Media Release (AusComm): Australia Awards Scholarship outcomes for 2019
The Australian High Commission is pleased
to announce Australia Award Scholarship (AAS) and Australia Award
Pacific Scholarship (AAPS) outcomes for the 2019
intake. Nineteen Nauruan scholars have been awarded the
prestigious Australia Awards scholarships for study commencing in
2019. Nine of these will study at universities in Australia
and ten in Fiji.
These scholarships aim to build skills and
develop knowledge that contribute to economic and human development
in Nauru. This year's awards include two special Hammer DeRoburt
Scholarships in honour of Nauru's 50th
anniversary of independence. The Awards that were presented
to scholars by H.E. President Baron Waqa MP and the Australian High
Commissioner Angela Tierney at the Australia High Commissioner's
residence on 19 December 2018.
Each year, the scholarship program
receives a large number of applications. The 2019 scholarship
intake attracted a highly competitive field of 127
applications. The successful scholars will be studying in a
range of fields including accounting, engineering, education,
health, environment, law and public sector
management.
The Australian High Commission would like
to congratulate the successful candidates and sincerely thank the
Government of Nauru for its continuing support to the Australia
Awards scholarship program. Scholarship awardees for 2019 are
as follows:
|
Awardee
|
Course
|
Institute
|
|
Hammer
DeRoburt Scholarship
|
|
1. Marquita
Detabene
|
Masters in
Health Services Management
|
Fiji National
University
|
|
2. Unique
Harris
|
Bachelor of
Arts
|
University of
Queensland
|
|
Australia
Awards Scholarship (AAS)
|
|
1. Alina
Amwano
|
Bachelor of
Laws (Honours)
|
Queensland
University of Technology
|
|
2. Bernadette
Dongobir
|
Bachelor of
Paramedicine
|
Victoria
University
|
|
3. Constantina
Depaune
|
Bachelor of
Nursing
|
Queensland
University of Technology
|
|
4. Jonah
Harris
|
Bachelor of
Engineering (Honours)
|
Griffith
University
|
|
5. Ken
Blake
|
Bachelor of
Business
|
University of
Southern Queensland
|
|
6. Raynor
Tom
|
Bachelor of
Laws
|
Bond
University
|
|
7. Ursula
Amwano
|
Bachelor of
Commerce
|
University of
Queensland
|
|
8. Victor
Soriano
|
Bachelor of
Laws
|
University of
Southern Queensland
|
|
Australia
Awards Pacific Scholarship (AAPS)
|
|
1. Ebedd
Thoma
|
Bachelor in
Education (Mathematics)
|
University of
South Pacific, Fiji
|
|
2. Inoki
Tannang
|
Diploma in
Automotive Engineering
|
Fiji National
University
|
|
3.
John-Vianney Cain
|
Certificate IV
in Fabrication & Welding
|
Fiji National
University
|
|
4. Justin
Togoran
|
Bachelor of
Accounting & Economics
|
University of
South Pacific, Fiji
|
|
5. Kita
Capelle
|
Bachelor in
Laboratory Science
|
Fiji National
University
|
|
6. Octavian
Detenamo
|
Postgraduate
Diploma in Oral Surgery
|
Fiji National
University
|
|
7. Phynea
Olsson
|
Bachelor of
Early Childhood Education
|
University of
South Pacific, Fiji
|
|
8. Pritee
Adire
|
Diploma in
Business
|
University of
South Pacific, Fiji
|
|
9. Trinina
Dagagio
|
Bachelor of
Accounting
|
University of
South Pacific, Fiji
|
Applications for 2020 Australia Award
Scholarships intake will be open from 1 February to 30 April
2019.