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Skills Scholarship Award Ceremony 2011
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Katherine Henderson (DEECD), Peter Garrett AM MP, and George Pappas (VU) with artist Dimitry
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The celebration of achievement was the focus at Victoria University St Albans campus, on 9 August 2011when 58 young people received their Skills Scholarship certificates from the Hon Peter Garrett AM MP, Federal Minister for Education and Early Childhood Development, in an auditorium filled with families, teachers and friends. These talented young people were the newest recipients of the Western Chances Scholarship Program created to assist young people in the western suburbs of Melbourne achieve their dream of education that in turn provides them with a career goal.
The Mick Young Scholarship Trust partners with Western Chances to award Skills Scholarships to young people across Melbourne’s West studying VET/VCAL. This year 140 disadvantaged but talented young people have received a scholarship.
When Corey Beckers and Dimitry Schukin presented personal gifts to the guests of honour it again reflected the thought and creative flair of many of the Western Chances scholarship awardees. In both cases their work symbolised power, knowledge and education, reflecting the message in Minister Garrett's speech that knowledge and education create positive power. It was a message the Minister reinforced when he reflected on the Mick Young Scholarship Trust and the late Mick Young's own career path from shearer to one of the highest positions in Federal Government.
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Click here for information about our scholarship programs
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Western Chances/Agnes Milowka Memorial Environmental Scholarship Award
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Western Chances supported by the Milowka family and Mummu Media are
thrilled to announce the establishment of an annual Scholarship Award to honour the life and accomplishments of globally respected cave diver and environmentalist, Agnes Milowka.
Celebrating Agnes’ passion and love for the ocean, science and adventure, the Western Chances/Agnes Milowka Memorial Environmental Scholarship Award is a new scholarship award created to assist talented and motivated secondary and tertiary students who share a love of the natural world and environment but who lack the finances, networks and opportunities to pursue this exciting pathway. For further details about Agnes and the Western Chances/Agnes Milowka Memorial Environmental Award or to donate to the fund, please visit:
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www.agnesmilowka.com/index.php/awards
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| 17th April Term 2 Renewals Applications Open
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| | | | 20th May Western Chances Good Business Forum Luncheon with guest speaker Simon McKeon (Australian of the Year)
20th May Term 2 Renewals Applications Close
| Emerald City, June 1st Malthouse Theatre
For this world first charity event presented by the CorriLee Foundation, David Williamson is recreating his 1987 classic "Emerald City" with a 2010 adaptation commenting on current affairs, politics and popular culture. In this unique reading of the play, "One Night in Emerald City" for one night only eleven notable celebrities from a variety of backgrounds take the stage, each of whom will be supporting a charity of their choice. Steve Bracks has chosen Western Chances as his charity of choice.
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| | | | | 18th July Term 3 New Scholarships Applications Open
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| | | | | 9th August Mick Young Scholarship Fund SKILLS Award Ceremony
12th August Term 3 New Scholarships Applications Close
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| | | | | 12th September ACMI Screen Showing
(Australian Centre for the Moving Images)
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| | | | | 10th October Term 4 SKILLS Open
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| | | | | Victoria Univiersity Access scholarship applications open
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| | | | | 22nd December Victoria University Access Scholarships round Closes
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*dates and time to be confirmed
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