2016 OPAL AWARDS FINALISTS AND WINNERS
ENGAGED EDUCATION AND TRAINING
WINNER
FINALISTS
- CQUniversity Drone Races by Linda Pfeiffer, Dr Benjamin Taylor and Ashfaque Chowdhury
- PEACHQld (TRIMKids) Program by Dr Susan Williams and Reegan Bickey
OTHER NOMINEES
- Clinical Placement in Portland, Oregon, USA, by Carl Legros
- Bachelor of Oral Health Rural Clinic Placement by Leonie Short
- Professional Development Training Program – Cairns by Mark Franks
- "The Courage to Care" Readers Theatre Project by Margaret Mcallister, Donna Brien, Wendy Flanagan, Virginia Howie and Joanne Dargusch
- Townsville Flexible Learning Centre by Claudio Favero
- Community Sports Projects by Betul Sekendiz
- Seagrass Restoration Community Engagement Project by Emma Jackson and Hannah Wilson
- CQUniversity School Business Challenge by Martin Turner, Gordon Stewart, Lee Di Milia, Tim Whan, Anna Farmer, Maree Franettovich, Robert Grose and Karen Mcpherson
ENGAGED RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
WINNER
FINALISTS
- iCARE Project by Prof Margaret Mcallister, Prof Bruce Knight and Lucy Sargent
- Visitors' Perceptions of Crowding in Whitsunday Tourism Locations by Dr Bruce Prideaux, Dr Anja Pabel and Michelle Thompson
OTHER NOMINEES
- Co-operation in Development, by Lily Li
- International Benchmarking of Longitudinal Train Dynamics Simulators by Maksym Spiryagin, Qing Wu and Colin Cole
ENGAGED SERVICE
WINNER
FINALISTS
- Outbound Nursing Studies – Singapore by Marina Cousins and Lucy Jiang
- Jennifer Bassett, Prof Leone Hinton, Anthony Welch, Justine Connor, Teresa Sullivan and Lina Ma
- ‘LACE’ - Language and Cultural Exchange: Community Outreach Project for Asylum Seekers, Refugees and Recent Migrants by Ruth O'Neill, Gabriela Toth, Edward Pember, Kaye Sutton, June Sanderson, David Beddoe and Robert Puffett
OTHER NOMINEES
- Co-operation in Development by Olav Muurlink
- International Engagement, Research and Innovation in Nepal by Wendy Hillman
- RU OK Day by Kim Harrington, Sara Barnbaum and Alicia-Maree Ferry
- Central Queensland Regional Titration Competition by Heather Smyth, Victoria Vicente-Beckett, Leanne Voss, Emma Vizgoft and Reegan Bickey
- Meet the Business Leaders by Robyn Collins and Maree Franettovich
- The Inclusion and Accessibility Service Champions inclusive education for students living with disability across the CQUniversity footprint by Natalie Vonthien, Enid Bunt, Michelle Broad, Janet Cook, Sharleen Keleher and Cate Rooney
- Headspace Yarn Safe Video by Steven Pace, Jodie Connolly and Donna Robinson
- ROCQ Program by Joy Smith, Erin Daly, Bianca Webster, Christie Wishart, Courtney Maynard, Daniel Hicks, Emma Power, Georgia Tulloch, Jonathan Still, Katherine Smith, Laura Burrows, Leslie Lowe, Lincoln Roberts, Maria Madueno, Sarah Christmass, Ryli Campio-Ettles, Natash Alderson, Kerry-Anne Watson, Alexander Maggacis, James Hoffman and Sally Dorrstein
- Australian Resuscitation Council Queensland Branch by Darryl Clare
ENGAGED INTERNAL SERVICE
CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION
- Priscilla Stevens-Guiney, Narelle Pearse, Anita Anderson, Lynda Woodman, Sonia Steyn, Katrina O’Sullivan, Sharyn Millar, Andrew Sinnamon, Renee Potter, Sunny Mantri, Cyrus Bharda, Erin Daly, Susan Arnold and Rachel Lamb.
OTHER NOMINEES
- Simon Bartlem, Kerry Skett, Josh Batts, Derek Jones, Madison Minns, Peter Vanheck, Greg Chapman, Colette Le Page, Joanne Perry, Rebecca Mclellan, Megan O’Rourke, David Andrews, Justin McSherry, Lauro Azambuja, Chris Bergman, Mark Western, Bruce Young and Michael Gregory.
ENGAGED SERVICE LEARNING (STUDENTS)
AWARD RECIPIENTS
- Project Fiji by Claire Kelly
- Startup Weekend and Mentor Blaze by Jodie Stanley
- Get Your Health In Check by Jodie Stanley
- CQUniversity Business and Law Students Develop Festival Spirit (Bundaberg Rum) by Caitlin Turnbull, Virginia Stenner, Sam Roberts, Ryan Paul, Amanda Brocklehurst and William Brosnan
- Community Engagement and Volunteer Activities by Melissa Parter
- Do Not Disturb by Catherine Gamble and Lisa Brummel
- 10,000 Steps Challenge – Walk Around CQU Campuses Challenge by Jodie-Lee Nowland, Toni Heaton, Tamika Rhoden and Jessica Beutel
- Dream Big Project by Jessica Kahl, Angela Tsai, Mattison Rose, Matthew White, Connor Lawson, Liam Turner, Lauren Keleher, Robert McKone and Shayne Blanchfield
- Co-Tutelle by Chunsheng Li
- A Holistic Approach to Accountability: Measuring Outcomes of Economic Development Funding in Northern Canadian Aboriginal Communities by Dr Pawan Chugh
- Robert Fisher Pro Bono Law Clinic by Vivian Hoy, Justin French, Katrina Hicks and Joshua Morgan
2016 MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENT
Engaged students, staff applauded at CQUniversity Australia Opal Awards