Elijah Young is proof that wishes can come true. When Elijah was little, he added a secret wish to a special book his grandparents had gifted him. The book was like a diary, with pages dedicated to hopes and dreams. Elijah added the words, “I wish I was […]
La Trobe alumni Tim Dunlop can’t drive down the Calder Freeway without pointing out its finer details to his children. Working on the freeway upgrade was one of the first projects Tim undertook after graduating from civil engineering in Bendigo. “I drive down there all the time and […]
Our Student Union building was packed this week with people pledging to never commit, excuse or remain silent about violence against women and children. The White Ribbon event included a panel of experts addressing how we can all make gender equality the social norm. As we learnt, inequality […]
What would you show an international visitor to Bendigo if you only had one weekend? Top of the list for Jac Torres-Gomez was the hot jam doughnuts at the Sunday market. “I said you have to eat one and you have to burn your tongue,” says Jac, on […]
Professor Mark Gussy admits there’s usually not a lot of room for creativity in his day. He laughs until now, the closest he’d got to the uni’s arts facilities was on his daily walk past to the Student Union cafe. “I walk past this building every day when […]
Bendigo is currently between major music festivals, and in the meantime, La Trobe alumni are keeping the beat with the latest Downtown lecture. “We have three or four Downtown lectures a year,” says Bendigo Alumni Chapter chair Katherine Hancy. “Each time we have a different focus and this […]
Contemporary art has long stopped Julie Miller Markoff in her tracks. She remembers the first piece she bought, as a 20-something living in Melbourne. The two-metre high Jackson Pollard print in the Brunswick Street shopfront grabbed hold of her and wouldn’t let go. She bought it with one […]
Troy Surkitt has strong ties to The Mob. In fact he’s the president. Yeah, he’s a good fella, but that’s about as close to the mafia as this mob gets. The Mob is the club of La Trobe University Bendigo’s outdoor education students, and one of the most […]
