Vice-Chancellor's comment
In recent times, the University has been increasing its range of specialised degree programs and increasing its success in securing major research grants.
These achievements are driven by highly-qualified staff who are committed to students and the advancement of this growing region of the Sunshine Coast.
For the increasing numbers of students who choose USC and are usually finalising their choice of university around this time of year, this must be the strongest kind of assurance we can provide that the choice of USC is a powerful one.
Much of my work at the University involves our overseas connections, and I have to say that wherever I have travelled, I have only seen consistently improving opportunities for graduate employment in a vast range of fields everywhere.The search for talented graduates has never been more intense and rewarding.
Every country is hungry for graduates, and every country is putting in place measures to increase the supply in the face of world shortages in the professions.Despite the cost of a degree program, and despite the temptation of getting into an occupation without a tertiary qualification, the long-term gains will be greatest for the graduates of tomorrow.
The supportive data is unequivocal.For those who choose USC, there is the opportunity to experience a partner overseas university through the Global Opportunities (GO) Program and then return.
The Coast itself is still lagging in the “knowledge economy” stakes, and there is an urgent need for our graduates to contribute to this region.
I hope that in this crucial decision-making period, one that has such a profound long-term impact on careers and financial security across a lifetime, that students will carefully weigh the enormous advantages offered by USC, its programs and its staff.
There has never been a more exciting time to be a graduate.
Professor Paul Thomas AM
Vice-Chancellor
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Campaign shows that it all starts right here at USC
Some high-achieving University of the Sunshine Coast graduates are set to feature in a new advertising campaign that promotes USC as the place to launch an exciting career.
This campaign has the theme “It all starts right here”, and shows that graduates can go anywhere if they start with a USC degree.
Among the students to be featured are Bachelor of Science graduates Emily Orchard and Dr Elke Hacker.
Emily is now a senior forensic technician at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine in Melbourne, while Elke is a medical research officer at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research in Brisbane.
Other USC graduates on display will include Ten News journalist Jonathan Williams and Southern Regional Water Pipeline Alliance’s environmental rehabilitation team leader Daniel Morgan.
The graduates’ stories will feature in television and radio commercials, in cinema, internet and newspaper advertising, on the USC website and on YouTube channel www.youtube.com/USCAustralia.
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University co-hosts World Environment Day festival
The University of the Sunshine Coast last month co-hosted and provided the venue for the biggest World Environment Day festival the region has ever seen.
An estimated 3,500 people visited the USC campus on 21 June for the festival that featured more than 100 displays of innovative green technologies and businesses, forums, workshops, live music, food and drink stalls and activities for children.
The free community event was organised by the Sunshine Coast Environment Council, Sunshine Coast Regional Council, SEQ Catchments and USC and had the theme “Small footprints, big steps—our region’s future”.
And the spotlight was clearly on the future when Sunshine Coast Mayor Bob Abbot led a panel of environmental, property and development experts in a public forum on how the Coast can become the most sustainable region in the country.
USC environmental scientist Dr Neil Tindale said it was fitting that USC had co-hosted the event as the University had worked hard to engage the region in considering its future and in developing sustainable alternatives.
He said it was likely the University would continue to be the venue for this annual event.
“The feedback I received from the public and the participants was that it was a great event and it was fantastic that the University was involved,” he said.
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