Cipta Setiawan’s passion for humanitarian leadership took shape as a teenager in his homeland of Indonesia.
Initially manifesting through church, charity and community projects, then later via pro bono work in child protection and poverty reduction, the qualified psychologist and Griffith University alumnus has forged a career bringing sound strategies and positive outcomes to people, and in places, where these qualities are most needed.
This includes Cipta’s participation in the relief and reconstruction effort in the wake of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami, his stint as Senior Human Resources Manager for Save the Children in Indonesia, and his humanitarian and development work in international conflict zones such as Afghanistan.
In fact, it was in Afghanistan that Cipta decided to pursue a Master of Communications through Griffith University.
Living quarters for Afghans in historic Badakhshan region of Afghanistan
From 2007-11, Cipta was based in Kabul as Human Resources Director for the Aga Khan Foundation, contributing to
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Griffith film project wins award at Cannes
A student film produced by Griffith Film School’s LiveLab has won a prestigious silver award at the Cannes Corporate Media and TV Awards.
LiveLab, the commercial production arm of Griffith Film School, was recognised for Ky’s Story – Living with Autism an acclaimed film about autism featuring Australian screen icon Hugo Weaving.
LiveLab produced the film for clients including Sentis, Gold Coast Health and Autism Queensland. The awards recognise the best and brightest in the corporate film sector.
LiveLab Creative Director Richard Fabb said the award recognised the work done by GFS- the only film school in Australia with a permanent in-house commercial studio.
“We believe it’s vital to offer students year-round opportunities to gain industry experience while they are studying,” he says.
“Projects like this are a fantastic opportunity for our students, offering a wide collaboration on an important social issue.
“To be recognised for our work internationally is remarkable.”
The project was a deeply personal one for
GBS students reach final of prestigious comp
A team of Griffith Business School finance students have reached the CFA Institute Research Challenge final – the university’s fifth appearance in six years.
The Challenge is a competition between university-sponsored teams which requires participants to research a publicly traded company, prepare a report and then present their findings to a panel of judges.
Mentor and Griffith University lecturer Dr John Fan said he was delighted with the result.
“Although we have had a strong tradition in this competition, I don’t think we’ll ever get used it,” he said.
“This outcome once again reaffirms Griffith’s reputation in Finance and Finance Planning (FFP) in South-East Queensland and nationally.
“Achieving excellence and making real world impact are among the key strategies the business school is focused on.”
The successful team includes Alex Demeshko, Lorenzo Ciapetti, Caitlene Hillman, David Forrest and Artem Zainitdino, with coaching from Dr Fan and Ken Howard from Morgans Financial.
Dr Fan said the students had worked tirelessly
Sisters aim for law reform to fight domestic violence
A passion for protecting Australian women from the perils of domestic violence is the aim for Gold Coast sisters and Griffith University students, Gina Masterton and Rebecca Masterton.
The two women are aiming to raise awareness and bring about law reform of the issue in Australia, especially those cases which are subject to the Hague Child Abduction Convention 1980.
With Gina studying for a PhD in law and Rebecca, a second year Bachelor of Psychology undergraduate, the pair – both indigenous mature age students returning to study – make a formidable force in understanding the subtleties of testosterone-fuelled aggression.
However, it is more their personal experience of the problem that has triggered their plan to devote their careers to reform in this area, and to help support abused women and children who flee domestic violence to Australia.
Living in California from 2000 until late 2013 with their mother, Gina was pursuing a legal career,
Rapid 3D reality capture to provide security edge
The rapid and detailed scanning of metals is not new, however taking this technology into the field and away from highly controlled labs could help protect the integrity of everything from aeroplanes to military vehicles. Scientists from griffith University on the Gold Coast have refined a system involving high-resolution 3D scanning of moving metal assets in which a tiny changes could indicate metal fatigue or interference. And it’s all thanks to biomechanics.
One of the essential techniques of biomechanics is the regular scanning of the human body to pick up small changes that point to future injuries. Now two Griffith University researchers are applying the same 3D reality capture techniques to machines to improve the safety, endurance and resilience of vehicles.
In sport, biomechanics has been attaching omni-directional scanning points to athletes and invalids alike to scan and measure not only the state of the persons bones, muscles and tendons, but how
Griffith set for final round of Uni 7s Series
Griffith University captain Lauren Brown has encouraged fellow students to come out in support of the sevens rugby team which will contest the final round of the Aon Uni 7s Series this weekend.
“It’s been so exciting to be involved in this competition and the buzz around each weekend has been fantastic,” Lauren, a sport management student, said.
“It would be wonderful to see students from Griffith cheering us on from the sidelines this Friday and Saturday with the final round taking place on the Gold Coast.
“They’ll be in very good company as our elite stars Shannon Parry and Demi Hayes will also be there to support us.”
Injuries have ruled out Shannon and Demi who were named in the Griffith squad when the inaugural series was announced earlier in the year.
Griffith opens its account on Friday afternoon against hosts, Bond University (2.40pm), before taking on Macquarie University (4.40pm) and University of Adelaide
An act of generosity that changed the lives of Bec Silman and Angus Burkitt
Griffith University students Bec Silman and Angus Burkitt remain inspired and humbled by the act of generosity that changed their lives.
It was in October 2016 that the two Griffith Futures Scholarships recipients attended a breakfast to speak about the importance of the Staff Giving Program that supports students who are excelling at university despite facing personal or financial difficulties.
Among the guests that morning were leading Gold Coast developer and founder of the Sunland Group, Dr Soheil Abedian, and his wife Anne, who were there to launch their own initiative: the Abedian Foundation Griffith Futures Scholarships.
However, so moved were they by the testimonies of Nursing student Bec and Sport Development student Angus, the Abedians responded with a wonderful gesture of further support.
Anyone fortunate enough to be there that day will attest to the uplifting emotional moment as Mr Abedian pledged to pay for Angus to undergo a much-needed hip operation in
Young leaders in QLD tourism tackle industry challenges
Striking a balance between sustainability and creating new, exciting experiences for travellers will be one of the key challenges facing the next generation tourism leaders, according to Shane O’Reilly, Griffith University alumnus and Managing Director of O’Reilly’s Rainforest Retreat.
Shane O’Reilly
Mr O’Reilly will host a World Tourism Day lunch for young leaders in Queensland tourism, organised by Griffith University’s Department of Tourism, Sport and Hotel Management.
The event will take place on September 27 at Riverlife Brisbane, and feature discussion about the local industry as well as the World Tourism Day theme: “Sustainable tourism: A tool for development”.
Mr O’Reilly said the worldwide trend of experiential tourism must balance the experience with safety and sustainability.
“The next generation of tourism leaders face a marketplace where the experience is potentially being watered down in the name of safety and sustainability, especially when compared to our close Asian and even NZ rivals,” said Mr O’Reilly, also
Giant Australian marsupials were like no other
A giant prehistoric Ice Age marsupial related to wombats and koalas has been discovered to be the only marsupial known to have ever followed annual seasonal migration.
Likening it to “Australia’s Ice Age Serengeti”, researchers tracked the now extinct megafauna diprotodon – a three-tonne beast up to 1.8m tall and 3.5mlong – using fossils and geochemistry tools.
A team led by the University of Queensland have shown that the Ice Age diprotodon would make seasonal, round-trip pilgrimages up to 200km in search of food.
The extinction of the diprotodon may provide some insight about the possible threats to contemporary migratory mammals and the consequences if they are wiped out.
“The diprotodon superficially looks like a wombat but in fact it’s in a completely different family,” said Dr Julien Louys of Griffith’s Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution.
“They’re famous on a global scale for being the largest marsupial that ever lived.
“We were able to determine
Four weeks with a GC2018 Games Family Intern
Written by: Jeremy Pitt (GC2018 Games Family Intern)
Entry 1: My first taste of GOLDOC
My name is Jeremy. I am studying a Bachelor of International Business and was lucky enough to secure a position as a Games Family intern.
Today was the welcome presentation for all the GOLDOC interns. It’s great to have so much information about the role so early on. As someone who can’t help but stress the small stuff I feel at ease knowing I won’t be thrown into the deep end.
At the end of the presentation our supervisors took us around the office and introduced us to the people we will be working with. They were all really nice and the office has a very positive and happy vibe.
I am incredibly excited to meet the rest of the people I will be working with and contributing where ever I can.
Entry 2: First Week Excitement
On the nights leading up