Eden van Twest (2023) is the 2025 recipient of the Lamont Scholarship. 

Eden, who is in her second year of a Bachelor of Radiography and Medical Imaging (Honours) degree at Monash University, will use the scholarship to help fund a two-month placement which is a key requirement for her course. Half of the placement will be completed in Ballarat.

This scholarship will also help alleviate some financial pressures. “I am currently working three part time jobs so this will allow me to spend more time focusing on study and my academic and professional goals.”

A PLC student for 14 years, Eden says PLC’s Science Department played a key role in determining her career choice. “The PLC Science Department inspired me to pursue my passion for science as a career, in particular my Year 7 science teacher Mrs Speedy and my year 12 Physics teacher Mr Vander Pal.

I hope to inspire other girls to pursue their passion and grow into women in STEM, just like so many other amazing PLC graduates before me.”

The Lamont scholarship was established in 1994 through a bequest from Annie Elizabeth Lamont who, along with her sister Jean and cousin Doris, were former students of PLC Perth. The scholarship is designed to support PLC Melbourne Old Collegians in continuing their post-secondary studies and advancing their academic education.