Scholarship awarded to Bundaberg High dux Indy Burt

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USC’s highest scholarship honour has been presented to Bundaberg State High School graduate Indy Burt.

Indy Burt scholarship at USC
Senior dux of Bundaberg State High School, Indy Burt, has been awarded a scholarship at USC. Source USC

The 17-year-old started a Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) at USC’s Sunshine Coast campus in February.

He was one of six high-achieving first-year students to be awarded Thompson Excellence Scholarships at a special ceremony on campus earlier this month.

Indy graduated last year as the senior dux of the school with an OP1 and will receive funding of $32,000 over the course of his four-year degree.

The scholarships are funded through a $5 million donation made to the university by Roy and Nola Thompson in 2015.

Indy, who plans to specialise in structural engineering when he graduates, said the funding support meant a lot to him.

“Not only is it an honour to be receiving the scholarship but it is the ultimate reward for all of the work I put into my senior schooling,” he said.

“The scholarship money will allow me to study at university without the worry of a substantial HECS debt, meaning that I am one step ahead when I enter the workforce in four years’ time.”