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2023 Professorial promotions announced
In the most recent promotion round, 18 Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa Massey University staff were promoted to Professor and 25 to Associate Professor. The promotions will take effect from 1 January 2024.
Nominations open for Quote of the Year
The quest is on for New Zealand’s best quote of 2023. Will it be the rallying cry “Up the wahs”? Or Christopher Luxon’s encouragement to “have more babies”? Or a zinger from the controversial Bird of the Century competition?
First Pacific Clinical Psychology graduate hopes to encourage other Pacific scholars
Dr Rochelle Nafatali last week became Massey’s first Pacific Doctor of Clinical Psychology graduate. She hopes to play a part in encouraging other Pacific scholars to take their place in psychology.
Defying odds and striving for a brighter future
After growing up in a remote village in Myanmar, Dr Kyan Htoo was the first in his family to graduate from university. Today, he also became the first to obtain a PhD.
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2023 Professorial promotions announced
In the most recent promotion round, 18 Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa Massey University staff were promoted to Professor and 25 to Associate Professor. The promotions will take effect from 1 January 2024.
National Academy of Screen Arts partners with New Zealand Youth Film Festival
The partnership will help to foster relationships with future film makers.
Massey Business School shines in latest Shanghai Rankings
Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa Massey University’s communication, agriculture and economics programmes have risen in the most recently published Shanghai Rankings.
Staff celebrate their success at Manawatū graduation
Nineteen Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa staff members were among the 469 people who graduated this week at the Manawatū ceremonies.
Conversations That Count – Ngā Kōrero Whai Take
Conversations That Count – Ngā Kōrero Whai Take is a mixed media, podcast, editorial and event series brought to you by Massey University in partnership with The Spinoff. It provides a platform for the university and community experts to share their thoughts on how to overcome some of New Zealand’s biggest challenges.
Research news
Celebrating academic milestones: Associate Professor takes pride in the graduation of her PhD protégés
Associate Professor Lara Matia-Merino saw all four of her PhD students graduate last week in the College of Sciences ceremony, each specialising in a diverse topic within Food technology.
Whenua haumanu – nurturing the land through exploring pastoral farming
Strong local and national interest in regenerative farming saw close to 200 people attending an on-farm field day on 28 November, the largest turnout for a farm event at Massey University in 20 years.
Transforming Wellington the aim of new field guide
A field guide to transforming Wellington into a sustainable place of wellbeing for people and the environment is being produced by the School of People, Environment and Planning.
Research explores physiological effects of dietary water in cats
For her doctoral research, Dr Margreet Hekman studied cats fed high and low moisture diets. She found that low moisture diets led to lower water intake, higher urine concentration and higher after-meal plasma and vasopressin concentrations.
Student success news
National Academy of Screen Arts partners with New Zealand Youth Film Festival
The partnership will help to foster relationships with future film makers.
A degree 13 years in the making
After a rough start to tertiary study and a long break in the middle, Brian Toleafoa graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Palmerston North last week.
Graduate grows green thumb to plant a stronger future
Working on ancestral land and engaging in mātauranga workshops inspired Bede Meredith, Te Aitanga a Mahaki, Rongowhakaata, Te Whānau a Kai, to swap his keyboard for gardening gloves to improve the foundations of our whenua.
Nursing student recognised for generosity of spirit
First year Bachelor of Nursing student Meg Higgs has been awarded the Jodee Redmond Memorial Award for 2023.
Opinion and features
Serving up nutritional education to help communities in need
Student dietitians are working closely with schools in South Auckland to teach young adults about nutrition, cooking and healthy eating.
Opinion: Comics offer divergent ways of thinking about and knowing dyslexic experiences
By Dr Ruth Gibbons.
Opinion: Initiatives to support neurodivergent students and staff
By Dr Kathryn McGuigan.
Opinion: Leaning into the Five Ways to Wellbeing this Mental Health Awareness Week
By Associate Professor Kirsty Ross.
Awards and appointments
Social Work students commended for their leadership legacy
Bec Hancock and Tracy Edwards have been named this year’s recipients of two esteemed awards for fourth-year Bachelor of Social Work students.
Professor Mohan Dutta receives award for applied communication scholarship
Professor Dutta has been announced as the 2023 recipient of the National Communication Association’s Gerald M Phillips Award.
Professor Regan Potangaroa recognised for a career committed to people
Professor Regan Potangaroa, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa, has been awarded the Te Rangaunua Hiranga Māori Award by the Royal Society Te Apārangi.
Massey Business School Senior Lecturer recognised with teaching award
School of Accountancy Senior Lecturer Dr Fawad Ahmad has won the MYOB Educator of the Year award.
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Celebrating academic milestones: Associate Professor takes pride in the graduation of her PhD protégés
Associate Professor Lara Matia-Merino saw all four of her PhD students graduate last week in the College of Sciences ceremony, each specialising in a diverse topic within Food technology.
Social Work students commended for their leadership legacy
Bec Hancock and Tracy Edwards have been named this year’s recipients of two esteemed awards for fourth-year Bachelor of Social Work students.
2023 Professorial promotions announced
In the most recent promotion round, 18 Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa Massey University staff were promoted to Professor and 25 to Associate Professor. The promotions will take effect from 1 January 2024.
Whenua haumanu – nurturing the land through exploring pastoral farming
Strong local and national interest in regenerative farming saw close to 200 people attending an on-farm field day on 28 November, the largest turnout for a farm event at Massey University in 20 years.
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