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Bachelor of Business (Accounting) student Gemma Ritchie is encouraging community-minded Year 12s to apply for next year’s Aspire Program, as she did in 2020. Aspire rewards students with early conditional offers to study, reduced ATAR requirements, and other perks when they arrive at uni. “It recognises the amazing work many young people do through volunteering... Continue Reading →
The ESE Consulting team, with Michelle, far left, and Katie, fourth from left. It’s been 17 years since La Trobe alumni and sisters Michelle and Katie Johnson launched Bendigo recruitment company ESE Consulting, armed with two PCs, two home phones and a spreadsheet of contacts to cold call. “We thought we’d take the good aspects... Continue Reading →
Here’s an impressive number from the accountant; 95 per cent. That’s the quantity of Dr Kate Ashman’s regional Bachelor of Business/Accounting students who are employed after their work placement. “It’s huge,” says the Bendigo academic. “It’s really successful and they achieve jobs out of it. The businesses see it as a good way to get... Continue Reading →
A 2020 study into where La Trobe University alumni are employed locally has revealed Bendigo businesses and institutions are making great use of the city’s graduates. The study has shown Bendigo Health, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, the City of Greater Bendigo Council and Kangan Institute of TAFE to be among the top employers. Ninety-seven of... Continue Reading →
Forget relaxing in the uni holidays – the last time Bendigo student Leah Rinaldi put her feet up was two weeks ago. “I can tell you exactly where I was,” she says. “I had my feet up, sitting in the armchair at home.” And then she hit ‘create’ on her Facebook page Shop 2 Support... Continue Reading →
Lost Boy. Child Soldier. Refugee. These are the bare facts of Galou Mabior’s life. He needn’t say any more to convey the horrors and challenges of his younger years, but he does. For Galou, it’s important for others to know something of a refugee’s life, to help build on the understanding essential for the peaceful... Continue Reading →
Danu Ransarani is on her lunch break in Rosalind Park. It’s a place she retreats to most days for the peace and quiet and sense of community; a little microcosm of everything she’s come to love about Bendigo. The graduate accountant from Sri Lanka was studying and living in Melbourne, having quit her job in... Continue Reading →
The line was out the door the day Joshua Maggs opened Addicted to Christmas. 800 Christmas lovers came through the shop, excitedly snapping up decorations and unique gifts almost two months before the holiday, something the Bachelor of Business (Accounting) graduate never thought would happen. “I was overwhelmed almost to the point of tears,” he... Continue Reading →
Bamboozling the key holder at the Toolleen Football Club was a sure sign Catherine Dreis was on the right career path. It was her sister Lil’s 21st birthday party and the marketing and event management student had taken the reins. She had a spread sheet, a schedule and a barrage of questions for the footy... Continue Reading →
Glenn Harvey is really bad at keeping secrets. Best coffee in Bendigo? He’ll tell you. Most picturesque cycling track? Just ask him. City’s quirkiest pocket? That’d be Chancery Lane. It’s here we meet the City of Greater Bendigo’s tourism marketing manager. It’s been a busy week of spilling the beans for the La Trobe alumnus;... Continue Reading →
