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Alumni Awards 2017

Event Overview

run sheet

Date: Saturday 18 November 2017

Venue: Brookman Hall, City East Campus

Time: 6.30-11.30pm

Dress code: Black tie / Evening

6.25pm Jazz Trio to begin playing on stage as background music Jazz Trio

6.30pm Guests arrive – pre-event drinks in the foyer area ASR team

6.45pm Advancement staff to commence ushering guests into

Brookman Hall

Juliette, Anne Christie,

Sara and Donna

6.45pm Cindy McKee to escort David Lloyd & Jim McDowell and

partners to meeting area, ground floor, curtained off

area to await arrival of Governor, Mrs Lan Le and

Honorary Aide-de-camp.

Professor Nigel Relph will escort The Honourable Dr

Susan Close MP downstairs to await arrival of

Governor.

Professor Allan Evans & wife will escort Ms Rachel

Sanderson and Mark Band downstairs to await arrival

of Governor.

Cindy McKee

*Cindy to ensure drinks

and server organised for

greeting area*

Sara Jackson to tap Nigel

and Allan to go

downstairs

6.50pm MC back announces guests to take seats and staff to

help usher guests

Rosanna offstage & ASR

team

6.50pm Deb Heithersay to be outside Brookman Hall awaiting

arrival of Governor

Deborah Heithersay

6.55pm Governor and Mrs Lan Le arrive with Honorary Aide-de-

camp (Lieutenant Marko Runjajic RANR), and met by Ms

Deborah Heithersay who will provide introductions

Vice Chancellor Professor Lloyd, partner Ms Mandy Giles

Chancellor Jim McDowell, Ms Mijung Kim

Deborah Heithersay

6.58pm Ian to advise Cindy to escort official party to doors of

Brookman Hall ready for procession.

Ian Forster


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7.00pm MC welcome – outline format of the night and

introduces arrival of Governor and Mrs Lan Le

• MC asks everyone to be upstanding for their arrival

• Governor, Mrs Le, VC, Chancellor, party enter

• Royal Salute – first four bars are played

(The Vice-Regal Salute should not be played while the Governor is

walking. It is played when the Governor has reached his position at

the table and the accompanying party are motionless)

Rosanna Mangiarelli

ASR staff to ensure chairs

are pushed in to allow

maximum room for

official party

7.05pm MC asks everyone to be seated

MC Introduces Trevor-Tirritpa Ritchie for Welcome to

Country

Rosanna Mangiarelli

7.10pm Welcome to Country TBA

7.13pm MC thanks Trevor-Tirritpa Ritchie and acknowledges VIP

guests.

MC then introduces the VC to come on stage for the

Hetzel Group Induction and then leaves stage

Rosanna Mangiarelli

Rosanna leaves stage

7.15pm Fern and Sara to assist Hetzel members up stage as VC

announces their name

Fern and Sara

Sara waits on stage to the

side, Fern near the gift

table

Cassie near Fire Exit

7.15pm Speech: VC speaks about the Hetzel Group Induction

announces the members who are being inducted.

VC invites each member onto stage for presentation of

the certificate and pin

Members are:

• Wolf Blass AM DUniv

• Bob and Gayle Cowan

• Associate Professor Margaret Davy AM

• Dr Ian Gould AM DUniv and Christine Gould

• Tom Pearce

• Emeritus Professor Kym Adey AM

• Jim McDowell

Chancellor then inducts the VC and presents certificate

and pin

Professor David Lloyd

Fern on stage to assist

Prof Lloyd hand out

certificates and pins

Sara to guide members to

seats – 1st winner closest

to steps and take

certificate and pins to

place back on table (to be

moved to foyer for end of

night collection).

Mr Jim McDowell


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• David Lloyd

VC and C to then stand behind seated Hetzel members

for a photograph (VC & C at either end of group)

Fern & Sara to assist

members off stage.

7.25pm MC returns to stage Rosanna Mangiarelli

Donna to prompt jazz trio

back to stage

7.30pm MC thanks David Lloyd and invites guests to enjoy

entrée

Rosanna Mangiarelli

4 x staff take chairs off

stage

7.30pm Entrée served

Background music accompaniment

Jazz Trio

Chairs to be removed off

stage by Sara, Donna,

Darren & Fern

Cassie to take certificates

and pins

8.15pm MC acknowledge band and introduces alumni video Rosanna Mangiarelli

8.16pm Video: Alumni Overview (3 mins) ASR team/Ian Forster

8.16pm Fern to get onto stage and wait near speakers Fern Cargill

8.19pm MC Invites Chancellor on stage for speech Rosanna Mangiarelli

8.20pm Speech: Chancellor (2 mins) Mr Jim McDowell

8.22pm MC invites VC on stage for speech Rosanna Mangiarelli

8.23 pm Speech: VC (5 mins)

(MC will ask VC to wait on stage in readiness for video

playing )


8.29 pm MC announces award proceedings Rosanna Mangiarelli

Professor David Lloyd to

wait side of stage


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8.30pm MC introduces 1st award recipient – Leon Choong Rosanna Mangiarelli

8.31pm Video: Leon Choong (3 mins) ASR team

8.34pm MC invites Leon Choong on stage for award

presentation

Award presentation and photos

Rosanna Mangiarelli

Leon Choong


8.35pm Award recipient address: Leon Choong (4 mins) Leon Choong

8.39pm MC thanks Leon and introduces 2nd award recipient –

Andrea Mason

Rosanna Mangiarelli

8.39pm Video: Andrea Mason (3 mins) ASR team/Ian Forster

8.42pm MC invites Andrea Mason on stage for award

presentation


VC to present award and pose for photos and waits on

side of stage to escort Andrea off stage after speech.

Rosanna Mangiarelli

Andrea Mason


8.43pm Award recipient address: Andrea Mason (4 mins) Andrea Mason

Donna to prompt Jazz trio

back to stage

8.47pm MC returns to stage and invites guests to enjoy main

course

Rosanna Mangiarelli

8.47pm Main course served

Music accompaniment by Jazz Trio

ASR team

Jazz Trio

9.47pm MC announces second part of award proceedings and

invites VC on stage for award presentations

Rosanna Mangiarelli

9.47pm Fern to get onto stage and wait near speakers Fern Cargill

9.48pm MC introduces 3rd award recipient – Glenn Cooper AM Rosanna Mangiarelli

9.49pm Video: Glenn Cooper AM (3 mins) ASR team/Ian Forster

9.52pm MC invites Glenn Cooper AM on stage for award

presentation


VC to present award and pose for photos and waits on

side of stage

Rosanna Mangiarelli

Glenn Cooper AM


9.52pm Award recipient address: Glenn Cooper AM (4 mins) Glenn Cooper AM


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9.56pm MC thanks Glenn introduces 4th award recipient –

Wawira Njiru

Rosanna Mangiarelli

9.58pm Video: Wawira Njiru (3 mins) ASR team/Ian Forster

10.00pm Wawira Njiru address (4 mins)

VC to present award and pose for photos and photos

and escorts Wawira off stage

ASR team


10.05pm MC congratulates all the recipients and officially closes

the formal proceedings

Rosanna Mangiarelli

10.06pm Dessert served

Background music accompaniment

ASR team

10.20pm His Excellency escorted to the Vice-Regal Vehicle by VC Professor David Lloyd

11.30pm Event concludes ASR team


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7.00pm MC welcome - outline format of night Good evening and welcome to the third annual University of South Australia Alumni Awards. My name is Rosanna Mangiarelli and I will be your host for this evening. Could you please all be upstanding for the arrival of His Excellency the Honourable Hieu Van Le, Governor of South Australia and the official party.

7.02pm {Governor and party enter room and walk to seats} 7.04pm

{VICE REGAL SALUTE}

Resume official welcome following conclusion of the Vice Regal Salute.

7.05pm Thank you ladies and Gentlemen, please be seated. I’d now like to invite to the stage Trevor-Tirritpa Ritchie, to officially welcome us to the traditional lands of the Kaurna people.

7.10pm

{Welcome to Country}

7.13pm Thank you Mr Ritchie. I too, acknowledge the land we meet on today is on the traditional lands of the Kaurna people”. I would now like to acknowledge our distinguished guests:

• His Excellency The Honourable Hieu Van Le AC, Governor of South Australia

• Representing the Leader of the Opposition, The Hon Mr John Gardner MP,

Shadow Minister for Education, Multicultural Affairs and Arts

• Shadow Minister for Child Protection, Ms Rachel Sanderson MP

• Former Premier of the South Australia, The Hon Dr Dean Brown AO, and 2016

Alumni Award winner

• Former Minister for Health The Hon John Hill

• Former Senator, The Hon Nick Bolkus

• Former Senator, The Hon Chris Schacht

• South Australian Police Commissioner Grant Stevens, APM

• Mr Jim McDowell, Chancellor of the University of South Australia

• Professor David Lloyd, Vice Chancellor and President of the University of

South Australia

• Former University Chancellor, Dr Ian Gould AM

• Deputy Chancellor of Charles Darwin University, Mr Richard Ryan AO

• The University of South Australia Council Members

• Distinguished guests all

As an alumna of the University, I am incredibly proud to be here with you tonight as we honour our 2017 award recipients.


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Before I introduce you to our Alumni Award recipients, we have a very special ceremony to acknowledge the generous philanthropic support of some of our distinguished alumni. I’d now like to invite Vice Chancellor and President Professor David Lloyd to the stage.

**Rosanna to exit stage**

DAVID LLOYD SPEAKS

• Good evening.

• Many of you this year mourned with us the loss of a

great man. The Honourable Doctor Basil Hetzel AC

DUniv was one of this state’s greatest contributors to

public health and to its intellectual life.

• Among the many wonderful contributions he made, Dr

Hetzel, Basil - or Old White as many knew him - was

Chancellor of the University of South Australia from

1992 when we were very young and fledgling, until he

retired in 1998.


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• He was a key supporter of our Bob Hawke Prime

Ministerial Centre at UniSA and was its chair from 1998

to 2007.

• He remained a patron of the Hawke until he passed away

earlier this year.

• Basil Hetzel was a passionate advocate for education and

during his lifetime he generously donated over $100,000

to the university.

• In his name and in his memory, we have created a new

recognition group for our donors. Those who contribute

$100,000 or more to UniSA are, from this evening, to

become members of the Hetzel Group,

• and tonight we acknowledge the extraordinary

contributions made by the following people:

• Wolf Blass AM DUniv is renowned for his 60-year

career in wine production, transforming a modest


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landholding in South Australia into what is now Wolf

Blass Wines, one of the most successful and awarded

wineries in Australia;

o Wolf is Chairman of the Wolf Blass Foundation

which, in 2014, pledged $350,000 to UniSA;

o his gift has established a 10-year program of

research scholarships, focused on Masters by

Research Students in Wine Marketing and

Innovation.

(Present pin and certificate to Mr Blass)

• Few people have made a more generous contribution to

our University than Bob and Gayle Cowan through the

Cowan Grant Trust;

o The Trust was established in 1994 by the late

Marnie Cowan and her son Bob;

o Marnie and her husband Bill were great believers in

the benefits of tertiary education,

o and the great work of the Cowan Trust to provide

financial support to students continues with Bob and

Gayle.


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o To date their gifts to UniSA have totalled $417,000

and the impact that funding has had on students –

particularly those from rural and regional

backgrounds – is incalculable.

(Present pins to Bob and Gayle Cowan and one certificate for

both).

• In 1999 Associate Professor Margaret Davy AM

established a special scholarship at UniSA with a gift of

$130,000.

o In honour of her aunt and uncle, the Irene and David

Davy Scholarship for the Advancement of

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education

continues to be awarded annually;

o The scholarship is valued at $5000 and is allocated

to an undergraduate student based on their academic

merit as well as evidence of their service to the

community;

o So far, there have been 30 recipients – their names

are proudly displayed on an honour board at our

City West campus,


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o and Margaret continues to take a great interest in

each one of them,

o many of whom have gone on to act as role models

and mentors for other Aboriginal students.

(Present pin and certificate to Associate Professor Davy)

• Dr Ian Gould AM DUniv and his wife Christine have

been great supporters of the University.

o Ian served as our Chancellor from 2008 until 2015;

o He very wisely hired me in 2012;

o as a geologist he has had more than 40 years’

experience in senior positions within the minerals

industry;

o was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from UniSA

this year;

o Ian and Christine have collectively donated more

than $125,000 to date.

o Their gift supports Honours and PhD students with

the Ian Gould Experimental Science Grant which


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encourages experimentation and analysis in

scientific endeavours;

o they have also made a generous contribution to

establish the Gould Interactive Gallery, a venue

within our Museum of Discovery in the new Health

Innovation Building.

(Present pins to Ian and Christine Gould and one certificate

for both).

• The generosity demonstrated by the Pearce family to our

University is nothing short of remarkable. Tom Pearce

and his wife, the late Jean Pearce OAM wanted to

make sure that young rural students had the support they

needed to attend university;

o During her lifetime Jean made a $500,000 gift, in

memory of her brother, to establish the Don Hawke

Memorial Scholarship;


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o It is the largest and most prestigious undergraduate

scholarship awarded at UniSA;

o In addition Tom and Jean made significant

donations to the Library and to establish a range of

Pearce Family Grants;

o Tom continues to support these and the Pearce

family’s contribution to the University now totals

almost $800,000.

(Present pin and certificate to Tom Pearce)

• Emeritus Professor Kym Adey AM has had a long and

distinguished career in higher education in Australia and

overseas.

o He was Dean of the Salisbury campus of the former

South Australian College of Advanced Education;

o is a former Pro Vice Chancellor and Vice President

of UniSA and also served as foundation dean of

Education in 1992;

o Kym served four terms as President of the

Australian Council of Deans of Education, during


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which he chaired two national reviews of Teacher

Education;

o In 2011 he initiated the Kym Adey Catherine House

– University of South Australia Scholarship through

his unique artistic talents;

o sales of his limited edition series of sculptures,

together with other support, have netted nearly

$200,000;

o funds which have been used to support a vital

annual scholarship valued at $10,000 that enables

women from Catherine House - which provides

supported accommodation, education and

emergency housing to homeless women - to study at

UniSA.

(Present pin and certificate to Emeritus Professor Kym Adey)

• There are, added to this group, tonight, additional donors

who prefer to remain anonymous but we still would like

to express our gratitude to each donor for their

philanthropic support.


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• Oh, we have one more member of the Hetzel group to

induct. How could I have missed this one:

JIM JOINS DAVID ON STAGE

• DAVID: Jim McDowell began as Chancellor of UniSA

on January 1st 2016;

o Educated as a lawyer, he had – and still has - a

significant career in the defence, aerospace and

technology sectors;

o first became associated with UniSA in 2007 as a

member of Council and was particularly involved in

the established of the UniSA Law School,

o (- just ranked amongst the world’s top 100 law

schools (and the best in South Australia) in case you

hadn’t heard -;)

o donated his Council fees throughout his time on

Council, used to establish the Joshua McDowell

First Year Law Grant;


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o re-joined the University in 2016 as Chancellor and

donated $102,500 to support our 25th Birthday

Scholarship fund and continues to fund the Joshua

McDowell Law Grant;

o also pledged to donate his Council fees for the next

three years which will total $165,000 (in additional

funding).

DAVID PRESENTS CERTIFICATE TO JIM.

(JOKE IF APPROPRIATE)

• Now we have matching pins and certificates to go with

our matching – and very fetching – Graduation gowns.

• JIM: David joined UniSA as Vice Chancellor and President in 2012;

o a passionate advocate for education and the sciences, David has

contributed over $150,000 in donations to UniSA;

o the funds have primarily supported scholarships for high achieving

females who are pursuing their education in science, technology,

engineering or mathematics.

JIM PRESENTS DAVID WITH CERTIFICATE.


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7.25pm ** Rosanna makes way back on stage and to lectern **

7.30pm Ladies and gentlemen, please show your appreciation for our newly inducted Hetzel Group members. Now it looks like your entrees are being served, so please enjoy the beautiful food in front of you and I will be back later to present our Alumni Awards.

8.15pm Ladies and gentlemen, it is now time to continue the formalities for this evening. But before we do, can we just acknowledge how wonderful the band is tonight? All the way from the James Morrison Academy in Mount Gambier, Laura, Scott and James have travelled a long way to serenade us tonight. Before we begin, please turn your attention to the screens behind me and take a look at the impact that our alumni have made around the world.

8.16pm

Video: Alumni Overview (3 mins)

8.19pm I’d now like to invite Mr Jim McDowell, Chancellor of the University of South Australia to the stage to say a few words.

JIM SPEAKS

• Good evening and welcome to Brookman Hall.

• When Lieutenant Governor Sir Samuel Way opened this building in 1903

he stressed in his speech that the education provided by the then School

of Mines and Industries was crucial to South Australia’s economic future.

• Having stood for 114 years as part of an education that is still crucial to

the economic health of the South Australian government, and surrounded

by the alumni who have contributed so mightily to that health, tonight

will be our last official function in Brookman Hall.

• Next year the Alumni Awards will move to Pridham Hall which will

provide a fitting backdrop for Australia’s University of Enterprise, a

young, courageous, innovative and entrepreneurial university.

• It will also have better air conditioning.


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• Pridham Hall, as many of you would know, was named for another

alumnus in whom we take great pride – Andrew Pridham – who very

generously gave us a $5 million cheque to put towards the building.

• Many thousands of our alumni have also added their support and the

building, which seems to grow more complete every day, will open next

year.

• Tonight is a night for celebration, for being successful alumni, for being

generous friends and supporters.

• Tonight is the third annual Alumni Awards ceremony and later you’ll get

to meet four new members of our alumni family who have made all of us

very proud.

• Thank you for joining us and enjoy the rest of your evening.

8.22pm Thank you Chancellor.

And now please welcome to the stage again, Professor David Lloyd Vice Chancellor and President of the University of South Australia who will deliver his address.

DAVID SPEAKS

• Thank you Rosanna and welcome everyone to what is

my favourite night of the University’s year.

• As Jim mentioned, tonight is our third Alumni Awards

and each year we find extraordinary people who have


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taken their education from UniSA, or our antecedent

institutions, and used it to great purpose.

• Each and every one of our graduates are part of an

internationally educated, globally capable society.

• But the people we celebrate at the Alumni Awards are

those who go that little bit further, those who, through

their education, make a tangible difference in the world

around them.

• Every year without fail we graduate almost 8,000

innovative and vibrant global professionals.

• Their education gives them citizenship in a changing

world.

• And while there are many benefits, like personal success

and fulfilment they know that education also carries

responsibilities in a progressive society.

• The responsibility to do what is right.


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• The responsibility to lend a hand when someone needs it.

• To change that which needs changing.

• To make a difference.

• They become the role models for future generations of

students who see their success and want something like it

for themselves.

• The people we honour tonight are not just successful.

• They have made a difference

o to their families;

o to their neighbourhood;

o to their nation; and

o to the world beyond.

• They are leaders focused on creating spaces for others to

occupy.


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• I think the four people you will meet tonight will inspire

you and delight you.

• They come from completely different backgrounds but

each share a common core value: to help others,

• to help their communities in humanitarian ways, to help

educate those with limited access to education and to

serve the communities from which they came.

• To give back.

• We will learn more of our awardees in the course of the

evening;

• They are four people from more than 200,000 alumni of

UniSA, living in more than 130 countries across the

globe;


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• The reach and impact of one institution, 26 years young

as a university and already in the top ten in the nation,

cannot be overstated;

• The power of our network to bring about positive change

is unimaginable;

• It starts with giving back;

• It grows through inspiring others;

• Ladies and gentlemen, I hope you are inspired this

evening and that you enjoy the festivities ahead;

• Thank you.

8.29pm Thank you Vice Chancellor. If you don't mind, I’ll ask you to stay up on stage here

with me.

Now tonight is about recognising the incredible contributions our alumni have

made across the globe.

The Alumni Awards were established to celebrate our alumni who have used

their education, their passion and wisdom to make a difference both locally and

around the world.

In its third year, we are proud to present 2017’s four Alumni Award recipients.


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Four outstanding examples of people who have used their education to create a

better future for our community.

8.30pm Our first Alumni Award winner is an astute business man who is a leader in his

field of private education

• Mr Leon Choong is an advocate for educational innovation and creating

new markets to help more people gain access to quality education.

• He has spent near to two decades using his skills as an educator and

entrepreneur growing the capacity of Kaplan, an award-winning

education institution, in Southeast Asia. In 2015 he was appointed

President of Kaplan Singapore.

• Prior to joining Kaplan, Leon managed one of Singapore’s premier

ophthalmic practices. During this time he also supported the work of the

Asia Pacific Association of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, an

organization that recruits volunteer eye surgeons to bring new

microsurgical techniques to the Asia Pacific to improve the treatment of

curable blindness in the region.

Ladies and gentlemen, I ask you please turn your attention to the screens for a

moment.

8.31pm

Video: Leon Choong (3 mins)

8.34pm

Ladies and gentlemen, please put your hands together for Leon Choong. Note: VC to present award and pose for photos and remains on stage

8.35pm {Leon Choong’s Speech} (4 mins)

8.39pm

Congratulations Leon! Our next award recipient is someone who has committed herself to making real

and positive changes for Aboriginal Australians and remote communities since

graduating from UniSA’s founding South Australian Institute of Technology.

• Andrea Mason was named the 2016 Telstra Australian Business Woman

of the Year and the NT finalist for the 2017 Australian of the Year.

• She is CEO of the Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Women’s

Council which is improving the lives of remote Aboriginal families in an

area that covers more than 350,000 square kilometers.


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• This year the Prime Minister appointed Andrea to the Federal

Government’s Indigenous Advisory Council, which she now Co-Chair’s

with Professor Chris Sarra.

• She has also held roles within the Department of Family Community

Services & Indigenous Affairs, Reconciliation Australia and led the Family

First Party to the 2004 federal election.

Before we invite this exceptional woman to the stage, we will play a short video

where Andrea will share more of her story.

8.39pm Video: Andrea Mason (3 mins)

8.42pm

Ladies and gentlemen, please give a very warm welcome to Andrea Mason. Note: VC to present award and pose for photos and waits on side of stage to escort Andrea off stage after speech.

8.43pm

{Andrea Mason Speech} (4 mins)

8.47pm

Congratulations once again to Andrea and Leon.

Main course will now be served so please enjoy and we will continue with the

award presentations in short while.

8.47pm Main course served and jazz trio back on stage

9.47pm Well I hope you have all enjoyed your main course, we will now continue with

our award presentations.

Firstly, I’d like to invite Professor Lloyd back onto the stage to present the next

two awards.

Our next Award recipient has a well-known name, particularly in South Australia

where the family name Coopers is a house-hold name for some of the best beer

in the country.

▪ Glenn Cooper AM has been an influential force at Coopers Brewery

where his marketing expertise has helped expand the family business

nationally and internationally.


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▪ He now acts as Chairman and Ambassador of Coopers Brewery

continuing to lead the business in export to the US and Asia.

▪ He is also Patron of the Coopers Brewery Foundation, which has given

more than $4 million to strengthen medical research, health care,

education and aged care.

▪ Some may not know however that Glenn is also a passionate supporter of

the arts, taking roles to support the growth of the arts and tourism

industries in South Australia as Chair of both the Adelaide Convention

and Tourism Authority and the Adelaide Fringe Committee and as a

board member of the Adelaide Festival Centre Foundation.

▪ Glenn’s contributions have been recognized with a Centenary Medal and

Member of the Order of Australia and we are thrilled to welcome him

tonight as one our most prestigious alumni.

Before we invite Glenn to the stage, please turn your attention to the video.

9.49pm Video: Glenn Cooper (3 mins)

9.52pm Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Glenn Cooper to the stage.

9.52pm {Glenn Cooper Speech} (4 mins)

9.56pm Congratulations Glenn! Note: VC to present award and pose for photos and waits on side of stage

9.57pm

Our final recipient for the evening is our alumna who has travelled the furthest to

be with us, all the way from Kenya with her mother and sister.

Wawira Njiru's joined UniSA with one clear goal in mind - to do something to

benefit her community in Ruiru near Nairobi, Kenya for the long term. Her

passion for helping young people thrive has driven her extraordinary

achievements which is changing the lives of young people in Africa.

• Wawira founded Food for Education in 2012 which provides more than

1200 nutritious lunches every school day to help children through their

day of studies. The program also provides mentorship and tuition aimed

at improving health and school performance.


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• She also established the Double Portion Restaurant in Kenya where each

meal helps fund Food for Education.

• Wawira has been named a 2012 Spark International Changemaker; a

2013 Transform Nutrition Champion and an Ibua Africa Changemaker in

2015.

• Wawira was also selected by the University of Cape Town to participate

in the Leading in Public Life Programme which recognizes future African

leaders committed to public service.

Please turn your attention to the screen to learn more about this exceptional

young woman.

9.57pm Please put your hands together for Wawira Njiru!

9.58pm

Video: Wawira Njiru (3 mins)

10.00pm It is my honour to welcome Wawira to the podium!

{Wawira Njiru Speech} (4 mins)

10.05pm

Congratulations Wawira! Note: VC to present award and pose for photos and exits stage

10.05pm

Ladies and gentlemen, please join me in once again, congratulating our 2017 Alumni Award recipients. I hope you have all enjoyed hearing their stories and feel inspired by their journeys. That concludes the formalities for this evening, but dessert is about to be served so please continue to enjoy this special occasion. Thank you for joining us, and goodnight.

10.06pm Dessert served

10.07pm MC duties conclude

11.30pm Event concludes

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