Distinguished Alumni Awards

The Distinguished Alumni Award recipients for 2011: 

• John Exeter 
• Adjunct Professor Anna George
• Dr Glen Power
• (The late) Dr Yap Kok Wei

 

The Distinguished Alumni Award recipients for 2012:

• Professor Amitav Acharya
• Timothy Marney
• Dr Brad Norman AM 
• Dr Stephen Van Mil

 

The Distinguished Alumni Award recipients for 2013:

• Professor Josh Byrne 
• Barathan Pasupathi

The Distinguished Alumni Award recipients for 2014:

• Olivia Rousset
• Julie Shuttleworth AM

To be eligible to win an Award:

• Nominees must have graduated from Murdoch University. A graduate (alumnus) of Murdoch University is defined as an individual who has completed and been awarded one or more certificate, degree, diploma or any other award prescribed by the statutes of Murdoch University.
• Nominees must demonstrate sustained and significant contributions in one or more of the following areas: professional achievement; cultural achievement or leadership; sporting achievement and/or community leadership.
• Nominees’ work, whether professional or volunteer, must demonstrate a significant positive impact that has been felt by many – locally, nationally and or internationally.
• Nominees, through prominence in their field/profession, must bring great distinction to Murdoch.
• Nominees must have achieved sustained success over their career that is noteworthy and exceptional.
• Nominees must demonstrate leadership qualities in a variety of contexts that could include volunteerism, or community work, or through their profession.
• Nominees must not be:
  • honorary degree recipients unless that individual has also completed and been awarded one or more certificate, degree, diploma or any other award prescribed by the statutes of Murdoch University; 
  • current Murdoch academic and general staff members who are more than 0.2 full time equivalent (FTE) or spouses (including de facto spouses) of current academic and general staff (who are more than 0.2 FTE) as per the 2014 Professional Staff/2014 Academic Staff agreement;
  • or a winner of a previous years’ Distinguished Alumni Awards.
• Subject to complying with all other eligibility criteria, any alumnus holding an honorary title (for example, Adjunct Professor) is eligible to be nominated, so long as they do not exceed 0.2 FTE.
• An alumnus cannot win more than one award category in any calendar year and cannot win the same award category more than once.
• Awards will not be awarded posthumously, unless otherwise determined by the University.
• Joint nominations will not be accepted.
• Any nominee who does not meet the criteria above is automatically ineligible. Ineligible nominees will be informed that they do not meet the eligibility criteria by the Alumni Relations Office.
• The final decision on the recipients of the Distinguished Alumni Award program, and any changes to the program, is at the discretion of the Selection Panel and Murdoch University Leadership. 

To be selected as a Distinguished Alumni Award recipient, candidates must have:

• made an outstanding contribution to their chosen field; and/or
• given outstanding service to the community; and/or
• given outstanding service to Murdoch University.
  

Recipients of the Distinguished Alumni Awards will be announced at the annual awards ceremony. All recipients will be notified prior to the ceremony, however this information must not be made public until after the conclusion of the formal ceremony. Confidentiality must be respected by all parties throughout all stages of the Awards program.