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Three minute thesis competition heats up

Arts, Education and Law (AEL) contestants in the Three Minute Thesis Competition have gone head-to-head in the Group round, with three out of ten contestants now progressing through to the Griffith final to be held in early September.
AEL students have performed strongly at the University level round, having won the university competition for the past 3 years in a row.
Queensland Conservatorium doctoral candidate, Julia Nilon took out first place in the AEL heat and the $350 prize, with her presentation on the role musical theatre repertoire plays in child vocal and singing development.
Second place was a draw between Queensland College of Art doctoral candidate Rae Cooper, who presented on whether Protest Design is an effective mechanism of democratic influence, and Queensland Conservatorium doctoral candidate Nathaniel Smorti, who shared his research into clarinet interpretation.
Both second place winners received a $250 prize.
Queensland Conservatorium Honours candidate Elliott Plumpton also competed, taking out the

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Griffith’s star contribution to project to stop violence

A sparkling effort has seen staff and students across Griffith University’s five campuses make a significant contribution to a Embracing 2018 Legacy program  aimed at stopping violence.
The ‘1 Million Stars to End Violence Project’ is an international star weaving collaboration which has brought people together across the countries and territories of the Commonwealth during the past year.
Their shared goal has been the creation of one million stars to be presented for display as part of the arts and cultural program at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Griffith University comfortably exceeded its initial 10,000 target and submitted more than 12,000 of the colourful stars.
This included a shining last-minute consignment from Kuraby State School, created in the school colours by 4 A/B students, which arrived at Griffith’s Logan campus with the message ‘You can’t use darkness to stop darkness but you can use light to stop violence. Bring light not darkness’.
Key connection

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