On World Social Work Day on Tuesday 15 March, two students and an academic from the Charles Sturt School of Social Work and Arts recount why they wanted to dedicate their lives to helping people.

A Charles Sturt University nursing graduate from Port Macquarie celebrates her long-awaited graduation day, and recounts the courage it took, after realising her calling, to go back to university to study a second degree to pursue a different career.

A recent Charles Sturt University paramedicine graduate moved from London to study at the University’s campus in Bathurst because of the course’s strong reputation and recruitment connection to ambulance services throughout the United Kingdom.

A nursing professional from a small country town near Albury recounts her inspirational journey of how she ‘made it big’ at a major metropolitan hospital and was chosen as ‘the face’ of a popular television series.

The University Medal was awarded to only 32 December graduates and is the highest honour that a student can receive. Port Macquarie graduate Blake Johnson has been recognised for his outstanding academic achievement

Ms Alex Watson-Deal was awarded the 2021 Agricultural Science Medal Prize. She hopes to apply her academic and practical skills to assist farmers with becoming more sustainable to adapt to the challenges associated with climate change.

A nursing graduate in Wagga Wagga left her hometown in Zimbabwe to start a new life, and new career, helping people in regional NSW.

In an era that has seen a ‘mass resignation’ in nursing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, four nursing experts from Charles Sturt University inspire future nurses with life lessons and insights that span 50 years in and alongside the profession.

Medical Radiation Science graduate Ms Olivia Ratcliffe has completed her studies with outstanding results and is determined to contribute to rural medical services after being forever grateful for the healthcare that saved her father’s life.