You've done it!

Messages from your Student Experience Teams

Messages from your Student Cohort

You are amazing.

We are so impressed with the perseverance you have shown throughout your degree, especially in such tricky times! We missed seeing all of your delightful faces on campus, throughout the trimester and during intensives, and are busting to see things back to business as usual – especially, at Graduation times.

Graduation is often the first time that many of you visit the Armidale campus, we hope to see you in future after in-person ceremonies are announced again – and we’re excited to have you here once its safe for the entire community.

Know that your hard work has been worth it – well done from everyone here at UNE Life. You make us incredibly proud.

UNE Life Team

Finishing your degree is so exciting and such a time of satisfaction and contentment. Take it all in and enjoy your achievement. I hope the next phase of your journey is filled with the same wonder that University provided.

James Hudson
Student Experience Manager UNE Life

Congratulations, to the Class of 2021! What an incredible achievement to have completed your degree in such difficult and unusual times. I’m truly impressed by your dedication and your resilience.

Carolyn Millet, B Arts, Grad Dip Ed
UNE Social Media Manager, Corporate Communications and Events

A huge congratulations to the wonderful Alumni of Albies who are celebrating their graduation today. Thanks for your contributions to our community and please keep in touch. Up Up St Albert’s!

Congratulations everyone, well done, keep smiling.

Eric Barb Waite

Congratulations, to those of you who have done the impossible and achieved your goals during a time of lockdown, isolation, and ever-shifting circumstances. Completing your studies through such a turbulent time shows your resilience and determination in the face of challenge.

Jacob Johnston, Bachelor of Media and Communications
Faculty Communications Officer at UNE

Congratulations Graduands of 2021! You’re hard work and persistence has finally paid off. Don’t forget to say yes to those new and scary opportunities, you never know where they’ll take you!

Noni Hawkins
Bachelor of Criminology 2019 & now studying a Bachelor of Laws at UNE

You’ve done so well to graduate during the pandemic. While they say university is the best time of your life, I credit my time at UNE to making some of the best friends of my life as both an internal and external student. My advice to you is to keep the friendships you make at UNE and grow them in new and interesting directions.

Clara Rose Santilli
Bachelor of Arts (English, Archaeology), 2006

On behalf of the whole team here at SportUNE, a huge congratulations to everyone on your graduation! While your ‘grad’ ceremony may look a little different in 2021, this is a great achievement, and one well worth celebrating in your own way.

All the very best for your next steps towards a happy, healthy, and prosperous future.

Matt Pine
High Performance Manager, SportUNE

Wishing the Graduates of 2021 a huge congratulations and all the best!

UNE Sydney, Taree & Tamworth

Congratulations, cohort of 2021!! Y’all are pretty amazing to complete all your final assessments and exams whilst balancing the wild times we live in. Best wishes for the future! xx

Sara Perry, Bachelor of Media and Communications
UNE Student & UNE Life Marketing Assistant

So you finally made it through the mill! I know just how it feels & I couldn’t be happier for you. Congratulations! This is only the start of many great things that will happen in your life.
Make sure you continue to develop, challenge yourself & do something that will make your life better. Put yourself out there and take on big opportunities that will present themselves to you. Ensure you enjoy the journey as it goes, and make time for friends and family.
I expect great things coming from UNE graduates so be ready to take on the world! Congratulations.

Rami Bahnas
Manager, Residential Life – Austin & Earle Page College

Congratulations, from Mary White College to every graduating student, with a special commendation for finishing through such a disrupted and challenging period!

Ben Gooley
Head of Mary White College, UNE

Congratulations to all the UNE Graduands for pulling through in such difficult times.
One of the best parts of working at UNE is meeting our students and watching them achieve their goals and more!!

Sarah Burrows
Protocol Officer, Office of Advancement, Communications and Events

Good work on getting through your degree during COVID! Strange times, so congratulations on getting there – you should be so proud of yourself. Not having a physical ceremony isn’t the end of the world – it just provides you with the opportunity to get creative with how you celebrate! I also didn’t get my uni graduation, but it meant my cohort made the effort to stay connected and celebrate in our own way.

Rachel Roan
UNE Social Media Officer, Corporate Communications Department 

Congratulations, all. Whilst these last few years will have cost you a HECS debt that takes 20 years to pay off, they will also provide memories that will last a lifetime.

Barry
Engineering at UNE, 1997

As a leading Albury food critic, I firmly believe in Jimmy Mcilroy’s view that, ‘if you can dream it, you can do it’.

Adds Dough
Education at UNE, 2000

This is more than one single achievement. This graduation represents the summation of so many of your accomplishments – each and every assessment, every minute of study (even when you didn’t feel like it), every moment with family or friends put aside – this is an incredibly significant occasion and I encourage you to take a moment and reflect on what you have done.

Congratulations, and welcome to the global network of UNE Alumni.

Ben Bible
UNE Life General Manager, Communications & Student Experience

This year’s cohort of Graduates has studied for their degrees during the challenging times of drought, bush fires, floods, COVID, the sudden plunge of the global economy into a deep recession, and, in Australia at least, the shortest of recessions and the quickest ever economic recovery from a major slump. All this is a reminder of the many ways in which we do not control the big events that shape our lives. But success in studying for their UNE degrees will help 2021 graduates to understand – and to come to grips with – the recent series of disruptions, and to better prepare for the new challenges and fresh opportunities that are resulting from them.

Agility and flexibility are all important for every generation of graduates, and notably so for those who have recently qualified for a degree in these troubling times.

Don Stammer
BA Honours (UNE) 1962, MA honours (UNE)1966, PhD (ANU) 1969, HonDLitt (UNE) 2021

Congratulations to all the 2020 Law graduates! What a terrific group of people!

Julia Day, BA/LLB
UNE Senior Lecturer in Law

Sending the 2021 graduands a massive congratulations – you’ve done such a brilliant job in a really tricky time! We hope you have something delightful planned to celebrate this incredible achievement!

We would love to see you back on campus for the catch up Ceremony when it is announced and safe to do so – we will be here with many delicious treats to enjoy with you!

Well done again!

UNE Life Functions & Catering

Sending the warmest congratulations to you, on your graduation. You should be incredibly proud of your achievements. We (UNE Life) can’t wait to celebrate with you on campus as soon as the catch up celebrations are announced.

Alahna Fiveash
UNE Life, Brand Strategy & Marketing

Find what makes you passionate, and throw yourself in 100%. And if that passion wains, follow it to the next challenge. Don’t be afraid of change, but be the creator of change in the world.

Jason Boles
Bachelor in Business Accounting and Marketing, UNE 1991

Congratulations! It’s been an incredibly difficult time to complete your studies, you’re resilient and inspiring and will achieve great things in your future careers.

Elizabeth Adler
Bachelor of Arts and Law, UNE 2012

In spite of so many setbacks, challenges, and changes, you did it. You’ve reached your goal and we couldn’t be prouder of you. It’s no small feat doing what you have done, and all those late nights, tears, moments of chaos, and uncertainty all led you to this point. Enjoy it, celebrate your success, and all the very best for what lies ahead.

Alex Cook
Student Engagement Coordinator for UNE International Services

Congratulations, I know the euphoria you feel when you have graduated. But it is only the beginning of a new learning phase in your life and you are now equipped to look at the world in a more emotionally intelligent way. The teaching, knowledge, and guidance you have received at UNE will be beneficial in your career and other facets of your life. Whilst other members of the community will be envious of your UNE degree never underestimate the value of your new status in the community as a Graduate of UNE. All who graduate from UNE are most fortunate… I know I was.

Robert Joseph OAM
Bachelor Financial Administration, UNE, 1989