Members of Victoria University of Wellington’s alumni community can be found all over the world. myView recently got the opportunity to touch base with alumna Erin Connolly—the Brand Activation Director for Xero Americas—who now lives in San Francisco.
Four students from Victoria University of Wellington were selected to join 12 other students from across New Zealand for the Tertiary Market Immersion Programme run by the Southeast Asia Centre of Asia-Pacific Excellence. They travelled to Vietnam, Singapore and Thailand to study business in new environments.
We sat down with student volunteers Abbi Nevil, Camila Gonzales, Kathy Thomas, and Kate de Boer from Vic Plastic Diet—a environmental club on campus—to find out more about their volunteering and how it’s contributing to kaitiakitanga—the theme of this year’s Student Volunteer Week.
Volunteering in a psychology lab as an undergraduate student was one of the best decisions PhD student Michaela Pettie made, igniting her passion for neuroscience and setting her on her research career path.
Haezreena Begum binti Abdul Hamid, a Muslim women living in Wellington and PhD in Criminology candidate at Victoria University of Wellington’s School of Social and Cultural Studies, shares her reflection on the tragic events in Christchurch.
Getting involved on campus and in the community gave commerce student Zoe Dickens the confidence to embark on a life-changing volunteer trip to Thailand.
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