Bursary a win for whiz kid
Funds will help budding doctor
‘‘ (THE BURSARY) IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE MEDICAL STUDENTS HAVE A HIGHER STUDY LOAD AND IT IS QUITE HARD.
KATE GOUGH
SHE might be a big city girl now, but the country is where Kate Gough calls home.
As this year’s winner of The
Chronicle’s $1000 Hunt and Smart bursary, Ms Gough detailed her plans for the funds.
With the pressure of a first semester in medical school taking its toll, the funds will act as a welcome relief as the former St Ursula’s College student begins her path to becoming a bush doctor.
“(The bursary) is very important because medical students have a higher study load and it is quite hard,” she said.
The bursary is awarded yearly after starting in 1961.
It is named in honour of the founder of The Chronicle Darius Hunt.
Open to Toowoomba year 12 graduates each year, entrants must provide a copy of their OP score, year 12 report card and their acceptance letter into tertiary studies.
This year, however, entrants had to submit an 800 word cover letter detailing what they hope to become after their studies.
Ms Gough’s plans once she graduates in the big smoke is to help those out west, a place she calls home.
“We are very proud,” Kate’s mother Judy Gough said.
“She has done it all herself and she made her teenage years for us very pleasant.”