Of all the things they’ve learnt at La Trobe, occupational therapy students Caitlin Hancock, Emma Tindill and Rebecca Young never thought iMovie would be one of them. But the trio can now add ‘filmmaker’ to their resumes. The Bendigo students have worked with Mount Alexander Shire health services […]
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 […]
Design and technology lecturer Simon O’Mallon says this weekend’s Maryborough RACV Energy Breakthrough will once again inspire tomorrow’s teachers. Simon and fellow education lecturer Peter Cox will take ten of their students to Maryborough to help judge some of the 6000-plus competitors set to take to Princes Park in […]
It’s often said the rural Victorian landscape is a patchwork quilt. Keely Letson sits and stitches it in the corridor between the campus art studios. Fat squares of canola yellow, reminiscent of her favourite view back home. The artwork will soon hang alongside the work of 21 of Keely’s […]
For accounting student Emma Ashworth, choosing a charity to fundraise for as part of her course was one of this year’s easiest uni tasks. It had to be Righteous Pups. The Bendigo-based not-for-profit group trains assistance dogs for at-risk teens and children with autism. “I have a sibling […]
Maths whizz, cool dude and Karen refugee Shar Nay has a big future. And big dreams, too. So far, he plans to become an astronaut, police officer and scientist. “It wouldn’t surprise me if he wants to be a lion tamer,” laughs La Trobe Honours student Luke Edgerton. […]
A student exhibition at the La Trobe Visual Arts Centre blurs the boundaries between our public and private selves. It’s a topic clearly in the frame of photographer Ben Blacket. A few years ago, publicly, Ben was working as a commercial and news photographer. Privately, he was yearning […]
Exchange student Hanako Aono received a crash course in Aussie Rules this month in the home of avid Cats supporter Margaret O’Rourke. “I have actually seen a footy game on TV before in my residence, but seeing one with a family was really great because they have one team […]
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. […]
We’re at the Dunolly Primary School, on the edge of Box-Ironbark diggings, 40-minutes west of Bendigo. Old gold country. “Are you taking a metal detector?” asks a workmate. Talk of the recent $250,000 nugget find has whipped up a barrage of ‘what ifs’. Leading teacher Judy Gibbs says […]
