The Academic Dinner, a highlight in the annual calendar, was held on Tuesday 20 August. The guest speaker this year was Dr Catherine Ball, a renowned environmental scientist and business woman who hails from England, but has spent a significant part of her life in Western Australian and now Queensland.
Inspired by a childhood love of the natural world, Catherine’s breakthrough work focused on sending drones to remote areas of coastline to observe endangered turtle colonies. Her work with drones supports Australia as being the world leader in the non-military application of drone technology, also known as “drones for good”. In 2017 she co-created The World of Drones Congress which runs annually and focuses on all parts of the drone economy, and the future of the industry. Catherine also won Telstra’s Queensland Business Woman of the Year in 2015 and in her talk made it clear that she is a passionate advocate for diversity in all spheres of work and life.
Cromwell students performed solidly this past semester with the College Grade Point Average being 5.07. There were five students who achieved the perfect score of 7 (GPA 7.0) for every course they studied. Congratulations go to these students:
Jasmine Burr (B Engineering Honours)
Flynn McConnell (B Information Technology)
Dale Schlaphoff (B Music Composition)
Lauren Sprague (B Advanced Finance and Economics Honours)
Hamish Williams (B Commerce)
In total, there were 61 students who received a GPA of 6.00 or better and 154 students who received a GPA of 5.00 or better in semester one 2019. For the first time this year the academic achievements of students for the second half of the previous year were recognised at an Academic Dinner.
The awards and prizes presented at the Academic Dinner can be found here. Sincere thanks to the Board members who gave of their time to attended the Academic Dinner in support of the students, staff and the college. Cromwell College also remains indebted to the many generous benefactors who donate awards and prizes to the students. More photos from the night can be found on our Facebook page.
