Cortney shares how an RMIT scholarship opened up opportunities and enabled her to fulfil her dreams.
For RMIT graduate Cortney Glass, receiving a scholarship allowed her to become the first person in her family to graduate from university. Cortney successfully graduated from RMIT with a Bachelor of Design (Communication Design). These life changing opportunities are only possible thanks to the support of our donors.
"I’m from Katherine in the Northern Territory, it’s a three-hour drive from Darwin and my mob are the Wardaman and Dagoman. When I first came to Melbourne at the age of 14, it was a complete culture shock, but it totally changed my outlook on life. At first it was so hard to move away from my family and friends, but it was worthwhile.
When I got to Uni, I really needed financial support to help me through and having had the access to a scholarship meant I could afford the books and other things I needed while living away from home.
I am the first person in my family to graduate from University, so for me, being awarded a scholarship is all about having the opportunity to be a role model for my siblings, cousins and other Indigenous people to inspire them to continue to grow and to develop, and just to be who they are."
Cortney shares about how an RMIT scholarship opened up opportunities and enabled her to fulfil her dreams.
Cortney shares about how an RMIT scholarship opened up opportunities and enabled her to fulfil her dreams.
AUDIO: Ambient music
TEXT ON SCREEN: RMIT logo.
VISUAL: Blonde-haired young women walks across Swanston Street to RMIT.
VOICEOVER: My name’s Cortney Glass.
VISUAL: RMIT Building 16, Storey Hall and Swanston Street.
VOICEOVER: I’m originally from Katherine in the Northern Territory.
VISUAL: Cortney Glass is being interviewed at the RMIT City Campus. She sits facing the camera.
CORTNEY GLASS SPEAKS: My mob are the Wardoman and Dagoman mob from up north.
VISUAL: Blonde-haired young women walks into Building 16, Storey Hall.
VOICEOVER: On the RMIT website I found out about the scholarship.
VISUAL: Young woman walks through RMIT City Campus, you can only see her legs.
VOICEOVER: I needed some support, financially, to help me through university.
VISUAL: Blonde-haired young women walks through Building 16, Storey Hall, admiring the architecture.
VOICEOVER: So I just applied for it online.
VISUAL: Cortney Glass is being interviewed at the RMIT City Campus. She sits facing the camera.
CORTNEY GLASS SPEAKS: I am the first person to graduate in my family.
VISUAL: RMIT students walk through New Academic Street.
VOICEOVER: The best thing that I can do is to be a role model…
VISUAL: Camera pans over RMIT’s Swanston Academic Building.
VOICEOVER: …to my family and other Indigenous people.
VISUAL: Cortney Glass is being interviewed at the RMIT City Campus. She sits facing the camera.
CORTNEY GLASS SPEAKS: It’s life-changing, and I hope to give back any way I can.
VISUAL: Screen fades to white.
TEXT ON SCREEN: Cortney successfully graduated from RMIT with a Bachelor of Design (Communication Design).
TEXT ON SCREEN: She now works in BT Financial Group’s Marketing team and has already received her first promotion.
TEXT ON SCREEN: Cortney is the first in her family to graduate from university.
TEXT ON SCREEN: These life changing opportunities are only possible thanks to the support of people like you.
TEXT ON SCREEN: Please donate to support RMIT scholarships – rmit.edu.au/supportscholarships
VISUAL: Screen fades to white.
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Acknowledgement of Country
RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business.