The Joe Curtis Scholarship Award award is awarded each year at the SEN Award Gala Dinner.

The Award is named after Joseph James Curtis (1951-2003). 

Joe served at Monash University for almost 20 years, rising from Catering Manager to become CEO of Monash Unicomm. During this time, Joe carried 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 a wide range of 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 $5K travel grant, now known as the Joe Curtis Travel Scholarship for professional development. 

In 2022 the Joe Curtis Scholarship was awarded to Thomas Quinn from University of Wollongong. Thomas used the scholarship to attend the Student Engagement Conference 2023 hosted by Advanced HE based in the United Kingdom in May of this year. In addition to this, he attended several universities to meet with student union representatives to learn about their
programs.

During this session, Thomas will provide an Overview of his visit and share his learnings.