Monash pharmacy student Lauren Crawley is the inaugural recipient of the Alistair
Lloyd Scholarship for Excellence and Leadership. Offered for the first time in 2015,
the scholarship was established by the Faculty in recognition of Victorian College
of Pharmacy graduate and past Foundation Chair, Alistair Lloyd AO RFD ED.
Valued at $10,000 per year, the Alistair Lloyd
Scholarship is awarded to an outstanding student
with demonstrated leadership capabilities
undertaking the Monash Bachelor of Pharmacy
(Honours) degree. In the spirit of the philanthropist
and pharmacy industry champion it is named for,
the scholarship encourages students to achieve
their full potential and make a real difference to
people’s lives and the future of pharmacy.
Scholarship recipient Lauren Crawley says that,
while studying pharmacy at Monash was always
her first choice, the offer of a scholarship came
as something of a surprise. “After I’d applied to
study pharmacy at Monash and been accepted
into the course,” Lauren explains, “I received an
email asking if I’d like to apply for the Alistair
Lloyd Scholarship – if I could demonstrate
leadership experiences. I quickly googled
Alistair Lloyd and the scholarship and excitedly
put an application together!”
With an admirable record of leadership initiatives,
Lauren’s efforts spoke for themselves. “I was
fortunate to be involved in a lot o