Hear from our KDF girls
We asked each KDF Scholar to tell us what the KDF scholarship has meant to them, and were touched by their thoughtful and personal responses. “The Katrina Dawson Foundation is a powerful recognition of my potential. Becoming a Scholar has inspired me to continually give back to college and my community, extend myself at university and to take a courageous leap in studying abroad; it’s a reminder to be brave, determined and passionate about everything I do.” Emily Graetz (2019
Update on Katrina Dawson Foundation Scholars
We farewell three more girls this year (joining Kate Field, who graduated last year): Catherine Priestley, Angie Lu and Renee Ng. Catherine Priestley finishes up her Commerce and Engineering degrees and has accepted a position at Macquarie Bank next year. We would like to thank Macquarie for partnering with us for the scholarship and for their ongoing mentoring and career support for Catherine. Angie Lu returns from a 12-month exchange to Finland, and will then move down to M
Fundraising News
On Sunday 17 November, a number of students from The Women’s College performed an amazing concert for the KDF, raising over $10,000. This was followed by the unveiling of ‘Reflection’, a beautiful sculpture by Katrina’s mother Jane Dawson that was commissioned by the Women’s College in memory of Katrina. Many thanks to Dr Amanda Bell, Dr Tiffany Donnelly and the Women’s College, for generously providing their time and resources, as well as the venue, to host this event. We ar
NSW Bar Katrina Dawson Award
We are thrilled that two more talented women have been awarded the Katrina Dawson Award by the NSW Bar this year. Please join us in congratulating Naomi Wootton (May 2019) and Aleksandra Ilic (September 2019). We look forward to seeing what they achieve at the Bar. Naomi Wootton is a University Medallist from the Australian National University, graduating with a Bachelor of Laws (Hons I) and a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Arabic language. She received many academic prizes o
The Smith Family Learning for Life Partnership
We continue our partnership with The Smith Family’s Learning for Life Program, and are thrilled to announce that this year we will be awarding prizes to six talented high-school girls. Congratulations to: Amuor Malou, Atoc Malou, Benafsha Rezaie, Nora El Sayed, Tahlia Williams and Tiarna Rowlatt (who wins this award for the second time!). Read more about these girls and how the prize money will help them. “First off, I would like to thank all the supporters of The Katrina Daw
2019 Aurora Fellows
As part of our continued support of Indigenous postgraduate scholars through our partnership with the Aurora Education Foundation, we are delighted to announce that we helped send four more highly accomplished Indigenous women on the 2019 Aurora International Study Tour. They are Candice Bowditch, Rhianna Brickle, Grace Gillard and Annaliese McCarthy. Candice Bowditch A Computer Scientist and early career cyber security professional, Candice is from Darwin, Northern Territory
