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Aug 8

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What a champion! 🌟🥈 Congratulations to former Curtin student @pbol800 on winning Silver in the Commonwealth Games 800m final. What an outstanding result, we are so proud of your achievements.👏 Read Peter’s story to glory in #CurtinCommons via link in bio. 👆 📸: @christo1966 / @athleticsaustralia #CurtinCommons #ThisisAthletics #BoldInGold #CommonwealthGames #Birmingham #Birmingham2022 #B2022 #GreaterTogether #AustralianAthlete #800m

What a champion! 🌟🥈

Congratulations to former Curtin student @pbol800 on winning Silver in the Commonwealth Games 800m final.

What an outstanding result, we are so proud of your achievements.👏 Read Peter’s story to glory in #CurtinCommons via link in bio. 👆

📸: @christo1966 / @athleticsaustralia

#CurtinCommons #ThisisAthletics #BoldInGold #CommonwealthGames #Birmingham #Birmingham2022 #B2022 #GreaterTogether #AustralianAthlete #800m ...

Aug 4

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The weather may be miserable, but Koorliny Way isn’t! ☀️🌈 The colourful Koorliny Way mural by @siouxtempesttartist located in the new Curtin Exchange Precinct will brighten your day. Go check it out when you’re next on campus, you won’t regret it! 🙌 📸: @curtin_exchange #CurtinLife #CurtinExchange #KoorlinyWay #perth #perthart #perthmural #perthstreetart #perthartists #unilifestyle

The weather may be miserable, but Koorliny Way isn’t! ☀️🌈

The colourful Koorliny Way mural by @siouxtempesttartist located in the new Curtin Exchange Precinct will brighten your day.

Go check it out when you’re next on campus, you won’t regret it! 🙌

📸: @curtin_exchange

#CurtinLife #CurtinExchange #KoorlinyWay #perth #perthart #perthmural #perthstreetart #perthartists #unilifestyle ...

Aug 1

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Have you seen the Curtin 20|30 Alumni Retrospective yet? 🤔💛 Celebrating 20 years of Fashion and 30 years of Interior Architecture, this exhibition profiles the rich tapestry of course experiences and graduate achievements over the years. The exhibition has been made possible through the generous support of Curtin’s School of Design and Built Environment. Don’t miss out, go check it out before it closes this Friday. Details below. 👇 🗓: Tuesday 21 June – Friday 5 August | 9AM – 6PM 📍: Exhibition Space, Building 418 (Level 1), Curtin Exchange Precinct Read more about the story behind the exhibition in #CurtinCommons via link in bio. ☝️ #CurtinGrad #fashionshow #sustainablefashion #alumni #retrospective #runwayfashion #wadesigners #interiordesign #australianarchitecture #perthfashion #australianfashion #perthfashiondesigner

Have you seen the Curtin 20|30 Alumni Retrospective yet? 🤔💛

Celebrating 20 years of Fashion and 30 years of Interior Architecture, this exhibition profiles the rich tapestry of course experiences and graduate achievements over the years.

The exhibition has been made possible through the generous support of Curtin’s School of Design and Built Environment.

Don’t miss out, go check it out before it closes this Friday. Details below. 👇

🗓: Tuesday 21 June – Friday 5 August | 9AM – 6PM

📍: Exhibition Space, Building 418 (Level 1), Curtin Exchange Precinct

Read more about the story behind the exhibition in #CurtinCommons via link in bio. ☝️

#CurtinGrad #fashionshow #sustainablefashion #alumni #retrospective #runwayfashion #wadesigners #interiordesign #australianarchitecture #perthfashion #australianfashion #perthfashiondesigner ...

Jul 31

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Is it possible to launch a successful start-up with your best friend? 🤔💭 Curtin graduates Gene Brutty (BA Creative Advertising 2009) and Tim Seddon (BA Creative Advertising 2006) met on the first day of their agency job in Perth 15 years ago and have never looked back. Following a stint as Creative Directors for @apple in LA where the pair helped launch the iPhone 12, they decided to join forces to start their own Creative Innovation Consultancy, IMAGINE IF LABS. Despite the crazy challenges of the pandemic, a looming recession and working in different time zones, with Tim based in Tokyo and Gene in Perth, the duo managed to operate at a profit during their first full year of business. Here are Gene and Tim’s top three secrets to success: ✔️ 𝐁𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐲. ✔️ 𝐁𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫. Transparent and honest communication on all fronts, business and friendship, will mean you don't need to sacrifice one for the other. ✔️ 𝐁𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡. Progress has a funny way of disguising itself as chaos and if you manage to ride the ups and downs you'll make it through (at least that's what we're telling ourselves). Update your details to stay connected with other inspiring grads via link in bio. 👆 #CurtinGrad #InternationalFriendsDay #business #friendship #startup #startupbusiness #smallbusiness #startuptips #businesstips #smallbusinesstips #perthstartups #startupstories

Is it possible to launch a successful start-up with your best friend? 🤔💭

Curtin graduates Gene Brutty (BA Creative Advertising 2009) and Tim Seddon (BA Creative Advertising 2006) met on the first day of their agency job in Perth 15 years ago and have never looked back.

Following a stint as Creative Directors for @apple in LA where the pair helped launch the iPhone 12, they decided to join forces to start their own Creative Innovation Consultancy, IMAGINE IF LABS.

Despite the crazy challenges of the pandemic, a looming recession and working in different time zones, with Tim based in Tokyo and Gene in Perth, the duo managed to operate at a profit during their first full year of business.

Here are Gene and Tim’s top three secrets to success:

✔️ 𝐁𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐲.

✔️ 𝐁𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫. Transparent and honest communication on all fronts, business and friendship, will mean you don't need to sacrifice one for the other.

✔️ 𝐁𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡. Progress has a funny way of disguising itself as chaos and if you manage to ride the ups and downs you'll make it through (at least that's what we're telling ourselves).

Update your details to stay connected with other inspiring grads via link in bio. 👆

#CurtinGrad #InternationalFriendsDay #business #friendship #startup #startupbusiness #smallbusiness #startuptips #businesstips #smallbusinesstips #perthstartups #startupstories ...

Jul 27

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When an opportunity arose to safeguard precious artworks by children of the Stolen Generations at @johncurtingallery, Carrolup Manager Kathleen Toomath didn’t hesitate. Created by the renowned Carrolup child artists of the 1940s, including her extraordinary Mum Alma Toomath, the treasured pieces give us hope for a better and brighter future. Last month a selection of the treasured collection made their way to the UK, where they are currently on display in Manchester at @porticolibrary (and later Glasgow) in the hope of locating missing Carrolup artworks. The pieces were taken overseas in the 1950s, with many never making the journey back to Australia. A year since her Mum’s passing, Kathleen shares her vision for the collection and how these incredible renditions of Australia’s magical landscape can pave the way for healing. Read our full interview with Kathleen in #CurtinCommons via link in bio. 👆🏽 📸: Kathleen Toomath #CurtinCommunity #CurtinCommons #JohnCurtinGallery #Carrolup #CarrolupCentre #FirstNations #AboriginalArt #Truthtelling #Reconciliation #Belonging #StolenGenerations #Aboriginal #AboriginalArt #Artwork

When an opportunity arose to safeguard precious artworks by children of the Stolen Generations at @johncurtingallery, Carrolup Manager Kathleen Toomath didn’t hesitate.

Created by the renowned Carrolup child artists of the 1940s, including her extraordinary Mum Alma Toomath, the treasured pieces give us hope for a better and brighter future.

Last month a selection of the treasured collection made their way to the UK, where they are currently on display in Manchester at @porticolibrary (and later Glasgow) in the hope of locating missing Carrolup artworks.

The pieces were taken overseas in the 1950s, with many never making the journey back to Australia.

A year since her Mum’s passing, Kathleen shares her vision for the collection and how these incredible renditions of Australia’s magical landscape can pave the way for healing.

Read our full interview with Kathleen in #CurtinCommons via link in bio. 👆🏽

📸: Kathleen Toomath

#CurtinCommunity #CurtinCommons #JohnCurtinGallery #Carrolup #CarrolupCentre #FirstNations #AboriginalArt #Truthtelling #Reconciliation #Belonging #StolenGenerations #Aboriginal #AboriginalArt #Artwork ...

Jul 25

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The countdown is on for Telethon Weekend 2022, we are just three months out! 🎉👏 Meet Postdoctoral Research Associate and Curtin graduate Lexy Staniland (BA Psych Hons, 2018) who was brought on board to deliver the Help While Our Children Wait project, funded by @telethon7. Your generous donation to Telethon this year could help further the Curtin-led research project to develop evidence-based strategies to expand access to youth mental health care in WA. “Being funded by Telethon means our work relies on the generosity of West Australians who tune in to Telethon Weekend each year. With their support, we can realise our mission to improve the wellbeing of teenagers on waiting lists for mental health services.” - Lexy Staniland Telethon Weekend will be held on Saturday, October 22 and Sunday, October 23 at RAC Arena. 🗓 Read more about Help While Our Children Wait in #CurtinCommons via link in bio. 👆 #CurtinCommunity #CurtinResearch #telethon7 #mentalhealth #wellbeing #children #youth #research

The countdown is on for Telethon Weekend 2022, we are just three months out! 🎉👏

Meet Postdoctoral Research Associate and Curtin graduate Lexy Staniland (BA Psych Hons, 2018) who was brought on board to deliver the Help While Our Children Wait project, funded by @telethon7.

Your generous donation to Telethon this year could help further the Curtin-led research project to develop evidence-based strategies to expand access to youth mental health care in WA.

“Being funded by Telethon means our work relies on the generosity of West Australians who tune in to Telethon Weekend each year. With their support, we can realise our mission to improve the wellbeing of teenagers on waiting lists for mental health services.”

- Lexy Staniland

Telethon Weekend will be held on Saturday, October 22 and Sunday, October 23 at RAC Arena. 🗓

Read more about Help While Our Children Wait in #CurtinCommons via link in bio. 👆

#CurtinCommunity #CurtinResearch #telethon7 #mentalhealth #wellbeing #children #youth #research ...

Jul 22

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Imagine lying in your bed at night hearing the ominous sounds of missiles and rockets flying overhead. Growing up in Afghanistan, surrounded by war, violence and danger, #CurtinGrad Ezz Rahmati (BS Nursing, 2022) dreamt of a better life, where he could have access to education. “Education is the biggest weapon you can use to fight any war. Afghanistan wouldn’t be where it is today if people there had access to education.” Graduating from Curtin earlier this year, Ezz hopes to make common medicine more accessible in developing countries. “Having access to better health care and medicine could save so many lives. Influenza and dehydration for instance are quite treatable in Australia, but in some countries, you could die from it.” Read Ezz’s inspiring story in this month’s #CurtinCommons via the link in bio. 👆 #CurtinGrad #refugee #nursing #graduate #education #healthsciences #healthcare #humanrights #equity #highereducation #perth #campuslife #unilife #perthgram #university

Imagine lying in your bed at night hearing the ominous sounds of missiles and rockets flying overhead.

Growing up in Afghanistan, surrounded by war, violence and danger, #CurtinGrad Ezz Rahmati (BS Nursing, 2022) dreamt of a better life, where he could have access to education.

“Education is the biggest weapon you can use to fight any war. Afghanistan wouldn’t be where it is today if people there had access to education.”

Graduating from Curtin earlier this year, Ezz hopes to make common medicine more accessible in developing countries.

“Having access to better health care and medicine could save so many lives. Influenza and dehydration for instance are quite treatable in Australia, but in some countries, you could die from it.”

Read Ezz’s inspiring story in this month’s #CurtinCommons via the link in bio. 👆

#CurtinGrad #refugee #nursing #graduate #education #healthsciences #healthcare #humanrights #equity #highereducation #perth #campuslife #unilife #perthgram #university ...

Jul 20

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⚡️Nasi Goreng Pattaya ⚡️ Need a healthy delicious work lunch that’s super easy to prep and won’t break the budget? #CurtinGrad Kalyisah Farid shares her family’s favourite Nasi Goreng Pattaya. 😋 Ingredients: Fried rice 2 tbsp vegetable oil 2 garlic clove, minced 2 small shallots, finely sliced 100g meat of choice (cubed, boneless chicken; prawns, tails removed) 1 small chilli, finely sliced, optional 1 egg 2/3 cup mixed vegetables, fresh or frozen 2 cups cooked rice 1 tbsp fish sauce 1 tbsp oyster sauce ¼ tsp pepper Omelette 1 tbsp oil 2 eggs Pinch of salt Pinch of white pepper Garnish Cucumber slices Red chilli, finely sliced Chilli sauce or tomato sauce Recipe: 1. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a large pan or wok on high, until hot. Add the garlic and shallot and cook until lightly browned. 2. Add in meat and cook for 2 minutes until mostly cooked. Add chilli if using. 3. Whisk one egg. Add to hot wok and mix quickly until cooked. Add mixed vegetables. Toss through. 4. Add cooked rice, fish sauce, oyster sauce, and salt and white pepper to taste. Stir fry and toss until all ingredients are cooked and combined. Set aside. 4. Whisk two eggs. Add salt and pepper. 5. Heat 1 tbsp oil in clean, large pan or wok to medium heat. Add whisked egg mixture, swirling and spreading the egg evenly across the pan. Bring to low heat and cook for 20-30 seconds. 7. Once mostly cooked, add 1 cup of fried rice to the centre of the omelette. 8. Fold the sides of the omelette over the rice to make a parcel. 9. Place a plate over the parcel and gently flip the nasi goreng pattaya onto the plate. 10. Garnish with cucumber slices, fresh chilli and chilli or tomato sauce. Did you give it a go? Make sure to tag us to get featured on our Instagram stories. 🤞 If you’re a #CurtinGrad with a delicious recipe to share? DM us for a chance to get featured. ✉️ #CurtinGradCookOff #nasigoreng #nasigorengpattaya #malaysian #eggrecipes #friedricerecipes #perthfoodgram #perthtodo #perthisok #perthfoodie #lunchrecipes #nutrition #foodstagram #healthyfoodideas #worklunch

⚡️Nasi Goreng Pattaya ⚡️

Need a healthy delicious work lunch that’s super easy to prep and won’t break the budget? #CurtinGrad Kalyisah Farid shares her family’s favourite Nasi Goreng Pattaya. 😋

Ingredients:
Fried rice
2 tbsp vegetable oil
2 garlic clove, minced
2 small shallots, finely sliced
100g meat of choice (cubed, boneless chicken; prawns, tails removed)
1 small chilli, finely sliced, optional
1 egg
2/3 cup mixed vegetables, fresh or frozen
2 cups cooked rice
1 tbsp fish sauce
1 tbsp oyster sauce
¼ tsp pepper
Omelette
1 tbsp oil
2 eggs
Pinch of salt
Pinch of white pepper
Garnish
Cucumber slices
Red chilli, finely sliced
Chilli sauce or tomato sauce

Recipe:
1. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a large pan or wok on high, until hot. Add the garlic and shallot and cook until lightly browned.
2. Add in meat and cook for 2 minutes until mostly cooked. Add chilli if using.
3. Whisk one egg. Add to hot wok and mix quickly until cooked. Add mixed vegetables. Toss through.
4. Add cooked rice, fish sauce, oyster sauce, and salt and white pepper to taste. Stir fry and toss until all ingredients are cooked and combined. Set aside.
4. Whisk two eggs. Add salt and pepper.
5. Heat 1 tbsp oil in clean, large pan or wok to medium heat. Add whisked egg mixture, swirling and spreading the egg evenly across the pan. Bring to low heat and cook for 20-30 seconds.
7. Once mostly cooked, add 1 cup of fried rice to the centre of the omelette.
8. Fold the sides of the omelette over the rice to make a parcel.
9. Place a plate over the parcel and gently flip the nasi goreng pattaya onto the plate.
10. Garnish with cucumber slices, fresh chilli and chilli or tomato sauce.

Did you give it a go? Make sure to tag us to get featured on our Instagram stories. 🤞

If you’re a #CurtinGrad with a delicious recipe to share? DM us for a chance to get featured. ✉️

#CurtinGradCookOff #nasigoreng #nasigorengpattaya #malaysian #eggrecipes #friedricerecipes #perthfoodgram #perthtodo #perthisok #perthfoodie #lunchrecipes #nutrition #foodstagram #healthyfoodideas #worklunch ...