OLD GUILDFORDIANS
SC Yip Study Scholarship for Old Guildfordians
Cassius Hynam, the inaugural winner of the SC Yip Study
Scholarship, is photographed here in Melbourne’s Docklands.
The 2016 Captain of School, Cassius Hynam (Be 2011-2016) is
the first Old Guildfordian selected for a new scholarship to support
young leavers as they embark on their tertiary course or training.
Made possible by a generous donation from SC Yip (SG 1961-1962),
who currently resides in Malaysia, the SC Yip Study Scholarship
for Old Guildfordians will provide each recipient with $1,000 to
better equip themselves with appropriate study equipment, such as
a laptop, stationary or books, to aid them with their new tertiary
course or training.
The focus of this scholarship is different from others in that it aims
to reward Life Members of the Association that are of exceptional
character and who have a tremendous work ethic, and does not
place any importance on raw academic ability. To select the recipient
at the conclusion of the academic year, each Head of House will
nominate one departing Year 12 student from their house that
best embraces the School’s values of excellence, respect, integrity,
spirituality, teamwork and compassion. The next step is to rank each
nominee based on their combined effort score (EPA) from the entire
Year 12 Academic Year. The most highly ranked member will then
be declared the scholarship winner.
Cassius Hynam is an exceptional individual. His EPA score was
a perfect 3.0, so it is no surprise that Cassius was rewarded for
his tremendous hard work by being announced the 2016 Dux of
School. Now at the University of Melbourne studying a Bachelor of
Arts, Cassius is planning on majoring in Politics and International
Relations, and Economics, with a concurrent diploma in Chinese
Language. He is currently living at Queen’s College (one of
the University’s residential colleges) where he also received the
Macartney Faculty of Arts Entrance Scholarship, which comes with a
small remission of fees, and is awarded to an Arts student entering
the college “showing academic promise”. Cassius is thoroughly
enjoying life in Melbourne and has been actively involved with the
college thus far, with a highlight being winning the college cricket
competition, among other things.
At the time of writing Cassius was still deciding how to use the
Scholarship, but he is considering putting it toward a language
course to complement the international focus of his undergraduate
courses.
We offer Cassius our congratulations and wish him well with his
studies.
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