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New scholarships now available
Thanks to the support of donors and recent fundraising initiatives, we’re offering two new scholarships to students starting out on their career journeys. Applications are now open. If you know of any eligible prospective students, encourage them to apply – we look forward to welcoming them to the Macquarie family. The Macquarie University Alumni First in Family Scholarshi...
Macquarie students dig into Roman archaeology
Macquarie students recently grabbed the opportunity to work with Italian archaeologists on Ancient Roman sites as part of the Australian Carsulae Archaeological Project. The month-long July trip was led by Macquarie Early Career Fellow Dr Jaye McKenzie-Clarke, and involved students learning the art of archaeological pickaxing, shovelling, trowelling, brushing and pottery washing. They were ...
Save the date: upcoming alumni events in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong
At Macquarie University alumni functions you never know who’ll be there – your next employer, employee or mentor. You could catch up with old friends you haven’t seen in a while and make new friends as you reminisce about your university experiences. Opportunities surround us all the time. They’re only wasted if we fail to act upon them, so why not come along to the next event in yo...
Florence Huen
MGSM alumna Florence Huen, who earned her MBA in 2011, has built a career in the hospitality industry and. She is currently working in the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre as F&B Deputy Manager in Event Management. One of Macquarie’s many alumni who generously give their free time to help others, Florence works with the local office of international NGO Aide et Action to ass...
Alumni volunteering
Volunteering is about more than helping out: it helps build social capital and makes not only those being helped feel good, but has multiple benefits for the volunteers as well. It helps build friendships that transcend race, ethnicity or income to link dissimilar people and build networks of trust and reciprocity. Macquarie is fortunate to have many among our alumni community who want t...
Jerry Zhou
Alumnus Jerry Zhou studied for a Master of Management in Human Resources Management in MGSM in 2006 and 2007. Today, with 16 years experience in HR, he is running JSmart Management Consulting in Beijing. “It is a management consulting firm, where we help clients to select and develop talented employees,” he says. Jerry is also the key member of Macquarie’s Beijing Alumni Network an...