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As coordinator and counsellor of Community Services at Peninsula, Sue Newman brings both passion and sensitivity to her work.
Born in Melbourne, Sue was instilled with a strong sense of community by her parents, who migrated from Austria before the Second World War.
After studying social work and psychology, one of her first projects was working with children, facilitating their transition from institutionalised to community care. This sparked her interest in the education field, in which she has worked as a counsellor now for more than 30 years.
She has been at Monash for 13 years, where her duties include counselling students and staff, coordinating student services, initiating student and staff mentor schemes, and being involved in mediation and conflict resolution. She says her work gives her the opportunity to be involved in the university "at a structural level and with people at a personal level".
Sue's career at Monash has also enabled her to travel widely, including a one-year exchange program with Henley College in the UK and through the Caroline Chisholm award she won several years ago.
Her community involvement extends off campus as well, and she is a volunteer with B'nai Brith, a group which initiates and organises assistance programs for members of Melbourne's Jewish community.
In her spare time, Sue enjoys walking and meeting friends for coffee. She has three grown children.
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