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Griffith Business School has announced the winners of its 2017 Outstanding Alumnus Awards at a gala event.
The 12th Annual Alumni Gala Dinner was held at Sofitel Brisbane Central, and saw industry partners, staff, and students past and present gather to celebrate the remarkable achievements of the School’s graduates.
Outstanding Alumnus of the Year
Barry Thomas was announced as the Outstanding Alumnus of the Year. As Vice President of Cook Incorporated, and Director of Cook Medical in Asia Pacific, the Bachelor of Commerce graduate has more than two decades of international leadership and expertise in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries. As well as working tirelessly to ensure people in Asia have access to high-tech medical devices, he also created the Young Leaders program to inspire a new generation of Cook Medical Employees. He’s also been instrumental in spearheading a push for the Australian Government to implement the Australian Innovation and Manufacturing

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A team from Griffith University held off strong competition to take home first prize in the 2017 AMP University Challenge.
Monica Ann Rayos and Artur Kurnikov, the Griffith Elite Group, won $5000 after proving their skills in a technical quiz, presentation and client consultation.
In its seventh year, the Challenge is a national financial planning competition for tertiary students that aims to identify new talent and promote professionalism.
A record 700 students entered the Challenge this year and there were only a handful of points between the finalists.
“The judges were away for so long that we thought we might have to send out a search party,” said Professor Mark Brimble, illustrating just how tough the decision was.
The Griffith team were commended for their strong presentation, picking up on technology, and their personal approach to the client meeting.
“It still feels surreal, I’m still trying to take it in,” said Monica Ann Rayos.
Ms Rayos, now in

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The Bohl revolution continues to gain momentum with Griffith swimmers producing a series of sterling performances at the Australian short course swimming championships in Adelaide.
Wins for Griffith Public Health student Emma McKeon in the 100m and 200m butterfly finals paved the way to nine gold medals in total for the Griffith team trained by super coach Michael Bohl OAM.
The highly-competitive short-course meet also yielded gold for Griffith’s Daniel Smith (400m freestyle), Georgia Bohl (50m breaststroke), Daiya Seto (100m individual medley, 200m individual medley, 200m breaststroke, 200m butterfly) and Jordan Wilimovsky (800m freestyle).
A further three silver and two bronze medals had been secured by the Griffith team by the close of play in Adelaide.
Emma McKeon topped off an excellent few days in South Australia with two awards at Swimming Australia’s annual awards night at the Adelaide Convention Centre.
She collected the Swimmers’ Swimmer Award for 2017 as voted by her peers and

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Improving the human condition by reducing health inequality is the goal for Dr Elizabeth Hamilton, a Griffith medicine graduate just announced as Queensland’s 2018 Rhodes Scholar.
Dr Hamilton graduated with First Class Honours and a University Medal from the Griffith School of Medicine last year and intends to pursue a Master of Science in Global Health Science and Epidemiology at Oxford University with a goal of working in a global health organisation such as WHO.
“Through my study at Oxford University I hope to become an integral part of the change needed to make a meaningful and sustainable impact on people’s lives and live out a dream of improving the human condition by reducing health inequality,” Dr Hamilton says.
“At a public and global health level, change is initiated and driven by leadership, initiative, research and collaboration.
“I’m completely overwhelmed and very excited to have this incredible opportunity, and so thankful to my family,

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Queensland Conservatorium alumnus Dami Im will headline the GC2018 Charity Gala and Medal Reveal this Saturday 4 November at The Star on the Gold Coast.
The Masters of Music Studies graduate shot to stardom after winning The X Factor in 2013 and was Australia’s entrant in the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest.
Dami will carry the Queen’s Baton next April, but her Commonwealth Games journey will kick off this weekend as she lends her remarkable voice in support of the Gold Coast Community Fund (GCCF).
“I’m bringing my band, they’re flying in from Sydney, and I just want to have a really good time with everybody,” Dami said.
The multi-instrumentalist, who is also known for her showstopping outfits, is keeping tight-lipped on her wardrobe for Saturday night’s performance.
“I’ll keep it a secret for the people that are coming on the night but it will be something special and it will be fun.”
Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation

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