Twin Towns Community Foundation Scholarship

My name is Sophie and I am the Twin Towns Community Foundation scholarship recipient.

I would tell graduates to consider Southern Cross because they have so many different opportunities on offer for students. I was looking for that hands-on experience that was going to be able to prepare me for a career. I’m currently studying business at Southern Cross University.

I was inspired to choose this degree mainly as I have a passion for events and what goes on behind the scenes. I hope to be working in various events fields as I work my way through my career.

When I was awarded the scholarship, it was a major relief. I really worked hard at school. I wanted to make sure that I showed the university that I was willing to put in the work. I’m really proud and happy that I’ve had the opportunity to have this scholarship awarded to me.

I highly recommend applying for a scholarship. It changes your whole university experience and your education as well. It started out trying to assist people who had difficulties in being able to continue their education.

We see real benefit in this because we can watch the development of the students that we sponsor, see them develop as people and at the end of the day, improving our regional workforce. It also gives us an opportunity to talk to a younger generation and understand the issues that they face. To gain a little bit of knowledge about how they’re feeling and how they’re travelling and where they’re going.

Sophie strikes me as a mature young lady who is quite in control of where she wants to go and what she wants to do. My assessment would be that she’s going to be a high achiever and probably do extremely well within the workforce.

Southern Cross, in all of their degrees, really make sure that it gives you the credentials and the experience that you need to be successful. I’d like to thank everybody at Twin Towns for awarding me this scholarship because I’ve been able to really take charge in my studies and it’s really given me that belief in myself. I’m able to pursue my goals in my future career.