The Jeannie and Jakob Malmo Tertiary Scholarship is awarded each year to one Maffra Secondary College graduate.
The award is given to a student that displays exemplary school values and academic drive, and has a plan for how they will contribute back to their community in the future.
The award constitutes a sum of $30,000, an annual stipend of $10,000 for each year of a three-year university course.
This year’s recipient was Jazmin Powell.
Jazmin has attended Maffra Secondary College since Year 7, and has always demonstrated the school values of resilience, learning, community and respect.
She has consistently maintained a strong work ethic, and achieved excellent academic results while contributing to her school community and supporting others.
Her dream is to study Immunology at Monash University, with the long-term plan of contributing to medical research into novel cancer immunotherapies.
Deciding the scholarship recipient was a very challenging task for the panel, with many great applicants. They were all outstanding individuals with a diverse range of skills and dreams, and were all worthy candidates.
Jakob and Jeannie Malmo generously donate the money for this annual scholarship, which started in 2021.
Mr Malmo has a longstanding connection to Maffra Secondary College.
He was a student in the Last Form at the Maffra Higher Elementary School (1954) and was in the First Form 5 at the newly established Maffra High School (1955).
The teaching and training that he received during his time at Maffra enabled him to study at the University of Melbourne, and then the University of Sydney to complete a Bachelor of Veterinary Science degree.
Until his recent retirement, he practised as a cattle veterinarian in the Maffra area.
Ms Malmo had experience initially as a teacher, then as a primary school principal over a very long career.
It is this passion for education and their connection to Maffra that has driven their decision to continue supporting further education for one Year 12 student from the college each year.
