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NEWS AND NOTES
VALE MAY KENTISH
It is with sorrow that we announce the death of May Kentish, a passionate defender of human rights and a very active member of Graduate Women Victoria and the national Australian Federation of Graduate Women. May's biography can be found here.
VALE MARGARET RUMBOLD
The death has just been announced - November 2022 - of Margaret Rumbold, an active member of Graduate Women Victoria since 1958. Margaret lived an active professional life as a scholar of the history of French philosophy, and an educator of students and teachers in modern languages. Her biography can be found here.
CONGRATULATIONS
CONGRATULATIONS TO DR TARA-LYN CAMILLERI-CARTER
We are proud to announce that Tara-Lyn Camilleri-Carter's PhD thesis has been accepted. Tara-Lyn is a valued member of the GWV committee. The title of her PhD is 'Cross-generational effects of nutrition on life history in Drosophila Melanogaster' - the Common Fruit Fly. See here for some lucid accounts of her research.
CONGRATULATIONS TO JACINTA WALSH
Jacinta Walsh, winner of a 2022 Feminist Fathers Bursary, has been awarded the Jennifer Strauss Fellowship in the Humanities by Australian Graduate Women. Jacinta is a PhD candidate in the Monash Indigenous Studies Centre.
CONGRATULATIONS TO MARGARET JAMES
Margaret James, long-term committee member of Graduate Women Victoria and maker/manager of our scholarship program, has been inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women. This is an honour well-deserved. See here for the official account of her many achievements.