Medical Scholarships

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The Rotary Club of Albury-Hume has this year presented two of their annual Dr John McDonald Medical Scholarships to local medical students, one studying at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Rural Clinical School, Albury campus and the other at Wollongong University.

The scholarship is named in honour of a Past President of the Rotary Club of Albury-Hume, the late Dr John McDonald, who was instrumental in initiating the idea of helping medical students from our region who intend to practice in regional NSW. The scholarships are valued at $2,000 and are designed to assist in the purchase of essential textbooks and equipment.  The scholarships were first awarded in 2013.

The first scholarship this year was presented by outgoing Albury-Hume President, Margaret McDonald, (widow of the late Dr John McDonald) to Narayan Khanal, who arrived in Albury in 2009 as a 12-year-old from a refugee camp in Nepal.

With a medical science degree already completed, the former Murray High School student is now in his 2nd year of medicine at Wollongong University. “My desire to pursue a medical career is based on my early experiences as a child born and nurtured in a refugee camp where there was no medical infrastructure in place,” said Narayan. “My family received help as refugees and I want to help so I joined the Multicultural Youth Affairs Network and was appointed as NSW ambassador, travelling to Geneva for the Global Summit for Refugees.”

The second of the Albury-Hume Rotary Club scholarships was presented to 38-year-old mother of four, Megan Torpey, by incoming President, Graham Fuller.

Megan is in her 3rd year at the UNSW Rural Clinical School in Albury, having commenced her career in health as an Aboriginal Health Worker and Koori Maternity Support Worker.  She gained a BA and Master of Public Health from the University of Melbourne and was awarded reserve candidate for an Australian Fulbright Fellowship to Harvard University. As a Dharug woman, Megan is determined to involve herself with Indigenous health initiatives in regional areas with a focus on bettering maternity and obstetric outcomes.

Club Meeting 7 July 2021

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Guest Speaker, Mark Geraets has a wealth of experience from schools in South Korea, Switzerland, Bangladesh, New Zealand and the Solomon Islands and is now Principal of The Scots School Albury. He discussed the differences between students in Australia and other parts of the world — and the unexpected similarities of students of certain ages the world over. He shared his experiences of the International Baccalaureate program and the NSW Curriculum with an additional reference to a new learning model at Scots called Design for Deep Learning. And finally, he talked briefly about the tradition of NSW’s oldest regional boarding school and what lies ahead for the school in 2021 and beyond.

Web Site

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The Rotary Club of Albury Hume’s web site has been in recession for some time. But now we are beginning to revive it to provide information about being a Rotarian.

So come back soon. Meanwhile check out the new Rotary theme song “All Shoulders to the Wheel”

All Shoulders to the Wheel – Lachlan McIntyre, Mica Torre, Stephen O’Connell and the chorus by members of the Rotary Club of Albury North.

℗ 2021 Stephen O’Connell and Lachlan McIntyre (both members of the Rotary Club of Albury Hume)

Released on: 2021-06-16