La Trobe AW

La Trobe Albury Wodonga shares events, opinions and news from our regional university campus.

[La Trobe University @latrobe]

🧠Four new #lturesearch projects focused on improving rehabilitation following stroke or brain injury, and treatments following heart failure or stroke, as well as a rare cancer, have been awarded $5.8m in @nhmrc funding. Stellar effort, well done 🫀 https://t.co/PX6Tnc6tf0

[La Trobe AW @LaTrobeAW]

'From the outset we classified Santa as an essential worker.'

He's making a list and sanitizing it twice!

How COVID-safe Santa can save Christmas: https://t.co/JtCEYEJ4KO @latrobe

[La Trobe AW @LaTrobeAW]

Construction has commenced on the installation of 270 more solar panels on campus! By the end of 2020 we will have 40% of the campus’ electricity generated from onsite renewables!👏👏👏A great step towards our goal to become a carbon neutral campus by 2022 https://t.co/5yzrX8ymYC

[La Trobe AW @LaTrobeAW]

Join us tomorrow at 2pm for a discussion about the impacts of the pandemic on regional communities, migrants, refugees and asylum seekers who have been particularly hard hit by the impacts of the pandemic.

To learn more and register visit https://t.co/gzOJu8lHQp

[La Trobe University @latrobe]

A record number of La Trobe students have been awarded @NewColomboPlan scholarships to live, work, study and immerse themselves in the Indo-Pacific region 🎉

Meet the 5 impressive students set to travel to Japan, Indonesia and South Korea for up to 1 year
https://t.co/1Qm1sIW3gJ

[La Trobe AW @LaTrobeAW]

Some Albury-Wodonga specific scholarships in the list as well! Plus plenty more options over on our website for Undergrads and PhD students studying at La Trobe Albury Wodonga in 2021 (search by location) https://t.co/EGY9fCHLVv

[La Trobe University @latrobe]

Are you a current #latrobeuni student? Check out these scholarships to support you through your studies. https://t.co/PCdmqi5sVb

[La Trobe AW @LaTrobeAW]

Congratulations to ecology researcher Angela Simms from our Centre for Freshwater Ecosystems who has been awarded 2 grants, from @Science_Academy and @EcolSocAus to continue her research into endangered freshwater river turtles https://t.co/GvyPYmBTFH

[La Trobe AW @LaTrobeAW]

Join @MagdaSzubanski tomorrow for the Violet Marshman Oration as she discuses the negative impact of social media on mental health, achieving positive social change even during a COVID lockdown, & her work with @Phoenix_Trauma learn more & register here: https://t.co/BEanZNbgPE

[La Trobe University @latrobe]

The latest Federal Government Graduate Outcomes Survey spoke to university graduates from all over Australia about their work status after graduating. And La Trobe grads are faring particularly well. https://t.co/24iFCBJnwX

[La Trobe AW @LaTrobeAW]

What a pleasure to have Senator Bridget McKenzie @senbmckenzie meet with our 1st and 2nd year Rural Medical Pathway Program students today to discuss the new course & aspirations for their careers in rural Australia. Interested in a career in rural health? https://t.co/W5cNOq4uI2

[La Trobe AW @LaTrobeAW]

Recent QILT (Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching) nationwide survey results confirm our graduates continue to enjoy strong employment outcomes even in turbulent 2020, as @latrobe ranked top in Victoria for recent postgraduate employment @qilt_src https://t.co/SqRd1bJh1r

[La Trobe University @latrobe]

'It’s ensured that as a regional student, I can stay in regional Victoria. Applying for the scholarship has changed my life.'

Engineering student Gwenevere explains how a Destination Australia scholarship gives her the agency and support to study local. https://t.co/8UIEg1kT0u

[La Trobe AW @LaTrobeAW]

It's been reported the Andrews government has considered a hospital facility designed exclusively for #COVID19 patients, for treatment and to quarantine, aiming to relieve pressure on the health-care system & minimise the spread of the virus. https://t.co/gfxIpvbk20

[Environmental Water @theCEWH]

Local knowledge contributing to turtle research. 🐢

In the Edward/Kolety River system, @LaTrobeAW, Yarkuwa Indigenous Knowledge Centre and @ilwscsu are teaming up to find out how river connectivity affects turtle populations.

More on page 7: https://t.co/ya7UWuahC7

#NAIDOC2020

[La Trobe AW @LaTrobeAW]

La Trobe Researchers led the excavation, reconstruction & analysis of the rare, male fossil from the Drimolen Main Quarry, which could lead to a revised system for classifying & understanding the palaeobiology of human ancestors. https://t.co/gsOGeTduFA @nresearchnews @latrobe

[La Trobe University @latrobe]

Student Mel Holland grew up not knowing anything about her Aboriginal heritage. She explains how her journey into knowledge and culture with 'her mob at uni' is helping her embrace and celebrate hers and her children's history. https://t.co/oZRIjHok9Q | #NAIDOC2020

[La Trobe AW @LaTrobeAW]

Monash Partners Academic Health Science Centre has welcomed La Trobe University as an inaugural Associate Partner, enhancing research collaboration and broadening our research to improve the health of women as well as indigenous and rural communities. https://t.co/1IyvD0BoFC

[La Trobe University @latrobe]

Victoria’s universities will have a big role to play in helping the State to bounce back from COVID-19. See what @johnnodvc believes are the five crucial supports universities like La Trobe could leverage to help the state get back on track. https://t.co/9h5nLS8MKE

[La Trobe AW @LaTrobeAW]

"My PhD was in landscapes & how they mirror characters & are depicted in Australian fiction. Everything I have written has to do with that lens. I have always said landscapes mirror characters & shaping of characters more than people think." -Marg Hickey https://t.co/AwTQzwKs0W

[La Trobe University @latrobe]

🎤 We're excited to be ushering Magda Szubanski AO to the virtual podium in conversation with psychologist Prof. Jennifer McIntosh AM, for our annual Violet Marshman Oration, to explore issues around mental health for rural and regional Australians —24 Nov https://t.co/InItqaDZHL