Recent Awards

• ECU student Christine Mahncke was recognised by the City of Joondalup with the Focusing on the Future ECU Award. The award is made available to second-year students studying a Bachelor of Planning or a Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning at ECU to begin a career in local government.
• WAAPA graduate Johannes Luebbers was announced winner of the Western 2009 Australian Citizen of the Year Youth Arts category.
• Fellow WAAPA graduate Amy Hammond was awarded the Bendat Family Foundation Perpetual Youth Scholarship for her work in Aboriginal theatre and volunteering contributions.
• ECU Business student Rebecca Olsen was named the 2009 WA Business Icon.
• ECU won three 2009 International Student Journalism Awards and picked up two high commendations, placing ECU second against a competitive field of entrants.
• Nail Stout, brewed by ECU graduate John Stallwood at the Joondalup Campus micro-brewery won gold at the annual International Beer Challenge held in London in 2009.
• ECU graduate Ceinwen Langley won a place in the AWG Fremantle Media Scriptwriter Training Initiative.
• Third year Interior and Spatial Design student Brandur Einarsson won the Art Gallery of Western Australia’s Design Challenge for 2009
• Three of WAAPA’s star graduates, Eddie Perfect, Tim Minchin and Ewen Leslie, were honoured at the 2009 Helpmann Awards, recognising distinguished artistic achievement and excellence in the many disciplines of Australia’s vibrant performing arts industry.
• ECU’s Indigenous students earned success at the National Indigenous Tertiary Education Student Games held in Canberra, taking out the Team Spirit Award. Health Science student Shaydeen Thompson won the female Most Valuable Player award.