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Wrapping up a Master of Visual Arts this month is bittersweet for Genevieve Thornton. “I’d like to stay there forever,” she says on bidding the campus farewell, for the second time. Genevieve first studied a Bachelor of Visual Arts at La Trobe in Bendigo in 2000. After graduating, she began her career as an art... Continue Reading →
A group of clever, caring La Trobe students have put their minds to helping alleviate food insecurity in Bendigo during the first La Trobe Rural Health Innovation Sprint. Students from a range of disciplines have spent an intensive few days exploring the complexities of the issue locally. “It isn’t just about making sure people don’t... Continue Reading →
An Occupational Therapy student project has found a strong need for more allied health services in Heathcote. Ella Fitzpatrick, Meisha Dedman and Lucy McCracken-Bell surveyed health professionals and local residents, and liaised with Heathcote Health management, for their final-year project, presented at this week’s annual OT student conference. “We believe we have completed some very... Continue Reading →
“The implications of COVID-19 on my Year 12 studies amplified my fear that I would not achieve my best, that all the effort I had put in throughout high school and my final year would not pay off. I was worried that I would have less opportunities to do exactly what I wanted.” Like most... Continue Reading →
Lill Daley looks for the best in any situation. Give the Bendigo primary school teacher a tier-one exposure site and a stint in isolation, and she’ll see yet more feats of resilience. “It’s been a big week,” she says, when she spoke to the Bendigo Campus Blog. “Our kids are doing some pretty amazing things... Continue Reading →
Ambulance Victoria Regional Director Trevor Weston says by the end of the fortnight, Ambulance Vic will have hundreds of new staff to aid in the growing pandemic care load. “And the majority of them are either from other emergency services or they’re students,” he says. To help meet workforce demand, the Bendigo Campus has offered... Continue Reading →
Did you know allied health professionals make up the second largest workforce in Australia’s healthcare system after nurses? And they perform an important role in the recovery of people with COVID-19. La Trobe Rural Health School Associate Professor Carol McKinstry says with one in 10 of those with Long COVID expected to have symptoms for... Continue Reading →
If only a bit of Kaitlyn Wishart’s life could be bottled… actually, that’s just what happens when you come from a dairy farm. Each litre of milk from Rowlands Park Holsteins comes with essence of the early rises, hard work and passion of Kaitlyn and her family. They’re also qualities she’s bringing to her studies... Continue Reading →
Education student James Antonic had hoped to travel abroad as part of his course. Despite the pandemic grounding those plans, he’s about to experience the next best thing. James is one of three Bendigo students taking part in an international work placement, from home. The trio will spend ten weeks Zooming into English lessons in... Continue Reading →
Outdoor Education students Joel Hodge and Oscar Reeve-Palmer are planning to fulfill another extreme adventure dream thanks to both being awarded The Mob bursary – a scholarship for members of the student club. “Learning we were successful in our application was incredibly exciting,” Oscar says. “It meant the Tassie trip we had been dreaming about... Continue Reading →
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