2023 Student Leadership Award recipients

Our Student Leadership Awards recognise and celebrate students across Victoria University for their leadership roles and outstanding achievements in co-curricular and extracurricular activities.

Congratulations to our 2023 award recipients!

View or download the 2023 Student Leadership Conference program (PDF, 962.13 KB)

Individual awards

: Raquel Pantelic (VU TAFE)
: Tahnee Towers (Bachelor of Biomedical Science)
: Smit Makwana (Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Civil Engineering))
: Daria Gaidarenko (Master of Business Administration (Global))
: Adsheaya Vasakan (Master of Engineering)
: Raquel Pantelic (VU TAFE)
: Elijah Cristiano (Bachelor of Youth Work)

Team awards

: WISE (Women in Science & Engineering)

Zohreh Rajabi, President

Rebecca Xiong, Treasurer

Gagan Sharma, Secretary
: VU Outdoor Adventure Club

Alexander Stokes, President

Xavier Stinziani, Secretary

Steve Chandler, Treasurer

Noah Anderson, Vice President

Katja Hesse, Vice Secretary

Poppy Llwellyn, Vice Treasurer

Grace Braines, Social Media Manager
: VU Student Nursing Association (VUSNA)

Maddie Sutcliffe, President

Jessica Charleston, Secretary

Teaghan Wilton, Treasurer

Special awards

: Elijah Cristiano (Bachelor of Youth Work)
: Chandra Altoff (Bachelor of Nursing)
: The Pulp ‘n’ Paper Project

Janna Maureen Porras

Joya Yadav

Nicole Linsangan

Adsheaya Vasakan

Highly commended

: VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD

Mikki Lilley (Bachelor of Psychological Studies (Honours))
Elijah Cristiano (Bachelor of Youth Work)

VU SPIRIT - INTERNATIONAL

Sanskriti Kaul (Bachelor of Psychology (Honours))

VU SPIRIT - UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT

Joya Yadav (Bachelor of Information Technology)

STUDENTS AS STAFF AWARD

Amin Eslami (Bachelor of Education (P-12))

STUDENT GROUP OF THE YEAR 2023

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BEST STUDENT GROUP PROMOTION

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