UNI HAS LOCAL LIFT
COASTERS SURGE AT SCU
WHEN Amy Mazzarella steps foot at Southern Cross University on Monday, she’ll be one of more than a thousand new students welcomed to the campus.
Southern Cross Uni has seen dramatic demand in domestic applications, with the uni gearing up to welcome students back on campus and online for Session 1 classes.
Senior manager of student management Paul Robinson said Southern Cross University experienced a 16 per cent in domestic student applications across its campuses at Gold Coast, Lismore, Coffs Harbour and online compared to the same time last year.
“Our most in-demand courses include the everpopular Bachelor of Nursing, followed by our free awardwinning pathway programs PSP and Transition to Uni to prepare students to study a degree, followed our new Bachelor of Science, then Primary Education, Occupational Therapy, Psychological Science, and our new Bachelor of Business and Enterprise,” Mr Robinson said.
“We’ve had more than a thousand students take part in orientation campus tours at the Gold Coast campus alone – there’s a real buzz back on campus.”
Amy was recently awarded Southern Cross University’s prestigious Vice Chancellor’s Scholarship, following a metamorphic year where she overcame her shyness fears to become the 2020 School Captain of St Joseph’s College, and activated her personal study plan to become Dux of her school with a 96.15 ATAR.
The Bachelor of Law freshman says her secret to achieving top grades and maximising opportunities is “be organised and have confidence”.
“I used to be the girl who was really quiet and shy and who hated having to say a speech for an English assignment – I don’t even know why I was like that,” says the young changemaker, now brimming with confidence.
“I played representative netball so thought I’d go for Sports Captain because then I wouldn’t have to make a speech.
“But later when I was talking to my mum about it I decided I had nothing to lose that I’d take the plunge – getting up in front of people was good for me, and I actually became school captain.”