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2021 Sparx Systems Award

The Sparx Systems 2021 award was presented to Michelle Holly.

Sparx Systems likes to encourage Federation University students to achieve world class results. Sparx Systems has a strong association with Federation University with many staff having once worked and studied at Federation University. Michelle completed her first year of the Bachelor of Information Technology (Professional Practice) program in 2020, with outstanding results. The Bachelor of IT (Professional Practice) is a four-year degree, accredited by the Australian Computer Society (ACS). The innovative degree includes 1600 hours of work integrated learning with IBM in Ballarat, Victoria. Michelle is completing her internship with IBM at Salesforce Consulting Services.

Michelle has already learned about networking, cloud computing, object-oriented programming, SQL, C#, and Java scripting, agile coding, web design, big data and information security. Michelle is from Surabaya, Indonesia, and is studying at the Federation University Mt Helen campus.

The criteria for the award is for a student who has demonstrated significant ability in a particular area of ICT. Michelle has excelled in every aspect of the course Game Development Fundamentals, despite the challenging year of 2020. Her game prototype will be an example of innovation and ambition for future students for years to come. Michelle stated “I found Game Development Fundamentals is the most interesting course in my second semester. This course incorporates both design and high-order thinking to build a 3D game by using Blender, Unity and the C# programming language. My last project was developing a 3D game with a combination of a maze runner and trivia questions. Even though this course seemed hard at first, I found the programming knowledge in lectures, practical learning in lab sessions, and lecturers' support were really helpful. I managed to build my game prototype by designing the 3D objects in Blender and using Unity to collaborate the object's behaviour with C# scripting language.”

Sparx Systems would like to congratulate Michelle for all her hard work and wish her all the best in her future studies.  She was also provided a copy of Enterprise Architect to help her untertake the many software development tasks within her degreee.

2019 Sparx Systems Award at Federation University

Federation University, School of Science, Engineering and Information Technology holds an annual student awards ceremony, in which industry partners play a crucial role in supporting and encouraging our students to achieve greatness in their desired field.

Scott Hebbard, Sparx Systems Communications Manager recently had the pleasure of presenting the Sparx Systems award at a Federation University Student awards ceremony. The Sparx Systems Award in 2019 was presented to Drew McMahon.

Drew regularly used Enterprise Architect throughout his degree and he indicated “As a programmer and designer, I find the tool comprehensive and invaluable, and I'm thrilled to have continued access with my own licence. I'm grateful that Sparx Systems would support Federation University and the School of Science, Engineering, and Information Technology.”

Sparx Systems would like to congratulate Drew on his hard work and dedication to his studies.

Information about the Award recipient:

Drew has achieved excellent results throughout his degree and his dedication, perseverance and commitment to excellence were an inspiration to us all.

He has the top grade point average of 7 and an average final result of 94.24% across all his courses. He is easy to work with and shows maturity in his organisational skills and attention to understanding the latest technology.

Drew has embraced opportunities to extend his knowledge beyond his degree studies, for example attending an intensive bootcamp training course in Salesforce development during the lecture break in 2018.

This was undertaken during Drew’s final semester of study when he was very busy with finalising his internship with IBM and completing his final year project.

Drew is a very worthy recipient of this award and an exemplar of an upcoming IT professional.