The Graduate Union Newsletter - July
2015
Welcome to the July 2015 Newsletter This Issue:
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Donor Thank You Luncheon
Coming GU Collegiate Wednesday Christmas Lunch In July promotion Rotary and GU Health, Happiness and Wellbeing Twilight Seminar and Tastings Dr Francis Macnab AM OM
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At Graduate House
Academic and Professional Development Meetings
Council News Queen’s Birthday Honours Valete
August Monthly Luncheon with John Walsh College Table - International Studies with Professor Robyn Eckersley
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Free Lectures at The University of Melbourne
Donate for the Future of Graduates
Women’s Forum and Melba Group Workshop Review June Monthly Luncheon Review Annual General Meeting Review
LIFE MEMBERSHIP
Annual General Meeting Dinner Review
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Resident Christmas In July Party Resident News Recommend an App University Sector News Puzzles
Life Subscriber Promotion For a limited time only, Life Subscriber Membership is open from 1st June 2015 to 31st August 2015, before subscription fees are increased. Take this opportunity to secure lifelong involvement for your graduate family and friends. Remember: membership is for graduates of any university in the world.
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Major General Professor Jeffrey Rosenfeld AM OBE KStJ President of The Graduate Union, is delighted to announce our special guest for the
Donor Thank You Luncheon
The Hon Ted Baillieu Sunday, 16th August 2015 This is an invitation-only function to acknowledge our generous donors.
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Coming Events We invite you, Members and non-members, to attend.
Book Now
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July C H R I S T M A S i n J U LY LU N C H E S e v e r y W E D N E S DAY ( s e e opposite)
BRIDGE NIGHT
I TA L IA N C O N V E R S AT I O N DINNER
Wednesday
Wednesday
Tuesday
1, 08, 15, 22, 29/07/2015
1, 08, 15, 22, 29/07/2015
7, 21/07/2015
Jo i n a g a m e o r l e a r n to play the card game Bridge. Enjoy a shared p l a t t e r f o r s u p p e r, a s well as tea and coffee.
Come along to dine while l e a r n i n g t o s p e a k It a l i a n with an experienced t e a c h e r.
12:00 midday for 12:30pm
7:20pm for 7.30pm
6:00pm
Members
$10
Members
$2
Members
$15
non-Members
$16
No n - m e m b e r s
$5
No n - m e m b e r s
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Ta k e t h e c h i l l o f f m i d week with a traditional Christmas lunch in our warm and welcoming dining room.
L oyalty card Ho l d e r s
$12.50
S P E C IA L M O R N I N G B R E A K FA S T
WO M E N ’ S F O RU M
Tuesday
Wednesday
14/07/2015
15/07/2015
16/07/2015
No n - r e s i d e n t Me m b e r s are welcome to join R e s i d e n t Me m b e r s f o r a hearty breakfast.
T h e Ju l y f o r u m t o p i c i s Should we question the r e c i p i e nt s o f a n d r e a s o n s f o r Au s t r a l i a n aw a r d s and honours?
Sample great tastings of food and wine with G r a d u a t e Ho u s e c a n a p é s and attend Dr Francis M a c n a b’s Fo u n d i n g t h e Cairnmillar In s t i t u t e talk.
7:30am to 8:30am
10:00am for 10:30am
5:30pm then 6:30pm
Forum is free. Lunch is at dining room prices.
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H E A LT H , HA P P I N E S S AND WELLBEING T W I L I G H T S E M I NA R A N D TA S T I N G S
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Wednesdays Christmas Lunch In July is back!
Join us every Wednesday in July for a Christmas themed lunch Book via our website, telephone 03 9347 3428, email admingh@graduatehouse.com.au or in person at the venue, 220 Leicester Street, Carlton. Members: $10 non-members: $16 Loyalty card: $12.50
Yes, we are open to the general public
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The Health, Happiness and Wellbeing Twilight Lecture Series and GU Tastings are proudly brought to you by the Rotary Club of Carlton and The Graduate Union of The University of Melbourne Inc
from 5:30pm
GRADUATE UNION TASTINGS The
T WILIGHT Lectures PRESENTS
from 6:30pm
Pathways to Quiet Minds The Growth of The Cairnmillar Institute TH URS DAY, July 16 t h Resident Members Non-Resident Members Adults Concession
FREE $20 $25 $22.50
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DR FRANCIS MACNAB AM OM Dr Francis Macnab AM OM PhD DSc DD MA FBPsS is the executive minister of St Michael’s Uniting Church in Melbourne. In addition to his duties as a minister, Dr Macnab founded and is Executive Director of the Cairnmillar Institute which has been at the forefront of counselling, psychotherapy and trauma therapy for more than 50 years. His commitment to psychological health is rich as he also runs The Big Tent Project which provides therapy for kindergarten children as well as his S.A.G.E project aimed at people 55 - 105 years of age. Dr Macnab frequently puts pen to paper and has published more than 25 books and is an internationally renowned public speaker, having spoken at several international conferences. He is the former president of the International Council of Psychologists, and a one-time research fellow at Aberdeen University. He holds honorary doctorates from Aberdeen University and RMIT in psychology and Applied Science, and is also a registered psychologist and Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society. In 1992 he was honoured as a member of the Order of Australia.
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The
Monthly Luncheon with
John Walsh Disadvantaged youth and the ever increasing slippery slope August 5th Resident Members Non-Resident Members General Public Concession
12:00 noon for 12.30pm $10 $30 $40 $35
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John Walsh
Disadvantaged youth and the ever increasing slippery slope In addition to keeping an eye on a family research company, John spends most of his working life as a management consultant acting for some of this country’s largest consumer product companies. He has also consulted for an international insurance company as a troubleshooter. In the early 2000’s and moving towards retirement, John was asked by Prison Fellowship to devise and implement a post-release facility for adult prisoners as they transitioned back into the community. What was to be a part-time position, soon became 24/7 and as Prison Fellowship was not able to properly support the business plan, The Bridge of Hope Foundation Inc was born but with a slightly different purpose to service the needs of disadvantaged and vulnerable youth and to fill social justice gaps where, when and as needed. The Innocence Initiative is just one example of such gap-filling. As he did with Prison Fellowship, John volunteers his time with the Bridge of Hope Foundation. Today John spends his time in front of the powers that be or on the podium as a voice for the rights of vulnerable kids and vulnerable adults. He projects an understanding of what he sees to be nonsense from governments that continually band-aid solutions rather than addressing causal factors, or as he calls it, implementing Social Justice Reinvestment. In his view, spending a dollar to save $10 is hardly rocket science! ABN 5561066496
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Graduate House presents
College Tables I nternational Studies College Tables are informal collegial lunch-time discussions on a ‘grand challenge’ issue in a graduate school field. The Graduate House College Table discussion on Friday, 21st August 2015 will be led by Professor Robyn Eckersley, Professor in Political Science in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne. Join us for lunch as Professor Eckersley leads the discussion on The Road to Paris: prospects for a new climate agreement.
12 noon for 12:30PM
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Usual Dining Room prices apply
August 21st 2015
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Professor Robyn Eckersley Robyn Eckersley is a Professor in Political Science in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne and an Executive member of the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute. She has published widely on climate change politics, including climate justice, the international climate negotiations, the interplay between the trade and climate regimes, comparative climate politics and climate discourses. Her recent books include Special Responsibilities: Global Problems and American Power (2012, co-author); Why Human Security Matters (2012, co-editor) and Globalization and the Environment (2013) (co-author). She is currently working on an Australian Research Council funded project on ‘What Makes a Climate Leader?: Developed Country Responsibilities under the International Climate Regime’. She was elected as a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia in 2007, was a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford in 2009 - 2010, and served as the Arne Naess Chair in Global Justice and the Environment at the University of Oslo over the northern winter of 2010 to 2011. ABN 5561066496
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Women’s Forum and Melba Group Workshop Review Wednesday, 20th May 2015 How to nominate women for awards In our May newsletter, one salient point that was captured from the Women’s Forum Review was that “achievement is a long term process, but that is not a valid reason for not beginning. Substantial change takes time and persistence.” Through guidance and advice on the nomination process, the May Women’s Forum was designed to not only familiarise attendees with the nomination process, but also to inspire action on a worthwhile cause. The discussion began with what constitutes a good nominee. What makes a good nominee? An individual shouldn’t merely be nominated for their regular work. It is about acknowledging the work that is done beyond a regular call of duty, such as volunteering. One attendee, for example, referred to a psychologist who not only takes probono work but also started a Bridge Foundation to assist prisoners who had ended their sentence to find work, accommodation and other life necessities. Jan Harper OAM, who was in attendance stated that a nominee could also be an innovator. For example, she referred to a woman who began a literature group within libraries to help promote literacy. Libraries all over Australia then implemented this initiative. Another lady had established a HEPC support group, and another who, for 20 years, worked for an art gallery, supported Footscray arts, and initiated a service which assisted young women financially. The husband and wife team then established a national program. Another woman of note received an award for services to education with a voluntary teaching role and for her work in building start-up education in Australia. This initiative assisted small start-up schools through a collective support mechanism with the primary objective of nurturing education. Again all of these initiatives were done above the call of their regular duties. With these examples in mind, we can start to get a clearer understanding of what kinds of women we need to think about nominating. We need to ask ourselves what kinds of attributes are necessary to consider. To answer such a question, workshop participants were invited to discuss with those sitting next to them which women they thought would be deserving of such an honour. This exercise was a useful thinking exercise to get the nomination muscles working! Getting oneself to think about women who would be worthy of a
nomination, forces one to think of exactly what types of traits and qualities an individual would need in order to not only be nominated but also to have a strong possibility of succeeding! The Process As with any such process, there are forms that need to be completed. These are always available online at www.itsanhonour.gov.au and www.gg.gov.au. Filling in these forms, and indeed the nominating process, is quite akin to applying for a job. Supporting materials for these applications require a citation, details of 4 or more referees, and any other materials which will support the application. As the participants of the forum noted, when writing an application, it’s important to know what level of award is deserved. A good tip: check the ‘It’s an honour’ website to find whether or not a woman has an honour in that area. The time needed to complete a nomination ranges from 8-10 hours, the time from beginning to submission depends on the person completing the form and the time from submission to award announcement ranges between 10-24 months. There is no closing date so forms can be submitted at any time of the year. There is a range of useful resources online to assist with the nomination process. One such document was published by Our Community and the Women’s Leadership Institute Australia, this is available for download from www.ourcommunity. com.au/files/Women-AO-Book.pdf Who can nominate? Absolutely anyone can nominate an Australian citizen for an award, even a family member. As the process may feel difficult for those who have not completed an application before, there are many ways that one can get assistance to complete an application. The Melba Group offers such advisory support as well as the opportunity to pair up with another member of the Melba Group. Another piece of advice is to enlist family members to assist with the editing and checking of your nomination document (e.g. for dates, names, contacts). Proofing these applications is of the utmost importance, and ensuring that it is not only free of spelling errors, but also well structured. One hint was to read your document out loud – this forces one to scan the document more carefully and therefore potentially spot any mistakes that were missed through just reading.
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The nomination
Referees
One suggestion was that writing the nomination can be akin to writing an article. For example, the beginning, that is the summary, can be like the “abstract” of a scientific publication to outline all the pieces of the puzzle, and to show the most important piece of the puzzle - the most important contribution or effort. When writing about women with great achievement or a lifetime of achievement, one would certainly want to exert the best possible effort to ensure that their nominee is successful! In essence, open with what will impress the Honours Committee!
The first point on referees is to try to find high status people. Those with honours and awards can provide ideal references for your nominees. Also gather referees from a wide range of disciplines if possible - for example, some from their professional life, some from the volunteer groups with which they participated, some from family and friendship groups. Importantly, a referee should be familiar with the work that has been done by the nominee.
It is also important to include detailed attachments and to re-write the curriculum vitae in order to include all the relevant occupations that the nominee has had over time. In regards to the CV, it may be necessary to cross-check information, particularly when nominating a person of ‘high rank’. The main point is to do a lot of research to ensure that all the information needed for the application is gathered and that it is accurate. As one punter noted, you have to be a good detective. Referring to referees as you write the application is also an effective way of composing an effective nomination. It is also worth specifying the nominee’s contributions within organisations, and where appropriate, to include main publications. All in all, remember to do justice to the person who you are nominating. Getting the information It can be difficult to obtain employment information, as your nominee may be the only one with most of the details that may not be easily accessible to others. Although one can ask the nominee directly, it can breach confidentiality and carries the risk of disappointment. There is a great emphasis on confidentiality, as it is not always popular with the committee that makes the decision when the nominee is aware of their nomination. In this case, it can be useful to be crafty when needing to gather information, for example, inventing a reason to conduct an interview with the nominee. However, there is a range of resources that can be used to gather the information that you need. Trove (trove.nla.gov.au) is an online database aggregator which has a great range of digitised material from an extensive date range. The Australian Women’s Register (womenaustralia.info) is also a database with information on women and their organisations, and the Encyclopaedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth Century Australia (http://www.womenaustralia.info/leaders/index. html) has a lot of useful information. Then there are also subscription services that may be accessed online though a library.
Referees will be contacted by the Honours Committee (after you have submitted the forms). It is thus important to inform all referees of your nomination and to ask for their support. Referees of high standing are often very busy people and may not respond initially or in a timely manner. Try not to lose heart if they do not get back to you. Persist (gently and nonetheless) in endeavouring to confirm that they will act as a referee and in communicating progress with the nomination to ensure that they will be prepared! C u r r e n t statistics suggest that 33% of awardees are female. This Melba G r o u p Wo m e n’s F o r u m workshop on how to nominate women for awards was important not only because it yielded pertinent points regarding the nomination process, but also because it instilled the idea that voting for women is something that we should all personally venture to do. The parting words of advice from the ladies: “aim to personally nominate one woman each year!” This joint forum with the Melba Group was a fascinating and useful discussion on how to practice equality in society. Thank you ladies! I was very pleased to be there with people who have gone into the details on this. I’ve often thought about nominating someone. I feel that it is within my reach now to try and do something.” – Fiona McConnell
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June Monthly Luncheon Review Wednesday, 3rd June 2015 Fantasy Spurs Social Activism 13 years of age to live with them, however, Fr Bob’s only sibling, a sister, had also passed away. Although with such great sadness in his life, Fr Bob continued his education until 1973 when he began his priesthood after having served during the Vietnam War from 1965. As Fr Bob delved in and out of the history of the Roman Catholic Church he landed at his destination: although the demythologisation of religion is an ongoing process, the Roman Catholic Church – and indeed all religions – has its own mythology and part of it is to look after the poor, explained Fr Bob.
Our June Monthly Luncheon saw the inimitable Father Bob Maguire share his stories on how fantasy spurs social activism. Well known for his priesthood, Fr Bob Maguire’s tenure as a Roman Catholic lasted for 39 years at Saints Peter and Paul church in South Melbourne. In that time, Fr Bob and Brother Alex McDonald founded Open Family Australia which provides outreach services for youth in need. He also founded, and is President of, the Father Bob Foundation which assists all who are in need, and employs misguided youth. He holds a truly irrepressible spirit of philanthropy. A presentation by Fr Bob, affectionately known as the ‘larrikin priest’, is always going to be somewhat different from any other, of course in the most delightful way possible. Fr Bob’s sense of humour and engaging narrative style – weaving in relevant material left, right and centre – made for good entertainment from the start. Although born in Melbourne in 1934, Fr Bob’s family was from Ireland and had fled to Glasgow bearing the brunt of religious tensions between the Catholics and Protestants. In an effort to blend in, the Maguire’s changed the spelling of their name from McGuire to Maguire, however, this proved futile. “My father would say he would go to fight the Orangemen, and I thought he meant he would fight the local fruiterer!” joked Fr Bob as he described the tensions between the two faiths at that time. The Maguire family then moved to Melbourne, and by 1950, when just a 10 year old, Fr Bob was orphaned and relegated to an orphanage. Those days, explained Fr Bob, if an orphan had siblings, they could make the decision at 12 or
Australia is in a unique position where we can start to, as Fr Bob explained, ‘re-mythologise’ a guiding mysticism that we may be overlooking. In Australia, for example, we can use the best of all religions to create a spiritual hybrid. If hybrids are evident in Australian nature, such as wildlife (“where’d they get the platypus from?”) and are accepted and loved, why then shouldn’t we accept the ‘hybrid’ nature of our denizens? We are lucky as a nation to have natural born philosophers and mystics in our Indigenous population, who have a great understanding of and are guided by nature’s cues, like the patterns of the stars, moon and sky. Others have overlooked such mysticism, in the words of Fr Bob “because we’ve put concrete over it.” Fr Bob suspects that the Australian destiny, as far as religion and spirituality is concerned, is to develop this hybrid spirituality. The message from Fr Bob was that we are starting to lose touch with the natural world and with moments that don’t involve technology. We tend to get preoccupied with the minutiae of everyday life and with the perceived convenience of things like technology, eating out and status. Re-involving ourselves is as easy as stepping outside because, Fr Bob explained, as we live on longer to see our ‘coming episodes’ we will find that “heaven is not another place, heaven is this place clearly seen.” One doesn’t need to believe or be religious to appreciate the meaning of this, because, in other words, for most of us, we are lucky to have what we have. Fr Bob then proceeded to play a video. Despite technical difficulties, Fr Bob explained the content of the video. It was to show a man staggering in the snow who eventually gets lost. Wolves then come out, and for a moment, it looks as though those wolves will attack.
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The man then collapses. The wolves, however come out and form a protective group around him, and as the man wakes up he thinks he has died, instead he sees that the wolves are there to provide him with warmth and comfort. The moral at the end of this story is that welcoming strangers is in our nature.
This is why Fr Bob didn’t want to move from South Melbourne, and why today his work is devoted to assisting the placeless among us. This is his business - primarily dealing with those who live with the bare minimum or less. In his words, he is a patron of the unloved and unlovely.
There is a clash of philosophies in our culture, said Fr Bob, when it comes to deciding on how to deal with social strangers, from those seeking asylum to those who have been forced off-road: a contentious issue indeed. From Fr Bob’s perspective, relegating social strangers to juvenile justice facilities, detention centres, or voiding them of their passports, will cause them to compose an isolated class. However, we can’t bandy around terms like “blame” in this situation. Perhaps those making the decision to take passports or to relegate have drifted out of the experience of others. Some of us may feel that now with children or grandchildren whose cultural environment provides them with a different ideological discourse from our own.
Homelessness is only half of the problem because being homeless ultimately leads one to a sense of placelessness. The feeling of not having a physical home is additional to the feeling of not belonging anywhere.
Welcoming strangers is Fr Bob’s raison d’être in many ways, and is precisely what led him to establish his outreach charities. His powerful ability to empathise has led him to the understanding that social strangers need our help because otherwise they will accept offers that they can’t refuse. As Fr Bob explained, these are the people that are “coming from behind the 8-ball.” This is also partly the reason for why drug use increases - social strangers merely seek comfort because they are not able to find comfort in the environments that we create. There was not a beautiful and viable alternative environment for them to live in. Viable social environments always bear the brunt of redevelopment and redefinition. In the 60s, Fr Bob recalled, South Melbourne had undergone redevelopment to make it into a commercial area, much like Southbank. Many factories and the workmen’s cottages that were inhabited by workers (those who worked on the wharves), were then pulled down. Homes were destroyed. Subsequent years saw similar changes. South Melbourne town hall was destroyed and Melbourne Park became incorporated. Consequently this left many workers out of jobs and the few skills they had to pause development. All the while, the young that were living in public housing had begun to lose place as they had come from migrant families and were struggling with identity crises. First generation migrants found it harder to deal with these circumstances, and as Fr Bob explained, into this vortex stepped the drug traffickers. Today, these kinds of issues are even more dangerous as negative influencers have access to a wider distribution system via the Internet.
Australia needs thinkers and feelers or “peoplewhisperers” to help the placeless. Schools and universities are the factories that need to create these thinkers. Fr Bob emphasised that the best thing that people can do, and possibly the hardest, is to think things through. For Fr Bob he has done his thinking, and enthused that if he were to win TattsLotto he would develop a mentoring system that would change the very social fabric of South Melbourne for hundreds of years. To the younger generation Fr Bob says to refrain from texts and get back into face-to-face meetings. It’s a double entendre: perhaps we should also refrain from religious texts momentarily and get back to decency and common sense. We can then re-read these texts with a renewed and widened perspective that will change our understanding of society. Let us brand this in Australia and sell common sense and decency to the rest of the world! Close to the end of the presentation, Fr Bob played another video, the renowned advert by Apple when it first introduced its “Think Different” campaign to the world in 1997. It’s a montage of history’s most remarkable individuals from Einstein, Martin Luther King Jr and Pablo Picasso to Thomas Edison, Maria Callas and Mahatma Ghandi, among others. The script is moving and poignantly ends with “because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones that do.” The difficulties and hardships which Fr Bob encountered embedded in him his humanitarian instinct which has propelled him to continue along the path he has taken. While he may be married to the South Melbourne Parish, Fr Bob is married to helping those in need. This is clearly evident from the work he has done, and his continued dedication to this cause for the last 40 plus years. For Fr Bob fantasy spurs social activism because when we start to think outside of our experiences, lives and boxes, we can see what is missing, but not only from our lives, but from the life of everyone with whom we live. Thank you Father Bob Maguire for a touching and inspirational lecture and Yes! Please come back.
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Annual General Meeting Review Wednesday, 28th May 2015 May 28th marked the 103rd Annual General Meeting - a vibrant event where Members and residents participate in a open discussion about the matters that are important to them.
welcomed newly elected members. The Auditor, Mr Anthony Law, Accountant, Mrs Kay Gulenc, and Returning Officer, Mr Ron Ritchie, were also introduced.
Prior to the AGM, the winners of the 2015 Graduate House Research Scholarship and Bursaries were announced. As President of the Graduate Union Major General Professor Jeffrey Rosenfeld AM OBE KStJ was held back due to his surgical commitments, Chair of Council, Cr Rhys Watson presented the awards.
Cr Rhys Watson then gave a report on the last twelve months and on the future plans for the Association. He noted that Council had made great progress with the strategic plan on the key priorities of financial stability, college facilities, strategic relationships and advancement; and announced the current development of a long term Master Plan for the Association. In noting Council’s intent to establish a bequest society, Cr Watson acknowledged the contributions and importance of past benefactors in building, sustaining and continuing to grow the Association.
This year’s winner of the Graduate House Research Scholarship was Dennis Danipog for his research Teaching for Scientific Literacy: Exploring Teachers’ Science Enquiry Practices and Students’ Achievement in Science. Upon presentation of his trophy, Mr Danipog gave a brief presentation to demonstrate that his research will provide evidence-based documentation of specific science inquiry teaching practices associated with students’ improvement with scientific literacy. He hopes that his work will inform the Philippine Department of Education on increasing teachers’ capacity to use science inquiry teaching practices as they implement the new K to 12 science curriculum. He outlined that he will use the scholarship funds to attend the 2015 European Science Education Research Association Conference in Helsinki. We wish Mr Danipog all the best for his conference presentation and for completion of his doctoral work, and look forward to a story about this graduate pathway for publication in the next Melbourne Graduate. The 2015 Bursaries were then announced. David Allinson (Law, Juris Doctor, The University of Melbourne), Jingyao Yu (Master of Management, Faculty of Business and Economics, The University of Melbourne), Oliver Lovell (Master of Teaching, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne) and Fatema Yasmin (Master of Public Policy, School of Global, Urban and Social Sciences, RMIT) received their awards from Cr Watson. Research acknowledgement awards were then presented to Srebrenka Letina, Parisa Shiran and Dr Stuart So. Finally, coursework acknowledgement awards were presented to Abraham Arief, Roberta Grant, Rihan Stephen, Wenjin Wang, Teresa Jamie Gunawan, Yaoqin He and Ai Vy Oerstroem Moeller. The 103rd AGM was then declared open by Cr Rhys Watson who welcomed Members of the Association to the meeting. Introducing each of the members of Council, he acknowledged their efforts in contributing to the success of the Association and
In thanking all Council members for their dedication, Cr Watson acknowledged, in particular, the support of Cr Cheryl Kidston (Vice-Chair of Council) and Cr Sparks (past Chair of Council). He then presented retiring Council members, Ms Kidston, Mr Cleghorn and Mrs Fisher, with awards to acknowledge their long and dedicated service to the Association. Cr Watson concluded his address by thanking all staff and Members for working together to advance education for the good of society. The CEO/Head of College, Dr Kerry Bennett, then provided her report, explaining firstly that 2014 had been a year of significant change and activity for The Graduate Union. The events and activities presented by the Association had proven again to be popular and well attended - from Monthly Luncheons and the Twilight Lectures to the new and successful College Table initiative. She reported that more than 20,000 people had come to Graduate House over 2014 for meetings, particularly of groups undertaking education, charitable and professional development work. Graduate House is an economically viable and welcoming venue for these organisations. Additionally, and through the Association’s publications and social media, each group receives greater visibility of their worthy endeavours. Dr Bennett explained that collegial development had also continued with great momentum. Leading Resident Members in 2014 established and constituted the Graduate House Student Group as a member of the Graduate Student Association of The University of Melbourne. The elected appointments to a GHSG committee, as well as representation by four Resident Members on subcommittees of Council and the continuing College Tutor programme, increased the engagement of the residents with collegiality.
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An increasing number of students from around the world call Graduate House home. These channels thus afforded a rich variety of Resident Member voices. As Dr Bennett explained, such organisation-wide structures and processes to listen and respond to these voices foster a truly inter-disciplinary, multinational, multi-life-stage and multi-experience international collegium. Professor Rosenfeld then arrived and began his address. He thanked those who work hard to serve the Graduate Union including all on Council. He congratulated the efforts and dedication of retiring Council members Cheryl Kidston, Andre Cleghorn and Glenda Fisher, and thanked Dr Kerry Bennett for her leadership and the staff for their dedicated service. He continued by stating that the Graduate Union is in good shape, is a vibrant and innovative organisation and that its progress continued to be pleasing. Cr Leo Santalucia, Chair of the Finance and Audit Committee, then presented the key results for the financial year ending 31st December 2014. These included a small surplus and an operating revenue of $3.17M. With negotiations commencing in the second half of 2014 to capitalise on the low interest rate environment, he was pleased to report successful refinancing early 2015 and a marked reduction in loan interest costs which boded well for continued and increasing surpluses in the future, as well as for paying down the loan. In response to a question about donations, it was explained that generous bequests had been received in previous years from Dr Phillip Law and Dr Thomas (Ron) Davey; that the 2015 annual appeal was in aid of refurbishing the resident rooms, and that a Bequest Society was being established. Following adoption of the Financial Report for the year ended 31 December, 2015 as published in the April 2015 edition of The Annual Report, Cr Santalucia thanked the staff, as well as the accountant and the auditor, for their sound management of the financial affairs of the Association. Mr Ron Ritchie then gave the Returning Officer report, explaining that nominations had been called in January/February for three vacancies on Council, after which a further vacancy arose. As five nominations were received for four positions, a ballot was called. The vote count on the 26th May was in the presence of one scrutineer. Of 170 envelopes containing votes, 3 were informal. 167 ballot papers were tallied. Mr Ritchie announced David Cowie, Mary Kelleher and Kingsley Davis OAM elected to Council until 2018, and John Green until 2017. The candidates were then welcomed to Council and congratulated by the President. Members then voted in favour of the appointment of Mr Anthony L Law to undertake the independent audit for the financial year ended 31st December 2015.
Members then heard discussions for and against motions that had been submitted to the meeting by Members for amendments to the Rules of the Association. One motion for special resolution was to amend rule 54.3 to include reference to co-options and appointments. The other motion for special resolution was to amend rule 42.1(b) to include proxy voting. The required 75% of Members voting at the meeting in favour of these special resolutions (rule 43.1) was not obtained for either motion when each was put to the vote. The Chair of Council, Mr Watson took to the podium to thank Members for their engagement in robust discussion and debate on these motions. Acknowledging the voting pattern for both, he expressed a commitment to continue raising discussions on these matters at upcoming Council meetings. Professor Rosenfeld then concluded the meeting, indicating that the discussions during the meeting were a healthy debate on a range of important issues pertaining to the Graduate Union; and advising Members that the next annual General Meeting was scheduled for Thursday, 26th May, 2016. The 2015 Graduate House Research Scholarship
DENNIS DANIPOG Dennis Danipog’s research on Teaching for Scientific Literacy through Inquiry will test: 1. What teaching practices implemented by teachers exhibit elements of science inquiry? 2. What is the extent of implementation by teachers of these practices in classrooms? 3. What is the relationship between teachers’ implementation of science inquiry practices and students’ achievement in science? Across four public schools in Manila, Dennis will observe 12 Grade 7 Science Teachers, each for 6 hours with their regular student classes. He will also assess the achievements in science (inquiry
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Annual General Meeting Dinner Review ballroom of a swanky hotel, and sawdust was scattered around the marquee to create a circus atmosphere. And so there it was - the first Variety Tent established in Pittsburgh. From this grew a Charity that expanded throughout the United States. Great awareness was raised, and the Charity became known as the “Entertainer’s Charity.” All of the biggest names – from Bob Hope to US Presidents – became members of Variety, and it was a tremendously successful organisation. Variety then spread across to the UK, and other parts of Europe, and then came to Australia and New Zealand. Variety had blossomed, and was doing tremendous work for so many children around the world.
Our guest of honour for the Annual General Meeting Dinner was Ken V Loughnan AO who is President of Variety The Children’s Charity Africa and the Middle East, and also Vice-President of Variety Asia-Pacific. His presentation entitled Building a Global Charity - taking us on a socioeconomic journey from a theatre in Pittsburgh in 1927 to Istanbul in 2017 - building tents! told the story of this charity, from its founding to establishment, and of Ken’s pivotal role in establishing tents outside the USA. The history of Variety The Children’s Charity is a compelling one. As Ken explained, the 1920s saw an explosion of the silver screen, dance and the arts. A melting-pot of styles and events was just the influence that was needed for a group of gentlemen from various entertainment industries (a variety) to form a group where they could regularly convene and speak in an open forum with friends - and so October 1927 saw the birth of the Variety Club. Just over a year later, on the 24th December, 1928 at 4.00pm, a man cleaning the Sheridan Square theatre in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania found a baby on a seat. A note from ‘heartbroken mother’ had been pinned to little Catherine indicating that the mother’s husband was out of work and that she had eight other children. She asked for the goodness of show-business people to look after her child. Variety Club did just that. They took the baby, oversaw her adoption and aptly named her Catherine Variety Sheridan. This, of course, made headlines right across the United States. From that day, fundraising events began for Catherine. Over time, these became more and more elaborate, so much so that the guest list increased to over 1,000 for each event. For one such function, a huge marquee was raised in the top floor grand
The story of Ken’s involvement was similarly serendipitous. Twenty years ago Ken was chairing a Skilled Engineering Board meeting during which the marketing director delivered a presentation about ‘the Variety Bash’ and the reasons why Skilled should invest in Variety. A Variety Bash is where people get together, find cars that are more than 30 years old and drive them across Australia to raise money for children in need. With one thing leading to another, Skilled purchased a 1965 Volkswagen Beetle and the Board members participated in the Beetle’s off-road drive from Melbourne to Cairns. Ken drove first. As Ken made his way across Australia, he reached Broken Hill and phoned his wife. “How is it going?” she asked. Ken replied, “I’ve never had so much fun in all my life!” - and that was all it took. Ken became a devotee of the Variety Bash and went on to purchase his own Beetle which he adorned with a large yellow fibre glass hat, long red plaits, a polka-dot skirt on the running board, ribbons on the red-plaits (polka-dot also), a beautiful smile on the front and eyes with eyelashes. Of course, also, she could speak! The off-road drive to Cairns was a 5,000 kilometre trek. For Ken, this means that with 11 bashes under his belt he has driven 55,000 kilometres off-road. While on the 11th bash his Beetle finally gave-in. Though sad to leave the journey, Ken left with a sense of accomplishment, safe in the knowledge that he and all the other participants had helped and were continuing to help many children around Australia. From then, Ken joined the Board of the Victorian chapter of Variety, became the Australian Chairman, and was then appointed international Vice President on the Board in Los Angeles. When Ken joined the Board in 2007, 38 tents were in operation (today Victoria houses Variety’s 77th tent). This number wasn’t representative of the good work of Variety. Ken attributed this to the
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management of the organisation: there wasn’t the vision and there weren’t the people. Additionally, many people involved in the past on the international Board had roots in the entertainment industry, had inherited their money and had little experience in running a business. In Ken’s words, they didn’t really understand the challenges, risks and the opportunities of a charitable organisation. Ken’s message was pertinent: “Variety is no different from any other organisation. We want to do things to help other people, and we will do things to help other people, but unless we lead it, unless we manage it properly, then it is not going to result in the optimum benefits for the kids.” Thus the road to reparation began. One of the first changes was to the Variety Club’s name - the word ‘club’ having connotations that were not in accordance with the purposes and actions of a charity. Thus the name was changed to Variety The Children’s Charity. An improved vision for what Variety was and what it wanted to continue to be about was then established. It was decided that work by the Charity would be directed to three main categories: Freedom: mobility, enablement and action that would allow kids to move around and get to places (e.g., wheelchairs). Caring: life-saving medical equipment, and services and infrastructure for children. Future: from education to other activities that support children and their future in the world. When the organisation was initially structured and at its previous historical height, there were 80 tents around the world reporting to a oneperson staffed office in New York. Ken explained that this, of course, made it extremely difficult to manage a large organisation worldwide, to get uniformity in approach and to obtain the accountability and transparency that is required for such an organisation. The decision was then made to relocate the headquarters to Los Angeles as it was a city more associated these days with the entertainment industry, particularly in ‘Hollywood’. With further restructuring, headquarters were setup in main regions across the world, from North America, South America and Asia-Pacific, to Europe, Africa and the Middle East. The tents in Australia were built with a vision and focus that enabled them to continue to raise money. Notably, Ken explained, funds raised through Variety within one geographic location were distributed for use only in that same location. This is a different modus operandi from many large international charities that move money from more affluent areas into more economically disadvantaged areas. Ken continues to strive to establish new tents, and has established some in Hong Kong, Singapore and Indonesia. The aim for each tent Board in these regions is for 60% of the available positions to be
filled by each country’s nationals. To illustrate this composition further, Ken spoke to his approach in establishing the Hong Kong tent Board. He approached KPMG to conduct a pro-bono search for eminent and experienced Board members in Hong Kong. He felt it important to embed within each Board not only the required expertise, but also appropriate representation of the rich cultural diversity of the children whom each Variety tent was helping. The Board in Hong Kong is now filled with Hong Kong nationals, such as a leading paediatric psychiatrist, the Medical Superintendent of one of the major hospitals, leading lawyers and leading social workers. Their combined influence leads to tangible and well supported outcomes. The stories of how Ken establishes tents in different regions illustrate coincidence and the importance of embracing of opportunities as they arise. For the tent in Jakarta, by way of example, Ken was a guest at the Australian Open for Motorola, when he struck up a conversation with fellow spectators – a man and his daughter – only to find that the man was the 5th richest person in Indonesia. Ken saw this as a great opportunity to discuss Variety and immediately, their thinking aligned. Today the daughter is the Chairperson of the Board in Jakarta, and their company is paying for all the marketing costs and for the CEO. Similarly Variety is looking to establish a tent Board in Istanbul after meeting a gentleman there with daughters who are keen to help out! Establishing headquarters in disparate locations ensures a more varied cultural and ethnic application of Variety’s good work. From the presentation that Ken delivered, it was clearly evident that he was truly a philanthropicallyminded gentleman. “It’s my passion. It’s what we can do.” Ken enthused. Like any good businessman, Ken is interested in increases, but his focus is on increasing the number of children that he can help. According to statistics from Variety’s website, the number of children globally that Variety has helped since 1928 is over 45 million. Ken admitted telling his children that he is indeed spending their inheritance, but of course for Variety. His rationale is simple: he’s multiplying their inheritance from 4 children, to 4 million children who are in desperate need of what resources they can get. The presentation concluded with advice. “One of the greatest things that you can do is to make a contribution to the society in which you live and work. I encourage everyone to do something within your society, to do something to make a difference.” Ken’s presentation was inspirational, warming and educational. We felt honoured to have had such an esteemed gentleman in our midst. Thank you greatly Ken V Loughnan AO!
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Resident Christmas in July Party July 10th 2015 6:30 pm till late Free for Residents Entertainment Christmas Themed Dinner ABN: 55610664963
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Non-Resident Members are welcome. As we anticipate that near 100 resident Members will attend, we welcome early booking so that we can cater properly. The kitchen and bistro will not be available for other functions or for evening dining. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause.
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Resident News “Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many time I fell down and got back up again” - Nelson Mandela (1918 - 2013) ‘Legal and Medical Issues Surrounding Concussion in Sport’ Seminar in New Zealand
I found the preparation and the presentation of the seminar to be beneficial for my own thesis, as it enabled me to learn more about the current regulation of concussion in sport in New Zealand. The two other speakers were Keith Binnie (NZ Rugby Union legal counsel) and Stephen Kara (Auckland Blues team physician). Thank you Alexandra for a great story, and we wish you all the best for the remainder of your doctoral work! National Student Leadership Forum (NSLF)
Preparation for Alexandra’s presentation.
Alexandra Veuthey has returned to reside at Graduate House while undertaking her doctoral research studies and to teach at The University of Melbourne. Here she shares her story of being invited to present at a seminar in New Zealand. In February 2015, I started a Ph.D in sports law at Melbourne Law School, with a central research focus on the regulation of concussion in sport. Concussion is a serious problem for both current and retired professional athletes. The main controversy in this area occurred in American football, where a wave of suicides, together with a class action involving 5,000 players, recently alerted the general public to the potential long-term medical complications associated with multiple instances of concussion. These complications, long denied by the National Football League (NFL), include memory loss, impulse anger-control problems, disorientation and even dementia. Other team sports, such as ice hockey, Australian Rules Football, rugby and soccer, are also increasingly facing this issue, suggesting similar large-scale scandals in the near future. Recently, I was invited to New Zealand to speak at a seminar entitled ‘Legal and Medical Issues Surrounding Concussion in Sport’. This seminar, organised by the Australian and New Zealand Sports Law Association/ANZSLA, took place on the 3rd June, 2015 in Auckland/ New Zealand. I also met some partners from the law firm Minter Ellison. This firm has the largest sports law practice in New Zealand.
In 2014 Graduate House nominated two Resident Members, Annelies Van de Ven and Mattias Björnmalm, to attend the NSLF. Applications for the 2015 NSLF in Canberra are now open. For each successful applicant, up to $2,000 is awarded to support travel, accommodation and NSLF participation. This is a unique opportunity for Resident Members of any nationality aged 18 to 26 years to extend and practice their leadership skills. The closing date for applications to Graduate House is Monday, 6th July and the 4-day forum begins 17th September.
Dates to remember: Friday, 10th July Resident’s Christmas In July Tuesday, 25th August MaG (Meet and Greet) Saturday, 3rd October 2015 Graduate House Ball There is no MaG in June and July.
Thank You Graduate House would like to thank the organisers of, and contributors to, the BBQ Social Mixer on the 13th June, 2015. At this event money was raised for the Nepal Relief effort.
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Recommend an app. We need your suggestions for the best apps for graduate students, and those in postgraduate life. Send us your suggestions and we’ll feature them in our newsletter’s new section. email publications@graduatehouse.com.au
“The Mendeley app helps me annotate PDFs, cite as I write, and it stores all of my research items. I can also create academic networks and share my work with others for their feedback. It’s an extremely useful app for me.” — Tina
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University Sector News Stories that may be of interest to our Members
The Rise of Fake Jobs Last year it was reported by Eurostat that 52.6 percent of unemployed people in the Eurozone were without work for up to two years. Other reports are showing grim images of employment. In Greece for example, 73 percent of job seekers have been out of work for more than a year. In Italy that percentage is at 61, and in ‘prosperous’ nations like France, there has been a jump to 43 percent – the highest in 20 years. As the European economic landscape trudges through muddy difficulties, some people are taking matters into their own hands. Today there are hundreds of potemkin companies operating across Europe. These fake companies operate as if they are real companies - from employees, to processes, products, suppliers, and even the institutions they liaise with - but they are not real. Employees receive virtual salaries and spend time and “money” on advertising, payroll, accounting and other departments which are commonly found in regular companies. They even undertake organised strikes with the aim to teach workers’ rights and to equip human resources teams with the know-how for how to ease tensions when these issues arise in real life. What are some of the companies? One Company is Animal Kingdom which sells products like dog food and frogs. Another is ArtLim, selling fine porcelain, and Prestige Cosmetique which sells perfumes. However, all of the wares of these companies are completely imaginary.
The aim with these companies is to rejuvenate the unemployed not just in terms of employability, but also psychologically. Losing a job during extremely difficult economic times can certainly take its toll on the human spirit. These companies are more formally known as practice firms and have their roots in post-war Germany when the population needed to be re-equipped with vital job skills. Today, there are around 5,000 of these firms around Europe. Globally, there are around 25,000. Generally, they are supported by government funds. EUROPEN-PEN International (PEN is the acronym for Practice Enterprise Network) is a not-for-profit association that provides administrative support for 7,500 practice enterprises in >40 countries to allow >200,000 trainees each year to simulate working in a business. These enterprises are run by schools, colleges, universities, vocational training institutions, companies and training centres. Australia is not currently listed in their international network index. Simulated businesses (Practice Enterprises) are proving to be an innovative solution and a concrete pathway for those affected by continuing unemployment and the financial crisis. A New York Times article reports that the success rate of these training centres is high. Between 60 and 70 percent of those who go through these firms often find real positions, mainly in administration and professional service fields. For more information see: www.nytimes.com/2015/05/31/business/international/ineurope-fake-jobs-can-have-real-benefits.html; and www. penworldwide.org/aboutus.html
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University Sector News Innovation
The Apple Watch The Apple Watch was officially released in Australia on the 24th April, 2015. At the time of writing this article in early June, it has thus been out for a little more than a month, which also means that the reviews, and re-reviews are starting to inundate technology websites. What exactly is the Apple watch all about? A few years ago over at Apple Headquarters, at 1 Infinite Loop, in the heart of Silicon Valley, a small group of interface designers had begun late night discussions about new devices. Quickly, the discussions led to wearable technology, and then ultimately to horology: a watch and phone hybrid that introduced a new way of interacting with technology. The main questions that they sought to answer of course were what would such technology actually add to people’s lives, and what new things could one do with such technology? Eventually, the raison d’être came into fruition: The Apple Watch was born out of the idea that as our smart phones become more pertinent in our lives, consequently, we also lost a little bit of the human touch. For instance, while we may have a conversation with someone, in that moment, we may also be swiping through our emails or social media feeds. As our dialogues multiply across various digital platforms, so does the need for our devices to mediate these dialogues. When Apple started the process of developing functions for messaging, they realised that they couldn’t simply replicate processes from the phone. This led to them to develop a feature that they called Quickboard — an application
that reads your messages and prompts a range of suitable responses by surfacing the main keywords from the message. To respond quickly using one of these suggested responses, all you need to do is tap once and you’ve replied! The watch is also tremendously in tune with human movement. For example the feature called Short-Look is designed to display an alert message from a notification (e.g., a calendar booking). The user’s wrist action in responding to the gentle pulses emitted by Short-Look determines whether or not the notification is then displayed. To view the message, a gentle flick of the wrist is required to see the sender’s name or the reason for the notification. When the wrist is flicked down, the message remains unread, and the notification goes away. The opposite action, flicking the wrist up, will display the entire message. A phone call has a different sequence of taps, as does a meeting reminder, or a suggestion that it is time to stand after having been seated for too long. The watch is almost giving technology a synaesthetic component whereby there is constant two-way interaction between the wearer and the watch. For example, it has borrowed the haptic function, making it its own by calling it Taptics so that gentle sensations (like the pulses, as mentioned above) can be used to inform wearers of any new notifications or of suggested physical or mental actions to be undertaken. While prices aren’t all that user-friendly, the watch is certainly an interesting starting point for mainstream interactive technology. For more information see: http://www.wired.com/2015/04/the-apple-watch
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Puzzles Mind benders for our Members
Sudoku Sudoku is an 81 square grid comprising of nine square blocks, each with nine cells. To complete this puzzle, all blank cells must be filled with a number between and including 1 and 9. Each number can only appear once in each nine celled block, row and column.
Last edition’s results
Kakuro Use the numbers 1 to 9 to fill the empty cells so that the sum of each horizontal block equals the clue on its left, and the sum of each vertical block equals the clue on top. Each number can only be used once per row/column.
Last edition’s results Please note that there might be more answer combinations possible.
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Cryptic Crossword
Across 1. 4. 7. 8. 9. 10. 12. 14. 16. 19. 20. 21. 22.
Meals cooked in a Massuchusetts seaport (5) Knocker provided by learner (5) Short day with bird or mammal (8) Kid not finishing meals (4) Standard selection from Beethoven or Mozart (4) Stealthily pursued, son divulged information (7) Ordering salmon pie in an American city (11) Time has resolved lack of belief (7) Novelist not finishing Rob Roy, for example? (4) Knock a bit off approach shot (4) Wendy’s family pets (8) Stop to eat a Malaysian dish (5) The crew dined, we hear (5)
Down 1. Be contemptuous of sulphur put on cereal (5) 2. Restraint shown by group of soldiers crossing river (3-4) 3. Secure a ship for Othello, perhaps (4) 4. Have a meal with fruit brought round for primate (5,3) 5. Essential spirit finally found in small bottle (5) 6. Casual footwear for couch potatoes? (7) 11. Upset, pasty-faced PC leaves festival (5,3) 12. Games for a striker? (7) 13. Without polish, without lead (7) 15. Former partner with postman living abroad (5) 17. Drunk held firmly (5) 18. Time to regret being faithful (4)
Last edition’s results Across: 1. Aptitude 5. Tsar 8. Rupee 9. Artists 11. Looksee 12. Laird 13. Putter 15. Insane 18. Rabbi 20. Retrain 23. Scratch 24. Ocean 25. Ling 26. Bassists
Down: 1. April 2. Topcoat 3. Teens 4. Drawer 6. Sushi 7. Residue 10. Talon 13. Perusal 14. Exist 16. Amadeus 17. Brahma 19. Baron 21. Toots 22. Nines
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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. See http://events.unimelb.edu.au/all/free-public-lecture. Non-members are welcome also to meet, dine, refresh or debrief here at Graduate House. Faculty or School Wednesday, 12.30pm Seminar Room 515, Melbourne 1st July - 1.30pm Level 5, 207 Bouverie School of Street, Carlton Population and Global Health 9.00am - Engineering Design Melbourne Thursday, 3.45pm Studio 1, Old School of 2nd July Engineering Building Engineering (173) Date
Saturday, 4th July
Tuesday, 7th July
Time
Venue
10.00am Melbourne Faculty of - 4.00pm Conservatorium of VCA and Music, Gate 12, Royal MCM Parade, Parkville 6.00am - Prest Theatre, G06, 7.00pm FBE Building, 111 Barry Street, Carlton
Wednesday, 1.00pm - Davis Auditorium, 2.00pm Walter and Eliza Hall 8th July Institute, 1g Royal Parade, Parkville
Title
Wednesday, 12.30pm Seminar Room 515, Melb. School 8th July - 1.30pm Level 5, 207 Bouverie of Population Street, Carlton and Global Health
Professor Philip Clarke
Hands on Engineering
Training Workshop
Call 03 8344 9350 Enquiries schoolsengagement-engit@ unimelb.edu.au
Celebrating 40 years of Music Therapy in Victoria
Symposium
Call 03 8344 5613 Enquiries vcamcm-er@unimelb. edu.au Call
Professor Nandini Sundar
Using health service and Associate Professor public health interventions James Ward to improve outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the areas of STIs, HIV and viral hepatitis Cross-faculty friends, new skills, and student love the unexpected benefits of making a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)
Thursday, 9th July
6.00pm - Copland Theatre, Faculty of The (Adaptive) Innovative 7.30pm Basement, the Spot Business and Organisation Building, 198 Berkeley Economics Street
Thursday, 9th July
5.30pm - Auditorium, Faculty of 7.00pm Melbourne Brain Science Centre, Kenneth Myer Building, 30 Royal Parade, Parkville
Sunday, 3.00pm 12th to 6.00pm Wednesday, th 15 July
Australian Academy of Science New Fellows Symposium
03 9035 9309
Enquiries aii-rsvp@unimelb.edu.au Call 03 9035 7538 Enquiries falcone@wehi.edu.au Call
03 9345 2555
Dr Dominique Martin, Professor Ian McDonald, Mr Peter Mellow
Enquiries n.li@unimelb.edu.au
Professor Gerry George
Enquiries emily.bowser@unimelb. edu.au
Call
03 8344 9350
Call 03 9035 6641 Prof. Michael Cowley, Enquiries Dr Peter Czabotar, rtret@unimelb.edu.au Prof. Marian Forsyth, Dr Ziggy Switkowski, Call 03 8344 4392 Prof. San Thang, Assoc. Prof. Spencer Williams
Public Lecture Theatre, Old Arts Bldg, The University of Melbourne
Faculty of Arts
Animal Publics: Emotions, Empathy, Activism
Wednesday, 1.00pm - B120 1 (Singapore 15th July 2.30pm Theatre), Melbourne School of Design
Faculty of Arts
Batman: 76 Years as a Transmedia Text
Wednesday, 6.30pm - Ian Potter Auditorium, 7.30pm Melbourne Brain 15th July Centre, Kenneth Myer Building, 30 Royal Parade, Parkville
The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Parkinson’s disease: Deep Professor Malcolm brain stimulation and other Horne advanced therapies – when and when not to try, and their effectiveness
Thursday, 16th July
Faculty of Arts
Challenges of Risk Governance: Coping with Climate Change
5.30pm - Theatre 219, Melb. 7.00pm Graduate School of Education, 234 Queensberry St.
Bookings and Enquiries Enquiries n.li@unimelb.edu.au
Edgar Sydenstricker - Epidemiologist or economist?
Australia Baba Amte Memorial India Institute Lecture: The Amnesias of Democracy Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
Speakers
Conference
Enquiries aasg-conference@unimelb. edu.au
Call 03 9035 5280 Professor Will Brooker Enquiries angelan@unimelb.edu.au
Professor Ortwin Renn
Call 03 8344 6851 Enquiries info@florey.edu.au Call
03 9035 6789
Enquiries lsanders@unimelb.edu.au Call
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Time
Venue
Faculty or Title School The Japan’s Undergraduate University of Education: An examination Melbourne from historical and comparative perspectives
Bookings and Enquiries Assoc Prof. Tomokazu Enquiries Fujitsuka, mjvk@unimelb.edu.au Prof. Richard James, Call 03 9035 4673 Prof. Tomoko Torii, Assoc Prof. Akiyoshi Yonezawa, Ms Yukako Yonezawa, Prof. Aya Yoshida Speakers
Friday, 17th July
12.30pm Evan Williams - 2.30pm Theatre, Richard Berry Building - G03
Friday, 17th July
6.30pm - Theatre A, Elisabeth The 7.30pm Murdoch Building, University of Parkville, University of Melbourne Melbourne
Georgian caricaturist and Victorian illustrator George Cruikshank – A prelude to S.T. Gill
Friday, 17th to Saturday 18th July
8.30am - ACMI Theatre, 5.00pm Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Federation Square
Faculty of Arts
The Stardom and Celebrity Symposium of David Bowie
Saturday, 18th July
1.00pm - State Library Victoria 2.00pm Conference Centre, 328 Swanston Street Melbourne
Faculty of Arts
The Revolution and its current meaning: Why Bastille Day matters
Professor Peter McPhee
Saturday, 18th July
10.00am Theatre A, Elisabeth - 4.00pm Murdoch Building, The University of Melbourne, Parkville
Faculty of Arts
S.T. Gill and the Colonial World
Em. Prof. Sasha Grishin, Assc. Prof. David Hansen, Dr Gerard Vaughan, Angus Trumble, Daniel Thomas, Dr Isobel Crombie, Alisa Bunbury, Assc. Prof. Alison Inglis, Shane Carmody, Prof. Andrew J. May
Enquiries sophia.robinson@unimelb. edu.au
6.30pm - Davis Auditorium, 7.30pm Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, 1g Royal Parade, Parkville
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
Cancer-initiating cells
Dr Kate Sutherland
Enquiries falcone@wehi.edu.au
9.00am - West Room, 5.00pm University House @ Woodward Law Building, Pelham Street, Carlton
Melbourne School of Engineering
Technology and Society: Professor R E Burnett Exploring Opportunities for Stronger Collaboration with Australia’s Department of Defence and the US National Defense University
Enquiries ansonne.yap@unimelb. edu.au
Wednesday, 12.30pm Seminar Room 515, Melbourne 22nd July - 1.30pm Level 5, 207 Bouverie School of Street, Carlton Population and Global Health
Pathways for accelerating population health improvement – insights from the Propel Centre for Population Health Impact
Dr Barbara Riley, Dr Cameron Willis
Enquiries n.li@unimelb.edu.au
Wednesday, 6.30pm - Theatre, The Ian 22nd July 7.30pm Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Federation Square
The University of Melbourne
Culture and War: The ANZAC Centenary Lectures
Prof. Kate DarianSmith, Prof. Charles Green, Ms Maxine McKew, Ms Susan van Wyk
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Thursday, 23rd July
4.30pm - David P Derham 6.00pm Theatre, Melbourne Law School (106), 185 Pelham Street
Melbourne Law School
Reflections on a career on the High Court: A conversation with the Hon. K M Hayne AC
The Honourable Kenneth Madison Hayne AC
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Thursday, 23rd to Friday 24th July
4.30pm - Theatres GM15 and 5.30pm G08, Melbourne Law School, 185 Pelham Street, Carlton
Melbourne Law School
CCCS: Constitutional Law Conference 2015
Conference
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Monday, 27th July
6.00pm - Laby Theatre, Physics Melbourne 8.00pm South - Building School of Number 192 Engineering
Monday, 20th July Monday, 20th July
Sheila O’Connell
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Australia Kalari: India’s Ancient Wednesday, 6.00pm - Prest Theatre, G06, 7.45pm FBE Buildin, 111 Barry India Institute Martial Art 29th July Street, Carlton
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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 Graduate House. Centre for Health Policy, Programs and Economics
Department of Finance Lunch Meeting
Department of Infrastructure Engineering Staff Meeting
Department of Social Work Disaster Response
4th May 23 attendees
1st, 22nd, 29th May 15 attendees
5th May 30 attendees
5th May 5 attendees
Indigenous Eye Health Unit
Infrastructure Campus Services - Staff Environment Advocates Meeting
McCaughey Centre CRE in Healthy Liveable Communities
Melbourne School of Land and Environment - PICCC Board
12th May 4 attendees
19th May 20 attendees
14th May 25 attendees
12th May 25 attendees
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health (MSPGH)
UoM Commercial Ltd - Clinical Teaching, Palliative Care
7th May 16 attendees
5th, 6th , 13thMay 38 attendees
The patronage of organisation Members in charitable, not-for-profit, government and professional development sectors is acknowledged, as is that of our many Members who organise functions. We look forward to welcoming you again soon.
Arts Access Victoria (AAV) - Adapt Creative Victoria
Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering(ATSE)
Australian School of Applied Management (ASAM)
Australia Teachers of Media (ATOM)
6th May 25 attendees
7th May 28 attendees
7th, 8th, 12th May 35 attendees
28th May 25 attendees
Australian Asian Association (AAA)
Australian Film Base (AFB) 4-month Film School
Catholic Education Office Melbourne
Chase Performance
4th May 6 attendees
19th May 15 attendees
1st May 45 attendees
28th May 12 attendees
CRC for Spatial Information
David Morris Consulting DMC Annual Breakfast
FBG Group (Flanagan Brown-Greaves Pty Ltd)
Geography Teachers’ Association of Victoria Inc
22nd May 12 attendees
26th May 20 attendees
26th May 20 attendees
11th May 50 attendees
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Academic and Professional Development Meetings
Heart Research Centre
Haematology Society of Australia and New Zealand (HSANZ ) Nurses VIC
John Cain Foundation
Melba Group
18th, 19th , 20th, 21st, 22nd May 38 attendees
19th May 70 attendees
6th May 62 attendees
29th May 18 attendees
Modern Greek Teachers Association of Victoria (MGTAV)
19th , 20th, 28nd May 54 attendees
Modern Language Teachers’ Melbourne Metropolitan Association of Victoria Waste and Resource (MLTAV) Recovery Group (MWRRG)
25th May 12 attendees
Organisation Development Australia (ODA)
8th May 20 attendees
27th May 20 attendees
Project Services INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Project Services Investment Management Training Services
Research, Innovation and Commercialisation
Rotary Club of Carlton Lunch and Board Meetings, D9800 and Heritage Cluster
4th May 16 attendees
5th, 14th May 38 attendees
5th, 12th, 19th, 20th, 26th May 124 attendees
Probus Club Inc Carlton Parkville
School Library Association of Victoria
Social Work Department Writing Group
Supply Chain Logistics Association Australia (SCLAA)
12th May 70 attendees
14th, 16th May 30 attendees
21st May 6 attendees
23rd April 4 attendees
Turkish Teachers Association of Victoria (TTAV)
UNSW Canberra at ADFA Systems Engineering
Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre (VCCC)
Western and Central Melbourne Integrated Cancer Service (WCMISC)
8th, 14th May 20 attendees
18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22ndMay 183 attendees
12thMay 21 attendees
28th May 44 attendees
The Graduate Union GU Collegiate and Governance Meetings
5th, 6th, 8th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 19th, 20th, 22nd, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th May 393 attendees www.graduatehouse.com.au | ABN: 55610 664 963 | Incorporated Association Registration No. A0023234B
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At Graduate House Stories around Graduate House Women’s Forum and Melba Group Workshop
Thank you for your feedback Organising a function at Graduate House was staightforward and all queries/requests were handled immediately. It is as near to stress free as being in charge of 43 participants could be.
On May 20th, the Women’s Forum Group and the Melba Group came together in a workshop to discuss How to nominate Women for Awards. The session was attended by 22 females, including CEO/Head of College Dr Kerry Bennett and staff members Tina Hasiotis and Jaimy Skaria. The workshop was held in the Johnston Library. For a review of the Workshop, please go to page 12 and 13.
The function room suited us well and at the start of each day the room looked clean and professionally set up. The IT was set up each day and worked without a hitch. Microphones and the remote were provided free of charge. Any concern with the room was addressed and someone was checking regularly to see how things were going. The food was mentioned in most evaluations as being varied, interesting, delicious and plentiful. The staff who served were efficient and friendly. I asked at the last minute for vegan and gluten free morning teas and lunches and these were provided. I have worked with Rosie Ellul on several occasions and she is always courteous, efficient and available. She works to make the conference experience the best she can for the attendees and organisers. The other staff were likewise very friendly and efficient and just went ‘that little bit more’. Elizabeth Holloway - Heart Research Centre Your feedback is important
The workshop concluded at 12.00 noon whereupon the ladies adjourned to a prepared long table in the rear dining room for lunch and further discussion. We welcome back Scott Nelson Scott left at the end of 2014 to pursue his studies and we are very pleased to welcome him back in 2015. He has rejoined the Building Services unit. Welcome back Scottie!
Submit a Dining Room Feedback Form to be in the monthly draw and in the running for the year-end prize of a $500 Coles Myers Gift Voucher.
The lucky feedback-giver for May was Mac Nicoll who won a bottle of Rococo, Blanc de Blancs, Yarra Valley.
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Council News June 10th marked the date of the Graduate Union’s 5th Council meeting for the year. It was a particularly special meeting as it saw the re-election of Cr Rhys Watson as the Chair of Council. Cr Watson commenced his first term as Chair in 2014. We also congratulate Cr Kingsley Davis OAM on his appointment as Vice-Chair of Council. Cr Davis OAM has been on the Graduate Union Council since 2011. Cr David Cowie is also welcomed to Council as a member elected by Members in the 2015 elections to Council.
Mr John Green was welcomed to Council. Cr Green was admitted as a Life Subscriber of The Graduate Union in 2006, and over the past 10 years has participated in many of the Association’s activities. He brings experience from a wealth of disciplines including Law and Commerce and is Fellow of the Australian Institute of Governance. We also extend a warm welcome to new Council member Mary Kelleher who is also a Life Member of The Graduate Union. Cr Kelleher is currently Vice President of the Australian Asian Association of Victoria and has extensive experience in the international education sector.
Queen’s Birthday Honours We congratulate Member The Honourable Justice Christopher Murray MAXWELL who was awarded COMPANION (AC) in the GENERAL DIVISION: for eminent service to the law and to the judiciary, particularly administrative reform of the appeals process, through contributions to legal education and professional development, and as a leading supporter of human rights and civil liberties. The Hon Justice Maxwell was educated at Melbourne Grammar School and The University of Melbourne where he was resident at Trinity College. After graduating, he was selected as the 1975 Victorian Rhodes Scholar and completed a BPhil at Oxford University in the United Kingdom. Becoming a QC in 1998, he succeeded Justice John Winneke as President of the Victorian Court of Appeal in 2005. We congratulate Member Ms Helen Leslie SMITH who was awarded MEMBER (AM) in the GENERAL DIVISION. for significant service to fencing as an Olympic athlete, coach and mentor, and through a range of leadership and administrative roles. Helen received many awards throughout her career. She was inducted into the International Fencing Hall of Fame in 2013 and to the Victorian Honour Roll of Women by the Government of Victoria in 2010. She was also awarded Maître d’Armes (Master of Arms) by the Oceania Fencing Masters Academy in 1992. We congratulate Melba Group member, Ms Merle Estelle THORNTON who was awarded MEMBER (AM) in the GENERAL DIVISION: for significant service to the community as an advocate for women, and Indigenous rights, and to the arts as a writer and director. We also congratulate Mrs Emily LENNIE for service to music, to musical education, and to the community and Mr Francis PECK for service to education, and to professional organisations, each of whom was awarded a MEDAL (OAM) of the Order of Australia in the General Division. We publish stories and photographs of award recipients based on availability. We regret that some information is not available to us at the time of publication. www.graduatehouse.com.au | ABN: 55610 664 963 | Incorporated Association Registration No. A0023234B
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Valete Professor Richard Cotton (1940 - 2015) We are saddened to learn of the death of Professor Richard (Dick) Cotton AM on the morning of the 14th June, 2015. The Graduate Union extends heartfelt condolences to Professor Cotton’s family, friends and colleagues. Dick, originally from the Wangaratta area, completed a Bachelor of Agricultural Science at The University of Melbourne before gaining a PhD and a DSc. The photo on the left was taken from the April 1966 issue of the Melbourne Graduate when Dick, a new resident at Graduate House , was captioned as Mr R.G.H Cotton, 24, B.Agr.Sc. PhD candidate for research in bacteriological enzymology, Department of Microbiology. Awarded a Fulbright Travelling Fellowship in 1972 and a Queen Elizabeth II Fellowship in 1973, he worked in paediatric and genetic research and became the foundation Deputy Director of the Murdoch Institute. Professor Cotton initiated the Human Variome Project in Melbourne in 2006. The delegates of that first meeting included the world’s top geneticists, clinicians and bioinformaticians and representatives of the World Health Organisation, OECD, European Commission, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, March of Dimes, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, some two dozen international genetics bodies, and numerous genetics journals. A Graduate Union Honorary Life member fondly remembers Dick as someone who was always on the go, who would bound down the terrace stairs two steps at a time, singing out as he passed the offices ‘Good Morning. How are you?” to Mr Berry, who would then stand up and before Dick had reached the outdoors, respond “Return Mister Cotton so that I am given time to let you know how I am!” Gordon Goldberg (1938 - 2015) We were informed of the death of Mr Gordon Goldberg by his longtime friend and colleague, Mr Peter Buckley. Returning to Perth after having attended the Association’s Annual General Meeting on the 28th May (pictured below left) and catching up over the ensuing days with many of his Melbourne friends, Mr Goldberg passed away on the 13th June, 2015. Gordon became a Life Member in 1960, graduating from The University of Melbourne in 1962 with his LLB. He worked with his father, Maurice Goldberg, at Goldberg and Window Solicitors in Richmond and became known as a ‘colourful figure’ who rode to Courts all over Melbourne on an ancient bicycle and in a three-piece suit. He later became a Reader in Law at Buckingham University where he taught Banking, Constitutional and Administrative Law, Contracts, an Introduction to Legal Studies, Private International Law, Sale of Goods and Trusts. He was also Master of Moots (Mooting is a means for law students to present a legal matter against an opposing counsel and before a judge under simulated court conditions) until his retirement in 2003 - he is pictured in 2004 above left at a reunion - after which he settled in Perth. Our deepest condolences are extended to his wife Kerry and their family, and to his very good friend, Peter Buckley. www.graduatehouse.com.au | ABN: 55610 664 963 | Incorporated Association Registration No. A0023234B
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