Sixteen Scholarships for First Year Students

Agreements were reached with Apple Computer Australia and Jaycar Electronics to fund scholarships, worth a total of $8000, for first year Physics students. Apple Computer Australia have donated $5000 for ten $500 scholarships, and Jaycar Electronics $3000 for six. The scholarships will be offered for the first time in 2001, with both companies expressing an ongoing commitment to the project.

The corporate funding of scholarships within first year breaks new ground for the School of Physics and is sure to meet with an enthusiastic response from students.

$22,000 Corporate Sponsorship for First Year.

Gabriel Caus and Anthony Frith demonstrating some of the donated equipment in the new First Year Study area.

Four companies became corporate sponsors of First Year Physics in 2000, Apple Computer Australia, Jaycar Electronics, Apple on Campus and Budden Nangle Michael & Hudson Architects. Their sponsorships were worth $22,000 to the School of Physics. Their support is part of an ongoing relationship with specific outcomes for all parties involved but it is ultimately our students who benefit via better facilities and resources.

Major donations were:

Laboratory equipment for PHYS1601 Computer Applications in Experimental Science by Jaycar Electronics ($5000)
Attendance expenses for the Apple World Wide Developers Conference in California, USA, by Apple Computer Australia. ($4500)
Four Vernier Data Loggers for use in the First Year Laboratory by Apple Computer Australia. ($2000)

Mr Gabriel Caus and Mr Anthony Frith conducted the negotiations on behalf of the school and extend their thanks to Mr Warren Bruce, National Education Manager of Apple Computer Australia, Mr Gary Johnston, Managing Director of Jaycar Electronics, Mr Doug Ingram, Proprietor of Apple on Campus and Mr Ray Hudson, Budden Nangle Michael & Hudson Architects.