Awards for outstanding contribution to the recruitment and support of international students and institutional relationships.

1. Inaugural Griffith International
Internationalisation Awards

2. Award 1
Outstanding contribution to the
recruitment and support of
international students and
institutional relationships

3. Nominees: Dr Peter Davey
• Senior Lecturer, School of Environment,
Science, Environment, Engineering and
Technology Group
• Director, Centre of Excellence in
Sustainable Development for Indonesia

4. Nominees: Professor ZhihongXu
• Professor, School of Biomolecular and
Physical Sciences, Science, Environment,
Engineering and Technology Group
• Director, Environmental Futures Centre

5. Nominees: Associate Professor Paul Bates
• Associate Professor, School of Biomolecular and Physical Sciences
Science, Environment,
Engineering and Technology
Group
• Head, Griffith Aviation

6. Nominees: Dr Glenn Harrison
• Senior Lecturer, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Griffith Health
• Program Convenor, Bachelor of Exercise Science (BEST) – DY Patil
University India and Griffith University

7. Nominees: Professor Lyn Griffiths
• Director, Griffith Health Institute
• Director, Genomics Research Centre, School of Medical Science,
Griffith Health

8. Nominees: Dr VallipurumMuthukkuramasamy
• Senior Lecturer, School of Information and Communication
Technology, Science, Environment, Engineering and Technology
Group
• Staff, Institute for Integrated and Intelligent Systems

9. Nominees: Professor Cordia Chu
• Director, Centre for Environment and
Population Health, Science, Environment,
Engineering and Technology Group
• Director, International Centre for Development,
Environment & Population Health,
School of Environment

10. Nominees: Dr Kay Hartwig
• Past Program Convenor, Master of Teaching
• Director, Internationalisation & Strategic
Engagement, School of Education and
Professional Studies, Arts, Education and
Law Group

11. Nominees: Professor Tom Nguyen
• Professor, Department of Accounting,
Finance and Economics,
Griffith Business School

12. Nominees: Professor Paul Cleveland
• Director
Queensland College of Art
Arts, Education and Law Group

13. And the winner is...
• Professor Cordia Chu
Congratulations!

14. Award 2
Outstanding contribution
through creating short-term
international experiences
for Griffith students

15. International Business Internship, Korea
• Convened and organised by Professor Yul Kwon
• 3 month internships with major Korean companies
• Organised for the past 16 years
• Approximately 200 participating students

16. International Business Internship, Germany
• Convened and organised by Dr Alan Blackman
• 3 month internship with companies in the Ruhr Valley, organised
through an exchange partnership with Universitat Duisburg Essen
• Organised since at least 2004 for up to 8 students per year

17. China Study Tour
• Convened and led by Dr Doug Smith
• Delivered at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou
• Offered since 1997 with more than 400 participants

18. MBA: AISAM & ESSAM
• Intensive Management summer school in Malaysia or Denmark
• Promoted and supported by the MBA Convenor and Administrative
Manager
• 12-20 have participated annually in AISAM and ESSAM

19. Nursing & Midwifery Community Placement
• Staff: Hazel Rands, Jane Menke, Elisabeth Coyne, Alison Bourke,
JannFielden, Sharon Latimer, Rachel Walker
• Undertaken in rural communities in Laos
• Thailand in 2009, Laos in 2010, 2011 and 2012
• Approximately 84 participating students

20. Nursing Study Tour to Taiwan
• Coordinated by Elaine Duffy
• Through partnership with Chang Gung University of Science &
Technology, Taiwan
• First offered in 2011 with 3 participants

21. India Gateway Program
• Staff: Julie Clark & Pat Dorsett from HSV, Clinton Schultz from PBH
• Through collaboration with Christ University, Bangalore, India
• Offered in 2010 and 2012 with 35 participants from Human Services
& Social Work and Public Health to date
“I think we are learning everyday and I am still reflecting
on the experience of the IGP and I think I will keep
reflecting on the experience for quite a while. My vision
of saving the world has changed but it has also made
me want to focus on trying to make a difference here in
Australia, our own country.”
(2nd year Human Service student)

22. Ecotourism Field Course
• Convened and led by Professor Ralf Buckley
• Destinations have included: Ecuador, New Zealand, Papua New
Guinea, Nepal, Finland
• Offered 10 times to date for approximately 160 students

23. Conservation in Practice, Nepal
• Convened and led by Associate Professor Jean-Marc Hero with a
number of other Griffith staff involved
• Through collaboration with Tribhuvan University, Nepal
• Offered in 2007, 2009 and twice in 2011 with 74 participants to date

24. Tropical Rainforest Ecology, Borneo
• Convened and led by Professor Roger Kitching
• Offered for 13 years with approximately 260 participants to date

25. Architecture Study Tour
• Convened and organised by Associate Professor Leigh Shutter
• 2010 trip to China and 2011 trip to Japan
• 12 students and a number of associate staff

26. Engineering International Experience Programs
• Industrial Affiliates Program delivered through Helmut Schmidt
University of the Armed Forces for six Electrical & Electronic
Engineering students each year
• School of Engineering Overseas Industrial Experience offered in
multiple locations around the world through partner universities.
Offered since 2000 and has placed more than 130 students since
then. Destinations have included France, Germany, China, Japan,
Korea, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam.

27. Muslim World Study Tour
• Convened and led by Dr HalimRane
• Islamic studies program delivered in Malaysia, Turkey and Jordan
• First delivered in 2011 with 14 students

28. Creative Writing Study Tour to Bali
• Convened and led by Dr Sally Breen
• 3 week program combining student collaboration projects at
University of Ganesha with internships at the Ubud Writers Festival
• First offered in 2011 with 12 students

29. Japan Study Tour
• Organised and led by Dr Leigh Kirwan
• Offered 19 times since 1991 with more than 300 participants

30. Fine Art Study Tour to Europe
• Convened and led by Craig Douglas
• Wurzburg & USA in 2012, Wurzburg in 2011,
Venice Biennale in 2010 involving more
than 40 students

31. Photojournalism Study Tour to Cambodia, Laos &
Vietnam
• Convened and led by Nobel Prize winning photojournalist John
Rodsted, Earle Bridger, Heather Faulkner and other QCA staff
• Offered in 2010 and 2011 and more than 50 students

32. Other QCA programs
• QCA Field Study in Egypt, led by Peter Wanny, 2007
• Photography study tour to China, led by Earle Bridger, 2008 & 2010
• Fine Art study tour to Japan, led by Russell Craig, 2008
• EPhotojournalism in Prague, led by Heather Faulkner, 2009
• Photography study tour to Peru, led by Marian Drew, 2012

33. Griffith Honours College
• SIFE volunteering programs led by Dr Jeanne McConachie and Kim
Holmes to Peru, Nepal and Cambodia since 2009
• Additional leadership programs, including APMUN and WorldMUN

34. And the winner is...
• Dr Doug Smith
Congratulations!

35. Congratulations to our awardees
and thank you to all who support
Griffith International in
achieving the University’s
internationalisation goals.