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Award-winning staff feature on Wall of Fame
The University of the Sunshine Coast will celebrate the success of six award-winning academics with a special Wall of Fame breakfast in the USC Library tomorrow (Thursday 30 September).
The event from 8.30-9.30am will feature the unveiling of large portraits of the University’s latest Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) citation winners.
The prestigious ALTC citations (previously called Carrick Awards) are valued at $10,000 each and recognise dedication to student learning.
USC has gained 17 citations since 2006, 12 of them in the past two years.
This year’s winners were Sociology Lecturer Dr Phillip Ablett, Professor in Nursing Margaret McAllister, Lecturer in Public Health Lily O'Hara, Senior Lecturer in Art and Design Dr Lisa Chandler, Lecturer in Digital Design Dr Debra Livingston and Chair of Public Health Nutrition Professor Roger Hughes.
The academics received their awards at a gala event at Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art last month. There were 193 citations presented nationally.
USC Vice-Chancellor Professor Greg Hill said the University now had the highest ratio of ALTC award-winning staff to students of any Australian university.
“This is something to be prized by our current and future students and the community as a whole,” Professor Hill said.
“The higher the quality of education our students receive, the higher their success rate will be. They will enter their chosen careers more knowledgeable, confident and job-ready.”
— Terry Walsh