Arts graduate wins 2009 General Sir John Monash Award
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- December 3rd, 2008
- Guest
Sarah Meyer
Sarah Meyer (BA(Hons)2004) is the proud recipient of the prestigious Sir John Monash Award. The awards are nationwide and fund students for three years of study at a major international university.
Ms Meyer works in New York with the American Jewish World Service as an education officer and will use her scholarship to complete a PhD in public policy and to develop programs for refugees and those displaced by conflict, natural disasters and human rights violations.
Through working with refugees and asylum seekers in Victoria Ms Meyer developed a keen interest in humanitarian issues. She has also worked as a research associate with Sudanese refugees in Uganda and published her findings for the UN’s Human Rights Council.
The General Sir John Monash Awards are unique in that they are Australia’s only national postgraduate study awards. The awards are inspired by the life of Sir John Monash.