On 21 November, the University came together to celebrate the 2022 Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Awards for Learning and Teaching and Professional Staff.

This year marked the first combined event for Learning and Teaching and Professional Staff. The location was also significant, taking place in the Michael Egan Hall – the first time the space has been used for an event other than graduations.

The event had a wonderful ambience as our community united to recognise the calibre and achievements of our colleagues.

When introducing the awards Vice-Chancellor Professor S Bruce Dowton said: “I would like to thank and congratulate all the finalists for their extraordinary efforts, and for making Macquarie such a special place to study and work. I acknowledge the passion and impact that you and your teams have on other people’s lives, and how your commitment, hard work and ingenuity serve and support our students and our local community to the highest standard.”

Congratulations to all our winners.

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Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Awards for Professional Staff

Outstanding service

Winner – Angela Chow, Macquarie Business School

Highly Commended – Human Resources Client and Employee Relations team, Vice President (Professional Services) portfolio: Leonie Verzeletti and MQBS HR Client Team; Cathy Harding and FMHHS HR Client Team; Louise Rassack and Faculty of Arts HR Client Team; Roberta Palfreeman and FSE HR Client Team; Min Ha Choo and Portfolio HR Client Team; Sarah Bate and DVC HR Client Team; Margo Droulers, Carina Jarman, Leah Angrisano and Pam Nilon

Collaboration, connection and belonging

Winner – Professional Services Transformation team, Vice President (Professional Services) portfolio: Fiona Reyerink, Gemma Bennett, Fiona Cross, Amanda Holden, Claudia Huang, Carina Jarman, Rachael Kane, Sally Langford, Sumiit Mathur, Sanyu Mugambwa, Jim Phaboutdy, Joanna Penney and Dr Bradley Windon

Highly commended – Thom Dixon, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) portfolio

Innovation and process improvement

Winner – Results Integration Project team: Hayley Harris, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences; Matthew Robson, Faculty of Science and Engineering; Michael Herbert, Vice President (Strategy, Planning and Performance) portfolio; Michael Bogle, Kerri Mackenzie and Rachael Rotton, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences

Highly Commended – Shamim Joarder, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) portfolio

Highly Commended – Flex Work Project team: Dr Welly Firmanto, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences; Sarah Bankins and Joanna Penney, Macquarie Business School; Leah Angrisano, Fiona Cross, Jonathan Covell and Elizabeth Horbach, Vice-President (Professional Services) portfolio; Jonathan Wylie, Vice President (Strategy, Planning and Performance) portfolio

Leadership excellence

Winner – Dr Robyn Westcott, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) portfolio

Highly Commended – Sophie Curtis, Vice President (Finance and Resources) portfolio

Diversity and inclusion

Winner – Dr Katrina Sealey, Faculty of Science and Engineering

Highly Commended – Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) and Registrar team: Lotus Rana, Vice President (Finance and Resources) portfolio; Gemma Bennett, Vice President (Professional Services) portfolio; Dr Stuart Upton, Faculty of Science and Engineering; Jennifer Martin, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) portfolio.

Agility (for pandemic response)

Winner – Macquarie International Team, Vice President (Professional Services) portfolio: Timothy Hyde, Stephen Fan, Qiubei Fu, Jason Ray and Tanveer Shaheed

Highly Commended – Early Childhood team, Vice President (Finance and Resources) portfolio: Gumnut Cottage, Banksia Cottage and Waratah Cottage

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Vice-Chancellor’s Learning and Teaching Awards 2022

Vice-Chancellor’s Educational Leader Award

Winner – The team of: Dr Nathan Daczko, Dr Prashan SM Karunaratne, Dr Andrea Chareunsy, Dr Joanne Dawson Dr Matt Owers and Dr Natalie Spence, Faculty of Science and Engineering and Macquarie Business School

Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence

Winner – Associate Professor Riza Casidy, Department of Marketing, Macquarie Business School

Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Learning Innovation

Winner – Dr Helen Siuki, Department of Marketing, Macquarie Business School

Vice-Chancellor’s Learning and Teaching Early Career Award 

Winner – Maggie Lee, Department of Actuarial Studies and Business Analytics, Macquarie Business School

Vice-Chancellor’s Learning and Teaching Sessional Staff Award

Winner – Joshua Fitzgerald, School of Chiropractic, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences

Vice-Chancellor’s Learning and Teaching Student-Nominated Award 

Winners

• Dr Shireen Daft, Macquarie Law School, Faculty of Arts
• Charanya Ramakrishnan, School of Computing, Faculty of Science and Engineering
• Professor Anina Rich, School of Psychological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences
• Professor David Orsmond, Department of Economics, Macquarie Business School
• Dr Christian Thomas, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering

To read more about the award winners and highly commended finalists, download the Learning and Teaching Awards booklet. The Professional Staff Awards booklet will be shared in This Week in coming weeks.

If you were unable to attend the event in person, watch the full ceremony below.