Your gift at work - archived stories from 2008
UniSA would like to acknowledge the broad range of gifts we receive from corporate and individual donors. Some of the unique programs established because of these generous gifts are detailed below
Pank Family triples commitment to UniSA
The Pank family have generously donated funds to establish four new scholarships in memory of David and Margaret Pank
- David Pank Northern Areas High Achiever Scholarship. This scholarship aims to assist financially disadvantaged high achieving students from Northern Area High Schools. Recipients, who must be new to higher education and enrolled full time in any UniSA undergraduate degree, will receive $2,000 per annum, to the total value of $8,000
- Margaret E Pank Experiential Learning Nursing Scholarships. Five scholarships of $1,000 each will be offered to financially disadvantaged third year nursing students undertaking experiential learning activities
- David Pank Northern Areas Education Placement Scholarships. Two scholarships of $2,000 each will be offered to high achieving students enrolled full time in a Bachelor of Education program. The scholarships will enable the recipients to undertake their final year placement in a Northern Suburbs public school
- David Pank Education Scholarships. Two scholarships, with a total value of $6,000 each over three years, will be offered to second year students experiencing financial hardship and living in the areas of Salisbury and Playford
|
|
 |
2008
Winner, Heidi Kenyon -
Constance Gordon-Johnson Sculpture and Installation Prize
Constance Gordon-Johnson, an artist, sculptor, designer and teacher, was passionate about art and its place in the community. Born in Memphis, USA, she contributed actively to community arts in South Australia for nineteen years before her tragic death in a car accident in 2000.
As a legacy of her devotion to the arts, Constance made provision in her Will to establish a fund for an annual grant to help talented sculptors. The resulting Constance Gordon-Johnson Sculpture and Installation Prize has been awarded to an outstanding student enrolled in the final year of the Bachelor of Visual Arts Degree at the South Australian School of Art each year since 2004.
The winner of the 2008 Prize was Heidi Keyton (pictured) with the installation, Everything you can think of is true... is an intuitive investigation of human-made and natural materials (vinyl records and avocado leaves) infused with notions of memory, transience, fragility, shadow and light. It seeks to evoke personal narrative for the viewer.
The Constance Gordon-Johnson Sculpture and Installation exhibition catalogue (PDF file 559kb) is available from the South Australian School of Art.
Duguid Memorial Lecture
In
late November 2008, Professor Peter Buckskin, Dean and Head of School at
UniSA's David Unaipon College of
Indigenous Education and Research (DUCIER), delivered the 2008 Duguid
Memorial Lecture entitled
Indigenous Education Outcomes: Are the answers in the mainstream? (PDF
113kb - download Adobe Acrobat).
Professor Buckskin's lecture examined nationwide management of Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander education and the realities of the vast gaps in
educational and social outcomes.
The biennial Duguid public lecture is organised jointly by UniSA and
Flinders University, in honour of the lives of
Dr Charles
Duguid OBE and his wife, Mrs Phyllis Duguid OAM, who were early 20th
century pioneers and advocates for the advancement of Indigenous people.