Joe Curtis served at Monash University for almost 20 years, rising from Catering Manager to become CEO of Monash Unicomm. During this time, Joe held a diverse range of roles and responsibilities that in a variety of ways improved the university’s operations and public image.
Joe was well respected by his peers and colleagues across many campus service organisations. His personal warmth and down to earth management style made him stand out from the crowd.
Joe’s ongoing commitment to staff development was honoured on his passing with the awarding of an annual grant, known as the Joe Curtis Joe Curtis Professional Development Scholarship.
The winner of this Award will receive $2,000 to spend on Professional Development. We encourage this to be matched by the recipient‘s organisation to enable them to maximise the impact.
- Nominations may be self-nominated or nominated by another person.
- Nominations must be endorsed by the nominee’s CEO or equivalent.
- CEOs or equivalent are not eligible for this award.
- Previous successful applicants are also excluded from applying for this award a second time.
- The awardee must engage in sector-related professional development via programs, conferences or intervarsity tours.
- Preference will be given to someone who has not previously attended or engaged in such events.
- Non-attendance of the proposed professional development will require a refund of the award money.
- Recipients of the Joe Curtis Scholarship must demonstrate a commitment to the shared learning of the Student Experience Network community by presenting at the next SEN Conference. Failure to present at the conference will require a refund of the scholarship money.
- Entries will be reviewed, and the winner appointed by the SEN board.