SWAGºÏ¼¯

Ben Gill is a passionate champion for wellbeing on the University campus and has consistently advocated in areas such as mental health, LGBTIQ rights and non-residential student engagement.

He has been an excellent mentor and has been described as an exceptional leader and a beacon of positivity on campus.

Ben has had a range of experiences over the past few years. He went to Peru in 2011 to teach English and other subjects in a rural primary school.

In 2014, Ben successfully juggled his studies and volunteered in a myriad of organisations, making it a very busy year.

Later he coordinated the Get Up & Go program managed by the SWAGºÏ¼¯Counselling Centre, a peer support walking program to increase the wellbeing and mental health of students.

He was also SWAGºÏ¼¯Queer Officer, an elected student representative whose role is to further the interests of Queer-identifying students at ANU.

In 2015 and 2016, he was President of the Australian National University Students' Association (ANUSA).

Ben helped make the University a safer place to work and study with the introduction of the ANUOK app.

He was a key driving force in hosting a very successful mental health round table with high-profile national speakers.

Ben represented SWAGºÏ¼¯at the International Association for Youth Mental Health (IAYMH) held in Montreal, Canada as a youth delegate and chaired a number of sessions.

He wrote his Engineering Honours thesis on the design of smart-phone applications as a tool to improve the efficiency of the youth mental health sector. He graduated in 2016.