Recruitment and Retention
Academic Prizes
SOLGM is allocating Academic Prizes in seven universities throughout New Zealand on specific papers that are related to key areas in local government. The SOLGM/Local Government Careers Prize for Excellence is usually given to a student or a group of students who achieve outstanding marks in the identified paper.
The Academic Prizes are given each year and no additional work beyond normal academic requirements is needed to win the prize.
The 2008/2009 Academic Prizes are given at the following universities:
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Student/s achieving outstanding grades in CIVIL 360 and CIVIL 361 | Awarded to Sylvie Adelaide Gillman Myers and Christopher Bryan Leyland |
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AUT |
Student with best marks in Iwi Resource Management Paper |
Awarded to Nomana Anaru |
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University of Otago |
Student who excelled in Environmental Law in their penultimate year |
Awarded to Kate Woods |
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University of Canterbury |
Student/s with best marks overall in Part Three Infrastructure Engingeering paper ENC 1363 |
TBC |
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Massey University |
Student excelling in Science and Technology paper |
TBC |
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Victoria University of Wellington |
Student who excel in Public Policy in their penultimate year |
Awarded to Jehan Casinader |
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Waikato University |
Student who excel in Environmental Monitoring Paper |
TBC |
Lincoln University Landscape Architecture Group
SOLGM/People Shaping Progress was a principal sponsor of the Emergence Exhibition -- an exhibition of the 2009 graduating students of the Bachelor and Masters of Landscape Architecture.
The opening night was held on 12 November at the Te Puna o Waiwhetu, the prestigious Christchurch Art Gallery, Executive Committee Member Paul Davey was there along with colleagues from Selwyn District Council -- Anne Greenup, Strategic Asset Manager and Derek Hayes, the Council’s Landscape Architect, to represent SOLGM and the rest of the local government sector.
In his speech, Paul reinforced the great work of local government in shaping the community. Local government is the custodian of its communities and they rely on our talent and skills to ensure that they have spaces that will give them a better place to live, work, and play.
Paul pointed out that all the projects exhibited at the gallery have something to do with communities and with local government.
SOLGM/People Shaping Progress has been a principal sponsor of the exhibition for two years now.