Tagged with GUMURRII Student Support Unit

Professor Cindy Shannon, a descendent of the Ngugi people and one of Australia’s foremost higher education Indigenous leaders, will join Griffith University as Pro Vice Chancellor (Indigenous).

Five Australian First Nations Griffith University students have received the Go Further Indigenous Tertiary Scholarship. The scholarship, awarded by Arrow Energy, provides $5000 for part-time students and $10,000 for full time students, to support better educational outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. Second year Bachelor of Pharmacy student Georgina Morris (above) is a […]

It's the first time flag raising ceremonies have been held at Nathan, Mt Gravatt, Gold Coast and Logan campuses to mark the start of NAIDOC Week.

More than 150 students and staff members walked the walk and talked the talk at two National Reconciliation week activities held on Griffith’s Gold Coast, Mt Gravatt and Nathan campuses. Gumurri Director Cheryl Godwell-Pepper said the week was a time for all Australians to learn of shared histories, cultures and achievements and to explore how […]

Record numbers of Griffith University Indigenous and non-Indigenous staff and students have come together to participate in two Walk and Talk events this week.

Griffith University’s John Graham has formally received the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018) Queen’s Baton for the final international leg of its journey in the lead up to the Games in April. John, a senior learning assistance officer with the GUMURRII Student Support Unit, represented the Yugumbeh people with the traditional Maori owners of […]

The Commonwealth Games may still be several months away, but Griffith University alumnus Delvene Cockatoo-Collinsalready feels like she has won gold. The North Stradbroke artist was selected to design the artwork for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games medalswhich wereunveiled at the weekend. Griffith University Games Champion Cameron McEvoy and Griffith exercise science student Domonic […]