On Friday night (13 May 2022), many achievements of NSW/ACT Youths were celebrated at the 7NEWS Young Achiever Awards. TCM staff and students joined a table at the event to celebrate the occasion.

Christine Yen, a student in the Bachelor of Chinese Medicine Course was one of the Semi-Finalists in the category of Spirit Super Create Change Award. She was awarded for her contributions to encouraging open communication amongst her peers at Western and to establishing the WestSydU TCM Student's Association. She further expanded her initiative to create opportunities for students to actively engage with the community after being involved in the 2019 Millennium Fellowship, a partnership initiative between United Nations Academic Impact and the Millennium Campus Network (MCN), the featured article on UN newsletter is accessible .

Christine is an all-around high achieving student. Our staff and her fellow students take pride in her achievements! Christine's mum who is a Chinese medicine practitioner made her special trip from Singapore to Sydney to join the big celebrations for her proud daughter on behalf of her family!