Saint Stephen's College educates for the future, not just the present.

Candice Ong, the recipient of Saint Stephen’s Bond University Collegiate Scholarship for 2007, has more than lived up to her potential, completing a double degree and securing a career with IBM in less than three years.

Candice Ong was one of our stand-out year 12 graduates in 2006 who chose to utilize her Collegiate Scholarship to study a Bachelor of Information and Bachelor of Business concurrently.

Tackling such a demanding academic workload proved to be no problem for this star performer. Candice was named on the Dean’s List for Academic Excellence in three separate semesters, the Vice-Chancellor’s List in one semester and, in 2008 and 2009, won the Peter Poole Book Prize as the student with the highest grade point average in a combined IT degree.

In her final year at Bond, Candice undertook a three-month programming internship with Austar and a software engineering internship with the Gold Coast City Council, gaining practical workplace experience before applying for graduate positions.