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Seven Local Students Succeed4 August 2004TAFE Students from Port Macquarie, Wauchope, Taree, Great Lakes and Kempsey featured in the North Coast Institute’s 2004 Student Achievement Awards held recently at Coffs Harbour. The annual Awards recognise the top student in each of the Institute’s ten Faculties, and also the top students overall in five major categories. The overall Student of the Year was Kelly Robinson, an Arts and Media student from Kingscliff Campus, but three of the other four major awards went to local students, as well as six of the Faculty awards. The results for the mid-North Coast were: Sarsha Woolnough - Dyers Crossing: Administration Services Faculty Award Jason Kingsmill – Forster Manufacturing & Engineering Faculty Award Rayne Small – Tuncurry Trainee of the Year Award Keith Hellyer – Kendall Primary Industries & Natural Resources Faculty Award Elaine Kelly – Dondingalong Information Technology Faculty Award Carla Wilson – Port Macquarie Community Services & Health Faculty Award Ros Cole – West Kempsey General Education Faculty Award Sarsha Woolnough, a student at Taree Campus, won the Student Achievement Award in the Administration Services Faculty for her outstanding efforts in attaining her Certificate II course in Business Studies whilst still attending Chatham High School. Because she was studying a TVET (TAFE-assisted Vocational Education and Training) course, she also won the TVET Student of the Year Award. Carol Carrigan, Regional Director North Coast of the Department of Education and Training (DET), who sponsored the award, said that Sarsha demonstrated how school students, can make significant progress along their career path through the flexible vocational approach offered by DET and TAFE NSW. Head Teacher in Administration Services at Taree Campus, Chris Cavanagh said that Sarsha showed extraordinary consistency in her academic achievements, whilst managing enthusiastic and pro-active participation in campus events like Big Morning Tea fundraising and Campus Open days, as well as school commitments. Sarsha was consistently in the top 5 at high school in business studies, Legal Studies, English and Maths and was a recipient of a District Education Week award and the Minister’s Award in 2003. She was also a member of the world-beating Green Thumbs Practice Firm. Both Ms Carrigan and Ms Cavanagh agreed that Sarsha thoroughly deserved her awards. Apprentice Jason Kingsmill, fresh from winning a medal at the National WorldSkills competition in Brisbane earlier this year, crammed three years study into two in his Certificate III trade course in electronics. His efforts earned not only the Faculty Award but also the Apprentice of the Year Award. Electronics Teacher Brenton Burden nominated him because “he showed such commitment and perseverance in fast-tracking his learning – plus having to drive an hour and a half each way when he came to Port Macquarie Campus to do his theory.” Trainee of the Year Rayne Small achieved her Certificate IV in Business Administration (with two distinctions and two credits) at Great Lakes Campus. She also completed her traineeship early, with the support of her employer Mitre 10, Tuncurry and is planning a university degree by distance with Southern Cross University. Institute Director, Neil Black, in his speech on the night of the event, said that the standard of all of the nominated students were exceptionally high this year, and that he hoped that these students would provide substantial input into future vocational educational planning.
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Sponsor Maureen Walters, General Manager NSW of Prime Television and Kelly Robinson, Student of the Year
Des Williams, Institute Council Member and Jade Gilmont, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Student of the Year Contact: |
