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Ella Sprunt has an enviable study spot to retreat to this week. She’s headed back to the family dairy farm at Numurkah for the peace, quiet and glorious space. The Bachelor of Biomedical Science (Medical) student says she couldn’t imagine life any other way, and as such, she’s on a path to return home once... Continue Reading →
In the hours prior to this photograph being taken, Sam Croft had walked 15 kilometres through the Mundaring hills beyond Perth. It was around 30 degrees. He was hot, sweaty and had battled grass tree spines, ticks and March flies, and yet, check out that grin. “The smile says it all,” Sam says. He... Continue Reading →
The key to a good life is to make a living out of your passion, right? Second-year Sport Management student Zac Gilmour is well on his way. Although it took a couple of years at uni to settle on his ideal course, the signs were all pointing to a career in sport since Zac was... Continue Reading →
Five La Trobe University Bendigo students are set to change the lives of 50 women living in a remote Indian village. The students have just returned from a study tour with La Trobe and CERES Global, looking at social, educational, environmental and gender issues in rural tribal villages. Social work students Lauren Drechsler and Jaryd... Continue Reading →
It’s been a big two weeks for final-year students as they sit exams and come-to-face with the future. For Jordan Sens, there’s been no down time. He completed his last La Trobe exam last Wednesday and this week started working in his chosen career. “I wanted to jump straight in,” he says, describing the end... Continue Reading →
Around one in 200 Australian students are home schooled. In the Central Goldfields that statistic would be even slimmer, which makes Nathan Jordon’s story even more unique. As the middle child of seven Nathan spent the first ten years of his schooling learning from the family farm at Talbot. “My earliest recollection is of mum... Continue Reading →
You think you wouldn’t read about it, but you can, World heritage listing considered for Bendigo Telstra phone booth, Man wears green bag as hat and La Trobe uni student’s study habits border on the insane. Just jump onto satirical news site The Bendigo Standard and it’s all there in full colour. Psychological Science student... Continue Reading →
Darcy Ryan and Liam Groves are two third-year Civil Engineering students at La Trobe University in Bendigo with a lot in common. They both grew up in small towns – Kyabram (Darcy) and Tatura (Liam) – as part of farming families. They both have a self-admitted love of “pulling things apart”. They went to the... Continue Reading →
Jacob Manning is a third-year Bachelor of Education student at La Trobe University in Bendigo. Last year, when Jacob was assigned a placement at a small primary school in Talbot, over an hour’s drive south-west of Bendigo, he knew he would face some challenges in terms of attending the school five days a week for... Continue Reading →
