 | Stepping Higher thanks to Compass GroupGenerous sponsorship from the Compass Group has made a new award available to senior Sir Edmund Hillary Scholars. Read more... |
 | Bequest to go towards sustainability researchSustainability
research at the University of Waikato has been given a boost thanks to
a $500,000 bequest from the late Zena Daysh.
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Gallaghers donate $2.5 million
The Academy of Perfoming Arts at the University of Waikato will be
known as the Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts for at least the next
10 years.
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Calder & Lawson Tours support community arts
Calder
& Lawson Tours has renewed its $100,000 sponsorship of the
Calder & Lawson Gallery in the
Academy of Performing Arts.
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First Flower Doctoral Fellowship awarded
A Ukranian PhD student is the first beneficiary of a
local couple's
generous provision of $30,000 per year to support economics research
that will benefit New Zealand.
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Hill Laboratories Waikato Science Summer School
Forty budding high school scientists enjoyed a week of
activities
designed to give them a taste of university life, thanks to the
continued support of local firm Hill Laboratories.
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Gallagher family celebrate double honours
Foundation Patron Dr John Gallagher and his brother Sir
William Gallagher both receive knighthoods.
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Generous couple support musicians
For the past four years Ian and Agi Graham have been
giving
substantial financial support to the New Zealand Chamber Soloists, a
group of musicians taking chamber music to the provinces of New Zealand
and concert chambers around the world.
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Beca scholarships boost engineering
The
University of Waikato offers one of the
largest scholarship programmes in the country - and it is now even
larger
thanks to the generosity of leading New Zealand engineering consultants
Beca.
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Breakfast with local business leaders
The
University of Waikato Foundation hosted a breakfast featuring
Chancellor and Foundation Trustee Rt Hon Jim Bolger ONZ at the
WEL Academy of Performing Arts. Forty local business leaders attended
along
with
Foundation Trustees and
University Deans.
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Environment Bay of Plenty fund
major University role
Marine research in the Bay of Plenty has been given a
huge boost
with the announcement that the regional council will fund a Chair in
Coastal Science. The teaching and research undertaken will
contribute to the health and economy of the wider region.
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Flower fellowship
Bill Flower, a farmer and property developer ,
has made a generous gift of $30,000 per annum for three years to fund a
doctoral fellowship in economics at the University of Waikato.
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Alumni giving back
Waikato Management School graduates Christine and
Matthew Boyd
support scholarships for current students: "We wanted a tangible way to
say 'thank you Waikato for what you have done for us'".
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Hill Laboratories Waikato Summer Science School
Waikato high
school students with a passion for
science
have been welcomed on another successful Summer School at the
University of Waikato made possible through our valued partnership with
Rotary and Hill
Laboratories
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$1,000,000 donations for Student Centre
The University of Waikato Foundation has welcomed
$1,000,000 donations from both the Waikato Student Union (WSU) and
ULeisure, the management company jointly owned by the university and
the WSU.
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Waddington family gift benefits
students
Students living in College Hall have a new Leisure
Centre thanks to a generous gift from Jill Waddington and her family
made in memory of husband and father, Richard Waddington.
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