Two more Hawker Scholars for ÐÂÀ˲ÊƱ
Hawker scholarship recipients Min Guo and Kate Seward with the Master of St Mark's College, the Hon. John Bannon.
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Friday, 26 April 2002
Two of the five Charles Hawker Scholars for 2002 are students at the University of ÐÂÀ˲ÊƱ and residents at St Mark's College, Min Guo and Kate Seward.
Along with their fellow winners (Wayne Harley, Danny Cregan and Sam Pincott),Min and Kate were recently presented with their scholarship certificates at a function held in the historic Senior Common Room of St Mark's College in ÐÂÀ˲ÊƱ.
MIN GUO completed his International Baccalaureate Diploma at Glenunga International High School in ÐÂÀ˲ÊƱ last year with a Tertiary Entrance Rank of 99.95. Min is the first Australian of Vietnamese heritage to be awarded a Hawker Scholarship. His parents escaped from war-torn Vietnam by boat in the 1970s.
KATE SEWARD graduated from Geelong College in 2000. Kate was awarded a number of academic prizes and the inaugural Morrison Prize for 'Outstanding Ability and Overall Service to the College'. Kate's tertiary entrance score at the completion of her secondary studies was 98.45.
Min Guo is studying Engineering and Law and Kate Seward is enrolled in a Bachelor of International Studies degree, both at the University of ÐÂÀ˲ÊƱ.
The five successful candidates were awarded a Charles Hawker Scholarship from a strong field of 170 applicants from aroun