Charles Sturt University (CSU) Pro Vice-Chancellor (Public Affairs) Dr Peter Hodgson will preside over the awarding of almost $300 000 worth of scholarships to students of the University’s Bathurst Campus tomorrow, Friday 23 May, his final scholarship ceremony before his retirement from the University in July.

Dr Hodgson has carried a lead role in the Charles Sturt Foundation through which scholarships awarded by the Mitchell Foundation Trust are administered.

Under his guidance and leadership, the Mitchell Foundation Trust has awarded over $2.5 million to students of CSU and its predecessors. In Friday’s ceremony 94 students will benefit from the financial and mentorship support offered by the Trust.

The services of another significant contributor to the Trust, Ron Camplin, will be recognised with the awarding of the inaugural Ron Camplin scholarship to Gosford student Teresa Koen, who commenced studies in the Bachelor of Human Movement degree this year.

Scholarships are awarded to new and continuing students on the basis of academic merit and community leadership. In addition, four equity scholarships will be awarded to students from rural and regional areas. 

Eleven scholarships will be awarded to honours students in the disciplines of accounting, business, cultural studies, human movement, primary education and psychology to support research on the Bathurst Campus. 

The ceremony commences at 2.30pm in the CD Blake Auditorium on the Bathurst Campus. 

Regional scholars by location: 

Bathurst:

• James Bekkema, Bathurst City Council
• Nathan Carter, Lumley Corporation Ltd
• Kurt Fearnley, Human Movement Studies Unit
• Therese Formosa, School of Marketing and Management
• Guy Flynn, Alan Morse & Co 
• Jayne Hogan, Radio 2BS 
• Edward Hyder, KPMG 
• Jennifer Lodge, James Hardie Australia
• Belinda Miller, Commonwealth Bank 
• Aislinn Morris, School of Accounting 
• Alison Scott, Dr John Reid International Exchange Travel Grant
• Catriona Woolard, Country Energy
• Kathleen Wilde, Nursing Network 

Blayney:

• Jennifer Dumazel, Indyamara

Bourke:

• Natalie Bartley, School of Teacher Education 

Clifton Grove:

• Melinda Hamilton, Mitchell Graduates Association

Cobar:

• Deanne Greer, Students' Representative Council, Wammarra

Condobolin:

•  Jamie Press, Bathurst City Council Equity StartUp 

Dubbo:

•  Mark Eastburn, Allens Arthur Robinson
•  Peter Martin, James Hardie Australia

Forbes:

•  Oliver Ellis, Bathurst Doctors for Education 

Forest Reefs:

•  Shaun May, Institute of Chartered Accountants (Central West Region) 

Gulgong: 

•  Lauren Davis, McIntosh, McPhillamy & Co

Hobbys Yards:

•  Jennie Wilson, Lattice Davis

Lake Cargelligo:

•  Glenn Hall, Human Movement Studies Unit

Lithgow: 

•  Julianne Lovi, Delta Electricity
•  Karen Bruce-Allen, School of Nursing and Health Science Distance Education 

Marrangaroo:

•  Matthew Banning, Stockford

Mudgee:

•  Shane Smith, Australian Association of Regional Radio Broadcasters

Oberon:

• Brooke Saul, Getronics (Australia)

Orange: 

• Julia Gardiner, Esso 
• Belinda White, James N Kirby Foundation 
• Elizabeth Douglass, Kenny Spring 
• Jacob Boney, Students' Representative Council, Wammarra
• Nicole Griffith, Tooheys 
• Nicholas Pawsey, Westpac Banking Corporation 

Perthville:

• Ben Hamer, Commonwealth Bank

Walang:

• Jessica Bieniek, Kenny Spring 

Walcha:

• Kimberley Laurie, Citigroup

Walgett:

• Rowena Roughley, Gerry and Helen Baber 

Wellington:

• Hannah Morley, James N Kirby Foundation Equity Start Up