The Griffith University Violence Research and Prevention Program in partnership with the Queensland Government will host a public forum to discuss the Queensland Domestic and Family Violence Death Review and Advisory Board’s foundation year findings on Tuesday, May 8.
The Honourable Yvette D’Ath MP, Attorney-General, Minister for Justice and Leader of the House will open the forum.
Chaired by the State Coroner, the Queensland Domestic and Family Violence Death Review Board examines domestic and family violence deaths in Queensland. Between 2006 to 2017, 263 women, men and children were killed by a family member or a current or former intimate partner.
The forum will examine key themes and and issues discovered by the Board throughout its review of these deaths as well as recommendations to prevent further fatalities.
Professor Paul Mazerolle
“Domestic and family violence deaths have far-reaching impacts on families, first responders and other service providers, and the community more broadly,’’ says Professor Paul
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Griffith celebrates innovative young entrepreneurs at 2018 GLO@Logan challenge
More than 75 standout teenagers will converge at Griffith University’s Logan campus this week for the 2018 GLO@Logan Entrepreneurial Innovation Challenge, placing a spotlight on STEAM disciplines and fostering skill development for their future careers.
The challenge will run for two days, from 2-3 May, and showcase a variety of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) technology, with support from the Griffith School of Information and Communication Technology as well as Griffith Film School, which will provide topical knowledge related to designing with virtual reality platforms, series games and animation.
Logan Campus Griffith Business School Yunus Programme Manager Ms Celeste Alcaraz said participating in GLO@Logan provides students with an opportunity to hone both their entrepreneurial and scientific abilities as they navigate the challenge of addressing topical environmental issues affecting people in under-represented parts of the state.
“This year’s GLO@Logan challenge is a key component of Griffith’s commitment to supporting STEAM disciplines and enterprise skill development for
Award-winning guest speaker inspires international business students
Mr Peter Ward, Managing Director, Wardy IT Solutions.
Linkage with the industry provides students with first hand insights of how the concepts taught in 1005IBA (Introduction to International Business) are applied in the real world. In a one-hour guest lecture on 23 April, special invited industry speaker, Mr Peter Ward, Managing Director at Wardy IT Solutions, shared his extensive global experience dealing with people around the world and the challenges he faced.
His talk on ‘Developing a global IT solutions company from the ground’ inspired students, giving them an insight into building a new business globally.
Dr Bernard Gan, Senior Lecturer and First Year Coordinator in the Department of International Business and Asian Studies, said
“Linking teaching curriculum with real world industry practice is crucial to students’ active learning particularly for a dynamic discipline like international business.”
1005IBA Nathan Teaching Team (Ms Josie Nan Solorzano, Dr Bernard Gan, and Mr Omid Hassannejad) with Mr
Griffith jazz singers shortlisted for national scholarship
Queensland Conservatorium jazz vocalists Adelina Martinez and Merinda Dias-Jayasinha are among six singers in Australia shortlisted for the prestigious Generations in Jazz vocal scholarship.
The scholarship is part of the annual Generations in Jazz Festival, founded by Australian jazz legend James Morrison in 1982.
Previous winners of the vocal scholarship have included a number of Queensland Conservatorium alumni, including Megan Washington, Elly Hoyt and Kayleigh Pincott.
Adelina said making it into the finals alongside her friend Merinda was “one of the best days of my life”.
“It’s so exciting – I had to convince myself it wasn’t a dream!” she said.
“Getting into the finals is a big personal win and validation that I’m headed in the right direction.”
“Merinda and I started in the same year and she is one of my best friends.
“Neither of us are focused on the competition – jazz is so collaborative and it will be a great chance to immerse
Sri Lankan tourism representatives farewelled at the Gold Coast
On Thursday March 29, experts from the tourism sector in Sri Lanka attended a networking event together with representatives from Wildlife Tourism Australia, Griffith University, Scope Global, and other key partners involved in the Australia Awards Sustainable Tourism Development in Sri Lanka Short Course.
The networking event and farewell dinner followed a 10-day study tour in Australia for 25 middle and senior management personnel from the industry, government and training institutes and universities from Sri Lanka.
With a core focus on improving the participants’ coordination in the planning and management of the tourism sector and developing capacity in tourism destination management, this course was designed to help benefit Sri Lanka’s tourism industry.
The Australia Awards Short Course for South and West Asia was funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). Australia Awards are prestigious international Scholarships, Fellowships and Short Courses that offer the next generation of global leaders an opportunity
Zarraffa’s Coffee serves up $35,000 donation to help Griffith defeat malaria
One of the Gold Coast’s most iconic coffee chains is contributing to world-wide efforts to defeat the malaria parasite with a valuable donation towards research into a novel, world-leading malaria vaccine that is about to be evaluated in clinical trials at Griffith University.
Zarraffa’s Coffee will donate $35,000 to Griffith University’s Institute for Glycomics to aid their work with the Malaria Vaccine Project, which aims to raise $500,000 to get clinical trial research to the next stage through a fundraising partnership with Rotary District 9640.
Managing Director and founder of Zarraffa’s Coffee Kenton Campbell said the donation was synonymous with the company’s desire to affect positive change globally.
“We are thrilled to deliver on our promise of ‘more than just a cup of coffee’, to partner with the Griffith University’s Institute for Glycomics on such a worthy cause,” Mr Campbell said.
“This deadly disease impacts a number of our coffee growing regions around the
Alumnus instrumental in bringing together economics and the Great Barrier Reef
Griffith University alumnus Emily Hayward always knew she loved economics. What she didn’t know was how useful her Sustainable Enterprise major in Business would be in tackling one of the world’s most challenging problems – how to save the Great Barrier Reef.
As an economist at the industry leading firm Deloitte Access Economics, Emily credits her time in the Griffith Business School as a major driving force behind her love for environmental economics.
“Griffith opened my eyes up to how economics can be used to create meaningful change in a number of different ways” she explains. “This really showed me how economics can provide robust arguments in support of environmental protection, which motivated my internship at an environmental consulting firm and subsequently led to my honours thesis in environmental economics.”
Emily has since worked on several high-profile projects, including the At What Price? Economic, Social and Icon Value of the Great
Remarkable music students win Conservatorium Medal
Two remarkable students are following a long line of musical luminaries by winning the prestigious Queensland Conservatorium Medal for Excellence.
Violinist Kate Worley and pianist Crystal Smith were presented with the medals in front of a packed house at the opening concert of the Queensland Conservatorium orchestral season.
Queensland Conservatorium Director Professor Scott Harrison said the Medal for Excellence recognised truly outstanding students who had achieved academic success and contributed more widely to the Conservatorium.
“These medals are an institution at the Queensland Conservatorium,” he said.
“They were first awarded in 1978 and past winners include internationally acclaimed musicians like Piers Lane, Brett Dean and Jayson Gillham.
“The medals not only recognise academic excellence, but reward students who go above and beyond.
“Kate and Crystal are not only amazing musicians, but they have demonstrated great leadership, and used their talents to give back to the Conservatorium and the wider community.”
Kate graduated from the Bachelor of Music
Davida Allen: In the Moment opens at Griffith University Art Museum
Griffith University Art Museum is proud to present a museum survey of distinguished contemporary Australian artist and Griffith University/Queensland College of Art alumna Davida Allen from 3 May – 30 June 2018.
Davida Allen: In the Moment encompasses over 40 works from the artist’s five-decade practice, and will include a suite of large-scale drawings from 1982 which have never been shown before. The exhibition includes well known works from Allen’s seminal series ‘Death of My Father’ and ‘Sam Neill Suite’, and the Archibald Prize-winning portrait of her father-in- law, Dr John Shera.
“As a woman artist, my paintings are the personal response to being the ‘Daughter of’, ‘The Wife of’, ‘The Mother of’, ‘The Grandmother of’” says Allen. “No matter how many domestic commitments, no matter how little time in a day, no matter what responsibilities, the need to paint is constant.”
Exhibition curator and Director of Griffith University Art Museum Angela Goddard
Emerging artist in the spotlight at national graduate exhibition
Queensland College of Art graduate Mandy Quadrio is one of 30 emerging artists from across Australia chosen to exhibit at the Hatched National Graduate Show.
The prestigious exhibition at the Perth Institute of Contemporary Art has been running since 1992, and showcases the country’s best up-and-coming artists.
The works on display this year span a range of disciplines including painting, sculpture, installation, sound and video.
Mandy said her selection for Hatched was “a really big deal”.
“It’s an amazing opportunity to showcase my work at a national level, I feel quite privileged,” she said.
Mandy’s sculptures, which formed part of her Honours project, are made from a range of materials, including steel wool, kelp, shells and string. Viewers can move around and through the works – some of which hang suspended in midair, while others are freestanding.
The collection, Holes in History, refers to the invisibility and attempted erasure of the Indigenous palawa women of Tasmania – Mandy’s