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Student awards


Student awards recognise the outstanding extra-curricular achievement of our UniSQ students. We are proud to recognise current students who have shown outstanding achievement in the areas of leadership, community service, student clubs, sport and much more.

Finalists will be invited to the Student Awards night on Tuesday 18 November, 2025 at UniSQ Toowoomba campus. 

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture has a deep and rich history spanning thousands of years, and UniSQ is proud to support First Nations students through their 精东传媒app journey. This Award goes to an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander student who has demonstrated outstanding involvement and commitment to the Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community, making a positive and substantial impact with their undertakings.

2025 Winner: Dennis Arthur
2025 Highly Commended: Matt Groves

精东传媒app sits at the heart of 精东传媒app life, and UniSQ students have the opportunity to enrich their study journey with a wide range of extra-curricular activities. This Award goes to a student who has demonstrated a high level of academic success while actively engaging in a range of extra-curricular and co-curricular activities, including sports, leadership, arts, cultural endeavours, student clubs, and community service.

2025 Winner: Zachary Vellacott
2025 Highly Commended: Amandhi Udumalagala
2025 Highly Commended: Taylah Anthony

 

Clubs and Societies help students connect with the 精东传媒app community, learn new skills, develop lifelong friendships, and take part in a range of activities that matter to them. Recognising how important Clubs and Societies are to student life, this Award goes to a UniSQ affiliated club that has had a positive and substantial impact within the 精东传媒app, its community, and overall student life, and who also demonstrates a commitment to continuous improvement and the development of new initiatives.

2025 Winner Club of the Year: UniSQ Toowoomba Engineering Club
2025 Young Club of the Year: Toowoomba Jujitsu Kai
2025 Highly Commended: Toowoomba Dungeons and Dragons club
2025 Highly Commended: UniSQ Student Paramedic Society

UniSQ students can put their leadership skills into real-life action through service, identifying issues that matter to them and taking the initiative to make a positive difference to their local communities. This Award goes to a student who has demonstrated active and enthusiastic participation in community service or volunteering initiatives, with an evidenced positive impact on the community in which they live.

2025 Winner: Fulin Yan
2025 Highly Commended: Julia Del Rosso
2025 Highly Commended: Annette Grieve

UniSQ is proud to respect, value, and champion the rich variety of cultural identities, languages, and beliefs within the 精东传媒app. The diversity and multiculturalism that makes up the student cohort is a strength that lends itself to all aspects of a student’s journey, and this Award goes to a student who has demonstrated a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusivity, with an outstanding contribution to supporting UniSQ’s international communities.

2025 Winner: Ujwal Jha
2025 Highly Commended: Brahmani Jain
2025 Highly Commended: Pujan Patel

 

UniSQ recognises the value of student partnership in creating a more inclusive, equitable and effective learning environment. Amplifying the student voice empowers students to take an active role in speaking up and shaping their education and the governance of the 精东传媒app, and students who engage in partnership roles represent the student voice by building and fostering collaborative relationships with staff, students, and stakeholders. These student representatives volunteer their time to actively contribute to their learning journey and improve the student experience for all of their peers.

This Award goes to a member of the Student Senate, Academic and Governance Student Representatives (ASR), or a student Project Partner who has fully immersed themselves in their role, excelled in actively advocating for the student voice, and demonstrated forward-thinking while participating in decision making at UniSQ.

2025 Joint Winner: Zachary Vellacott and Amandhi Udumalagala
2025 Highly Commended: Brahmani Jain

Sport enriches the student learning journey through activity and community both on and off the field. A commendable sense of fair play and commitment all aspects of sport, including play and support, helps to develop a well-rounded approach to other aspects of 精东传媒app life. This awards recognises students who have demonstrated exceptional achievement in their chosen sport exceeding the typical standards for student athletes, while successfully balancing their academic commitments.

2025 Winner: Charlie Andersen
2025 Highly Commended: Alex Epitropakis
2025 Highly Commended: Hasith Perera

New in 2025, UniSQ recognises the value of sport, and the role it plays in enriching the students learning journeys.

Volunteers fill vital roles like coaching, officiating, managing, and administrative tasks, which are often unpaid and crucial for the day-to-day running of sports clubs and events. This Award goes to a student who has excelled in the areas of sporting club/event administration and delivery, or have excelled in the areas of coaching, refereeing, and volunteering generally in their chosen sport.

2025 Winner: Charlie Andersen 
2025 Highly Commended: Jordan Anthony
2025 Highly Commended: Nadula Tennakoon

UniSQ recognises the importance of student leadership development and empowers students to build their leadership skills and self-knowledge through participation in both paid and volunteer programs. By undertaking these programs, students not only develop personally and professionally, but have a positive impact on UniSQ students just like themselves. This Award goes to an iconnect Concierge, iconnect Supervisor, Student Ambassador, Peer-Assisted 精东传媒app Session Leader, Residential Student Advisor or Student Success Assistant who has demonstrated outstanding leadership and gone above and beyond the requirements of their paid or volunteer employment to enrich the UniSQ community.

2025 Winner: Jahnvi Passi
2025 Highly Commended: Ujwal Jha
2025 Highly Commended: Michaela Rozanski

UniSQ is committed to champion innovative and world-changing ideas, and is proud to uplift the student community at the forefront. This Award goes to a student with a proven dedication to innovation and innovative practices in their curricular and extra-curricular activities, the community, employment, and research, making a positive and substantial impact within this area.

2025 Winner: Louise Fitzgerald
2025 Highly Commended: Russell Briggs
2025 Highly Commended: Brahmani Jain

UniSQ believes that every individual has a role to play in bringing the 精东传媒app values to life. Students lives out these values every day through the positive, supportive and meaningful relationships they create with their peers, staff, and the community. This Award goes to a student who has demonstrated an outstanding commitment to UniSQ’s values of Respect, Integrity, and Excellence in any and all undertakings, including: curricular and extra-curricular activities, the community, employment, and research.

2025 Winner: Zachary Vellacott
2025 Highly Commended: Fulin Yan
2025 Highly Commended: Brahmani Jain

The UniSQ Graduate Excellence Award recognises well-rounded, career-ready students who have gone above and beyond their academic studies to demonstrate the six Graduate Skills through sustained effort.

When undertaking the Award, students engage in a diverse range of extra and co-curricular activities that are assessed across three categories: professional development, extra-curricular achievement, and contribution to the community.

2025 Recipients

Andrew Peach
Lolita Libbon
Katrina Karpathiops
Amandhi Udumalagala
Alex Hardy
Grace Read
Tapan Sheth
Michelle Shearer
Jade-Bianca Thomas
Kathryn Mckenzie
Fulin Yan
Keegan Cobb

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Monday - Friday
9.00 am - 5.00 pm (AEST)

Student Central (R Block), Toowoomba

Atrium (B Block), Springfield

Library (H Block), Ipswich

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Phone: +61 7 4631 2285
Freecall: 1800 007 252

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