Student stories
A quick step into nursing with an online degree: Meet Michelle
As a busy mum and trained dancer, Michelle never dreamed that a different career would be possible. But CDU changed all that. Waltzing through a flexible online nursing degree, she's now dancing to a different tune working as a nurse.
Read moreNorlisha's pathway to Indigenous health research
Norlisha had been working in health research for several years, with the thought of study always at the back of her mind. Not knowing how or where to start, Norlisha says it took quite a while to take that first step. Then, she discovered CDU's First Nations Introduction to University Program.
Osheen is drawn to illustration like a moth to a flame
Osheen has followed a life-long love for illustration to CDU where he is studying a Certificate IV in Visual Arts in the hopes of becoming a professional comic artist.
Maddy found her calling on the ski slopes of Japan
Sometimes career inspiration strikes in the unlikeliest of places. After a couple of false starts at uni, it was finding a job as a ski instructor that encouraged Maddy move to the tropics to become a primary school teacher.
Georgie's exploring new territory as an electrician apprentice
Before she became an award-winning electrician apprentice in Alice Springs, Georgie was living in bustling Melbourne and working in the arts. Georgie couldn’t be happier with her new life in the Territory, challenging herself with new skills and a whole new profession.
Studying on the sidelines: Meet AFLW star Dominique
Dominique maintains her deep connection to the Territory while kicking goals as an up-and-coming AFLW star in Melbourne. Thanks to CDU’s Elite Athlete Support Program and flexible, online learning, she can chip away at her other dream of becoming an occupational therapist in her spare time.
The ultimate CDU experience: Courtney's story
If university is a chocolate box, Courtney did her best to sample every flavour of CDU. She studied on campus when living in Darwin, studied online when interstate, studied abroad in Norway for the experience of a lifetime, and even picked up an internship as a student that helped her hit the ground running in her career.
Taylor's got her career down to a fine art
Born and raised in the Territory, Taylor has always been torn between two worlds: art and the environment. Thanks to the flexibility of her degree at CDU, she’s got the work-life-study balance down to an art.
Student, savvy entrepreneur, survivor: Meet Tarek
A road trip from New South Wales to the Northern Territory, a commerce degree at Charles Darwin University, a miraculous recovery from a plane crash, starting his own company – Tarek’s inspiring story has it all.
Teegan's giving a voice to the Territory
Whether it’s sport, speech pathology or her beloved Territory, Teegan uses her many talents to amplify the voices of others.