Another night of gold has materialised at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games for Griffith students Emma McKeon and Stephanie Morton.
Public Health student Emma (below) showed her class in the final of the Women’s 100m Butterfly when she led home Griffith Swim Club teammate and silver medalist Madeline Groves at the Optus Aquatic Pool.
Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice student Stephanie was scintillating throughout the day at the Anna Meares Velodrome, ultimately coming away with her second gold of the Games when she overcame New Zealand’s Natasha Hansen in the final of the Women’s Individual Sprint.
There was also gold for Cameron McEvoy, a Bachelor of Science (Advanced Honours) student in the Men’s 4 x 100m Freestyle relay where he swam the third leg of the final. In the heats, alumnus Sam Seghers represented Papua New Guinea when they finished fifth.
Commerce student Leiston Pickett missed out in her bid for three
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Gentle persuasion leads to triathlon team gold
Three gold medals have been added to the Team Griffith haul after an absorbing day three of sport at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018). It brings to 13 the number of medals won by students, staff and alumni of Griffith University during the opening days of GC2018.
A powerhouse performance by alumnus Ashleigh Gentle (above), on the back of a strong showing by Business student Matt Hauser, guided Australia to a magnificent gold in the Mixed Team Triathlon Relay at Southport Broadwater Parklands yesterday.
Ashleigh put the disappointment of Thursday’s individual triathlon behind her to turn the tables on England and put Australia into a near unassailable position going into the anchor leg. In the second leg Matt Hauser had maintained the form that brought him within a place of a medal in the men’s individual event on Thursday.
In the first staging of the Para Triathlon at a Commonwealth Games,
GC2018 Day 1 – Let the Games begin
Day one of the eagerly-awaited Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018) sees Team Griffith athletes in action across swimming, lawn bowls, hockey and triathlon.
The bulk of the University attention will be on the Optus Aquatic Centre with the first of the heats starting at 10.31am.
David McKeon from the Griffith Swim Club – coached by Michael Bohl at the Gold Coast campus – will be the first swimmer into the water in the second heat of the Men’s 400m Freestyle at 10.52am. David, who competed at the 2012 London Olympic Games and the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, will be bidding for a place in the final later tonight at 7.46pm.
Gold medal defence
David’s sister, Emma McKeon, also starts her campaign today in the Women’s 200m Freestyle. The Public Health student starts the defence of her 2014 gold medal from lane four in the third heat (11.07am) with tonight’s final (8.04pm) very much
Team Griffith strikes gold with world record in pool
Griffith students Emma McKeon (abov) and Shayna Jack have driven Australia to relay gold and a world record in the Optus Aquatic Centre.
On a thrilling night in the pool the pair teamed up with the Campbell sisters – Cate and Bronte – to produce the performance of day one of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018).
Shayna, a Sport Management student, led the team out in strong fashion before Public Health student Emma summoned the energy for an impressive third leg to help Australia to gold in the 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay.
There was also gold for Team Griffith at the Anna Meares Velodrome where Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice student Stephanie Morton teamed up with Kaarle McCulloch in the Women’s Team Sprint. The pair set a Commonwealth Games record of 32.488 seconds in seeing of New Zealand in the final.
Stephanie is back on the track today, bidding to
GC2018 Queen’s Baton Relay takes graduate on journey to treasure
En route to Carrara Stadium for the Opening Ceremony of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018), the Queen’s Baton Relay will arrive at Griffith University’s Gold Coast campus shortly after 11am on Wednesday morning (April 4).
In some ways it is on this campus that the QBR journey started for Keri Algar who has been to close to 30 different countries on the Queen’s Baton odyssey since she took up the position of Public Relations and Media Operations Specialist for Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation (GOLDOC).
“I probably wouldn’t be doing the work I’m doing now if I hadn’t decided to come to Griffith,” Keri says.
Over a period of time, the liveability of the Gold Coast had grown on the New Zealander just prior to her decision to return to study and focus her career on journalism, public relations and communications. Griffith’s School of Humanities seemed the right choice in
River’s evolution unfolds with a fresh mix of dating techniques
Griffith University has participated in the first international dating study of the fluvial terraces of the Lower Moulouya river in northeast Morocco.
An unprecedented combination of dating methods has helped to construct a chronological framework to decipher environmental changes over the past 1.5 million years at a local and regional level.
Senior Research Fellow Dr Mathieu Duval, from Griffith University’s Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution (ARCHE), was part of an international dating study led by Dr Melanie Bartz from the University of Cologne (Germany) and Dr Gilles Rixhon from the University of Strasbourg (France) that investigated river deposits of the lower Moulouya in northeast Morocco. The results have been recently published in the journal Quaternary Science Reviews.
The lower Moulouya River is the largest drainage network in Morocco. It is located in the tectonically active convergence zone between Africa and Europe. Until now, the previous geomorphological studies of the area were mostly
Journalism students join Brisbane Times for unique GC2018 publication The Village Source
The opportunity to work at a large, international sporting event may be just a dream for many journalists but for Griffith University’s journalism students it will become reality when the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018) begins on April 4.
Thirty-five journalism students and five photo-journalism students will gain unique access to the GC2018 Commonwealth Games Village to work on GOLDOC publication – The Village Source, powered by Brisbane Times under the guidance of Fairfax Media editors. Published every two days, the A3 broadsheet will contain interviews with athletes and coaches, as well as news from around the GC2018 Commonwealth Games Village and the Gold Coast.
“Students will also produce digital content for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation (GOLDOC),’’ says Learning Futures, Service Learning Director Faith Valencia.
“Within the journalism program we put a lot of emphasis on work-integrated-learning projects designed to provide students with the best industry engagement and employability outcomes.
“This
Griffith University partners with Johnson & Johnson for program supporting women in STEMM
Griffith University has become the first in Australia to partner with global medical and pharmaceutical organisation Johnson & Johnson in a program designed to recruit, retain and engage women in undergraduate degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Manufacturing and Design (WiSTEM2D).
The inaugural Australian WiSTEM2D University Program – joining about 20 institutions worldwide in partnership with Johnson & Johnson – is led by Social Marketing @ Griffith Director Professor Sharyn Rundle-Thiele and will undertake research to investigate the challenges and opportunities for women entering and completing undergraduate degrees in STEM2D fields.
As part of the program, volunteers from across the Johnson & Johnson stable will facilitate mentoring programs for women enrolled in Griffith’s undergraduate STEM2D degrees.
“Griffith and Johnson & Johnson have a documented history of being committed to building inclusive, innovative cultures, so this is a partnership that makes perfect sense,” Professor Rundle-Thiele said.
“Outside of initiatives such as the program, both organisations
Students get the inside scoop on how a major Games event comes together
Griffith University students got a valuable industry insight into the logistics behind
planning the largest event to be staged in Australia this decade, just six days out from the
Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018).
GC2018 Athletics Road Events Manager Ryan McDonald gave Organising and Staging
Major Events students the inside scoop into the planning processes behind staging the
Marathon, which is being held on Sunday April 15th.
Mr McDonald, a Griffith graduate with a double degree in Exercise Science and Sport
Management, has worked on the planning of the Marathon for two years and told
students the event and course planning involved many factors and input from a wide
variety of event delivery partners and stakeholders.
“With four GC2018 marathon medal races all held on the same day, factors include
incorporating the broadcasting element into the race schedule so that competitor start
times are staggered for the best TV coverage; factoring in the lead-in times for athlete
introductions; modelling the predicted athlete
Grand designs
Queensland College of Art graduate Meryl Keioskie has won the Design Institute of Australia‘s Queensland Graduate of the Year Award (GOTYA).
Meryl said she was “in complete shock” about the award, which recognised her Honours project – an arresting graphic novel about her life with Asperger’s Syndrome.
“I didn’t think I even had a chance,” she said.
“It took me a while to process – I think it’s the first thing I’ve ever won.
“I put so much into this project, but it came as such a shock that other people liked it.
“I’m beginning to believe in myself and my work, and this award is proof that I’m on the right track.”
Art with a purpose
Meryl was diagnosed at the age of 18 with Asperger’s Syndrome – a form of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) which affects how people perceive the world and interact with others.
“I always felt different to everyone else, and I felt ashamed of it for many