Appeals 2010
- Gavin Wanganeen Indigenous Scholarship Appeal 2010
- Library Appeal 2010
- Make a Difference in Your Community Appeal
Gavin Wanganeen Indigenous Scholarship Appeal 2010
Gavin Wanganeen is an inspirational
sportsman who kicked a lot of goals during his time on the footy field.
Help Gavin kick some more goals off the field today and support the 2010 Gavin Wanganeen Indigenous Scholarship appeal.
By doing so you will help improve the lives of Indigenous Australians and assist future Indigenous role models and leaders in the
community. More
The Gavin Wanganeen Indigenous Scholarship assists financially or educationally disadvantaged Indigenous Australians enrolled in an undergraduate UniSA degree who have a strong will to succeed and are active in their community. The scholarship supports and encourages students already on the path to becoming role models or leaders.
Thanks to our generous donors we have raised over $170,000 since we started fundraising in 2004. We plan to raise a lot more so we can keep the scholarship running indefinitely, as the wonderfully positive impact of this financial support on the lives and careers of the recipients confirms what we always instinctively knew
- investing in the higher education and skills of inspirational Indigenous individuals pays dividends beyond our dreams.
Six years on and seven recipients later, we can see a rosy future ahead. If you are passionate about equality and education, help us keep the Gavin Wanganeen Indigenous Scholarship going for many years to come by making a donation to the
Gavin Wanganeen Indigenous Scholarship Appeal 2010 today !
(PDF 67kb - download Adobe Acrobat).
Download the 2010 Appeal brochure (PDF
410kb -
download Adobe Acrobat).
For more information about the
Gavin Wanganeen Indigenous Scholarship Appeal 2010, contact Helen Black, Development Coordinator (Fundraising) on 08 8302 0974 or email
helen.black@unisa.edu.au
Library Appeal 2010
Calling all 1995 graduates
Student life was certainly challenging in 1995 but the challenges have not lessened in the intervening years, and most of the pressing day-to-day needs for students remain the same. One thing that certainly hasn't changed is their need for books!
Last year we asked our 1994 graduates to help current UniSA students by
making a donation to the Library and we would like to thank them for their
fantastic support. This year we are asking our 1995
graduates to do the same. It has been 15 years since you graduated and in that
time the average cost of a textbook has almost doubled to $110 and our students are relying on the Library more than ever.
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Let's take a trip down memory lane and see what was happening back in
1995...
Can you believe it’s been fifteen years since....
A little pig won our hearts in the Aussie film 'Babe' and Mel Gibson won
the Academy Award for Best Picture for his historical epic 'Braveheart'. Yahoo
and eBay came online for the first time, and DVD media storage technology
was announced. OJ Simpson was found not guilty of double murder, and
Superman Christopher Reeves fell from his horse and was paralysed from the
neck down as a result. Australia blitzed the world swimming championships
with 26 medals while the Australian cricket team whipped the West Indies for
the first time in 20 years.
In 1995 UniSA had 22,000 students, 1,000 international students and revenue of $200M, with $9M in research revenue. In that year, we also established our first two Research Institutes. The Library had ten databases on CD-ROM, 620,000 books and 7,600 journals. There were no online resources and students could only access the materials during opening hours.
Just look at us now
We've sure come a long way in 15 years! UniSA now has 37,000 students, over 13,000 international students, revenue of $450M, with $57M in research revenue and 9 Research Institutes. Our Library has grown too. It now has over 420 online databases, 100,000 e-books and 50,000 journals. Each year the Library loans nearly 700,000 items, not counting the massive number of electronic downloads of digital resources. Best of all, the Library can be visited 24/7 - online. Our students and alumni can access the Library information resources any time, any place, anywhere.
Help us keep the Library up-to-date. Make a donation to the Library Appeal 2010 now! (34kb - download Adobe Acrobat) All gifts over $2 are tax-deductible, 100% of the gift goes towards the intended purpose, and taxation receipts are provided.
Make a Difference in Your Community Appeal
Can you help us address two key national priority areas of community need? The first is the shortage of
midwives in our hospitals and the second is the lack of suitably qualified teachers in country schools.
These shortages are so serious that in 2005 the Australian Government classified the Nursing and Education
fields of study as National Priorities and this classification remains in place.
The shortage of midwives affects us all, as midwives are essential for the safe delivery of prenatal, birth and postnatal care across all public and private hospitals; and for the provision of vital advice and ongoing healthcare to families.
The shortage of teachers is particularly acute in rural schools and results in poorer educational outcomes for country students. The problem is especially critical in middle and secondary schools where teachers in specialist areas such as maths and science are needed but often not available. We need more graduating teachers to work in rural schools and to adopt regional communities as their own in order to reduce this problem.
Education and midwifery programs share a common characteristic – they both have a high component of practice-based learning compared with other fields of study. For example, midwives must complete a minimum of 28 weeks of clinical placements during their three-year degree, while fourth year Education students must complete a final pre-service placement of six weeks. However this active experiential learning, while necessary for gaining professional skills, comes at a real cost to students. The high workloads and many weeks spent on practicum's means it is hard to sustain part-time work to help essential university study and living costs. Download the appeal brochure (PDF 239kb - download Adobe Acrobat) for more details.
Your donation to UniSA will help ensure our hospitals have enough midwives to deliver the next generation of Australians and that our rural and remote schools have enough teachers to keep students inspired and towns thriving. Please donate now, every dollar counts and every gift is highly valued.