Alumni stories

Friendships made at JCU are near and dear

Sereseini Dikalouniwai Vakawaletabua

In 2017 Sereseini Dikalouniwai Vakawaletabua was one of the students from a variety of Pacific Islands who were offered a place to study at James Cook University through a scholarship in partnership with the Pacific Ridge 2 Reef program.

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JCU Alumni Sereseini

A lifelong friendship and association with JCU

Nola Alloway and Trevor Cook

Emeritus Professor Nola Alloway (BEd [Hons] & BA, 1974; PhD, 1979) and Professor Trevor Bond (BEd [Hons], 1977; PhD, 1990) have enjoyed a lifelong friendship since meeting on the first day of teaching at the Douglas campus in 1970.

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Alumni story

Drones taking over in challenging territory

Cameron Van Der Berg - Engineering

JCU alumni Cameron Van Der Berg uses drones to connect wind and solar power stations to the electricity grid. Instead of cutting trees to make way for dangerous jobs done by large helicopters, oversized drones do the hard work now.

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Griff UAV drone

A future in Pharmacy

Tegan Stark - Pharmacy

Growing up in Mackay in North Queensland, Tegan Stark had always planned on following in the family footsteps to James Cook University. Now a specialised pharmacist in oncology, she’s never looked back.

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Tegan Stark at Icon Cancer

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