The Graduate Union Newsletter - September
2014
Welcome to the GU Collegiate, 2014 This Issue:
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Upcoming Events
The University of Melbourne Open Day September Monthly Luncheon - Mary Dalmau College Tables - Professor Glen Bowes Twilight Lecture - Red Horse Field Excursion - Sovereign Hill The GU Ball in October
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Feedback and Patronage Reciprocal Club Dr Robert William Gibson At Graduate House and News from Council Our Members 2014/ 2015 Summer/ Winter Conference or SchoolAccommodation Donate
GU Tastings and Twilight Lecture Review September Finance Seminar Women’s Forum Review August Luncheon Review
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University Sector News Innovations Resident News International Rotary Foundation
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Free Lectures at The University of Melbourne
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Upcoming Events We invite you, Members and non-members, to attend our upcoming events. AUGUST 2014 Tuesday, 26th
RESIDENTS’ MaG (MEET AND GREET) An opportunity for Resident and non-resident Members to meet over dinner and drinks to share collegial culture.
Saturday, 30th
INTRODUCTION TO FIRST AID Learn from Resident Member first-aiders about the the basic skills and importance of first aid.
from 6.30pm onwards Resident Members FREE Non-resident Members $15 2.00pm Resident Members FREE Non-residents GOLD COIN
SEPTEMBER 2014 Tuesday, 2nd
ITALIAN CONVERSATION DINNER 6.00pm Dine and speak Italian with an experienced teacher. Members $15 RSVP by the Monday prior. Non-members $22 Concession $20
Wednesday, 3rd
MONTHLY LUNCHEON We are honoured to welcome speaker Mary Dalmau who will present on The Printed Word’s Bright Future.
Wednesday, 3rd, CARD and QUIET BOARD GAME NIGHT 10th, 17th, 24th Bring your own group or join others to play bridge, Scrabble, chess or another quiet card or board game.
12.00noon for 12.30pm Resident Members $10 Non-resident Members $30 Concession $35 7.30pm to 10.00pm Members FREE Non-members Gold Coin
Friday, 5th
COLLEGE TABLE Join Professor Glenn Bowes over an informal lunch to discuss Medicine as a vocation: fact or fantasy?
Tuesday, 9th
RESIDENTS SPECIAL MORNING BREAKFAST Non-resident Members are welcome to join Resident Members for a hearty breakfast.
Friday, 12th
RESIDENTS’ MaG (MEET AND GREET) An opportunity for Resident and non-resident Members to meet over dinner and drinks to share collegial culture.
from 6.30pm onwards Resident Members FREE Non-resident Members $15
FRIDAY NIGHT DRINKS AND DINNER Come along and join Resident and non-resident Members for a convivial end-of-week drinks and meal.
6.00pm to 8.00pm Non-resident Members $15 General Public $20
Saturday, 13th
12.30pm All Members $10 Non-members $16 7.30am to 8.30am Resident Members FREE
DAY TRIP TO SOVEREIGN HILL IN BALLARAT 7.30am departure Choose between visiting Sovereign Hill to pan for gold Members $65 or Ballarat Wildlife Park to meet creatures of the bush. Non-members $85 Note: Food and beverages not included
Wednesday, 17th WOMEN’S FORUM Join in robust discussion on The Values of Contemporary Society and stay for lunch if desired.
10.00am for 10.30am Forum is free Lunch at dining room prices
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SEPTEMBER 2014 (continued) Wednesday, 17th GU TASTINGS AND TWILIGHT LECTURE Come along and sample great tastings of food and wine along with Graduate House canapĂŠs and drinks, to be followed by a performance by Red Horse. Wednesday, 25th FINANCE INFORMATION SEMINAR Mr Peter Clark from DCA Advisory will present Risks and pitfalls with Wealth Creation. This session is the last in the series of Financial Seminar for 2014.
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The University of Melbourne Open Day Sunday, 17th August, 2014
University Square was busy and vibrant.
The Open Day steps.
Bill and Priya at The Graduate Union marquee.
Resident Julia Melanson advising graduates on where they could live and how they could meet others.
On Sunday the 17th of August the Graduate Union staff rose early to begin preparations for The University of Melbourne Open Day. Fortunately, Melbourne gave us perfect weather conditions. Our marquee was located on University Square (now referred to as the Community Life Precinct) with a display of our Live Learn Meet banners, and an abundance of information about our college, together with merchandise and application forms to join up. Manned from 10.00am to 4.00pm, staff and volunteers spoke to hundreds of prospective students, and accompanying parents, family and friends being sure to send them over to Graduate House for tea, coffee and cakes in the ‘Parent Pit Stop’ (the Phillip Law Members’ Lounge) and for the sausage sizzle outside 224 Leicester Street.
Eliah with GU bow tie giving the spiel.
Nelson, Diana and Marwa leading the Sausage Brigade!
It was our most successful Open Day yet, with over 250 Membership Packs and 500 limited edition Loyalty Cards being distributed, predominantly to the many parents who were already graduates and thus of potential for membership. Several tours were provided of the facility, resulting in expressions of interest for accommodation next year. The gold coin sausage sizzle sold out and the Parent Pit Stop was well received for those who had been released from ‘taxi duty’ by their charges. Many thanks to the many staff who came in on a Sunday as well as to resident volunteers Julia Melanson, who worked ALL day at the marquee, Stuart So and Tim Everson. We are also very grateful for the many hours of work by Life Member Rosie Maddick and her daughter Penelope. Thank you.
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Mary Dalmau The Printed Word’s Bright Future Mary Dalmau entered the book trade in 1977 while studying Librarianship at RMIT. General Manager of Reader’s Feast Bookstore, she served two terms as President of the Australian Booksellers Association and was shortlisted for the Telstra Business Woman of the Year in 1996 and for the Melbourne Business Awards in 2010. She is on the advisory committee for the Moreland City Libraries and speaks on the book trade to business, education, and government audiences. She is currently on the committee of the Collins Street Precinct. She opened Reader’s Feast in 1991. In 2011, Mary purchased the assets of Reader’s Feast and, with other shareholders, opened a new Reader’s Feast Bookstore under her own company. The new business began operating on 8th December 2011 in the iconic Melbourne Georges building on Collins Street. Mary was able to offer employment to the personnel who had worked with her over the 20 years at the previous business. She is now the Director and General Manager of Reader’s Feast (Vic) Pty Ltd. www.graduatehouse.com.au | ABN: 55610 664 963 | Incorporated Association Registration No. A0023234B
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The
Monthly Luncheon with
Mary Dalmau The Printed Word’s Bright Future September 3rd
Resident Members Non-Resident Members General Public Concession
12:00 Noon
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Dr Glenn Bowes MBBS PhD FRACP Topic : Medicine as a vocation: fact or fantasy? Glenn Bowes is currently Senior Associate Dean (Engagement) and a Professor in the Department of Paediatrics in the Faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health Sciences at the University of Melbourne. He is responsible for academic leadership and oversight of major advancement and engagement programs in the Faculty. Glenn completed his medical degree and PhD at Monash University and his postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Toronto. He was Director of Respiratory Services at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne in the 1980s. Glenn was recruited to Australia’s premiere children’s hospital, the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, in the early 1991 to establish the nation’s first clinical, academic program in youth health, the Centre for Adolescent Health, and become the inaugural Professor of Adolescent Health at the University of Melbourne. During 16 years at the Royal Children’s Hospital campus Glenn held a range of executive leadership roles including Chief Medical Officer, Executive Director and between 2002 & 2007 was Stevenson Professor of Paediatrics and Head of Department of Paediatrics. www.graduatehouse.com.au | ABN: 55610 664 963 | Incorporated Association Registration No. A0023234B
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The Graduate Union Presents
College Tables Medicine, Dentistr y and Health Science
College Tables are informal collegial lunchtime discussions on a ‘grand challenge’ issue in a graduate school field. The next College Table is in the fields of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences and will be held on September 5th. The Graduate Union College Table discussion will be led by Professor Glen Bowes, Senior Associate Dean (Engagement), Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne
12 noon for 12:30pm Usual Dining Room prices apply
at Graduate House September 5th
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RED HORSE You will be taken back in time by Red Horse, a Native American Indian who is a descendant of the Mescalero Apache Tribe, from the Southwest of North America. Many people believe that all Apaches came from the desert and the mountains. The Apache people were well known to be great fierce warriors, protecting their people and their lands. In fact there are seven Apache tribes, some of whom lived on the wind swept Southern Plains: the Mescalero, Lipan, Jicarilla and Kiowa Apache. They wore beaded fringed buckskin clothing, and war bonnets made of Golden Eagle feathers. They also lived in tipis as well as wickiups and hunted the buffalo. Red Horse teaches school children of all ages and all grade levels on sustainability via the indigenous Native American culture. This empowers them to make positive changes for the good of themselves, our future generations and the earth they live on.
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Lectures PRESENTS
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The Graduate Union Day Trip
SATURDAY, 13th SEPTEMBER
Meet at 7.30am at front reception Cost: $65 includes transport and entrance to - Sovereign Hill - OR Ballarat Wildlife Park Food and Drink not provided
Step back in time and experience the Australian gold Rush era. Explore the wonders of Ballarat, as well as Sovereign Hill, a replica of an old goldmining town, where you can: • • •
tour the underground mines ride a stagecoach pan for gold!
OR visit Ballarat Wildlife Park where you can: • •
meet creatures of the Australian bush if you dare, go near a crocodile at feeding time!
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17TH OCTOBER 2014 AT GRADUATE HOUSE
MAD HATTER HOUR (PRE-DRINKS)
7pm
Residents $10 (inclusive of meal) Non-Residents: no meal $15 / meal included $21 No BYO (Drinks at bar price) Booking essential by 10/10/14
Walk through Willy Wonka’s gates or climb down the rabbit hole for a night of pure imagination.
GOLDEN TICKET BALL (PARTY)
8pm till late
DINNER
6pm
8p.m - late
photo booth Candy Station
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King & queen of hearts will be crowned
No show-ups on night
Come dressed in a suit or cocktail dress with a splash of colour, or come dressed as a themed character from Willy Wonka or Alice in Wonderland.
Finger food provided
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clips from film piano performance
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graduate house ball
GU Tastings and Twilight Lecture Review Wednesday, 23rd July, 2014
Life Member George Markou toasting the new GU scarf and ties being displayed by Alex.
The Carlton Rotary display table with Council Member and Rotarian Keith Ryall (left), Rotary President Ian Ada and Scholars Michelle Heard and Tania Miletic.
Representatives from Di Giorgio Family Wines at GU Tastings.
Zac serving Resident Member Chanchal Chandramouli at the Nicholson Bakery table.
The Graduate Union extends gratitude to the organisations that provided wine, food and gustatory delights at GU Tastings held before and following the Twilight Lecture in July.
Rotarian Casey Tan, left, with Life Member, John Hulskamp enjoying canapés from the Graduate House kitchen.
Resident Members Mattias Björnmalm and Annelies Van de Ven enjoying tastings from Rockford Barossa.
Along with the tastings, members and guests also enjoyed pre-drinks and platters of canapés from the Graduate House kitchen. Additionally, Rotary Carlton had a table for all to learn more about their good causes and how to get involved; and House of Australia International also promoted a number of great travel ideas for graduates. The atmosphere of July’s GU Tastings in the Phillip Law Members’ Lounge and the dining room was vibrant and inspiring. Perhaps it was assisted by the great wine, great cakes and excellent information that were provided by these generous organisations who gave freely of their time, produce and knowledge.
Rita McCullagh is the winner of a sparkling merlot magnum from DiGiorgio We hope that this exposure will reap benefits Family Wines, Coonawarra and we look forward to welcoming them here in South Australia. again soon. www.graduatehouse.com.au | ABN: 55610 664 963 | Incorporated Association Registration No. A0023234B
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GU Tastings and Twilight Lecture Review Wednesday, 23rd July, 2014 artery, which when ruptured lead to bleeding in the brain) and tumours in the brain are difficult to treat. While ‘tying off ’ an aneurysm or removing a tumour, one small slip can lead to irreversible damage. Operations on the spine are similarly very challenging - if something goes wrong, the result is spinal cord damage and permanent paraplegia (paralysis of the lower half of the body and both legs) or quadriplegia (paralysis involving both arms and both legs), leading to a wheelchair bound future. On the one hand, yes, it is risky. On the other, it can save lives and prevent life long and severe disability.
For the Twilight Lecture in the Stillwell and Ian Potter Rooms, The Graduate Union was honoured to once again have our President, Major General Professor Jeffrey Rosenfeld as guest speaker for the evening. Many would remember the remarkable lecture that Professor Rosenfeld gave on Leadership during the 2011 Centenary year. For this July, 2014 occasion, Professor Rosenfeld’s lecture was entitled Being A Brain Surgeon: What is it like? Professor Rosenfeld began by acknowledging the sadness from many world fronts at that time, expressing his concern for the many who had been impacted by the Malaysia Airlines M17 disaster on the 17th July. The room joined Professor Rosenfeld in observing a moment of silence in respect of the victims and their families, friends and colleagues. Professor Rosenfeld then commenced the Twilight Lecture with the unassailable note that neurosurgery is not easy! There are risks involved. It can be complex; and when things go wrong, it can have dire consequences. Being a neurosurgeon is a tough game, and although it is a privileged role which can change lives, not all lives can be saved. Neurosurgeons hold peoples’ lives in their hands. The slightest move in the wrong direction while operating on a person’s brain can lead to paralysis. Aneurysms (excessive localised swellings in the walls of the
Taking us back to how he began his career, we learnt that Jeffrey graduated in 1976 from The University of Melbourne. He did a four year postgraduate MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery), now known as MD (Doctor of Medicine) and then six years as an intern at RMH (Royal Melbourne Hospital). He became interested in Surgery and after several years, became interested in pursuing Neurosurgery. However, his application was unsuccessful and he was additionally advised that he would probably do better to forget surgery altogether and focus on general practice! Not one to heed advice that did not concur with what he believed to be the opposite case, Jeffrey went on to become a fully qualified General Surgeon in Melbourne! After having worked in London and completing training at the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford in the United Kingdom, he was made Chief Resident in Neurological Surgery at The Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, USA. Jeffrey mentioned two key neurosurgeons who had inspired his career. One was Harvey Williams Cushing (1869-1939), an American who is known as the father of modern neurosurgery and who discovered an endocrinological syndrome caused by pituitary gland dysfunction and now known as Cushing’s Disease. The second inspirational neurosurgeon, Sir Hugh William Bell Cairns, had worked with Cushing at Harvard after
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having graduated from the University of Adelaide and working at the London Hospital in England. Sir Cairns is known for developing neurosurgery as a separate discipline of surgery, the formation of the University of Oxford Medical School, the treatment of head injuries in World War II and his insistence on the use of crash helmets for both military and civilian motorcyclists. Both Cushing and Cairns worked in times when there were no CAT scans (X-Ray Computed Tomography) or MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)! On his return to Australia in 1988, Jeffrey was appointed Consultant Neurosurgeon to the RMH and RCH (Royal Children’s Hospital). After undertaking directorship levels at both these hospitals he moved across the river and now heads up neurosurgery at the Alfred Hospital and at Monash University. Wanting to undertake research, to be challenged, to contribute meaningfully and to stretch the boundaries of neurosurgery he has successfully combined his clinical and investigative careers not an easy feat! Speaking to one of his most famous neurosurgical ‘inventions’, Jeffrey explained that children with a rare brain tumour known as hypothalamic hamartoma often had repeated and major epileptic seizures. Having become dissatisfied some years ago with the prevailing surgical approach of the time, he tried a much safer and more logical approach to removing the tumour by going deep into the brain between its two halves. The positive and some-wouldsay ‘miracle’ results led quickly to him refining this technique and thence performing surgery on children who arrived here in Australia from all over the world. Subsequently, he has been involved in establishing specialist neurosurgical units and training for this technique in other parts of the world.
use of therapeutic hypothermia (lowering the temperature of the body or a body part) in brain injury, and in the development of an implant in the occipital cortex of the brain for blindness. He has recently become the inaugural and founding Director of a new institute at Monash University which will be developing innovative medical engineering devices. Today, the process of selecting medical graduates for neurosurgery training in Australia is reassuringly comprehensive and one of the most rigorous in the world. Following three to four years of postgraduate study, potential trainees are subjected to reference checks, examinations on technical aspects and a series of interviews in which their personal attributes, particularly in relation to stress management, decision making and resilience, are tested. Compassion for people is another key attribute. Candidates are graded successively on a point scoring system. From the many who apply, only six or seven are selected each round to go on probation for a year or two before moving to more complex training program after having reached a certain skill set level. The Graduate Union extends gratitude to Professor Jeffrey Rosenfeld for a Twilight Lecture which was pronounced by many as amongst the most interesting and inspiring lectures that they had ever attended.
P.S. Carlton Rotary Club meets at Graduate House every Tuesday. A great believer in the motto “Service Above Self.”, Professor Rosenfeld was awarded Honorary Membership of Chadstone/East Malvern Rotary in June 2007. He is currently involved with ROMAC (Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for Children).
The next Twilight Lecture is on Wednesday, 17th Professor Rosenfeld has a keen interest September, 2014 at 6.30pm with Native American in developing specialist medical services, Red Horse presenting a Cultural experience: Storytelling, Dancing and Singing. See pages particularly neurosurgery, in the developing 10 and 11.
world. He has visited Papua New Guinea, Fiji and the Solomon Islands on several occasions GU Tastings will be before (5.30pm to 6.30pm) for the AusAid funded Pacific Islands Project and after (7.30pm to 8.30pm) the Twilight Lecture. At the time of going to print, we are pleased to (PIP) to perform neurosurgery and to teach. confirm tastings to be presented by Daintree He continues also to be at the forefront of Estate and Prancing Horse Estate. See opposite.
neurosurgery research. Currently, he is involved with major research collaborations on the
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The Women’s Forum Review The following are salient points discussed at the Belief in/Beware of Abstract Concepts forum on the 16th July.
“Abstract” is to do with ideas and qualities rather than physical realities.
Abstract concepts (e.g. fear, happiness, danger, etc) are nearly always relative to one’s personal experience, therefore the significance of each will differ from person to person.
If one’s yardstick for assessing an abstract situation is based only on personal experience it will be difficult (if not impossible) to recognise, appreciate and accept diversity in making decisions which affect other people (e.g. parents, teachers, politicians). The responsibility of people in such situations is to create an environment, based on known realities, which will enable those for whom they set boundaries to deal effectively both in the present and the future, with good and bad, pain and pleasure, success and failure – the sorts of abstract situations most of us will encounter throughout life.
One of life’s most valuable gifts (but one rarely, consciously taught) is the ability to conceptualise. This ability helps us to make sense of our own realities; to gain insights into different realities; it frees the mind and enables understanding of diversity; it facilities the ability to hope to plan effectively for an unknown future while dealing with the reality of the present.
The ancient Greek philosophers demonstrated this ability by breaking down the enormous concept of “love” into five separate and distinct categories - from “eros”, the all-consuming emotion associated with sexual attraction, to “pragma”, the mature and thoughtful love which is able to accept diversity and accommodate compromise, to “philautia” to self-love, which can be negative if it remains at the level of narcissism but can be hugely positive if it extends that capacity for understanding and acceptance of self, to others.
Finally, in any situation, there is always a choice – that choice relates to the way in which one deals with each situation in one’s mind. Many people who endured deprivation and cruelty at the hands of captors during war credit their survival and subsequent capacity to forgive and get on with life, to their ability to realise that hate destroys the hater so the hating must stop and their ability, during their time of trial, to conceptualise a better future.
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August Monthly Luncheon Review Wednesday, 6th August, 2014 ‘Research: you never know where it will take you’ was the title of the fascinating talk by Professor David de Kretser AC at our August Monthly Luncheon. The story he told was of how he and his colleagues had come to identify follistatin - a natural, nontoxic and biological protein - as a potential therapeutic. Follistatin was first isolated in pure form in 1987. This was the result of Professor de Kretser’s many years of work as a medical researcher in the fields of male reproductive biology and endocrinology. Follistatin was found to have a negative regulatory effect on follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) which stimulates egg and sperm production. As egg and sperm production increases, follistatin comes in to play, along with another group of negative regulators known as inhibins, and decreases FSH stimulation. By way of demonstrating how a research direction can shift serendipitously, Professor de Kretser outlined how a ‘failed’ experiment led his team from the field of endocrinology to the broad field of inflammation. The hypothesis tested with this experiment was that follistatin was produced predominantly in the gonad (that is, a testis or ovary). However, with removal of the gonads, levels of follistatin increased manyfold from about four hours after the surgery, returning to pre-surgery levels only at around forty hours post-surgery. After having undertaken a number of control experiments, David’s team eliminated ‘surgery’ as the reason for the follistatin spike and began a series of experiments to test levels of follistatin after acute inflammation had been induced (using a natural endotoxin called lipopolysaccharide). They found that levels of a protein complex known as ‘activin’ spiked early after induced inflammation and that a spike in follistatin levels occurred just afterwards and in conjunction with activin levels subsiding. With further investigation they determined a link between these spikes - follistatin was blocking the negative effects caused by the activin spike by decreasing potentially damaging, key pro-inflammatory cytokines such as TNF-a (Tumour necrosis factor alpha) and IL-1b (Interleukin-1 beta). Using survival graphs, Professor de Kretser showed that death from induced and naturally occurring inflammation occurred when activin increased unabated and over a certain threshold level. With administration of follistatin or with a natural and healthy follistatin response, survival
rates were improved significantly. Such results prompted investigation of the levels of activin in a number of different inflammatory situations. The results were consistent. Where there is inflammation there is activin, and when activin levels continue to be too high, the prognosis is less positive. In bone marrow, high levels of activin are associated with many fold (9-45) increases in damaging inflammatory metabolites. In rheumatoid (the inflammatory) arthritis, activin levels are more than three times higher than the activin levels in osteoarthritis (the ‘wear-and-tear’ type of joint damage). With the liver’s response to toxins, high activin levels lead to the release of damaging inflammatory metabolites. With increasing severity of heart failure, we find increasing levels of activin and damaging agents. Encouragingly and conversely, preliminary and worldwide research on the positive effects of follistatin on unabated inflammatory responses appears positive. For example, follistatin has been shown to reduce scar formation, fibrosis and cell death in liver fibrosis, fibrosis in induced lung injury, scar formation in the healing of wounds and inflammation of the gut. Professor de Kretser concluded this whirlwind tour of the delicate balance between activin and follistatin levels by indicating the potential for follistatin as a therapeutic for any condition which had an inflammatory response; and for Australia, through his research team and collaborations with manufacturers, to be front and centre with this developing industry. We wish him and his team all the best with this exciting work and hope that it receives due and proper levels of support.
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University Sector News A story that may be of interest to our Members
Tales of the Ivy League An Ivy League education can be tempting; there is a certain glitz and glamour to the whole process. Imagine those first few steps into your first year at Harvard University. The novelty overwhelms you as you walk through those hallowed halls intent on learning from some of the best minds in the business. Throughout those precious years of study you are presented with a prestigious qualification, a myriad of likeminded, like-financial companions and access to secret societies and clubs. Unless you are one of those academics who remains there, within the walls of the university, your university life ends there. But are you better educated than someone who has attended a non-Ivy League university? According to William Deresiewicz, you are not.
known as Sigma Alpha Epsilon. His descent into the murky, alcohol driven culture of fraternities led him to publish a book called “Confessions of an Ivy League Frat Boy”. After his experience, Lohse became an activist of sorts against the culture that surrounds these sorts of groups.
Deresiewicz writes on the lifestyle of the Ivy League education, commenting on education as a commodity, to be purchased by the highest bidder and not necessarily the hardest worker. This is perhaps best illustrated in the title of his latest book “Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life”. But this is no new argument, the Ivy League and the privatisation of education has long been under criticism for the price they put on university. What is perhaps more novel is the social aspect of the Ivy League that Deresiewicz discusses; later elaborated upon by two students who survived the Ivy League treatment, Andrew Lohse and Jeff Hobbs.
These are just two cases of the many dubious culture side effects of the Ivy League. Universities have always been, and may always be within their own little biomes; their secrets only uncovered after study of their populations, environment and other extraneous factors. But if more light was shined on the darker aspects of these incredibly exclusive education facilities, their may be no need for the doubt of Deresiewicz, the confession of Lohse or the tragic tale of Robert Peace.
Jeff Hobbs has a somewhat more distressing story. His book, “The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace” comments upon the life of Hobbs’ roommate and friend at Yale University. Peace found himself involved in a massive drug ring at Yale which is rumoured to have earned him more than US$100,000. Peace returned to his humble roots in New Jersey but continued his life as a dealer which ultimately led to his death in a tragic gang shooting.
For more information go to the following website: http://www.newsweek.com/ american-horror-ivy-league-edition-263448
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Innovations The very latest
Control Free, Free to Move The 21st century is not shy of a little robot action. From those that can show basic emotions to those that have (literal) motor control, these automotons have found their place in science and our imaginations. Up until now the consensus on robots was that they operated on behalf of their controller that is, the controller told the robot what to do and when. To an extent, this rule still applies, but barely.
that the robots understand and move accordingly when other robots are added to their swarm. The third and final distinct feature is that they are entirely durable in nature. If one of the tiny robots is under-performing, the others do not falter, or show any signs of failing their task. This means those individual robots that are unreliable don’t break the system the other robots are working so hard to maintain.
The sketchy gray shapes in the table above (cells B and D) are actually about a thousand tiny robots. The black shapes in table cells A and C are pre-programmed shapes designed to test the autonomy of the tiny gray robots. The robots, recognising the shape, move themselves, independent of the control of a central brain or remote controller, to form the shapes (as seen top right of this page).
These robot swarms have endless practical applications. Future research may lead to their use in disaster relief or environmental protection. Maybe one day, they will be used instead of the building materials we use today.
The tiny robots can manage this through three distinct features which make them particularly special in the robot world.
Until then, they make fantastic stars and “K”s. For more information, go to the following website: http://theconversation.com/thousand-robotswarm-assembles-itself-into-shapes-30548
The first is that they are decentralised. There is no brain or controller dictating where each individual robot goes at all. Each robot can recognise the shape, it’s role in the shape, and the robots surrounding it. This is done through an infrared sensor attached to the robot and through communication with its neighbour robots. The second distinct feature is that the entire system is scalable. Any number of tiny robots can be added to the mass without disrupting the overall function of the group. This also means www.graduatehouse.com.au | ABN: 55610 664 963 | Incorporated Association Registration No. A0023234B
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Resident News
Congratulations
and
a warm welcome to
“Our intention creates our reality.” - Wayne Dyer
the following resident members appointed as
Student Representatives Council Committees
The National Student Leadership Forum - 4th to 7th September
on
The Graduate Union congratulates Mattias Björnmalm and Annelies Van de Ven who have been nominated and supported by The Graduate Union to represent our College at the National Student Leadership Forum on Faith and Values in Canberra.
Membership & Marketing Committee
Hailing from Belgium and holding a Master of Arts (Ancient History and Archaeology, University of St Andrews), Annelies is undertaking a Middle Eastern Studies doctorate at The University of Melbourne. She is an outstanding contributor to college life on the Graduate House Resident Society and as Graduate Student Association liaison. Mattias holds a Master of Science in Engineering Nanoscience from Lund University, Sweden and is undertaking doctoral studies in biomolecular nanoscience at The University of Melbourne. He is one of our three Duty Residents and has been working tirelessly to establish a sustainable model for the Graduate Union College Groups.
Candice Tan
Wenjin Wang
Building & Facilities Committee
Huiting Wang
Thomas Morton
The Graduate Union Residents’ Fund Established in 2009, the Residents’ Fund is for the support of Resident Members, and to receive donations for such purpose. Members who have resided at Graduate House for at least 12 months may apply for limited financial support from the Residents’ Fund if experiencing severe financial difficulties or for the purposes of attending a learning experience to achieve a positive social or community impact towards environmental or social innovation and development in the not-for-profit sector and for generational leadership advancement. See the website for more details.
International Postgraduate Research Scholarship Funded by the Australian Government, The University of Melbourne is offering International Postgraduate Research Scholarships (IPRS) for international students to undertake a postgraduate research qualification in Australia and to gain experience with leading Australian researchers. The University usually awards 35 scholarships each round, the dates being: • Current round 1st July to 31st October, 2014. • Next round 1st November, 2014 to 31st May, 2015 Please inform undergraduates from other countries of these scholarship opportunities.
Juan Carlos Cerón is pictured at Graduate House 6th August, 2014 just prior to graduating
Wilson Hall as a Master Energy Systems from The University of Melbourne. We wish him all the very best in Ecuador at in
and look forward to working further with him on
Funding.
Crowd
The Next MaG (Meet and Greet) is on Tuesday, 26th August.
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Graduate House Resident Society Excursion, 19th July, 2014 AZTECS: An Epic Story of Life and Death
When an Indian dies, it's as though an entire library had died.
As a graduate student trained in the field of classical history, I instinctively associate stores of historical knowledge with the Library of Alexandria, the Library of Ashurbanipal or the Villa of the Papyri: literary texts stored away in endless stacks of tablets, scrolls or books that scholars sifted through in their quest to expand their understanding of the world. As a result of studying archaeology my definition of source material was expanded to ancient remains: artefacts or monuments that physically documented the cultures that created them, each a library of knowledge in its own right. What we ancient historians often forget, and what Fernando Benitez reminds us of in the quote above about indigenous Mexican culture, is that history is experienced, interpreted and recorded by people. The Aztec exhibit provided another such reminder, admittedly in a far more dramatic and colourful visual display. Though the exhibition relied strongly on the fame of the Aztecs’ artefactual remains and their reputation as a strictly-hierarchical warrior culture, it also put a great deal of effort into making Aztec culture accessible to the modern visitor. Many of their customs and practices, normally attributed to bloodlust and barbarism, are explained in terms of reverence to the gods and the preservation of human existence. Similarly the vast treasures of the Aztec rulers, often emphasized in literature and film, are shown not as decontextualised pieces of art but artefacts within a wider societal framework. This framework includes both the use of luxury objects as status symbols, upholding the status quo that lay at the core of Aztec social organisation, and as the product of Aztec society’s centrality in local trade thanks to a number of ingenious advancements in agricultural technology. However, the most impressive element of the exhibit for me was the last station: the fall of the Aztec Empire. In this final room, the curators were able to convey a deeper message about the difficulty of bringing together two distinct cultures with conflicting mind sets. Though the exhibit was in fact about the collision of cultures that occurred upon the arrival of the Spanish in Mexico in the 16th century, it can easily be understood as a meta-narrative about our own understanding of the Aztecs, or of any culture removed from us in time or space. The inclusion within this space of the narrative of Mexican independence and the lives of modern indigenous Mexicans shows the persistence of elements of Aztec culture to the modern day. Aztec culture is not displayed as something dead and defeated, it is living heritage not just in the objects that archaeologists have managed to uncover but through the people of Mexico. Note: The Aztecs exhibit ended on the 10th of August, however the permanent exhibit is also well worth a look. The 30th of August marks the beginning of Melbourne Museum’s next temporary exhibit WWI: Love and Sorrow to which we are planning a trip.
Annelies Van de Ven
Graduate Union College Groups Wonka’s Wonderland Ball, Friday, 17th October - see page 13 Mad Hatter Hour of pre-drinks begins at 7.00pm. The Gold Ticket Ball is from 8.00pm. The usual dinner for Resident Members (and non-residents who have booked ahead) is from 6.00pm. Help us on Saturday, 11th October at 10.30am for the construction of our wonderland. Thank you to De Bortoli Yarra Valley Estate for donating wine and to Lombard the Paper People for donating party decorations and providing us with a 10% discount for other purchases. First Aid - the basics and importance, Sunday, 30th August, 2.00pm. Resident Members and first aiders Chieh-yu (Jai) Chen and Mattias Björnmalm are providing a free introduction to first aid here at Graduate House. This is not intended as a certificated event but rather a general presentation about the basic skills and importance of first aid. Pot Luck Dinner, Saturday, 27th September. Bring a dish inspired by Melbourne Food trucks - anything from pizza to tacos to crème brûlée. www.graduatehouse.com.au | ABN: 55610 664 963 | Incorporated Association Registration No. A0023234B
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District 9800, which includes the Rotary Club of Carlton, is proud to have sponsored many successful applicants for the International Rotary Foundation Peace Scholar program. The stories below are from scholar Tania Miletic (with blue scarf) who went through the program some years ago with sponsorship from District 9800; and from scholar Michelle Heard who had been sponsored by a Rotary District in the United States of America. Michelle Heard I first heard about the Global Grant scholarship through a friend in Houston. I had just been accepted to the Executive Master of Arts program at The University of Melbourne and was sharing the good news with some friends when a prior Rotary Scholar told me about the opportunity and thought I would be a good fit. I applied for the global grant scholarship through the Rotary district in Houston, District 5890. I underwent the application and interview process and after being chosen for the scholarship through District 5890, I began the approval process with the Rotary Foundation and was officially awarded the scholarship. The Global Grant Scholarship program is for graduate-level academic studies in a foreign country supporting one of Rotary’s six areas of focus. These six areas of focus are: Peace and Conflict Prevention/Resolution, Disease Prevention and Treatment, Water and Sanitation, Maternal and Child Health, Basic Education and Literacy, and Economic and Community Development. While I enjoyed my career at KPMG and the financial benefits were significant, I always felt
an internal pull to use my abilities in an industry that would allow me to contribute to society as opposed to simply my bank account. I grew up in a military family through which I learned about the ripple effect of violent conflict from an early age. My Global Grant scholarship is through the focus area of Peace and Conflict Prevent/ Resolution which includes assisting vulnerable populations affected by conflict. I hope to use my current studies to work with refugees, one of the largest casualties of violent conflict, to aid their resettlement and employment opportunities, and raise awareness regarding social issues they face. Rotary’s mission statement is “service above self ” – if that message resonates with someone, they are passionate about learning about and serving through Rotary, and their interests are within one of Rotary’s six areas of focus, I would definitely recommend the program!
Tania Miletic I first heard about the Peace Program during the first year of the program. Melbourne Rotarian Bob Fels contacted the Director of the former International Conflict Resolution Centre at Melbourne University to ask for possible candidates. She gave my details. Bob was surprised to discover I was in an office down the hallway from his at St Vincent’s hospital! I applied through my local Rotary Club (RC of Melbourne). I was then interviewed at the District level, and my application was then elevated to the International selection committee. Each year, Rotary selects individuals from around the world to receive fully funded academic fellowships at one of their peace centers in
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Rotary Peace Fellow, Tania Miletic, speaking at the 9th May, 2014 Meet and Greet at Graduate House.
fields related to peace and conflict resolution and prevention. The master’s degree fellowships vary across centres. They last 15–24 months and require a practical internship of 2–3 months during the academic break. These fellowships cover tuition and fees, room and board, round-trip transportation, and all internship/field study expenses. Two types of peace fellowships are available. A two year Master’s Degree or a shorter professional program. I did the MA program, spending two amazing years on a full scholarship at the ICU Rotary Peace Centre in Tokyo, Japan. The program includes a funded practical internship for 2 – 3 months. I did a one-month training seminar on International Negotiation and Conflict Resolution at The Hague and spent a month with an NGO (non-governmental organisation) in Cambodia. It has been over 10 years since I graduated from the Rotary World Peace Fellowship (2002-2004) at the ICU university centre in Tokyo, Japan. My experience on the program was transformative. My work has taken me to experience a range of perspectives on how we build peace where there is, or has been, violent conflict. I could have taken a more traditional career pathway but instead I have taken work opportunities that I believe are meaningful, challenging and inspiring.
Alliance for Conflict Transformation (ACT). I was the technical advisor on a national study to better understand the sources of conflict between Cambodia’s different ethnic groups and devise strategies to best reduce these. From 2006 to 2012, I was employed as a Consultant and Faculty with the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (CPCS), the principal peace-building organisation in South East Asia. I worked as Faculty for the Applied Conflict Transformation Studies (ACTS) MA course. I lectured and supervised research projects from students of diverse conflict-affected contexts (such as Myanmar, Afghanistan and Guatemala). I have also been consulting to international peace agencies and organisations such as Collaborative Learning Projects (CDA) Reflecting on Peace Practice project and an evaluation of the Quakers International, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)’s South East Asia programs. In 2008 I began annual visits teaching on a conflict management program at a university in mainland China. I decided to use this work as a foundation for my PhD research, completed in 2013, looking at Chinese perspectives on conflict. My project aimed to improve understanding of conflict resolution within China but also to improve understanding and dialogue between China and the West. The value of the scholarship for me was not limited to those two years in Tokyo. What I also received was ongoing support and encouragement from Rotary, engagement with an international, dynamic and active alumni network. I have helped others apply for the program and would not hesitate in recommending it. As we continue to face local and global challenges, I feel more certain than ever about how this unique program and its alumni may influence positive, peaceful and sustainable ways forward. My colleague, Associate Professor Diane Bretherton, and I are currently working on a book titled ‘Peace Scholarship’ which shares memoirs of alumni of the program and their experience of studying peace and becoming international peace builders. We hope potential new ‘peace scholars’ who are weighing up their options for the future or peers with an interest in the stories and pathways of others in their field will enjoy reading the book.
When I graduated I went back to Cambodia and For prospective candidates who are interested, information began to work with a local organisation called the is available online at https://www.rotary.org/myrotary/en/ get-involved/exchange-ideas/peace-fellowships
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Meet at our centrally located facility before and after free Public Lectures held at various locations around The University of Melbourne. These lectures are usually held in the middle of the day or early evening (to suit city workers, and students after their regular lectures). See http://events. unimelb.edu.au/all/free-public-lecture and share notice of these lectures across your networks. Non-members are welcome also to meet, dine or refresh here at Graduate House. Date
Time
Tuesday, 26th Aug
6.30pm 7.30pm
Wednesday, 3.30pm 27th Aug 5.45pm Wednesday, 6.00pm 7.30pm 27th Aug
Wednesday, 6.30pm 27th Aug 7.30pm Wednesday, 6.45pm 7.45pm 27th Aug Thursday, 28th Aug
Friday, 29th Aug
Friday, 29th Aug Monday, 1st Sep
5.30pm 7.30pm
Faculty or Title School Carrillo Gantner The The hunt for dark matter Theatre, Basement, University of Sidney Myer Asia Melbourne Cte, 761 Swanston St, University of Melbourne
Bookings and Enquiries Associate Professor Enquiries Juan Collar rtret@unimelb.edu.au
Mamahon Ball Faculty of Theatre, Old Arts Arts Bldg, The University of Melbourne
The John Barry Memorial Symposium 2014
Symposium
Theatre 4, Level 2, Melbourne Faculty of Business Business and Economics School Bldg, 111 Barry Street, Carlton
Melbourne Business School Professor Nasser Information Evening Spear
Theatre D, Old Arts Faculty of Building, University Arts of Melbourne
‘Race’ matters: Silence, Empowerment and the University as a Racialised Landscape
Lilly Brown
Public Lecture Faculty of Theatre, Old Arts Arts Building, University of Melbourne
Seeing Crime and Managing Security: Reflections on the Criminological Gaze
Professor Mariana Valverde
Venue
Harder Auditorium, Goulburn Ovens Institute of TAFE, Fryers St, Shepparton
Speakers
Call 03 8344 4392
Call 03 8344 8985
Murrup Dungala Kaiela Oration – Barak, Melb Noel Pearson Institute for Indigenous Development
Mr Noel Pearson
Kiffy Rubbo, Women Curators and Australian Art Galleries
Frances Lindsay
Professor William Newman
Theatre A, Elisabeth Murdoch Bldg, University of Melbourne
Faculty of Arts
Why did Isaac Newton Believe in Alchemy?
Davis Auditorium, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, 1g Royal Parade, Parkville
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
MYST histone acetyltransferases in healthy development, congenital disease and cancer
Enquiries molly.mckew@unimelb.edu. au Call 03 8344 4605 Enquiries aust-centre@unimelb.edu.au Call 03 9035 5280 Enquiries elizabeth.sayers@unimelb. edu.au
Call 03 8344 1521 Associate Professor Enquiries Anne Voss falcone@wehi.edu.au Call 03 9345 2555
Wednesday, 6.30pm 3rd Sep 7.30pm
Yasuko Hiraoka Faculty of Myer Room, Sidney Arts Myer Asia Centre
Responses to Concealments: Textile Conservation as Material Culture
Dr Dinah Eastop
Wednesday, 6.30pm 3rd Sep 8.00pm
Public Lecture Theatre, Old Arts Building
The Marginalisation of Parliaments
Professor Cheryl Saunders
Faculty of Arts
Enquiries daye@unimelb.edu.au Call 03 8344 8803
7.00pm 8.00pm
Faculty of Arts
Enquiries tamsinc@unimelb.edu.au Call 03 8344 8985
Professor Simon Marginson
Theatre A, Elisabeth Murdoch Bldg, University of Melbourne
Enquiries sbirch@unimelb.edu.au Call 03 9035 4839
CSHE Issues and Ideas Seminar: What Australia should not learn from UK Higher Education
Wednesday, 1.00pm 3rd Sep 2.00pm
Enquiries a.stichbury@unimelb.edu.au Call 03 9035 4755
12.30pm - Barbara Falk Room The 2.00pm Centre for the University of Study of Higher Melbourne Education, Level 1, 715 Swanston St
6.30pm 8.00pm
Enquiries tamsinc@unimelb.edu.au
Enquiries elizabeth.sayers@unimelb. edu.au Call 03 8344 1521 Enquiries tamsinc@unimelb.edu.au Call 03 8344 8985
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Date Thursday, 4th Sep
Friday, 5th Sep
Faculty or Title Speakers School 10.00am - Ian Potter The Florey Estate Planning - the power Mr David Whiting 12.00pm Auditorium, Institute of and the pitfalls Kenneth Myer Bldg, Neuroscience 30 Royal Parade, and Mental Parkville Health
Bookings and Enquiries Enquiries irene.crebbin@florey.edu.au
8.30pm 5.00pm
Enquiries fiona.macken@unimelb. edu.au
Time
Venue
Davis Auditorium, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, 1g Royal Parade, Parkville
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
Call 03 8344 9679
Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre Psychooncology Research Conference
Conference
“Trust me, I’m a researcher...” Understanding trust from your participants’ perspective.
Associate Professor Enquiries Lynn Gillam, ebarnard@unimelb.edu.au Professor Marilys Call 03 9035 7724 Guillemin
Call 03 9035 8170
Monday, 8th Sep
2.00pm 5.00pm
University House @ The Woodward, 10th floor, Law Bldg, 185 Pelham Street
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
Tuesday, 9th Sep
2.00pm 5.00pm
Seminar Room, Australia India Institute, 147-149 Barry Street
Australia A “New” India in the Making: India Institute Myths, Realities, and Ideals - Research Symposium on Contemporary India
Wednesday, 6.30pm 10th Sep 7.30pm
Public Lecture Theatre, Old Arts Building
Faculty of Arts
Subverting Democracy: Professor Anne Neo-Liberalism, Narcissism Manne and the Care Deficit
Enquiries tamsinc@unimelb.edu.au
Seminar Room, Australia India Institute, 147-149 Barry Street
Australia What’s Our Story? Sylvia Almeida India Institute Environmental Education and Education for Sustainable Development in a Climate of Reform in India
Enquiries aii-rsvp@unimelb.edu.au
The Auditorium, Melb. Brain Centre, Grd Flr, Kenneth Myer Bldg, 30 Royal Parade, Parkville
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
A healthy planet? Ten grand Professor Alan challenges to improving Lopez global health
Enquiries mdhs-rsvp@unimelb.edu.au
Melbourne Law School, 185 Pelham Street, Carlton
Melbourne Law School
Miegunyah Distinguished Visiting Fellow Public Lecture: Conscience in England and Australia: Divided by a Common Private Law
Professor Graham Virgo
Enquiries law.events@unimelb.edu.au
Theatre A, Elisabeth Murdoch Bldg, Spencer Rd, Parkville
Melbourne School of Engineering
Building Information Modelling: Opportunities and Challenges for the Building Industry
Mr Peter Bowtell
Thursday, 11th Sep
Thursday, 11th Sep
Thursday, 11th Sep
Thursday, 18th Sep
Thursday, 18th Sep
Tuesday, 23rd Sep
1.00pm 2.00pm
1.00pm 2.00pm
6.30pm 7.30pm
6.00pm 7.00pm
6.00pm 7.00pm
5.30pm 6.30pm
Wednesday, 1.00pm 24th Sep 2.00pm
Professor Anthony Enquiries D’Costa, Devleena aii-rsvp@unimelb.edu.au Ghosh, Amanda Gilbertson, Samuel Call 03 9035 7538 Parker
Call 03 8344 8985
Call 03 9035 7538
Call 03 8344 9800
Call 03 9035 1111 Enquiries events@eng.unimelb.edu.au Call 03 9035 4085
The Peter Doherty The Institute for Infection University of and Immunity, Melbourne Corner Royal Pde and Grattan St, Parkville
Human Rights Lecture Professor Gillian Australian Exceptionalism: Triggs International Human Rights and Australian Law
Enquiries public-lectures@unimelb. edu.au
The Auditorium, Melbourne Melb. Brain Centre, Neuroscience Grd Flr, Kenneth Institute Myer Bldg, 30 Royal Parade, Parkville
PhD Up and Comers meet our next crop of neuroscience-related PhD students
Daniel Bennett, Jane Brophy, Matias Maturana, Krysta Callenda
Enquiries info-mni@unimelb.edu.au
Davis Auditorium, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, 1g Royal Parade, Parkville
Cancer Epigenetics: From Mechanism to Therapy
Associate Professor Enquiries Mark Dawson falcone@wehi.edu.au
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
Call 03 8344 6004
Call 03 8344 1819
Call 03 9345 2555
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Academic and Professional Development Meetings Thank you for your patronage The following groups from The University of Melbourne have convened meetings, workshops and seminars at The Graduate Union. Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
Department of Environment and Primary Industries
Department of Infrastructure Engineering
Finance & Planning Group
21st July 35 attendees
28th July 13 attendees
1st, 15th July 55 attendees
2nd July 25 attendees
Graduate Student Association GSA Trivia Night
Property and Campus Services
The Jack Brockhoff Child Health and Wellbeing Program
University of Melbourne (UOM) Commercial
2nd, 17th July 40 attendees
24th, 31st July 11 attendees
11th, 16th,17th, 18th, 22nd, 24th, 25th, 29th , 30th, 31st July 283 attendees
21st July 30 attendees
The patronage of organisation members in charitable, not-for-profit, government and professional development sectors is acknowledged below. We look forward to welcoming you again soon.
Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (ACHPER)
Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS)
Australian Asian Association of Victoria (AAA)
Australian School of Applied Management (ASAM)
17th July 20 attendees
10th July 61 attendees
7th July 6 attendees
15th,16th, 18th, 22nd, 23rd July 121 attendees
Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE)
Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network (AURIN)
Barry Dance Retired Senior Officers Lunch
DCA Advisors Pty Ltd
3rd July 20 attendees each day
2nd July 10 attendees
7th July 11 attendees
10th July 12 attendees
Dental Health Services Victoria
Environment Protection Authority (EPA)
International Coach Federation (ICF)
Management Learning Pty Ltd
28th July 58 attendees
16th,17th July 40 attendees
22nd July 15 attendees
29th, 30th July 8 attendees
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Academic and Professional Development Meetings
Melbourne College of Contemporary Psychotherapy (MCCP)
Melbourne Students and Learning - Building Network Forum
Mr Geoffrey Keith White’s 80th Birthday Celebration
Organisation Development Australia (ODA)
16th, 23rd, 30th July 6 attendees each day
30th July 25 attendees
26th July 30 attendees
30th July 9 attendees
Rotary of Carlton (Lunch Meetings, Changeover Party, Heritage Cluster)
Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne (RDHM)
Supply Chain Logistics Association Australia (SCLAA)
The Graduate Union GU Collegiate and Governance meetings.
1st, 2nd, 8th, 9th July 50 attendees
2 July 6 attendees
1st, 8th, 9th, 11th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 23rd, 28th, 30th July 114 attendees
1 , 8 , 15 , 16 , 22 , 23 , 29th July 114 attendees st
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Feedback Thank you for your feedback We were very satisfied and specially happy with the cheese selection. - Marlies Johnson
The tomato soup was excellent and Parma was tender! - Marg Nicoll
Always gluten free food to cater for my dietary requirements. - Olive Hamilton
It was very easy organising a function at Graduate House, everything was excellent. The function room very much suited our requirements and we received very good responses from students. There was an adequate amount of food and the quality was good. The staff were very helpful both in the lead up to and during the event. Everything was conducted very professionally.
I lived at Graduate House in 1985 when I moved to Australia and today brought back a lot of good memories!
- Marj Harvey, Australian Food Hygiene Services
Hoki fish was great. As with whiting last Friday. - John Hasker
- Catherine Bunard
Submit a Dining Room Feedback Form to be in a monthly draw and in the running for the year-end prize of a $500 Coles Myer Gift Voucher. The lucky feedback-giver for July is Alison Harcourt who won a bottle of Rococo, Blanc de Blancs, Yarra Valley.
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Reciprocal Association New South Wales (NSW) Masonic Club Over the years, many members of The Graduate Union have reported staying at the conveniently located NSW Masonic Club at Castlereagh Street in Sydney. The NSW Masonic Club occupies an elegantly restored, heritage-listed property ideally located in the heart of Sydney’s commercial, retail and entertainment centre. This distinguished association is approaching 121 years of history with origins that can be traced back to 1893. The club features a sandstone frontage and stunning Art Deco architecture which is accentuated by the elegant and luxurious furnishings. Holding a small but significant piece of Sydney’s history, the building was the first reinforced concrete construction seen in Sydney and became the yardstick for all of the other buildings built in the 1920s.
Cello’s Restaurant.
Under the banner of The Castlereagh, the NSW Masonic Club owns and operates an elegantly appointed 4 star boutique hotel. The Castlereagh Boutique Hotel has 82 quality hotel rooms which are tastefully furnished, incorporating the requirements of both the business and leisure traveller. The NSW Masonic Club is renowned for having one of Sydney’s last grand dining rooms, called Cello’s Restaurant, which inspires awe in those who dine there. Cello’s boasts ornate high ceilings with gold leaf decorations adorning the walls of the dining room, where the original plastering were kept intact as well as the original Steinway grand piano from 1927. The ambience makes dining here a pleasure and memorable indulgence in true opulence and elegance, this 1920s elegance in architecture that is rarely seen today indeed! Other facilities include fine bars, lounges and function rooms for meetings, conferences and special events. Visitors are always welcome whether from city or country Australia or Worldwide.
The main lounge area.
One of the many elegantly furnished bedrooms.
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A Tribute to Dr William Gibson (1931 - 2014) When the Graduate Union found itself without a Warden, he volunteered several days each week at Graduate House, alongside Dr John Binns, to keep Graduate House functioning. Bob travelled up from Barwon Heads to do this. He worked assiduously to restart negotiations with the University which had lapsed, ultimately leading to the financing and construction of the building at 220 Leicester Street. I believe that representations he made to the state government were very helpful. From 2001 to 2004, while I was Chair of a Council which was not always of one mind, I was grateful for his happy knack of suggesting compromises which were acceptable to a clear majority of Councillors.
The Graduate Union is saddened to learn of the death of Dr Robert William Gibson on 28th July, 2014, at age 83 years. Dr Gibson joined as a member of The Graduate Union in 1961 and was elected to the Graduate Union Council in 1996. He held the position of Vice-President from 1999 to 2011. The Graduate Union is grateful for his contributions and the vital role he played in the events which led to the state of the Graduate Union today. Below is a tribute from one of Dr Gibson’s close friends, Honorary Life Member, Dr David Thomas Bellair. An appreciation of Dr Robert “Bob” Gibson. I have known Bob Gibson for about 18 years, since he became a Life Member and was first elected to the Graduate Council. He was a thoroughly decent person, and I believe joined Council solely to contribute to the Graduate Union. His long experience in the practicalities of finance and tertiary education was, I believe, of great benefit to the Graduate Union.
During construction of the 220 Leicester Street building, when the Building Committee Chair Mr John Gill passed away suddenly, Bob stepped into that role, travelling up from Barwon Heads for weekly, early morning meetings with the builders. Bob did all this, while at the same time being very involved in the governance of the Uniting Church and the Geelong Christian College, not to mention his marriage of 60 years to Wendy, and their children and grandchildren.
Dr David Bellair, Former Council Chair August, 2014
This is not intended as a full record of his contributions, so I mention just a few examples of his service, far beyond the call of duty, and of which members may be unaware.
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At Graduate House and News from Council Service reviews and other news Farewell to Justice
Five Wednesday Christmas in July lunches saw our Dining Room patrons enjoying special selections of cold seafood platters, traditional roast turkey breast with roast vegetables and plum pudding, pavlova and fresh fruits. There were large bookings of ten or more from various organisations as well as small groups of lunch people. Here is some of their feedback: The Christmas in July lunches have been delightful, and I most heartily commend your excellent staff for their efforts. My friends have been most impressed and delighted, as I have been. The response of our members to this most tasty mid-year celebration fully confirms my own delight in enjoying several Christmases this year! Wonderful! My kind regards to everyone. - Darren Room Compliments to the Chef. The Christmas in July promotion was marvellous. The quality and variety was outstanding. It’s the most enjoyable Christmas in July. The staff are wonderful as always and the food was excellent. - Ena Ahern The Women’s Forum followed by lunch is always enjoyable. Christmas in July luncheon was exceptionable. Well done! No improvements needed. - Margaret Mayers The Wednesday Christmas Lunch was excellent value for money. - John Hasker
It is with regret that we inform Members that The Hon Gaetano (Tony) Pagone has resigned from his position as Chair of Council and from Council due to work commitments in his new role as Federal Court Judge which takes him across the country and across the world on a regular basis. We wish Tony all the best in his future endeavours and thank him for the immense amount of time and expertise he has dedicated to our Association.
Personal Detail Distribution The Graduate Union is committed to privacy. We have heard and are listening to Members who have expressed concerns from past campaigns for election to Council. As with our old Rules, Members intending to stand for election and their Member supporters, may inspect the Register of Members to send you their campaign material. We thus offer the option to prevent your contact details being released to other Members and to authorise The Graduate Union to send you any additional campaign material. The Graduate Union must not impede the democratic process of elections. Even if you decide not to share your details with other members, you may still receive election material. However, this material will be sent from our offices and candidates will not receive your contact details from The Graduate Union. Candidates will pay for these mail-outs. Please contact us our office to ‘opt-out’ of having your details released in the copy inspected by other Members. If you have already done so, only contact us if you would like to reverse your ‘opt-out’. Once you have opted-out, please inform us if you continue to receive unauthorised emails, post and/or telephone calls.
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Our Members Thank you for your patronage Room, which proved to be ideal. The feedback from the guests was positive and enthusiastic. I am a Life Member of the Graduate Union, and I considered other alternatives, before I thankfully thought of the Union. I gave Rosie a call and she liked the idea and went to work putting it into action. She was keen to see that things went smoothly to the very successful conclusion that I and my guests enjoyed. I am grateful to her and the Union. - Geoffrey White.
Trinity College Pathway Celebration
Happy Birthday Geoffrey! From all of us at The Graduate Union.
We are pleased to welcome the group from Trinity College who were seen on Tuesday, 8th July for lunch in our dining room for a Pathway celebration. Trinity College is a multi school coeducational college of excellence, open to all in a disciplined, caring environment.
Scientific Forum - to mark the retirement of Professor Graham Brown AM, Foundation Director of the Nossal Institute
Geoffrey White’s 80th Birthday Celebration On the 26 July, 2014, Geoffrey Keith White’s family organised an afternoon party in the Stillwell Room to celebrate his eighty years. Geoffrey is a Life Member of The Graduate Union who joined the Association in 1961. The room was decorated to suit the party atmosphere with a collage of photographs pinned on to a board. Below is feedback from the birthday boy himself! th
My daughter, Fiona, and I made the right choice when we decided to hold my Eightieth Birthday celebration at the Graduate Union. Rosie Ellul organises functions, conferences and the like. I have known her for most of the twenty years she has worked there, and a good friendship has developed. Over that period her responsibilities have increased enormously. The function was held in the Stillwell
On Thursday, 7th August, 2014 The Nossal Institute held a Scientific forum in the combined Stillwell and Ian Potter Rooms. The full day forum was attended by about 100 people and comprised of three main session. The first session was on Basic Science. The discussion topics included the malaria parasite and inflammation. After lunch, the second session on Infectious Diseases included talks on the possibility of finding a cure for HIV, Hepatitis C and Antimicrobial Stewardship. The Global Health Session was held after afternoon tea. Topics discussed included Obstetric Care in Western Nepal and Medical Education in the 21st Century. The forum was closed by Professor Graham Brown. Professor Brown, was guest presenter at the July 2012 Monthly Luncheon and spoke about the challenges for control and elimination of malaria. The Graduate Union wishes Professor Brown all the very best for his retirement and hopes that he will continue to come in regularly to Graduate House.
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