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Golden Key Spotlight: Ryan Kungl

As the sole Founder and Director of Clinics For Kids (CFK), I am proud to have grown CFK to include more than 20 professionals and health students. This includes researchers, doctors, medical students, dentists, dental students, optometrists, and nurses, including 4 Aboriginal Australian members. At

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Golden Key Spotlight: Gabriele Angelo Ciminelli

Aloha. My full name is Gabriele Angelo Ciminelli and it has given people enormous trouble over the years! Though it might be a name that sounds like it is from the renaissance era, I can assure you I do love my name. To make things happier

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Golden Key Spotlight: Michael A. Cowling

Perhaps the truest sign of real passion is what someone chooses to focus on whilst facing a life-threatening illness. My name is Michael Cowling, and I joined Golden Key in 1997, having been invited during the first year of my Bachelor of Information Technology degree

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Golden Key Spotlight: Claire Baxter

It’s not uncommon for students to take a study abroad year. It’s just that I was 37 when I took mine. I completed my first bachelor’s degree in 2001, joining Golden Key at that time, and then completed a second bachelor’s degree part-time by distance

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Get to know the CEO: Melissa Leitzell

Golden Key is proud to introduce our very own Chief Executive Officer, Melissa Leitzell. Melissa has been working at Golden Key for 13 years. She started working at Golden Key as the Vice President in 2009 and was promoted to CEO in 2019.  “As a

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GK Scholarships: Krisantha Moodley

Golden Key is delighted to introduce Krisantha Moodley, one of Golden Key’s 2020 Outstanding Member Award winners. Krisantha earned her Bachelor’s in Education from the University of Kwa-zulu Natal in 2015. She has proudly been teaching in primary schools since 2016. “My emotions were elevated,

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GK Scholarships: Aqsa Salim

Golden Key is ecstatic to introduce Aqsa Salim, one of Golden Key’s 2020 Outstanding Member Award winners. Aqsa earned her Bachelor of Engineering from NED University of Engineering and Technology in 2016 and is working on her Masters of Engineering at Western Sydney University.  “Thank

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GK Scholarships 2021: Kieron Baart

Golden Key is happy to introduce Kieron Baart, one of Golden Key’s 2021 Undergrad Achievement Award winners. Kieron is a fourth-year Mechanical Engineering student at the University of Pretoria and plans to specialize in Aeronautics. “Receiving this award, especially in these uncertain times, humbles me

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