell David Dowling David Thorpe Dean Believeau Fouad Kamel Frank Bullen Gillian Colclough Allan Manalo

Hao Wang Harry Ku Hong Zhou Jacqui McDonald Jim Shiau Jo Devine John Billingsley John Worden Karu Karunasena Kazem Ghabraie Kerry Kruger Lyn Brodie (Chair) Marita Basson Mainul Islam Mark Norman Mark Phythian Michael Jokic Paul Wen Belal Yousif

Peter Gibbins Ray Malpress Ron Ayers Sandra Cochrane Selvan Pather Shane Simmons Soma Kathirgamalingam Steven Goh Thiru Aravinthan Toby Low Tony Ahfock Trevor Drysdale Vasanthadevi Aravinthan Weena Lokuge Wei Xiang Weide Wandel Yan Zhuge Karen Noble Petrea Redmond

The First Year Infusion Program for supporting students in developing lifelong learning skills for their professional contexts.

Jason Myatt Eddie Fleming Greg Coombes Jeff Black Zoe Lynch Ken Moreton Sandra Adams Lindy Abawi Debbie Blencowe Jen Bundy Melanie Cameron Sian Carlyon

Susan Carter Jessamyn Clarke Gillian Colclough Ann Dashwood Linda De George-Walker Liz Derouet Marilyn Dorman Marion Elvery Anita Fredericks Lorraine Hawes Henk Huijser

Dale McCleverty Beth McCormick Michele McGill Jerry Maroulis Jacinta Maxwell Ron Pauley Helen Parker Michelle Turner Donna Williams Karen Noble Robyn Henderson Bronwen Rolfe

2011 Community Engagement and Service Awards

Vice-Chancellor's Award for Community Engagement

The Smart State University Internships Program for building new and effective links with industry, social enterprise and the not-for-profit sector which connected over 100 students from the Faculties of Sciences and Engineering and Surveying with more than 70 companies to provide a diverse range of Work Integrated Learning and career development opportunities. The team comprised Ms Tanya Morgan (Manager, Careers and Employment), Mr Murray Wright (Learning Coordinator - Toowoomba Campus), Ms Carolyn Alchin (Learning Coordinator, Springfield Campus), Ms Hayley Bannah and Ms Courtney Irish.

Ms Sharon Louth (Lecturer, Curriculum and Pedagogy) in the Faculty of Education at the Fraser Coast for the Birrbam Burunga Gambay Project, which means "to play and learn together". The Project's aims were to build  cultural awareness and celebration of indigenous perspectives within the wider community. It engaged over 350 Year 7 students and their teachers, six schools, Koorawinga Aboriginal Corporation, QLD Health and the Australian Sports Commission and the indigenous communities of the Fraser Coast. These partnerships enabled a successful indigenous festival and the creation of cohesive social networks linking USQ, the community, schools, students and indigenous facilitators to share their knowledge and celebrate culture.

Professor Glen Postle (Project Coordinator) for the Community 4 Community Initiative. C4C recruits USQ academic and professional staff to engage with the community and conduct social research. Its purpose is to build community capacity to strengthen the economic, social and cultural capital of Toowoomba and its region. Professor Postle's tireless work, and the scope of doctoral projects, has extended the reach of this network to engage and collaborate with community service professionals, educators, government at a local, department and agency level, the police, business people and community leaders. Toowoomba Flexi-School and TOMNET are two community-based initiatives that have substantially contributed to C4C research. Professor Postle's vision, leadership, inspiration and achievements have enabled C4C to become a successful reality.

Vice-Chancellor's Award for Community Service

Mr David Smith within the Centre for Australian Indigenous Knowledges for his sustained community service, socially responsible application of life-long knowledge, unconditional giving, compassion and contributions to building support networks, individual and organisational capacity and resilience as a community leader and volunteer. Key amongst his many activities were his contributions to Lifeline Australia, Carers QLD, the Australian Psychological Society, Veteran Affairs and USQ Students and Alumni.

Professor Marie Kavanagh from USQ Springfield, for demonstrating extraordinary leadership and community capacity building in her voluntary work through leading the development of the Karalee Community Association in the week following the devastating January floods. Professor Kavanagh's coordination of critical partnerships with disaster relief  agencies  and QLD Department of Communities, Rotary, Betta Board Australia, local builders and Ipswich City Council, enabled flood affected residents in the communities of Karalee, Barellan Point, Chuwat, Karana Downs and Mt Crosby to re-build their lives following the January 2011 floods.

2011 Equal Opportunity for Women Achievement Awards

Equal Opportunity for Women Citation to Ms Cathy Jacobs, USQ Student Guild.