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Indigenous Student Support @ JCU

James Cook University has a range of support services for students, including a number of specific services and resources for Indigenous students such as the Indigenous Student Support Officers.

The Indigenous Student Support Officers may provide the following services however availability varies depending on your study area.

  • Information on Indigenous Cadetships;

  • Tertiary Access Course, a bridging course;

  • UniPrep short courses that prepare students for coming to JCU;

  • Moral support and encouragement to students;

  • Facilitation of social gathering to meeting other Indigenous students across campus;

  • Time management to assist students manage their study program and social life;

  • ITAS Tutorial Support which provides students with personal tutors.

Indigenous Support Officers and their contact details:

Faculty of Arts, Education and Social Sciences

School of Education

Josephine Bourne

School of Arts and Social Sciences

Dorothy Savage

Lyn Munns

School of Indigenous Australian Studies

Louise Wason

Donna Busch

Faculty of Law, Business and Creative Arts

Townsville

Florence Onus

Cairns

Robyn Boucher

Faculty of Science and Engineering

Townsville

Lyn Reed

Faculty of Medicine, Health and Molecular Science

Indigenous Health Unit

Karen Maza

Indigenous Health Careers Access Program

Robyn Boucher

Indigenous Tutorial Assistance Scheme (ITAS)

Townsville

Louise Wason

Cairns

Carly McEwan

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Student Support Officer

Info Help Desk, Eddie Koiki Mabo Library

Nathan Miller

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