Shining Light Award 2024

Nomination Form

Our alumni are the wind beneath our wings. Let us celebrate and take

inspiration from the achievements of our past students. Empowering our

current students to soar.

Please help inspire our current and future students. Nominate a Shining Light.

The Damascus College Shining Light award celebrates the outstanding achievements of extraordinary
Damascus College alumni in a diverse range of fields and areas of endeavour. The award recognises alumni whose service has made a significant contribution to the local, state, national, international, and/or the College community.

Bestowed biennially, the Shining Light Award enables Damascus to celebrate and recognise the contributions of alumni who have shined bright in their chosen field.

Damascus alumni includes past students and staff of Sacred Heart, St Paul’s, St Martin’s in the Pines and Damascus College.

Nominations are now open and close on Friday 25 August 2023.

NOMINATION CRITERIA

1. The recipient must be a Damascus College Alumni, living or dead. Alumni at Damascus College are defined as past students and staff of Damascus College and its foundation colleges, Sacred Heart, St Paul’s and St Martin’s in the Pines.
2. Be successful in their chosen field as demonstrated by positions held, achievements, qualifications, awards/prizes/scholarships or length of service.
3. The alumni have made contributions or supported the local, state, national, international and/or the College community in ways that are inspirational or motivational.

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* 1. Nominator Details

Your name

Your relationship to nominee

Your connection to Damascus College (if any)

Your contact phone number

Your email

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* 2. Nominee Details

First name

Last name

Last name at school (if it has changed)

Last year attended/worked

Contact phone number

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* 3. Nominees School Affiliation/s

Damascus College

Sacred Heart College

St Paul's Technical College

St Martin's in the Pines

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* 4. The category that I wish to nominate my Shining Light Award nominee for are (select all that apply)

Service to the community

STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) achievement

Sporting achievement

Academia or career excellence

Faith Development

OR

I wish to nominate a Young achiever for the Shining Light Award

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* 5. Young Achiever - a young alumni that has graduated from Damascus College within the last 15 years and has made a significant or notable achievement in one of the below fields.

The category that I wish to nominate my Young Achiever nominee for Shining Light Award is (if more than one, please select all that apply)

Service to the community

STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) achievement

Sporting achievement

Academia or career excellence

Faith Development

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* 6. Please outline the nominee’s personal and professional highlights that make them a Shining Light to you. What makes them INSPIRATIONAL?

Consider including details on positions held, overall career and personal achievements, qualifications, awards, prizes, scholarships, prominence, accolades and any other honours they may have received. How did they WOW you?

Tip: You can copy and paste text into the nomination box. You can also resize it by clicking and dragging in the lower right corner to see more or less of your text.

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* 7. How has the nominee performed or contributed substantially to their chosen field?

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* 8. How has the nominee contributed or supported the local, state, national, international and/or the College community in ways that are inspirational or motivational?