Alumni Focus
Where are they now?
Over the past couple of years we have caught up with a huge number of alumni at events and activities we have held around Australia and internationally, and have included some of their stories are below. We would love to hear from you too – if you would like to be featured in an upcoming issue of Macquarie Matters or other university publications contact us on our alumni experience page, ...
Meet Andre Nguyen
How do you use the skills you learned in your day to day work? In both my Bachelor of Commerce and Law degrees, we were encouraged to think creatively and outside the box. While it might sound clichéd, this way of thinking helps with innovation and it develops the skills to really think on your feet, to solve problems you will face in the real world. Unfortunately in the real world, the...
Family grad gown brings good luck to Macquarie alumni
Everyone has stories of their graduation, but when British Columbia-based alumnus Adrien Byrne travelled to Beijing recently to accept his Master of Politics and Public Policy degree, he wore a gown with its own stories to tell. “The gown passed down to me from my mother, Nora, who graduated from University College Dublin over 30 years ago,” Adrien says. “Her father bought the go...
Existentialism and Romantic Love
Macquarie alumna Skye Cleary has penned a new existential study on romantic love. Her book, Existentialism and Romantic Love, draws on five existential philosophers to offer insights into what is wrong with our everyday ideas about romantic loving, why reality often falls short of the ideal, what can be done to overcome frustrations and disappointments, and possibilities for creating authen...
Edward and the Great Discovery
Macquarie alumna Rebecca McRitchie fulfilled a lifelong ambition when her children’s picture book, Edward and the Great Discovery not only hit the shelves earlier this year, but sold out of its first print run in two months. Rebecca, who says she wishes she could tell her young readers that she was raised by wolves in a snowy forest until she saved a village from the fiery peril of a disg...
Hard work pays off for young retailer
Macquarie alumnus Aaron Lum has taken home a ‘highly commended’ award from the recent National Retail Association Young Retailer of the Year Awards. The 25-year-old, who works at the Woolworths head office in Bella Vista and holds a Master of International Business from Macquarie, was up against 25 successful young retailers from across Australia, and says he felt like a Miss Universe cont...