Alumni Achievements

Hannah Benhassine (Class of 2022)

Congratulations to Hannah Benhassine (Class of 2022), who has been awarded the Charles Allan Seymour Hawker Scholarship 2023. 

Hannah is enrolled in Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of International Relations degrees at ANU and is residing at Burgmann College. The residential scholarship is valued at up to $60,000 over three years. The Charles Allan Seymour Hawker Scholarship is one of Australia's most generous privately funded scholarships available to undergraduate and postgraduate students.

From the C.A.S Hawker Scholarship:

Miss Hannah Benhassine is a special, gifted, and caring student. She is a student leader, academically brilliant and greatly respected by her peers and seniors. Her interests are broad and inclusive. They range from politics and international relations to sustainability.

Hannah shone during her six years at Melbourne Girls’ College. Her list of academic and extra-curricular achievements is impressive. 

Hannah was a recipient of the French Academic Excellence Award in 2021 and 2022, the Global Politics Academic Excellence Award in 2022, and the English Academic Excellence Award 2020. Her ATAR was 99.55.

In her final year at MGC, Hannah was selected as one of the College captains, the pinnacle of the College leadership program. She is thoughtful, articulate, inspiring person, and a role model for her generation. 

In 2023, Hannah participated in the Model UN Evatt Debating Competition, the Model UN in French, and as an invited audience member in an ABC’s Q & A program. 

Hannah’s interest in international relations, current affairs, diversity, and identity has been a thread across her studies and her leadership roles at Melbourne Girls’ College. Hannah Benhassine has already and will continue to make a difference. Her career goal is to pursue her passion for international relations, advocacy and diplomacy.

Isabelle Carney (Class of 2018)

Comedian Shaun Micallef has praised Isabelle Carney, the college’s 2018 Dux and school captain, for Isabelle’s show at the 2023 Melbourne Comedy Festival.

To see what Shaun Micallef said about the show that Isabelle wrote and is performing in, click here to view Isabelle’s Linkedin page.