{"id":5308,"date":"2021-07-22T13:36:58","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T02:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/?post_type=article&#038;p=5308"},"modified":"2021-07-22T13:36:58","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T02:36:58","slug":"light-her-path-6","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/article\/light-her-path-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Light Her Path"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>Scholarships Expand All Horizons<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>We are all cognisant of the value of an education, both in instilling knowledge and values, but also in providing the freedom to choose one\u2019s path.\u00a0 Education, as WB Yeats commented, lights a fire and that fire can change lives, societies and civilisations.\u00a0 This recognition underscores the value of scholarships.\u00a0 A scholarship can be a key to a different life for recipients and happily SCEGGS currently has the ability to award 53 scholarships to girls, recognising a range of different talents and individuals whose contribution enriches the school.<\/p>\n<p>The very first SCEGGS scholarship was funded by Old Girls in 1914 not long after the founding of the school in 1895.\u00a0 The first recipient of this scholarship was Violet Norwood who attended SCEGGS from 1921 to 1926.\u00a0 Since that time the generosity of the SCEGGS community has expanded the scholarship program offering full and partial tuition for candidates in the following areas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Academic scholarships<\/li>\n<li>Science\/mathematics scholarships<\/li>\n<li>Music scholarships<\/li>\n<li>Old Girls Union scholarships<\/li>\n<li>Indigenous scholarships<\/li>\n<li>Boarding scholarships<\/li>\n<li>All-rounders scholarships<\/li>\n<li>Equity scholarships<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Many of these scholarships honour members of the SCEGGS community and keep alive the memory of their character and achievements.\u00a0 The Joan Freeman science and mathematics scholarships honour the renowned nuclear physicist who completed her PhD at the University of Cambridge in research into short-range alpha particles.\u00a0 Joan Freeman was the first woman to receive the British Institute of Physics\u2019 prestigious Rutherford Medal despite neither physics nor chemistry being offered in the Leaving Certificate for girls at SCEGGS in the 1930s.\u00a0 Joan attended night school at Sydney Technical College to achieve the pre-requisites required to gain entry into science at the University of Sydney where there were so few women it was stipulated that a seat had to be left vacant between men and women in science lectures.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5330\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5330\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5330 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/07\/JF.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"458\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/07\/JF.jpg 458w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/07\/JF-225x150.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5330\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joan Freeman at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Oxfordshire, UK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In her latter years at SCEGGS, Joan received financial assistance to remain at SCEGGS and these science scholarships remind us of the determination and tenacity that underpinned Joan Freeman\u2019s ground-breaking career and of the value of being able to offer scholarships.<\/p>\n<p>Further expansion of the scholarship fund has enabled SCEGGS to offer scholarships to members of Australia\u2019s Indigenous community.\u00a0 Indigenous students bring perspectives and stories into the SCEGGS community that are critical to expanding our understanding of Australia\u2019s history and our society.\u00a0 SCEGGS has a longstanding commitment to social justice and reconciliation and the scholarships are an essential element of that commitment.<\/p>\n<p>The Light Her Path Capital Campaign is seeking to raise $20 million:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$12 million this year to ensure we can bring the new designs for Wilkinson House, melding heritage and function, to life<\/li>\n<li>a further $8 million to expand SCEGGS\u2019 scholarship program with further means-tested scholarships<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We invite every person in our community to give as generously as they can.<\/p>\n<p>See the proposed plans for Wilkinson House on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sceggs.nsw.edu.au\/light-her-path\/why-wilkinson-house\/creating-a-21st-century-learning-environment\/\">website<\/a>. \u00a0You may also pledge to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sceggs.nsw.edu.au\/light-her-path\/overview-2\/\">Light Her Path<\/a> Capital Campaign or call the SCEGGS Development Office on (02) 9332 1133.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Light Her Path Committee<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scholarships Expand All Horizons We are all cognisant of the value of an education, both in instilling knowledge and values, but also in providing the freedom to choose one\u2019s path.\u00a0 Education, as WB Yeats commented, lights a fire and that fire can change lives, societies and civilisations.\u00a0 This recognition underscores the value of scholarships.\u00a0 A 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