4 January 2002 Lincoln degrees internationally portable

You'll find them here, you'll find them there, from Azerbaijan to Leicester Square. It's true – they're working the world over. Lincoln University graduates.

To prove it, here's a brief list of examples from the "Here and There" column in the latest Lincoln University Alumni News –

• Kirsty Burnett, Bachelor of Agricultural Science, has worked for the past nine years for the United Nations. Cambodia, Yemen, Kazakhstan and now Azerbaijan have all been "home" during that time. Expects to be in Baku, capital of Azerbaijan on the west coast of the Caspian Sea for another year.
• Kerry Armstrong, Bachelor of Social Science, based in Manila, The Philippines, managing the Learning Energy (NZ) Ltd contract to Shell Philippines Exploration (SPEX) for the development and implementation of the Shell Malampaya Competence Management Framework. As the 'Competence Manager' for SPEX, Kerry has been responsible for the fulfilment of both the technical milestones of the contract and the overall transition of the framework and delivery to SPEX expectations. Her focus has been customer relationship management, communication, reporting, resource coordination and project management to meet a complete outcome. The ultimate aim has been to develop SPEX's capacity to self-manage the competency process.
• Matt Sexton, Postgraduate Diploma in Commerce, from a stalwart hooking role with Canterbury rugby teams over numerous seasons and most recently an appointment with the NZ Academy of Sport as Athlete Career and Education Manager, he is now in Northern Ireland on a two­ and-a-half year contract with the Irish Rugby Union. Matt will be playing for Ulster and helping with player development and technical advice to young team members.
• Renee Lambert, Bachelor of Landscape Architecture. From her job as reserve management planner and landscape architect with Waitakere City Council, Renee has been in the United Kingdom and the United States on a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellowship. While overseas she gathered design information about open space development in urban areas and the integration of stormwater detention projects and the processes of community consultation and involvement in park and reserve design. At an international conference in London (not all that far from Leicester Square!) she spoke on ecological restoration and community design.
• David Oliver, Bachelor of Commerce (Agricultural). Has been based in Beijing and Hong Kong for the past five years and recently organised a fund-raising bike ride into Eastern Tibet! Working with KhamAid, an organisation which undertakes educational, health, environmental and cultural preservation work among the people of the Kham region, David organised the charity bike ride to raise money and in-kind donations to help the Kham people. The bike riders – two Kiwis, an Aussie, an American and an Irishman – set themselves a target of $(US)100,000. They plan to make the 600-kilometre ride an annual fund-raising event.

Ian Collins, Journalist, Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand.