It’s hard to believe Louis Mott has time for uni. The first-year Bendigo Exercise Science student rattles off a gruelling schedule for 2019, which includes travels to Lithuania, Spain, Marrakesh and closer to home, the Gold Coast. And it’s all in the name of Judo. The martial arts champ is on a roll, pitting his... Continue Reading →
Life’s all white for outdoor ed alum Maddie Ovens
There’s plenty Outdoor Education alumna Maddie Ovens will miss about Antarctica once she leaves today; waking to the sunrise over iceberg alley, hot thermos cuppas by the ocean, the fresh whiff of penguin poo when the wind blows westerly... not to mention the southern lights. “Honestly, everyday has been a highlight,” she says. For the... Continue Reading →
From Chinese traffic cop to Aussie nurse
It’s rarely easy to change your life. Sometimes it’s by way of natural progression and other times change comes crashing through in the wildest of circumstances. For Harry Cheung, landing in Bendigo to study nursing was a bit of both. Harry, 32, had been a police constable in Hong Kong for eight years before he... Continue Reading →
Tiny student treasures on track
La Trobe visual arts students’ work is popping up at train stations along the Melbourne line. The group show, titled Small Works from a Big Place, features more than 200 works by regional artists, from the budding to the best-of. First stop was Riddles Creek, then Castlemaine, and now it’s Bendigo’s turn to host the... Continue Reading →
Portrait of an exhibiting artist
We drop into the Phyllis Palmer Gallery this week to witness the final commitment for our third-year creative arts students, but for Bethany Mansfield, it's far from the last hurrah. On Friday the bachelor and honours students will launch their graduate exhibition and publicly present themselves to the community as artists, designers and photographers. “I... Continue Reading →
Women in Leadership grant helps Maddie take to wild waters
Bendigo’s Lake Weeroona is a long way from the wild glacial waters of Austria’s mountain rivers; around 15,000 km, give or take. La Trobe student Maddie Batters is preparing to swap the local waterway for the latter in a bid to challenge her international peers in the Under 23 World Wildwater Championships, and she’s looking... Continue Reading →
Alumni award for international success
As we swelter through a Bendigo January, spare a thought for former resident Dr Simon McIlroy and researcher at Denmark’s Aalborg University, where the month's mercury reaches an average two degrees. Simon said adapting to the country’s winter months has been a challenge, but another year ahead chasing his goals certainly puts the weather into perspective.... Continue Reading →
Exercise physiology students mine research for conference
It's been a full program of research highlights at today’s exercise physiology student conference. Sixteen students took to the McKay Lecture Theatre to share the outcomes of their 2016 projects, many of which will have an influence beyond class assessments. Joshua Morrow and Demi Guy both worked with staff at Costerfield Mine near Heathcote on... Continue Reading →
Campus connections for new Bendigo Mag owner
The much-loved Bendigo Magazine hit the shelves this week. To readers it’s business as usual for the 44th edition, but to one local the spring 2016 mag will forever be known as issue one. It’s the first publication under the ownership of Bendigo La Trobe alumnus Dustin Schilling. Not that he’s a stranger to the... Continue Reading →
