HeyU Issue 25 - 01 April 2015 | Page 3

achievements USQ achievements Join with us and celebrate some of the incredible achievements of our USQ alumni and current students in their professional careers! Share your own on USQ social media and we may feature you in the next issue of HeyU! We are excited to announce online student Heidi Belbin has received the 2015 Women in Spatial (WIS) scholarship, which has been designed to support women in the spatial disciplines. Incredible work Heidi! Congratulations Pauline Alderding from Hervey Bay. Pauline received the first of two LEARN scholarships being awarded to Fraser Coast health professionals this year. Such an amazing achievement! The USQ Gumbi Gumbi Gardens won overall champion at the Toowoomba Regional Council’s inaugural Gold Leaf Awards for Excellence. Pictured here accepting the award are USQ Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Jan Thomas, Elder Mr Darby McCarthy and designers Mary Kearney and David Kearney. Fraser Coast’s peer support program, Meet-Up, has registered its largest number of leaders this year with 18 students attending the recent Meet-Up Leader Training and Development Day. Congratulations everyone and all the best for the year ahead.