April 29, 2015
Scholarship to help students prepare for university
Medicinal chemistry student Dale Glennan has been awarded the inaugural Casey-Lee Hull memorial scholarship, in memory of the student who was killed in a car crash in 2014.
Medicinal chemistry student Dale Glennan received the inaugural Casey-Lee Hull Scholarship, presented by Casey-Lee's mother Vanessa Bourne.
The $1,000 scholarship is awarded to a current UOW student who has attained the highest raw ATAR score for the previous year and has completed In2Uni’s University Preparation Program (UPP).
The UPP initiative, now in its second year, is for Year 12 students at high schools in the Illawarra and South East regions who are completing subjects leading to an ATAR and want additional support to get into their chosen course at university.
Casey-Lee Hull, of Oak Flats, was undertaking the 2014 UPP but was killed in a car accident before finishing the program and her HSC.
The scholarship in her name will award $1000 to an eligible student and Casey-Lee’s family retain the perpetual trophy.
The 2015 recipient is Dale Glennan, a Shoalhaven High School graduate who is completing a Bachelor of Medicinal Chemistry (Honours, Dean’s Scholar) and hopes to go on to study medicine to become a doctor.
He said he participated in the UPP to learn more about the university experience.
“I’m very grateful for this scholarship, it’ll help greatly to pay for textbooks and other supplies for university,” he said.
“The UPP was helpful with establishing study habits, organising a study timetable and getting advice from current students on how to approach exams and apply for early entry to university.”
“I was always interested in chemistry and medicine. I originally wanted to study astrophysics but after partway through the HSC I became more interested in chemistry.”
Casey-Lee’s mother Vanessa Bourne said she was “grateful and proud” of the scholarship in her daughter's name.
“I’m very proud of Casey, for the effort that she put into her studies but more so I’m proud that the University recognised her as a having great qualities and were able to honour her with a memorial scholarship," she said.
“When Casey died we donated her organs and she’s saved five lives. For the scholarship to go to a medical student who eventually will save lives is even more special.
“Her goal was to help people and save lives. She wanted to become a psychologist even though she’s not here she’s still contributing through this scholarship.”
Close to 400 Year 12 students will attend the 2015 UPP sessions commencing this week at UOW campuses in Wollongong Bega, Batemans Bay, Shoalhaven and the Southern Highlands.
Over two school terms, UPP participants will receive assistance with their HSC subjects through an on campus study centre, access to UOW resources such as the library, advice on study skills and mentoring to discuss their options after they finish high school.
On successful completion of the UPP, students will receive an admissions interview with the faculty of their choice.