Student Achievement Awards 2005
Tuesday 9th August
A former flight attendant who was forced to change careers by the Ansett Airlines collapse has been named 2005 Student of the Year by TAFE NSW – North Coast Institute.
Margaret Negus, from Coffs Harbour, also scooped up the top student award in the Community Services and Health Faculty following her outstanding performance in the Diploma in Children’s Services course at Coffs Harbour Education Campus.
Besides standing out academically, achieving mainly distinctions in her two-year Diploma course, Ms Negus’s personality and life experience enriched the learning outcomes of all in her class, who benefited from her support and common sense, the North Coast Institute’s Student Achievement Awards Ceremony was told.
In addition, a sun-safety project Ms Negus undertook as part of her course has had lasting benefits for the campus, with students, staff and children involved in course play sessions all now better equipped for healthy exposure to the sun.
Ten other outstanding students received recognition during the annual awards ceremony, held on Wednesday night (August 3) at the Osprey Restaurant at the Coffs Harbour Education Campus.
The awards recognise outstanding achievements in academic effort, community involvement and career commitment and go to students in individual Institute Faculties and in six other major categories.
The other North Coast Institute Student Achievement Awards winners were:
- Apprentice of the Year, Adric Maggs, of East Lismore, who studied the Certificate III in Metal Fabrication/Welding, at Wollongbar Campus. Mr Maggs also won the Manufacturing and Engineering Faculty Award.
- Trainee of the Year, Isabelle Lawton, of Coffs Harbour, who did the Certificate II in Retail Traineeship at Coffs Harbour Campus.
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Student of the Year, Kerry Salt, of Bonny Hills, who completed the Certificate IV in Community Services (Welfare) part-time at Port Macquarie Campus. Ms Salt has also just won a State-wide TAFE NSW Gili Achievement Award.
- TVET Student of the Year, Beth Mabey, of Coffs Harbour, who completed the Certificate III in Retail Operations, as part of her Higher School Certificate, at Coffs Harbour Campus. Ms Mabey also won the Tourism and Hospitality, Retail and Personal Services Faculty Award.
- Environmentally Sustainable Practice Award went to Scott Jenkin, who is studying the Fine Arts Sculpture Certificate at Lismore Campus.
- Arts and Media Faculty, Pauline Wilson, of Caffrey’s Flat, who studied the Diploma in Fine Arts at Great Lakes/Tuncurry Campus.
- Business Services Faculty, Heidi Kjenslie-Cook, of Coffs Harbour, who completed the Advanced Diploma in Accounting at the Coffs Harbour Education Campus.
- Construction and Transport Faculty, Janos Ertz, of Goolmangar, who studied the Certificate III in General Construction (Carpentry – Framework/Forming/Finishing) at the Lismore and Wollongbar Campuses.
- General Education Faculty, Bettye Ford, of Kempsey, who studied the Tertiary Preparation Certificate at Kempsey Campus.
- Information Technology Faculty, Wojciech Janiuk, of Wauchope, who completed the Certificate IV in Information Technology (Client Support) at Port Macquarie Campus.
