Mathew and sailing partner Nick Behrens have continued their reign of world domination, with the pair taking out the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) world number one ranking for another term.
The accolade is another triumph for the sailors after they were recently announced as finalists in the Yachting Australia Awards for Sailors of the Year.
Another talented Bondy sailor, Katie Cunneen, has been selected to represent Australia in the World Team Racing Championship being held in Spain in late September. Katie’s selection comes after an outstanding performance at the Australian Team Racing Championships.
AEI Indonesia in co-operation with Bond University conducted highly successful seminars on Information Technology and International Relations at the Australian Embassy, Jakarta on 1 May 2007. This event brought together high profile academics and alumni from Bond University. The seminars were well attended by nearly 500 high profile students and lectures from prestigious universities and some representatives from Indonesian Government agencies.
Dr Kuldeep Kumar, Associate Professor, School of Business was recently invited speaker at SME Banking & Finance 2007 conference at Mumbai organised by Marcus Evans. The conference was chaired by Mathew Gasmer of International Finance Corporation and attended by top bankers of India and South East Asia. Though Dr Kumar was only academic amongst the invited speakers but his talk on "Avoiding Business Failure by Utilizing Sophisticated Prediction Models for SMEs was well received by the bankers. In the words of the organiser Mr. Arman Charma "It was an excellent and informative presentation. Delegates have gained useful knowledge from this presentation and it has added value to this conference".
Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, was awarded the 2007 Manfred Donkie Award for Scientific Excellence in Doping Control at the 2007 Manfred Sports Doping Conference in Cologne, Germany for her paper "Compound specific detection of endogenous steroid abuse in athletes".
The Bond University Library has achieved outstanding results in a customer satisfaction benchmarking survey involving most Australian and New Zealand university libraries, known as the Rodski survey. The area where we have surpassed the previous benchmark "high" is "The Library keeps me informed about new services and resources". Thank you all for your confidence in us.
Congratulations to those staff whose applications for Carrick Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning have been submitted to the Carrick Institute:
- Wendy Abbott and the Library Liaison Team
- Mike Grenby
- Amy Kenworthy U’Ren
- Wayne Petherick
- Mary Power
- The PROBE team, Cyn D Fisher, Ben Shaw, Anthony Erickson and Amy Kenworthy U’Ren
- Dan Svantesson
- Warren Toomey
- Barry Williams
- Paul Wilson and Eric Colvin
Good luck with the awards!
Federal Treasurer the Honourable Peter Costello has announced a $2.5 million contribution to Bond University to establish the Bond University Clinical Education and Research Centre at Robina Hospital.
A simulated trading room has been developed at Bond University, with funding from Macquarie Bank, to give Finance and Commerce students practical experience in executing deals and managing portfolios.
Queensland Health Minister, the Honourable Stephen Robertson MP, has launched Australia’s first entry-level Doctor of Physiotherapy degree at Bond University.
Local sporting celebrities traded their usual sports to give beach volleyball a go at a public Open Day celebrating the opening of the Gold Coast’s latest and greatest beach volleyball facility at Bond University on Sunday, May 20.
Anglican Church Grammar School graduate Matthew Hodgson-Van Daal is currently enjoying his first year at Bond University on the Gold Coast after receiving a full scholarship to attend the University.
This month we recognise the achievements of talented Bondy sailors Mathew Belcher and Katie Cunneen and staff members Dr Kuldeep Kumar and Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik. We also recognise the Bond staff who have been successful in having their applications for Carrick Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning submitted to the Carrick Institute.
DREAMING OF A COUNTRY PRACTICE
