University medallist Dr Kate Margetson and CVC at graduation

Congratulations to Dr Kate Margetson who received the Charles Sturt University Higher Degree Research Medal this week at the Bathurst graduation ceremony. There are only three medals per year awarded - only one person per Faculty per year - so this is a very significant achievement. Congratulations Kate - we are so proud of you!

Kate's PhD was titled: Moving Beyond Monolingual Practices with Multilingual Children: Learning from Vietnamese-English–Speaking Children, Families, and Professionals https://researchoutput.csu.edu.au/en/publications/moving-beyond-monolingual-practices-with-multilingual-children-le . Her PhD supervisors were Prof Sharynne McLeod and A/Prof Sarah Verdon.

Distinguished Professor Sharynne McLeod, Dr Kate Margetson, Vice Chancellor Renee Leon

 

 

 

Potential university medal awardees are nominated by the SubDean (Graduate Studies) based on their examiners' reports, academic prizes and/or scholarships; research outputs from the doctoral or master by research (refereed publications, conference proceedings, journal articles, etc.); and the impact of the research both in terms of actual and potential outcomes for industry, government, professional organisations, business and community (https://www.csu.edu.au/division/vcoffice/ogca/governance/university-medals/higher-degree-by-research-university-medal).

Kate's PhD extended the work of our Australian Research Council Discovery Grant: VietSpeech (https://www.csu.edu.au/research/vietspeech/overview). She has published and presented many papers from her PhD. Since completing her PhD, Kate has been undertaking a postdoc funded by the Rural Health Research Institute to use implementation science to continue the development of the Speech Assessment of Children’s Home Languages (SACHL, Margetson & McLeod, 2025) (https://www.csu.edu.au/research/multilingual-speech/speech-assessments/sachl).

The Children's Voices Centre staff had a wonderful time celebrating with our graduates, Dr Kate Margetson and Dr. Melissa Brunner during the graduation ceremony.

Children's Voices Centre: Dr Helen L. Blake, A/Prof Tamara Cumming, A/Prof Kathy Cologon, Prof Sharynne  McLeod, Dr Carolyn Gregoric

 

Staff from the Children's Voices Centre and School of Education

University medalist!

Huge congratulations to Dr Kate Margetson who just received this email from the Charles Sturt University Office of Governance and Corporate Administration:

It is my pleasure to advise that you have been awarded the Higher Degree by Research University Medal as recognition of your outstanding academic achievement.
 
Only one graduate per Faculty, per year, may be awarded the Higher Degree by Research University Medal. The University Research Committee determines the eligibility and assessment criteria to award a Higher Degree by Research University Medal. Criteria may include details of publications or presentations given during your candidature, prizes or scholarships won during your candidature or attestations of excellence by your examiners.
 
Congratulations on this momentous achievement.

Kate's PhD was titled: Moving Beyond Monolingual Practices with Multilingual Children: Learning from Vietnamese-English–Speaking Children, Families, and Professionals

She was supervised by A/Prof Sarah Verdon and myself. Congratulations Kate! We are so proud of you!

Congratulations Dr Anna Cronin on your graduation and Dr Sarah Verdon on your Young Alumnus award

On Thursday, Anna Cronin graduated with her PhD at the Charles Sturt University graduation ceremony in Bathurst. She received the Higher Degree Research medal for the Faculty of Arts and Education and was invited to speak on behalf of all of the graduates. Dr Sarah Verdon and I were proud supervisors.

Dr Anna Cronin

Dr Nicole McGill was supposed to have received her PhD at the ceremony as well; however, she was unable to attend due to the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions in Victoria. We are hoping to celebrate with Nicole at another ceremony in a few weeks' time.

Prof Sharynne McLeod, Dr Anna Cronin and Dr Sarah Verdon
(Dr Nicole McGill on the phone)

Also at the ceremony Dr Sarah Verdon received the CSU Young Alumnus Award. As a result, she was asked to be the graduation speaker. She presented an inspiring speech to the graduates.

Dr Sarah Verdon - CSU Young Alumnus

We had a virtual graduation ceremony last December: https://speakingmylanguages.blogspot.com/2020/12/today-our-charles-sturt-university.html so it was lovely to celebrate in person.

Congratulations Dr Anna Cronin - Higher Degree by Research University Medal

Congratulations to Dr Anna Cronin who recently learned that she has been awarded the Charles Sturt University Higher Degree by Research University Medal for the whole of the Faculty of Arts and Education!