HeyU Issue 31 - 24 June 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! PhD candidates Joe Barry and Lea Meagher have won prestigious Grains Industry Research Scholarships, which link their work at USQ’s Centre for Crop Health (CCH) with organisations in Turkey and Australia. Students from Hervey Bay State High School and Fraser Coast Anglican College pitched their ideas at the recent Change Makers Pitchfest forum this month. Both teams were rewarded for their efforts with a total of $7000 being awarded to turn their ideas into a reality! Congratulations to USQ Lecturer Dave Robinson, who was recently awarded Life Membership of the Queensland Rugby Football Schools Union at the recent state titles. Only 10 Life Memberships with the union have been awarded, making this honour especially exciting. USQ student Belinda Nicholson recently won a scholarship to further her research at one of the world’s most prestigious astronomical organisations. Her scholarship will take her to Germany where she will spend 12 months studying at the European Southern Observatory.