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Messages from your Student Experience Teams

Messages from your Student Cohort

Sending a huge CONGRATULATIONS to UNE graduates all over the world! You’ve worked so hard to get to this point and we hope you have the opportunity to celebrate with family, friends and loved ones.
We wish you the very best for your next adventure and new pursuits. CONGRATULATIONS!!

The teams at UNE Sydney, UNE Tamworth & UNE Taree

It has been a very strange year but those of you born in this millennia, and who live in Australia, you thankfully have not seen war such as WW1 or WW2, or many of the sad events of the 20th century. Be positive as you are now a graduate, and be even more focused on becoming part of a new Australia which has fought, and mostly overcome, the trials of 2020. Best of luck!!!

Becky Ingham-Broomfield
RN, MSc., BSc.,Dip.N., Cert. Ed. & Tutor at Oorala

With love and pride today and always. Congratulations to all the colleagues 2020 on your graduation. It’s time to celebrate all the hard work that led to this brilliant success achievement!

Sasanda Chiranthi Kodithuwakku Arachchige
Bachelor of Biomedical Science, 2020

Congratulations! Great achievement!

Martijn Boerkamp
PhD 2010

I would like to wish all of the School of Environmental and Rural Science graduates a big congratulations. You are now ready to enter an exciting Agricultural industry that will embrace the new generation with open arms. All the best for a great career ahead! Best wishes to all 2020 graduates.

Emma Doyle
PhD & Senior Lecturer and Researcher, UNE

I would like to congratulate all students that have finished their degrees. Wishing you all the best in your future careers.

Leanne Lane
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Teaching), 2021

Congratulations to everyone graduating this year! What an achievement!

Sally Dixon

Congratulations, to all graduates of 2020

Fitsume Desta
PhD, 2020

I would like to congratulate all the new Grads from 2020 and wish them all the very best for their future. I know it has been a difficult year for all of us due to the pandemic but sooner or later, together we will win over it. Stay positive, stay COVID-free.

Anjali Awal Prajapati
Master of Nursing Practice, 2020

To all the wonderful Duvalians who are graduating this year. Duval is with you in spirit as you graduate and we thank you for sharing your university journey with us. Keep in touch!! #duvaliansdeliver

Ilona Mair

Congratulations to all of us who have graduated in 2020. I’m looking forward to visiting Armidale and celebrating our achievements together.

Sue Tucker
Bachelor of Training and Development

It is not easy to get through this challenging year. However, you made it! Carry this precious experience and resolve any difficult issues in future.

Chi Wai Lee
Assistant Professor, School Health Sciences

Well done Graduands. I wish you all the very best for your future in this exciting new world.

Jeanne Walther
Bachelor of Asian Studies, 2004

Congratulations to you all, especially for being the cohort which finished their study programs during 2020! I wish you all well for the futures, whatever it holds for you. We will miss you here at UNE and hope to see you back one day!

Erica Smith

I would like to congratulate every one to achieve their honourable degree.

Mirza Md Moyen Uddin
PhD in Economics, 2020

Congratulations all on your achievements especially completing your degree in this trying year. Best of luck to you all in finding employment in your desired field and for a successful career.

Nathan Scott
Master of Commerce – Public Accounting, 2020

Well done UNE graduates!! 2020 has been a year that we’ll never forget…

Nerida Lithgow
Graduate Certificate in Professional Practice, 2020

Graduation is not only an end to a period, but it is also the commencement of a new period and I hope that future years will bring you on-going happiness.

Xiaoye
Master of Nursing Practice, 2020

The strength and perseverance we have shown throughout our degrees, especially during 2020, has created a group of resilient, adaptable and incredibly versatile professionals. As we navigated the very taxing and uncertain “Year of Covid-19”, we discovered we were stronger than we ever thought we could be. Congratulations Graduands of 2020.

Nanette Reid
BA (International History & German),2020

Congratulations, Jemima Ivers, on completing your studies.
Thank you for making my time at Uni fun and never boring… Go forward and conquer!

Melanie Holgate
Post Grad in Counselling, 2020

What an accomplishment to graduate in such challenging times! Congratulations for adapting and completing your degree and I hope to meet you at the big chair soon. Celebrate in your own way and enjoy your big day. You earned it.

I am off to start my next degree. How about you?

Catherine Mills
Bachelor of Computer Science, Master Computer Science, Graduate Diploma Education Maths and Computer Science

Congratulations team, we made it!! Good work everyone!!

Phoebe Ginnivan
Master of Teaching (Primary), 2020

Congratulations to all fellow graduands, we made it. All our hard work and perseverance has paid off. Getting graduated is something we all should be proud of, especially this year which was difficult for each individual all around the world. All the best for the future journey that lies ahead of us.

Reecha Rimal
Master of Nursing Practice, 2020

While we may not have had the opportunity to stand in front of Bool and accept our degrees as our peers in the past, the act of making it through to the end of our studies is an accomplishment we should all be proud of. Finalising my degree in January saw me graduate into an uncertain world with COVID-19 requiring future plans to be re-routed. I must thank the Student Access and Inclusion department and my lecturers in the History Department for their assistance throughout my B.A. experience. I am now continuing through to a Master of History at UNE and look forward to many more years of excellent education from one of the best universities in Australia for distance learning.

Ally McNichol
Bachelor of Arts (History), 2020

Well, we did it! Congratulations to all my cohort of 2020. It has been a tricky final year but I am so happy we have all succeeded.

Sharon Jackson
Bachelor of Laws 2020

Congratulations! We did it! It was not always easy, and at times you may have wondered what you were doing, but you never gave up and are now one step closer to achieving the dreams that set you on this path. Now it is time to celebrate all of the hard work that led you to this point! You are moving into a new and exciting chapter in your life and I wish all of our 2020 graduates the very best for the future.

Amy Moy
Bachelor of Legal Studies, 2020 & Student Success, UNE

Although I wasn’t wearing my academic gown when the postman handed me my testamur, the satisfaction is still all there!

Dr Karl Sebire
Doctor of Philosophy 2020

As a graduate and a UNE employee, I wish you well on your continued journey.

Jane Lally
Master of Education & Librarian, UNE

Congratulations all!! You can surmount all difficulties in the future and even return to UNE!!

Suzanne Robertson
MRCP, FRACP

Well, you did it!!! Well done and remember, one step at a time and breathe 🙂 This is the next chapter to your life and what an exciting time it will be. From the UNE E&C team.

UNE Employability & Careers

Whether you are graduating with your first or fifth degree, with an Advanced Diploma or a PhD, your graduation is a fantastic achievement and something you should be incredibly proud of. As 2020 graduates you have no-doubt show even more resilience, tenacity and determination to complete your studies. Congratulations

Kayannie Denigan
Master of Arts and Advanced Diploma in Local, Family and Applied History

Congratulations on graduating into the new world. It is going to be nothing like we have ever known and you are going to be leading us into the biggest world change of our lives! We can’t wait to see what you do!

Samantha Huntley
Bachelor of Art (Psychology & Sociology) Grad Dip HR

Whether you’ve been an internal or external student or both, there are challenges in sticking it out to finish your studies. Congratulations to you, and well done to those who’ve supported you.

Jennifer Miller
BA DipEd MEdStudies. Graduated from UNE 1974, 1975, 1994

Make sure you attend your graduation whenever it may be held. There is nothing quite like the excitement and atmosphere of a UNE graduation ceremony on the lawns of Bool – I know ’cause I graduated four times! Congratulations and all good wishes for a wonderful future… you deserve it!

Rita Crews
BA, BA[Hons], PhD, Grad Certif Dist Ed & Distinguished Alumni Recipient 2014

You may never climb Everest or swim across the English Channel, but what you have done completing your degree, especially if by distance, is an endurance event in itself. Well done and we might meet at the bar sometime, because life’s all about telling your story.

Christopher Wood
BFinAdmin/LLB (UNE)

Congratulations to all 2020 Graduands in all disciplines as I have seen you adapt and persevere in this difficult year. It is always a great feeling of accomplishment (and relief) to finally finish a course and achieve a ‘qualification’, and it is even more special this year! Well done!

Nola Holmes
First Year and Academic Advisor for Business & Law

I am appreciative a lot for everything for education and a student for UNE for the past years. My accomplishment was extreme awesome I can’t wait for taking wonderful memory photos when graduation comes.

Mugisha G Kasongo
Bachelor of Engineering Technology (Civil) 2019

A big congratulations to my cohort of 2020. What a year it has been and an even greater achievement, therefore, to have come this far. Hoping to have our day.

Muneeza Mohammed
Bachelor of Arts, 2o2o

Congratulations to all graduands. I wish you all the best in the future and May god make all your dreams and wishes come true.

Maywand Hanifi
Bachelor of Organisation Leadership, 2020

Congratulations to every single person that completed the incredibly difficult task of getting a degree and graduating. It’s now time to celebrate your achievements and be proud of yourself. Good luck to every graduate in your future endeavours and I wish you all success and a happy life.

Maddison Green
Bachelor of Criminology & Bachelor of Laws, 2020

Congratulations to all graduating during COVID-19! I wish everyone the absolute best in their future careers. I am ecstatic to be finished!

Robyn Caswell
Bachelor of Education (Primary), 2020

Congratulations. We did it. Well done to everyone who completed their studies in what was a terrible year. Looking forward to many blessings.

Amanda Sotiralis
Masters of Teaching (Primary) 2020

It’s such an insane year just to live through, let alone manage to get it together enough to graduate. Congrats.

John Yasmineh
Master of Teaching

Congratulations to everyone for not only surviving 2020, but also graduating… now it’s our time to thrive!

“In order for our lives to go forward, in order to engage fully in life, we need to be willing and able to accept what is right in front of us. Whatever it is, the good, the bad, the thrilling, the heartbreaking, every emotion, occurrence, event, person, place or thing, you will experience them all… You accept influence and then you exert influence. You can’t make a cloudy day a sunny day, but can embrace it and decide it’s going to be a good day after all. If life gives you lemons, grab it by the horns and drive — and yes, I just mixed three metaphors. I was a C-student.” – Jane Lynch

Adrienne Lyons
Bachelor of Social Science, 2020

Congratulations 2018/2019 MPP GRADUATES!!!! We did it!!! Looking forward to seeing you in our real graduation of Master of professional psychology sometime soon!! Wooooohooo!

Ashley Ristanto
Master of Professional Psychology, 2019

2020 provided us all with a mess of twists, turns, challenges and tears but we overcame it all. We did it, we made, we are here! While we can’t meet and congregate we can still celebrate…we all deserve it!

Ben Tobler
Masters of History, 2020

Congratulations to all graduates of UNE. A great institution.

Patrick Whymark
Bachelor of Arts / Teaching 2012 Master of Arts Geography 2020

Congratulations to everyone that finished this year. I myself am over the moon to be completed. I have been teaching this year while still finishing my degree. All I can say is this wasn’t what my first year of teaching was meant to look like. But we are all still here to celebrate. I dressed up with my class on graduation day and made them part of my special day. Well done to everyone and good luck in all your futures.

Michelle Whiley
Bachelor of Education, 2020

We are so impressed with the perseverance you have shown throughout your degree, especially in such a tricky year! We’ve missed seeing all of your delightful faces on campus this year – especially, at Graduation times when we know many of you visit the campus for the first time. Know that your hard work has been worth it – well done from everyone here at UNE Life. You make us incredibly proud.

UNE Life Team

Congratulations on your perseverance, resilience and desire to complete your degree in the year that was 2020. I wish to extend my heartfelt best wishes to you for the next chapter of your life. Very personal and special congratulations to my son Sean Skinner, on the completion of your Bachelor of Agriculture degree. We are very proud of your achievements and resilience as a student and RFS volunteer, particularly during the bushfires of 2019 and 2020. Congratulations on securing fulltime employment with NSW RFS.

Patsy Skinner

Congratulations! You’ve made it. All your hard work has paid off. The late nights (or all-nighters) commitment and dedication have lead you here. Be proud!! Sorry you don’t get a formal graduation but enjoy this time, good luck in your future endeavours.

Zara Gilkison
Bachelor of Social Science

Wow! What a challenge the last couple of years have been. To be able to graduate whilst the whole world has been turned on its head is a massive achievement for everyone. Simpler times required many of us to do our time in college followed by being an affiliate in town whilst still annoying that college, then often (me) finish with a couple of external units. I can’t understate for those of us who commenced our UNE studies on-campus that as the years and decades pass the fond memories only continue to build. Welcome to the memory building club – and may your memories embellish every year to come. Congratulations and enjoy whatever moment you can use to celebrate your success.

Bryn Griffiths
Assoc. Director of Communications and Events

Hard work always pays off.

Hsu Hsu Mon
Master of Nursing Practice, 2019

Well done and congratulations on your success! Sending you all positive thoughts and happiness for your special day and I wish you continued success for your future.

Kylie Cawley
Coordinator, Library Customer Experience. UNE.

Congratulations on your graduation class of 2020! I’m sure you have learnt more about yourself and hard work than you will ever know. Keep continuing to work hard and hold your head high. Best wishes to you and your future career ahead of you.

Brooke Rossetto
Bachelor of Education (Primary)

YOU DID IT! No matter where you’re at – whether this is just the beginning of your career or a step to the next level – you’ve achieved something amazing, and you deserve to celebrate!

Becky Amon
Bachelor of Media and Communications, 2019

Look at you, fabulous 2020 Graduands! You have made it through a tough, hard year and you have graduated in your studies. What a great achievement! Be proud and pleased with yourselves, you deserve our warmest congratulations. Now – the next adventure is ready for you!

Kathy Richards
Masters of Arts

Congratulations to all the University of New England who have prevailed through such adversity … CARPE DIEM !!

Joseph Arena
Bachelor of Law, 2020

I have fond memories of the UNE. Congratulations on your UNE life as it will always be present in your best memories of life on earth. Well done!!

Virginia Herts

Shout out to the parent’s, John and Cheryl Donaldson for helping me get through UNE!

Lachlan Wade Donaldson
Bachelor of Education, 2020

Huge congrats to everyone!

Cassandra Keeley
Bachelor of Teaching, 2020

I am happy that you have completed your final year of study and achieved your goal; your degree. Congratulations!
May you reap the benefits, in your future endeavours.

Deanna Buffier
Bachelor of Education, 1996

Sending a message of congratulations to you all – however, a special shout out to my husband Brett Dickson. He has worked very hard and overcome many things to complete his degree and I and his two children are incredibly proud of him. Congratulations Brett, we love you and you are an inspiration to us all.

Jodi, Clae and Riley

I just want to say a HUGE well done to everyone who stuck it out to graduate in 2020!!!
It certainly was a tough year! I myself came close to dropping out with the challenges of life and COVID, navigating studies, work and home school with 2 children. It seemed easy to just give up the study, but I didn’t I stuck it out and what a great feeling it was to finish my degree and what an awesome way to end a horrible year! So well done to each and every one of you for putting in the hard work and graduating in 2020!!!

Jessica Connors
Bachelor of Education, 2020

This morning feels so unreal and is a realized dream form my teenage years. Developing independence, confidence, resilience, and courage were so worth it for the long run.
Each one of us graduating today has had to sacrifice, manage and compromise to succeed, especially this year during the COVID-19 pandemic, and each of us learnt and took something individual from our time at UNE.
I would like to thank my parents, family, and friends for their constant moral support. I dreamt of a graduation ceremony with them beside me. I hope they are proud as I am.
The biggest thanks we owe however is to ourselves! If we hadn’t had a strong determination to achieve our goal or take that leap of faith and backed ourselves then we wouldn’t be here today as graduates.
So the next time we face anything that feels impossible, daunting, or outside of our comfort zone, let us all remember that we have felt that way before, we didn’t let it define and defeat us, and we can continue to overcome any challenges we put our minds to.
Congratulations once again class of 2020 and wish you all good luck in the future ahead. Have a great rest of the day.

Ali Albalawi
Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting), 2020

All the best to everyone for a bright future.

Kamana
Master of Nursing Practice, 2019

Congratulations and best wishes for the future. You should be proud of your achievements in a year of global upheaval. Well done!!

Jo Coghlan
Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Social Sciences

Dear fellow graduands, We did it! It’s been an especially difficult year for many and so your graduation today is extra special.
I have found the support from UNE this year to be wonderful, and much appreciated. My best wishes to all of you!

Michele Parkinson
Master of Arts (Literature), 2020

Congratulations to my fellow 2020 graduates!!
What a journey it has been right? You worked so hard to be here. All of your hard work has paid off. Even though you were unmotivated at times, you still pushed through. During those days, you persevered and displayed resilience. Even days where you experienced failures, you never gave up. You were not discouraged and you tried again. Finishing a degree is not easy and yet, here you are. I am so gosh darn proud of each and every one of you. I wish you all the best with your future endeavours and I’ll see some of you in the future graduation!

Mary Angela Gedorio Benares
Bachelor of Biomedical Science 2020

Congratulations to all of those who have graduated this year and overcome challenges! Goodluck with all future endeavours!

Emma Kennedy
Bachelor of Business, 2020