The Eamon Molloy Memorial Scholarship

This scholarship was established in 2010 from donations received from former overseas students in
memory of Eamon Mark Paul Molloy QSM

Eamon Molloy was born in Reefton in 1928, to an Irish Mother, Margaret Mary, and a New Zealand
born (Irish-descent) father, Patrick Joseph Molloy. He became a very committed Catholic who lived
and believed the words of Christ. It was this background that led Eamon to devote his life towards
helping others.

Eamon was very active in the St Vincent de Paul Society at various levels, through which he reached
out to assist the disadvantaged. In the 1960s, he started to support many foreign students and
migrants. He helped them to settle in New Zealand by finding them permanent accommodation,
and introducing them into the New Zealand way of life. He was a guardian to many overseas
students and oversaw their overall welfare in Christchurch. He was also instrumental in setting up
orientation programmes for overseas students in the 1970s. From the late 1960s and 1970s he acted
as an advisor to the Canterbury Malaysian & Singaporean Student Association. He helped many
Indo-Chinese refugees arriving in New Zealand in locating their families in refugee camps
and worked hard to get them united, often fighting bureaucracies and red-tape, spending days
researching and writing letters. Right up to his 80s, he was still active in extending a welcome to
many people of the ethnic minority.

Eamon passed away in his sleep in November 2009, after over 50 years of service to the community
and especially the ethnic communities. Just before he died he received the Queen’s Service Medal.
The funds from this scholarship came from contributions from all those whose lives Eamon touched,
and who wanted his memory to live on in a special way.

1. The scholarship shall be known as the Eamon Molloy Memorial scholarship.

2. The scholarship shall be awarded annually at the beginning of the University year, to a full
fee paying international student from the South East Asia region including India and China.
He/she must be enrolling full time at the University of Canterbury in his/her second year of
study of any discipline. The recipient must have completed the first year of their
undergraduate degree programme at the University of Canterbury.

3. The scholarships shall be awarded by the University Council on the recommendation of a

selection committee comprising:

a) a representative of Boon Keat Ngau

b) A representative of the Molloy family
c) A representative of the donors
d) A representative of the UC Foundation

4. In recommending an award the selection committee shall take into account:

a) Academic merit of the candidate’s first year of study, including grade average and total
number of points
 b) Demonstrated that financial assistance is needed to enable the student to come to UC.
c) Leadership and personal qualities indicating the candidate’s potential to be a success in
life, as demonstrated in a personal statement describing their attributes, achievements
and ambitions

5. The selection committee will interview a final short list of candidates.

6. The scholarship will contribute to the cost of the recipients’ tuition fees and compulsory
charges. The scholarship may not be held with any other scholarship or award that
comprises payment of tuition fees.

7. The selection committee is not obliged to make an award if in any year there is no candidate
of sufficient merit.

8. The selection committee may make more than one award in any given year if finances and
need of applicants warrants this.

9. The Academic Board has the power to terminate or suspend the scholarship if it receives an
unsatisfactory report on the progress of a recipient from the relevant Head of Department.

10. Applications for the scholarship should be submitted to the Scholarships Office, University of
Canterbury by 5:00 pm on 31 January.

NOTE: The value of the scholarship shall be determined and published approximately three
months in advance of the application closing date in the year prior to the tenure of the award.

Ref: 5075/5/142

August 2010