Two Home Hill State High School students have returned to the region with a clearer vision of what their futures hold after attending the University of Queensland’s (UQ) Young ChangeMakers program.
Maliq Ogomeni and Jacob Machin, who both completed year 11 this year, attended the four-day program in Brisbane last week, providing them with an immersive university experience highlighting different study areas and life as a UQ student.
“The program is about young people that are doing well in school to see what uni life is like and see what they can do at UQ,” said Maliq.
“We learnt about the uni experience, what we can do to get in, what courses we can do and how it opens up to more things, but it was also about connecting with the people around you.”
Maliq and Jacob were accepted into the program after a lengthy application process and said it good to connect with over 200 other participants.
“I’ve always been looking at UQ for after high school, so I thought it’d be a good introduction to the uni and get my name in the ring,” said Jacob.
“I knew there’d be likeminded people going so it was good to meet up with other people with the same interests from all around the country.”
“Brisbane’s huge and UQ’s the most prestigious university in Queensland, so I wanted to go to get the experience of being surrounded by likeminded people,” added Maliq.
Across the four days, participants attended lectures, heard from guest speakers, took part in workshops and explored career expos.
The final night involved a gala dinner and disco where Maliq performed a song with a fellow student he’d met at the program.
Both Maliq and Jacob are excited yet nervous to enter their senior years next year but said the program gave them a clearer idea of what they hope to achieve after finishing school.
Jacob hopes to pursue either a degree in Architecture or Design in the future and Maliq hopes to pursue a dual degree in Mechanical Engineering and Law.
The pair couldn’t speak highly enough about the program.
“If you get the opportunity, definitely pursue it, because the Young Chamgemakers Program is good as,” said Jacob.
Jacob Machin and Maliq Ogomeni
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