Job opportunities for USQ Alum
Applications are now open for the first Alumni-only Graduate Employment Program offered by the University of Southern Queensland. The Graduate Employment Program will be run as a pilot program for 12 months and offers three full-time Associate Evaluation Officer...
USQ Alum Nathan Thomas on Olympics, study and turning points
Nathan Thomas represented Australia in water polo at the Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 Olympic Games and played in the coveted green and gold colours more than 300 times – but he regards being the first in his family to attend university as one of his greatest feats....
Join USQ Alumni Community
The University of Southern Queensland has launched a new digital platform to maintain connections between past students and facilitate new opportunities for USQ supporters. USQ Director (Alumni) Ken Gideon said the Alumni Community platform...
Nominate now for the University of Southern Queensland 2021 Alumnus of the Year Awards
Nearly 20 years on from graduating from the University of Southern Queensland, Eve Fraser said she could never have imagined being named the 2020 USQ Alumnus of the Year. “There wasn’t a moment when I thought I would actually win, but this award made me step up and...
Weathering Well: Jenny Woodward comes home
Decades after she last tread the boards as a theatre student in Toowoomba, much-loved Queensland weather presenter Jenny Woodward is coming home to present her one-woman stage show, ‘Weathering Well’, proudly presented by The Empire Theatre and the University of...
Tickets on sale for McGregor College 50th Celebrations
The 50th anniversary of the opening of McGregor College at USQ’s Toowoomba campus will be celebrated at a formal reunion dinner on Saturday the 24 July 2021.Alumni, current residents and USQ staff who have made a connection to McGregor over the past five decades are...
Darling Downs to the DeepGreen for Alumnus
A career futurist with a resume that lists building global companies across a myriad of sectors, University of Southern Queensland Alumnus Gerard Barron verbalises his vision with humble yet articulate execution. Described as ‘Australia’s Elon Musk’, Gerard runs...
50 years of McGregor College
2021 marks the 50th anniversary of the opening of McGregor College at the University of Southern Queensland’s Toowoomba campus. Opening in 1971, this home away from home was named after former Toowoomba mayor and local tertiary education development influencer, Dr...
Top executive leader and lifetime learner paves the way for gender diversity in tech
When you meet two-time University of Southern Queensland graduate and current PhD research student, Angela Coble, it doesn’t take long to realise she’s the epitome of a ‘go-getter’. A mother of two and executive leader who currently holds the position of Chief...
The Education of Kev Carmody
One of Australia’s best-known singer-songwriters took one of his first musical steps at the University of Southern Queensland – performing many of his assessments through song. To spend time with University of Southern Queensland Alumnus and honorary doctorate...