>> Curtin is not just there to describe
the world, but to help change it.
>> What really attracts me about Curtin is
its innovative approach and its courage
to try new things.
>> University that gives students the world,
the University that engages the world.
>> Really satisfying to know that the
work that you're doing is actually going
to be translated into some sort of use in the community.
>> It's got that combination of academic excellence and
a willingness to change the world.
>> The most satisfying thing that I do at Curtin,
I suppose is when I see students graduate,
they go on to live their dreams.
>> I think the proudest thing that I like about Curtin is
they see a vision and then they go after
that vision. And through that we're
creating, I think some really great
opportunities. And certainly for me
that's been one of the most inspiring aspects.
>>To be able to connect the relevance and the
meaning and the wonder of the science and
research that gets done here at Curtin, that's pretty awesome.
>> Curtin dares to do things that a lot of
other universities don't dare to.
>> I've been here for 25 years. I feel I've impacted,
I've done something that I believe in. I've helped
people transform and I wouldn't change it for anything.
>> I love working with students.
I just absolutely adore that.
>> These young people are fantastic. They really, they genuinely
inspire me, they are totally engaged, they
want to learn and they want to do it well.
They want to have integrity, they
want to be brave, they want to get out there
and tell not just the stories that we know, but the stories that we
don't, and they find a way to surprise me every
semester and that really keeps me going.
>> I've been here for so many years I absolutely
just love it. Recently I was in the
hospital and one of the nurses was one
of my previous students. And I was like, yes!
Someone who liked my unit, and who actually
knows what she's doing.
>> So I've been here for such a long time that people have
been my students are now my colleagues.
>> Being able to enable all these students
that embark in international
experiences to have just this time of their life.
>> Being able to make a
difference in the lives of students who
wouldn't otherwise find an easy pathway
to Curtin and ensure that they're
successful, is a really important and
rewarding part of what we do here.
>> The Einstein's of today could be from any
background, anywhere and I think that we
offer that avenue.
>> The opportunity to design the future
for Curtin, and to be part of the statement of
a new journey for this wonderful
University of red bricks and pathways to the future.
>> I started at the School of Mines on
February the fifth, 1968. I love the work, I love the interaction with the students
and I love the fact that I can go to work
and do something useful.
>> It's almost like a big family.
>> There's history everywhere and they've looked after it which is very nice and
very rewarding I think.
>> Teaching and you know, moulding young minds is a very rewarding profession.
And I couldn't be more proud of being a part of Curtin.
>> WASM is one of the best in mining universities in the world.
>> I have been at Curtin for
nearly 20 years and the expansion in that
period of time has been phenomenal.
We have opened in Singapore, we've opened
in Miri in Sarawak.
>> We are making a positive impact and I feel very proud about that.
>> We work together as a team. We're always able to pull it together.
>> I'm as happy to see staff move forward and progress in their
careers, as I am to see students
move forward and excel in their careers.
>> Being part of the Curtin family, really makes me proud, because it's
really inclusive and forward-looking.
>> The most satisfying part of the work that I
do at Curtin is seeing my students
graduate and know that they're able to
take on the working world and
take on new challenges in their life.
>> I'm working for an organisation that supports
diversity and innovation.
>> The most satisfying part of the work is that I
have the ability to help students with
their study matters.
>> Through both our teaching and our research, we have the possibility to
positively impact on people's lives.
>> The most satisfying thing I have working down
here in Margaret River for Curtin is seeing
the students graduate and seeing them
also becoming industry leaders.
>> So what makes me proud to work at Curtin as an Aboriginal
person we have a whole Centre of
Aboriginal Studies purposely built.
So it's great to be able to share the stories.
>> Curtin has engage with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander issues.
The Reconciliation Action Plan.
>> It's such a diverse and accepting place.
>> That people are really wanting to
make this an inclusive and welcoming
community, to include people regardless
of their background, it's fantastic. I love it.
>> There's a whole wealth of diversity of approaches
to the way we see the world as human
beings, and I think I find that really exciting.
>> Diversity, all the inclusiveness,
all the friendly faces, you can be whoever you
are and feel at home.
>> What makes me proud to work at Curtin
is the people. Everyone here believes in education.
>> We actually walk the talk, so we support
staff and so that we enable them to have
impact and to explore what they want to do.
>> So you get to learn a lot from your
colleagues and it's not just from
Australia but all over the world.
>> I definitely think it's the sense of community.
Everyone seems to be working towards a common goal.
>> Working with the
colleagues that I work with, I think we
we have a synergy together.
>> People have such a passion for what they're doing and it's infectious.
It's really great to be a part of that.
>> I've been at Curtin for 42 years.
It's been great to watch Curtin grow
and be part of the Curtin journey.
>> And just to see how much has been achieved in that period.
Huge rise in the research
reputation of the University, creation of a
medical school, one of the largest
business schools in Australia, it's just
a place that makes you proud, pretty well
everything it does. It's a fantastic place to work.
>> I'm enormously proud to be Vice-Chancellor of
Curtin University. Proud in terms of what
Curtin is achieving and has achieved,
proud of our innovative approach to everything
we do and proud of our ambitious and
entrepreneurial spirit. But what I'm most
proud of is that we never lose sight of our
fundamental mission,
to transform lives through education, to have impact through our research,
and to enrich the communities in which we are embedded.