Congratulations to the 2023 Alumnae Award Recipients
On the evening of Friday 5 May, the School recognised the achievements of some of our outstanding Old Girls at the annual Alumnae Awards. In the 11 women recognised there were authors, an Australian cricketer, academics, innovators to name a few categories. The Alumnae Awards dinner was the first event of a busy schedule of reunions and celebrations that are the hallmark of our ‘Back to College’ weekend.
The Alumnae Awards started in 2020 and aim to celebrate Old Girls who are prepared to think differently; have courage and conviction; and lead with passion. In short, they are living examples of our mission to ‘educate and inspire young women to be fearless thinkers with moral courage and compassion to be agents of change in their own lives and the lives of others’.
There are MLC School Alumnae Awards and Young Alumnae Awards (for those under the age of 40 years) for those shown to have made a significant impact in their field of endeavour in one or more of the award categories:
- Cultural contribution
- Philanthropic endeavours
- Social welfare and impact
- Innovation and entrepreneurship
- Professional achievement
- Academia
- Sporting achievement
- International achievement
- Contribution to MLC School
We congratulate the following 2023 award recipients:
- Adjunct Professor Dr Annabelle Farnsworth AM (1971) – Alumnae Award for Professional Achievement
- Alyssa Healy (2008) – Young Alumnae Award for Sporting Achievement
- Nirosha Karunakaran (Ganeswaran, 1996) – Alumnae Award for Philanthropic Endeavours
- Julie Koh (2001) – Young Alumnae Award for Cultural Contribution
- Emeritus Professor Dr Jane Latimer AO (Broderick, 1978) – Alumnae Award for Professional Achievement
- Lucinda Longcroft (Jones, 1986) – Alumnae Award for Professional Achievement
- Dr Fiona McFarlane (1995) – Alumnae Award for Cultural Contribution
- Dr Nikita Simpson (2011) – Young Alumnae Award for Academia
- Judy Singh (Wooll, 1955) – Alumnae Award for Contribution to MLC School
- Dr Anita Vandyke (Ho, 2004) – Young Alumnae Award for Social Welfare and Impact
- Shan-Shan Wang (2008) – Young Alumnae Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Each woman’s story is an inspiration and highly motivating. In almost every acceptance speech, the winners spoke of the benefits of being at MLC School, the teachers who made an impact on them and the privilege they felt being able to be educated here.
Our Alumnae Award winners are determined from nominations provided by members of the School community. If you know of an MLC School Old Girl who should be considered, please let us know by contacting MLC School Development Manager, Heleen Fourie. Nominations for the 2024 Alumnae Awards will open in late 2023.
– Lisa Moloney
Principal