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Matt’s Minor in Active Citizenship adds extra experience to degree

Matt is passionate about community development, advocacy and social justice, and recently completed UWA's Minor in Active Citizenship through the McCusker Centre for Citizenship.

23 August, 2024

Emma paves the way for future interns and volunteers while gaining insight into homelessness

Emma, a Bachelor of Science student majoring in Neuroscience and Psychological and Behavioural Sciences, branched out to undertake an internship with St Patrick’s Community Support Centre’s communications team. 

15 August, 2024

Biomed student leans into personal interests for successful internship

Mya, a Bachelor of Biomedical Science student majoring in Microbiology and Immunology, has been nominated for the Outstanding Intern Award for her contribution to Inclusion Solutions.

14 August, 2024

Thilini’s research internship with City of Swan earns Award nomination

Thilini helps improve service delivery with KPI register project. 

8 August, 2024

UWA interns experience regional life while supporting development in the Gascoyne

Mangesh and Rohit brought skills and experience from their different areas of study to support the work of the Gascoyne Development Commission in their regional internships.

29 July, 2024

Chloe’s eye-opening internship makes a difference with South West disability service

Chloe, a Biomedical Science student majoring in Public Health, juggled work in Perth with travel to Bunbury to undertake an eye-opening internship with Advocacy WA. 

26 July, 2024

Dennis helps WA Mums Cottage streamline service delivery

Dennis, a Bachelor of Science student majoring in Cybersecurity with a minor in Data Science, was recently nominated for a McCusker Centre for Citizenship Outstanding Intern Award for his support of WA Mums Cottage.

25 July, 2024

Wen Dis undertakes valuable research for older Western Australians through postgrad internship

Wen Dis recently undertook a McCusker Centre for Citizenship internship with Council on the Ageing WA as part of her postgrad course.

24 July, 2024

Alumni profile: Riley Dolman

After completing a Bachelor of Science and studying Clinical Exercise Physiology at the University of Western Australia, Riley Dolman has set out to help realise better community outcomes in the Kimberley region.

17 July, 2024

Letitia’s internship with the Y helping deliver social impact

Letitia undertook an internship supporting the work of the Y WA (formerly YMCA) to evaluate its social impact for young people, and a year-and-a-half later, her contribution is having an impact.

1 July, 2024