News Limited AWARD School Graduation Sydney

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Last night marked the Student Graduation of the 26th year of AWARD School, held at The Loft, Sydney.

Hosted by AWARD Chairman, Richard Maddocks, AWARD School co-heads Rebecca Carrasco and Paul Bruce, and Garth Agius from News Limited, the evening allowed the finest creatives, sponsors, students and media to view an exhibition of students’ top work.

The top AWARD School student in Sydney went to Nick White (top left) who will now go forward for international judging against students across Australasia. These winners will be announced in the coming weeks.

Second place went to Joshua Fraser, while Fiona Cox placed third (middle pic with Nick White).

These students, along with remaining top 10; Rebecca Alperstein, Oliver Beeston, Tom Gibson, Simone Parravicini, Erwin Santoso, Andy Wallace and Michael Widgery will be involved in a two day workshop held later in the year with The LaB Sydney and Revolver Film. 

AWARD will also offer the AWARD Mentor program to top 11-30 students; Derek Anderson, Michael Avery, Craig Brooks, Brad Cohen, Jerry Cs Uhm, Karen Ferry, Michael Harris, Micaela Hambrett, Nima Idelkhani, Archana Murugaser, Dominic Nolan, Collette Rowland, Clint Sawyer, Indah Shillingford, Alexandra Skougarevsky, Nikola Spadina, Anthony Stroud, Dhani Sutanto, Paul Zantiotis and Zuzana Zaloudek.

The judging panel responsible for selection of the top students and the ‘work on the wall’ included: Paul Bruce & Richard Morgan – BMF, Rebecca Carrasco & Dejan Rassic – CRC, Guy Rooke – Clemenger BBDOMatt Eastwood – DDB Sydney, Matty Burton – Droga5, James Procter – George Patterson Y&R, Jay Benjamin & Andy Dilallo – Leo Burnett Sydney.

AWARD wishes to thank the following for their involvement in lecturing and/or tutoring in NSW: 3 Drunk Monkeys, Adpartners, BMF, BWM, CRC Sydney, Clemenger BBDO, DDB Sydney, DRAFTFCB, Euro RSCG, FBI Recruitment, Fallon London, JWT, George Patterson Y&R Sydney, Leo Burnett, Lowe Sydney, Mark Sydney, M&C Saatchi, News Limited, Publicis Mojo Sydney, SOAP Creative, Saatchi & Saatchi, The Furnace, The Brand Shop, The Glue Society, The Works Sydney & Whybin TBWA TEQUILA\ Sydney

News Limited AWARD School will host its Melbourne Graduation party on August 13th, 2009. For further information, including registration for the 2010 program, contact Hannah at AWARD on +61 2 9699 2999 or Hannah@awardonline.com

Top right pic: AWARD School heads Rebecca Carrasco & Paul Bruce, News Limited speaker Garth Agius, AWARD Chairman Richard Maddocks with top 10 students – Rebecca Alperstein, Oliver Beeston, Tom Gibson, Simone Parravicini, Erwin Santoso, Andy Wallace, Michael Widgery, Fiona Cox and Joshua Fraser.