Grammar Gazette- Issue 1, 2015

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OLD GIRLS/ALUMNI

CAREER MENTORING BREAKFAST On Tuesday 17 March, seventeen Girls Grammar old girls returned to the School to talk to Year 11 and 12 girls at the biennial Career Mentoring Breakfast. The main purpose of this event is to provide senior students with the opportunity to learn about occupations they might be considering through informal interaction with mentors currently working in the field.

OLD GIRLS IN THE UNITED STATES MS KATHRYN ZEALAND (2008)

Kathryn was officially awarded the 2015 Fulbright Anne Wexler Masters Scholarship in Public Policy, which is sponsored by the Australian Government, Department of Education and Training. While on scholarship in the United States of America, Kathryn also hopes to learn more about American culture, and in turn share some of the best of Australian culture. She believes that open sharing and debate of ideas is the best way to further the goals of democracy. MS SOPHIE ROSE (2014) Sophie has been accepted to Stanford University in 2015. She was drawn to apply after being inspired on the Oxbridge exchange programme offered at Girls Grammar, with hopes of studying pre-medicine and philosophy subjects. MS JOSEPHINE THEILE (2014) Josephine has been accepted to Harvard University in 2015. In combination with her excellent academic results and the rigorous application process for Harvard, Josephine is an athletic recruit for the university. The School’s 2014 rowing captain, she holds the Australian Ergo under 18 lightweight record (achieved when she was only sixteen) and has been selected for state and national rowing crews. MS SOPHIE HUR (2014) Sophie auditioned in March for the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York and was one of only three Australians to win a place. She will begin her course in September this year. Girls Grammar is the first Queensland school to join the Australian Independent Schools USA Foundation as an affiliate member. Events are organised biennially to engage with our alumni in the United States and create opportunities for old girls to develop social, career and business connections with other Australians. The next New York City Event will be in October 2016, however connections can be made before then. Please contact Ms Lea Walker, Director of Development and Alumni, for more information on lwalker@bggs.qld.edu.au

OLD GIRLS IN THE UNITED NATIONS HE MS CAITLIN WILSON (1986)

Caitlin Wilson commenced her post as Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations in January 2015. Before taking up this role, she served as an Assistant Secretary with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, supporting Australia’s Presidency of the G20 in 2014. Ms Wilson has previously served as Counsellor at the Australian Delegation to the OECD in Paris, and as Law and Justice Specialist for the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI). Coincidently, Ms Wilson is also working closely with another old girl, Ms Emily Street (1996), who is the First Committee Representative, Permanent Mission of Australia to the United Nations.

HE Ms Caitlin Wilson delivering a statement in the UN plenary in late January.

AUTUMN ISSUE / 2015