Chemistry and Maths Prizes
Searcy Occasional Prize
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Student: Jonathan Philip Chung-Wah-Cheong pictured with Jennifer Searcy Awarded for: The most outstanding performance in Physics and Chemistry for a student in the "After school program in Mathematics and Physical Sciences". Donor: Jennifer Searcy |
"After the untimely death of my son Nicholas, a Murdoch honours student, Murdoch staff asked how I’d like him remembered. As I had been a beneficiary of donor generosity when a student at UWA, I expressed a wish for a bursary and prizes. The result was the Nicholas Searcy prizes and bursary.
When my father Ronald Searcy died it was natural that further prizes were created in his memory and finally when my mother Irene died she too was remembered with prizes. In particular my students in the After school program in Mathematics and Physical Sciences gain great confidence in their own abilities when they are recognised for their efforts by winning a prize.
I worked many hours a day, usually seven days each week, to bring in an income and raise my children, and they accompanied me and learnt what I taught. I eventually achieved financial independence, and was in a position to give back not just knowledge and skills, but opportunities and the joys of learning. I like to recognise a job well done, and students love to be recognised for their efforts; it spurs them on to greater effort, but it also gives them confidence in their own abilities."
With the kind permission of Jennifer Searcy
Other prizes kindly donated by Jennifer Searcy include:
- Kerry Searcy Prize in Chemistry
- Nicholas Searcy Prize in Organic Chemistry
- Nicholas Searcy Prize in Analytical Chemistry
- Patricia Searcy Prize in Chemistry
- Philip Searcy Prize in Chemistry
- Vanessa Searcy Prize in Chemistry
- Nicholas Searcy Prize in Applied Mathematics
- Ronald Searcy Prize in Mathematics
- Jonathan Searcy Prize for OUA SCI18 Introduction to Chemistry
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