Alexandra Rose is a Rotary Peace Scholarship Awardee who Rotary is funding to undertake a Masters Degree in Conflict resolution at the Duke University North Carolina USA. Murray Bridge Rotarian Sam Cozens played a role in her interview process and introduced her to the Rotary meeting. She has a Social Work Degree from the University of Queensland and is currently a family violence practitioner in Adelaide. Rotary Peace Fellowships started 20 years ago as further education with a vision for world peace by conflict resolution, conflict prevention. education, and respect for diversity. Alexandra has worked in Brazil, Nauru, and Mongolia. Her project in Mongolia investigated the rights of child horse racing jockeys in traditional spring racing. She has provided a specialised service for refugees and asylum seekers in Australia. In 2018 she volunteered for the David Roche Foundation in North Adelaide with its exceptional collection of antiques, paintings and objects of art. She then trained in Gallery Guiding at the Art Gallery of SA which further enhanced her interest in Art. This led to exploring social justice and the difficult conversation of power and history. " Is art a form of justice". How can large scale art institutions and museums better enhance our capacities for critical thinking, collective memory, peace making and the transformation of ignorance into awareness? What is best practice for galleries and museums when exhibiting works that memorialise and tell stories of trauma, war, displacement and conflict. The relevance of all of this in todays world is huge and I'me sure Alexandra will have a significant time in her university research and subsequent career. The world sure needs it.
John Scarvelis
All Star Chef Returns to Murray Bridge High School
He’s one of Australia’s leading chefs, a pioneer of Australian cuisine and proprietor of world-renowned restaurants.
Not bad for a bloke from the Mallee.
Mark Best returned to the region where he grew up last week, hosting an event for the Tasting Australia festival and a workshop for local chefs alongside fellow chef Duncan Welgemoed.
He even made an appearance at his old high school in Murray Bridge, where he encouraged today’s students to dream big.
“I hope they can see my journey and believe that anything is possible,” he said.
“I started just where they are now – I went from being a young guy dreaming about pouring cappuccinos and then went on to be standing on a stage in London accepting the best up-and-coming chef award.
“The world should not be cut off for kids in the country, and I’m proof of that.”
Mr Best was born at Pinnaroo and attended Murray Bridge High in the early 1980s, when current assistant principal Roxanne Rowland was his home economics teacher.
He then had a brief stint as an engineer in Western Australia before going on to a glittering career in Sydney.
He planned to open his own cafe right away but, by his own admission, “my ambitions were slightly ahead of where my technical ability was”.
Instead he gained a passion for regional French cuisine as an apprentice at a bistro at Potts Point, starting a meteoric rise which coincided with an explosion of Australian cuisine.
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Rotary Peace Scholarships are offered annually through 8 leading Universities around the world.
These scholarships have the prime purpose of developing an international network of peace builders who are highly skilled and dedicated to preventing and resolving conflicts.
Alexandra Rose came to the attention of our Rotary District through then President of RC of Adelaide, Heidi Unferdorben. Alex is already a highly credentialled Graduate of the University of Queensland, experienced working in a number of different cultures, and fluent in several languages. We are now very pleased to announce that Alexandra Rose, has been offered a fully funded Master’s Degree Course at Duke University, North Carolina USA. These Peace Scholarships are always very highly sought by students from around the world, so Alexandra’s achievement is very special for our D9510.
In due course of time, Alex will join an International network of people, working through a diversity of organisations,
· to reduce the intensity of existing conflicts,
· to assist those caught up in conflicts
· and contribute to the education of people to avoid causing conflict situations.
Congratulations Alex, we wish you well in your endeavours to help others.
Story and photo; Rotarian Sam Cozens, Scholarships Officer.
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$100
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Murray Bridge
Croquet Club
4098
$30
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Strathalbyn
Strath Darts Club
4099
$20
96
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Rockleigh
Rotary
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Darryl Webb has arranged with Grandisons to supply Bisley Rotary work shirts in various configurations.
Please visit Grandisons and select your shirt which will then be embroided with our Club logo.
Pay for the shirt and retain your receipt.
Upon presentation of the receipt to Sam Cozens, you will be reimbursed $20 as a subsidy
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