Ms Melissa Suckley, Flinders Living’s Associate Dean (Village), received the Joe Massingham Meritorious Service Award from the Australasian Association of College and University Housing Officers (AACUHO) at the association’s annual conference being held in Sydney this week.

Dr Joe Massingham (former Master of Wright College at the University of New England) was the founder of AAUCHO and its first Life Member. The Meritorious Service Award named in his honour recognises a person who has given long and valuable service to the advancement of the Association. It recognises those who give of their time and efforts for no reward other than the knowledge that they have assisted in the advancement of the Association, its goals and objectives