Somerset Lifetimes 2019 Semester 2

Chapter

THE ALUMNI

ANNUAL ALUMNUS AWARD 2019 2019 Annual Alumnus Award recipient Dr Lisa Nissen, Class of 1989. Lisa is one of Australia’s most innovative and influential pharmacists, and her contributions to the profession over the past two decades through education, policy, practice and clinical research have changed the access to medicines and health services for the whole community. As Professor and Head of the School of Clinical Sciences at QUT, Lisa oversees seven clinical courses and 3,500 students

ANNUAL ALUMNI AWARDS 2019 The inaugural Annual Alumni Awards was held on Thursday 20 July in the Pool Function Room. Attended by over 60 VIPs including the College Leadership Team, 20 Years’ Service Staff, Alumni Committee Members and Award Nominees, along with their families. guests were treated to a three-course dinner service as the night’s winners were revealed. Bev Gallus, foundation staff member, offered her personal reflection on Somerset from its humble beginnings to its current status as a powerhouse institution of national and international regard. Congratulations to Lisa Nissen, Carl Smith and Justine Landis-Hanley who were our 2019 Annual Alumnus, Community Engagement and Early Career Award recipients respectively.

across Medical Radiation Sciences, Podiatry, Pharmacy and Paramedic Sciences programs. During her time as a student at Somerset, Lisa was a College Prefect and recipient of the 1987 Sportsmaster’s Award. Attending the Annual Alumni Awards dinner was Lisa’s first time back at the College since her graduation in 1989.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AWARD 2019 2019 Community Engagement Award recipient Carl Smith, Class of 2006. Carl started his career as a geneticist, before becoming a reporter with ABC News in Canberra and ABCME’s Behind the News, and a writer on the ABCTV program program Sciencey. Now a Walkley Award winning science journalist, Carl is also a presenter

The 2020 Annual Alumni Awards event will take place on Wednesday 15 July.

and co-creator of the award-winning childrens’ podcast Short and Curly. As a Headmaster’s Scholar and Franklin House Captain, Carl credits the College, its scholarship opportunities and supportive staff for contributing to the career achievements he has enjoyed to date.

Nominations will open in November of this year and are open to all alumni who completed their senior year at Somerset College. For further information and award category criteria, please contact the Alumni Association:

The Alumni Chapter

alumni@somerset.qld.edu.au

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