THE GRADUATE UNIONÂ
NEWSLETTER JULY 2019
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CONTENTS GU COLLEGIATE 4
Wednesday Christmas in July Lunches
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Resident Members' Christmas in July Party
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August Monthly Luncheon Dr Caitlin Barr
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Coming Monthly Luncheons
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Coming College Tables
FEATURES 9
Returning to work in STEM Dr Suryani Lim
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Returning after 35 Years Looking North by Ms Janette Lucas
REVIEWS 11
May College Table Dr Angelito Calma
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May Women's Forum
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June Monthly Luncheon Ms Jen Hutchison
ACADEMIC and PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MEETINGS 32
May 2019 Listings
VALETE 34
Miriam (Heather) Kudeviita
OTHER 16
July John Cain Foundation Luncheon
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IMD Alumni Melbourne Roundtable Luncheon
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Innovation World Bee Day Extracurricular White/red meat and cholesterol levels
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Diamond Jubilee Campaign Contribution Form
GRADUATE HOUSE NEWS 18
Annual General Meeting (AGM)
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AGM Dinner Presentation Ms Deborah Glass OBE
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Graduate House’s Iftar Dinner
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Parkville Station Site Tour
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“I’d come back in a heartbeat!” Ms Marina Anca
MEMBER CONTRIBUTIONS 30
An Inspiring story by Mr Louis Coutts
GU Merchandise Diamond Jubilee Cufflinks Designed to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the purchase of the Gladstone Terrace by The Graduate Union. These elegant 82.5 sterling silver cufflinks contain a three-wing motif, inspired by The Graduate Union’s logo. $104.00 — sterling cufflinks $195.00 — sterling cufflinks with diamond inset. Available for purchase at reception or online at www.graduatehouse.com.au/merchandise
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GU COLLEGIATE Christmas in July Lunches
Italian Conversation Dinner
Bridge Nights
Join us every Wednesday in July for a Christmas-themed lunch.
Dine while learning to speak Italian with an experienced teacher.
Members $12 non-members $20 Loyalty card holders $15
Members $17 non-members $25
Join in a game or learn to play the card game Bridge. Enjoy biscuits, tea and coffee.
12:00noon to 2:00pm Wed, 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th, 31st July
6:00pm Tue, 2nd, 16th July
6:50pm for 7:00pm start Wed, 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th, 31st July
Special Morning Breakfast
Women's Forum
Non-resident Members are welcome to join Resident Members for a hearty breakfast at Graduate House.
Come along to discuss 'The importance of bees'.
Resident Members' Christmas In July Party
Members $2 non-members $6
Free for Resident Members non-resident Members $20
The Forum is free. All are welcome. Lunch is at Member and non-member prices.
7:30am to 8:30am Tue, 9th July
10:00am for 10:30am start Wed, 17th July
Traditional Christmas Dinner and Karaoke. Free for Resident Members non-resident Members $25 general public $35 6:30pm till late Friday, 26th July
BOOK NOW There is no Monthly Luncheon in July
via our website: www.graduatehouse.com.au by phone: (03) 9347 3428 by email: admingh@graduatehouse.com.au or at Reception.
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Join us every Wednesday in July for a Christmas-themed lunch
CHRISTMAS IN JULY Menu EntrĂŠe Seafood chowder Cold seafood platter and salad Main Roast turkey breast with seasonal stuďŹƒng Roast meat with rosemary gravy Roast vegetables Vegetarian dish Dessert Plum pudding Pavlova, Seasonal fruits
Members $12 Non-Members $20 Loyalty Card $15 For group bookings please call (03) 9347 3428 or email us on admingh@graduatehouse.com.au ABN: 55 610 664 963 | IARN: A0023234B
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THE GRADUATE UNION
of The University of Melbourne Inc.
RESIDENT MEMBERS’ CHRISTMAS IN JULY PARTY A Christmas party in July for Resident Members including traditional Christmas dinner and karaoke Friday, 26th July 2019 6:30PM till late FREE for Resident Members RSVP by phone (03) 9347 3428 or email to admingh@graduatehouse.com.au before Wednesday, 24th July Non Resident Members $25 General Public $35
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Monthly Luncheon Everyone says that they are providing person-centred care but are they?
With guest speaker
Dr Caitlin Barr
Dr Caitlin Barr is CEO of Better Hearing Australia, Victoria and a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology at The University of Melbourne. Caitlin is passionate about facilitating participation and connectedness - particularly in the ageing and disability sectors - and does this through bringing together innovation in health services research, education and community engagement. Dr Barr’s research focuses on how hearing disability plays a pivotal role in the wellbeing of older adults with a specific focus on the role of health professionals in providing health care that is in keeping with principals of personcentred care. Wednesday, 7th August 2019
12:00NOON arrival for a 12:30PM start
Graduate House
Caitlin is an experienced lecturer, board director and advocate for change in hearing care.
220 Leicester Street, Carlton, VIC, 3053
Bookings
Tel: (03) 9347 3428 Email: admingh@graduatehouse.com.au Website: graduatehouse.com.au/coming-events
Cost 10 Resident Members 30 non-resident Members $ 35 concession $ 40 general public $ $
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Coming Monthly Luncheons To help you plan ahead, here are the guest speakers for the Monthly Luncheons from September to November 2019.
Graduate House
220 Leicester Street, Carlton 3053 12:00NOON arrival for 12:30PM start
4th September
2nd October
Ms Kerri Lee Sinclair Entrepreneur, Investor, CIO Kin Group
Dr John Andrews Educator, Author
13th November
Dr Ross McMullin Historian, Biographer
COST
BOOKINGS
$10 Resident Members
Telephone: (03) 9347 3428
$30 non-resident Members
Email: admingh@graduatehouse.com.au
$35 concession
Website: www.graduatehouse.com.au
$40 general public
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Coming College Tables 12:00noon arrival for 12:30pm start 16th August Public and Preventive Medicine
Dr Deborah Glass
20th September Law
Dr Chantal Morton
18th October Entrepreneurship
Cost:
12 Members 20 non-members $ 15 loyalty card holders $ $
Dr. Deborah Glass is Associate Professor for Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences at Monash University, working in the ďŹ eld of exposure assessment for epidemiology.
Dr Chantal Morton develops resources and runs programs with a focus on legal writing and academic skills for students in the JD, Masters and Graduate Research programs at Melbourne Law School.
Professor Mile Terziovski Professor MilĂŠ Terziovski is Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Director of the Masters of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program at Swinburne University of Technology.
Bookings
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Returning to work in STEM – advice from an IT lecturer and mother The challenge of becoming a mother is a familiar story to many women. No amount of reading and research can really and fully prepare you for when the baby arrives. For working women, this challenge is complicated by the decision about whether to leave their career behind for the sake of the baby and their family or to return to work once the baby has reached a certain age — usually when the mother feels comfortable to put the baby in some form of childcare. Dr Suryani Lim, Lecturer in Information Technology (IT) at Federation University, told us about the story of her decision to go back to work after more than a decade of being a mother. Dr Lim worked as a Computer Programmer and Research Assistant before she stopped her career to have her kids. She admits that it was years before she felt comfortable returning to work — particularly because her area of research and work continually changes with technology. The transition, however, she notes, is not impossible. Being away from the workforce for nearly 11 years, she recalls feeling overwhelmed when she returned to work: “It was so hard that I initially thought it was impossible. Information Technology is such a fast moving field, and many things have changed. Having said that, many other things have stayed the same and I built on my previous knowledge.” Fortunately, Dr Lim ensured that she was not completely cut off from her career during the time she was occupied by maternal duties. She stayed in touch with her colleagues, kept her professional membership up-to-date, did collaborative research and IT work (paid and unpaid) —
all of which assisted her with returning to her professional life. “When my children started school,” Dr Lim said, “I volunteered to do some IT work at the school and implemented a ‘one child one device’ program with very little financial contribution from the school by working with a social enterprise. From there on, I moved back slowly into the academic space by focusing more on research collaboration.” Dr Lim says she was fortunate to find people kind and welcoming after returning to work. She notes, however, that young working mothers should realise that it can take time to adjust to such big changes and to navigate the best way for them to manage their maternal and professional lives. Being a working mother involves a lot of emotional challenges because women still feel the cultural pressure of our social notion of the mother — a person whose first and only job is to take care of her children and her family. Dr Lim, therefore, has two pieces of advice for working mothers. First, “do not feel guilty. In the long run, our children benefit more if we return to work. They can see that we are making a contribution to the
Dr Suryani Lim wider society.” Second, “take it easy and slowly. Take your time to rebuild your confidence and manage your family's expectations — you will not always be there for them.” Dr Lim's research is in data mining, algorithms and artificial intelligence. Her recent work, for example, has included the incorporation of human traits and game theory in multiagent carbon trading!! Her success as a working mother in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics), proves that it is possible to be a mother and have an accomplished career if you think outside of gender conventions which assign women to areas of non-science and which question women’s fulfilment of their maternal responsibilities if they choose to follow their own passions. vvv
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Returning to Receive an AM after 35 Years Looking North Member, Mr Geoff Todd AM by Janette Lucas It was in 1980, during the time of his Victorian College of the Arts residency, that I met Geoff Todd when I took over his teaching position at North Frankston. To this day, Geoff is unable to comfortably declare that “I am an artist”. Perhaps it was because of the Australian community that Geoff consistently found himself at odds with, or maybe it is a hangover from the incessant question, "Yes, but what is your real job?”. What a welcome surprise it was for us to flee teaching in Victorian secondary schools and arrive in Arnhem Land during the Dry in 1984. Geoff was appointed as an Art Adviser. There we found, among tribal people, that Aboriginal artists were especially revered because of their art. Based in Maningrida, his job took him to the outstations to work with artists who taught him first hand their legends and culture. Todd the agnostic, but often referred to as a humanist, listened hard and looked harder. The Aboriginal culture and intriguing storytelling, complete with masterful imagery, turned his head toward a more lyrical representation in his own art. Rather than focussing on the aesthetic as the most important element in contemporary painting of the time, he began to return to the narrative in his painting. The struggle to understand each other was eased with Geoff ’s
acceptance of the Mimi, the Ngalyod, and other Aboriginal mythical creatures. This broke down barriers, which in turn facilitated communication at a casual level. Because of its proximity to Arnhem Land, Indonesia was an obvious next step in his artistic travel, and again Geoff found himself in a culture which loved art and respected and revered artists.
Geoff Todd in his studio
Geoff found the Indonesian arts, steeped in myth, religion and legend, intriguing. He read many different translations of the Hindi Ramayana and his powerful and popular exhibition in Java of paintings and prints on this subject was a consequence of that intrepid reading. Prior to the Ramayana exhibition, Geoff had already achieved huge artistic notoriety in Indonesia with his exhibition relating to the Indonesian freedom fighter Diponegoro. The exhibition was opened by Prince Prabukusumo, who is a direct descendant of Diponegoro. The period in Indonesian history from 1825 to 1830 is punctuated with amazing legends and myths. It is a true story of a man who led
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Indonesia’s struggle for independence and gave rise to the legends of Diponegoro’s supernatural powers and mysticism. Geoff visited the actual sites of historical and mystical importance around Yogyakarta and found powerful inspiration for his own series of Diponegoro paintings which were exhibited in the Museum Benteng Vredeburg in Yogyakarta. At the opening of the exhibition, people were coming in off the street, Jalan Marlioboro, and queueing to touch Geoff. It seemed his portrait of Diponegoro had moved the people. Until that time there were very few depictions of Diponegoro. The crowd felt he had captured a likeness of the Indonesian hero portraying what was collectively in the mind’s eye of Indonesian people. Several articles were written at the time about this and for a while Geoff was known as a seer and a mystic. From 1989, much of our time was
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spent in Indonesia. Our daughter Phoebe spent six months of her first year in Bali, and with our son, Oliver, we all spent the next four Christmases in Java before heading to Europe — Geoff was to exhibit in Austria, France, Italy, and the UK, prior to his first pilgrimage to Greece. After days in the museums in Athens, pouring over relics, artworks and ruins, and then on to the island of Kastellorizo to paint, Geoff uncovered facts to his liking such as: Tritonesses (mermaids) have two tails; Andromeda was Ethiopian; and the Lotus Eaters were from Djerba, an island off Tunisia (they were not Greek). He had begun a quest of setting their records straight, offering excuses for the bad behaviour of his mythical friends because he has always been
conscious of how history can be re-written, whether by endeavour or accident. Inga Walton wrote of Geoff ’s 2010 exhibition, Myth (?) Legend, that “the sisters Graeae (Deino, Enyo, and Pemphredo) are no longer wizened old crones, but restored to ‘fairfaced and swanlike’ with manes of silver hair (Robert Graves, The Greek Myths); the (Ethiopian) Princess Andromeda now has an arguably more appropriate skin tone: the tritones have their twin tails restored; the Sirens are properly feathered; the Minotaur is anatomically correct”. Is Geoff Todd trying to engender humanism in a way that awakens us by re-igniting the imagination, and ensuring we are more tolerant and honest?
At 18, Geoff ’s first solo exhibition in 1969 at Munster Arms Gallery in Melbourne was reviewed by Alan McCulloch. This highly respected art critic of the time asked a question about Geoff, “Potential Seer or mere cynic?” His history seems to show that as an artist Geoff is a seer, but undoubtedly with an element of cynicism. Now after 35 years, Geoff has returned to Victoria, and on Australia Day 2019, he was appointed as a Member of the Order (AM) of Australia (General Division) for significant service to the visual arts as an artist and sculptor. Congratulations Geoff and welcome back! vvv
College Table with Dr Angelito Calma Friday, 17th May 2019
Discussion on Higher Education Higher Education and the challenges of quality assurance was the topic of Graduate House’s May College Table with Dr Angelito Calma. A Senior Lecturer in Higher Education at the Williams Centre for Learning Advancement, Faculty of Business and Economics (FBE) at The University of Melbourne, Dr Calma is responsible for quality assurance and teaching, research and staff development programs for academic staff and graduate students, including the Tutoring in Higher Education program. Working within FBE, Dr Calma has developed a particular interest in the area between business and higher education. At the College Table, Dr Calma gave an overview of international quality assurance organisations within the field of business as well as some of the most
important factors that contribute to the quality of tertiary education delivered at universities in general. One of the organisations that Dr Calma introduced was the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), a professional accrediting body for accounting and business education. With 845 Business School members in 56 countries, the organisation ensures that all the universities that are members of this professional body provide courses at an acceptable worldwide standard. This means that a business degree in Melbourne would be comparable to one from Berlin, for instance. The European counterpart to the American AACSB is EQUIS, a school accreditation system working to improve higher education institutions in management and
Dr Angelito Calma business administration. Dr Calma noted that AACSB has more focus on the outcome and how students will perform after they finish their course while EQUIS pays more attention to the process and looks at how business schools actually prepare students for the later career phase.
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In his current role, Dr Calma works to ensure that what The University of Melbourne has promised in the handbook for each course about the outcomes and objectives is what students achieve at the end of the course. “We look at learning outcome of students and we assess the teaching methods and make sure the results match the promise.” There are many factors that are key in monitoring the quality of the delivered course. One of the most important is 'assessment design'. Dr Calma noted that there are three aspects to a strong assessment design: 1) tasks and questions that engage students with the subject; 2) opportunities through the assessment for students to demonstrate different skill sets and to work together; and 3) clear and effective communication of required tasks (students often performing poorly because they have not understood the assessment requirements). Another component of quality assurance in higher education is integrity. The University watches for issues like plagiarism, ghost writing (paying someone to do your assignment) and more recently, tutoring offered outside of tutorial hours with the promise of more tips, examples of past exams and the promise of passing and getting a good mark. Dr Calma noted that although this is not prominent at The University of Melbourne, they have been alerted to particular incidences and made aware that it is important to teach students about academic integrity and to put systems in place that monitor and reinforce this important academic feature. The University now has in place disciplinary processes for each of these activities. In order to stop the plagiarism, for instance, the University uses a software in the University’s Learning Management System called Turnitin. This software checks for the percentage of submitted work that is original and the percentage that is similar to its
database. All students are required to submit their essays through Turnitin. As such, the understanding that their work is being assessed for originality assists in deterring students from plagiarising. Another aspect of maintaining the high quality of the education delivered to students is 'engagement', which, as Dr Calma noted in this context, means not just being engaged with the content of each subject but also with The University the students' sense of community and belonging to The University - and with lecturers and other students. Dr Calma referred to a recent study which pointed to a large decrease in the time spent by students at the university and being engaged with the academic community due to competing life demands such as employment and family commitments. Additionally, larger class sizes give less opportunity for students to engage directly with the lecturer and other students. As explained by Dr Calma, “when there are 600 students in a class, the chances that a student can ask questions, speak with the lecturer and therefore feel engaged with the subject material and their education, is low.” Another factor impacting on student performance is the firstyear experience. Dr Calma said that poor assimilation and adaptation into a new environment is another area of concern, with challenges associated with living in a new environment away from home and isolation directly affecting the volume and quality of student output. The welfare of students, therefore, has now become a major part of his role. Looking out for warning signs - for example when students use the phrase “nobody knows I exist” - he has learnt to recognise the stabilising factors that help students. The orientation programs for undergraduate students and the many social opportunities offered on campus are among these
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factors. Equally important is to teach students about learning in this new environment. Coming from year 12 and from different countries and educational backgrounds and systems, many students, Dr Calma noted, had asked him if it was OK for them to ask questions in the tutorials. Students need to learn about how to learn at the University and part of this is to encourage them to ask questions. Another side of student learning in the new environment is the tutor. Dr Calma informed the Table that the Williams Centre for Learning Advancement has delivered a tutortraining program for more than a decade and has trained one hundred tutors every year. “We teach them, we observe them and give them feedback to monitor the quality.” Additionally, and to be eligible as a tutor, all must have (at least) a minimum and relevant qualification. Technology is also impacting on the delivery of the courses, with many business schools now offering alternative and flexible modes of learning. This has led to the creation of more online support content and tools (with library support services being re-imagined) and innovative, improved and more accessible education opportunities. In closing his presentation, Dr Calma emphasised the University’s ongoing commitment to the elimination of poor student behaviour and to the inclusion of transferable skills such as critical thinking, evaluation and problem solving, communication and teamwork skills so that students are ready for employment after completing their courses. We thank Dr Calma for his eloquent and insightful College Table presentation, and are grateful also for the questions and contributions to the lively discussion from attending guests. vvv
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Women's Forum Review Wednesday, 15th May 2019 Gardening and the place it has in our lives
Below are some salient points from the forum. 1. We begin with a story of sadness for a beautiful garden flattened by a builder. 2. There is an increasing awareness of native plants and many groups of volunteers are propagating and planting natives. People who are passionate about gardening will always find a way. 3. As we get older, it can be more difficult to maintain a big garden and we must reluctantly reduce the number of plants or the area cultivated. 4. Community gardens play an important part in many lives, e.g. meeting neighbours and learning English. 5. Community groups are getting together to protect public open spaces as the importance of this is more and more recognised. These groups are always looking for volunteers. 6. Early experience at school or with family often stimulates a continuing lifelong interest.
7. Gardens are good for the spirit and we don't really know why. Maybe its because they show us the cycle of life. 8. Gardens can be in order or they could be wild. Many plants self-sow: they seem to know where the good soil is. 9. Public gardens bring great joy and people get great joy from giving and receiving plants and the products of fruit trees. 10. Trees contribute to our health and keep our houses cool and they are carbon absorbing. 11. Vertical gardens show how important green areas have become to us and many buildings now have roof gardens. 12. Plants of every kind are important for bees which are essential for life. vvv
The next Women’s Forum is on Wednesday, 17th July 2019 with the topic "The importance of bees" 10:00AM for 10:30AM start. The forum is free. Lunch is at Member and non-member prices.
Tribute to Patricia Boaden The Women's Forum was the brainchild of Life Member Patricia Boaden (deceased in 2010) who in 1995, saw the need to provide a structured environment for women to express their views on mutually agreed topics without fear of being interrupted or judged. 2020 marks the 10th anniversary of Patricia's death. We propose a special luncheon in her name and would like to welcome back former participants and anyone who is interested to come and join us. We propose Wednesday, 10th July 2020 for the luncheon date but are open to suggestions. The current Women's Forum participants
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June Monthly Luncheon Review Wednesday, 5th June 2019
Living Every Minute by Jen Hutchison At the June Monthly Luncheon, our guest speaker Ms Jen Hutchison took Members on a journey from grief to peace following the death of her son and the founding of Journeys to Words Publishing after writing the story of her grief and mourning in Motherling: A Walk (2019). A story of loss and the solace of storytelling, Jen’s narrative of death and hope raised important questions about human emotions, resilience and selfreflection. Ms Hutchison began by saying that she has always enjoyed writing, having kept a journal for as long as she remembers. “I started keeping a journal and writing when I was 15. I have kept boxes of my journals and it’s interesting to look at your 15year old self when you are older. So the habit of journalling has always been part of who I was.” Then the unimaginable tragedy happened and the avalanche of emotions gave a new impetus to the desire to write. Ms Hutchison’s son died very suddenly in 2012. “One of my closest friends gave me a grief diary: a little, thick, black leather-bound notebook and from that moment onwards, I described to my self the overwhelming sensations that I was cast into.” Ms Hutchison described the circumstances that led to the death of her son, Raif, recalling his childhood and lively and adventurous character. “My son was 31 years old when he died. He was living what we would all consider a successful life and as a parent you think your job is done with a 31-year-old. He was a rascal when growing up - high-spirited and had an enormous personality with an amazing intellect. Raif embraced everything from climbing
out of his cot when he was a baby to taking on recreational drugs when he was a teenager.” As an aside to the narrative, Ms Hutchison noted that “I think we do a great disservice to our young people when we refer to this activity as using recreational drugs because we all know what killers they are and what terrible things they do to our young people.”
Guest speaker, Jen Hutchison
She went on to relate the rest of the narrative: “When my son graduated with a degree in Applied Finance, I knew he thought, as I did, that he was through that teenage, adventurous and risky lifestyle. He was working in Hong Kong as an index trader, which requires a fast and furious behaviour that goes with celebration and risk-taking when merchant banks trade with each other to offset and hedge their own debt.” Working in a team of highly educated and very intelligent youngsters, Ms Hutchison’s son, like the other team members, ran into trouble because cocaine is often the drug of celebration and entertainment in that sector. “And then there was the phone call that every parent dreads . . . he was addicted. We brought him home and packed a lot of support around him but he did not make it. And that’s
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how our lives changed fundamentally from that moment.” The tragedy sharpened Ms Hutchison’s creativity and her journalling became more forceful. “Those of you who are creative know that when you are stressed, sometimes your creativity is so sharp that you surprise yourself.” At the same time that she was journalling her grief and devastation, she decided to go on the Camino de Santiago trip, her son having wanted to do this walk with his friends. “I made the commitment to walk and, of course, to journal my journey. At the end of the trip I had two sets of journals: the grief journal and the daily journal of my meditations. So I put these threads together and the book Motherling came out of it,” Ms Hutchison said. About the word ‘motherling’ as the title for her book, Ms Hutchison
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said, “I am a word-smith: if I can’t think of the right word for something I make one up.” She further explained that the word “used to be part of the English language in pre-Shakespearean times. But I know that now! I did not know that when I was writing the book.” The word, she said, “came to me the night when I arrived at Camino and I was sitting in the plaza filled with families and my eyes were immediately drawn to the mothers and sons and I thought ‘What am I? Am I still Raif ’s mother now that he is dead?’ So I thought why we don’t have a word for a mother who has lost a child and the word that came to me was motherling.” The word, she said, means “precious mother”, noting that the original title for her book was Nine Sashes because it was nine sashes of his son’s ashes that she was carrying with her on the 800km pilgrimage along the Camino de Santiago route. After publishing her book, she became fascinated with the publishing industry. “I had initially done a business degree and therefore I became interested in seeing what works and what does not.” Following a market analysis, Ms Hutchison decided to do a Masters in Writing and Publishing at RMIT, which she is “three quarters of the way through”. She noted that she has since “learnt that books are not as easily made as we might assume, seeing them sitting on the shelves. A lot goes into publishing and it involves careful planning and strategic thinking.” Ms Hutchison shared some of the writing tasks that she was assigned during her Masters’ course and that have assisted her with her publishing. One was a task in which they were asked to describe visually where they see themselves in the publishing industry — to think about the reason for undertaking the degree and their future. “I thought at my age, there are only ladders, and no going backwards, and so I submitted my assignment as a ladders-and-no-
snakes paper to visualise my writing and publishing pathway.” Thanks to the support of her husband and family, she successfully established Journeys to Words Publishing, with a mission “to be a profitable and respected small press focused on providing a pathway for matureage writers who demonstrate skill and gifted writing”. Her publishing company has since released many successful books, including, of course, Motherling: A Walk which was launched a month ago. The book, Ms Hutchison eagerly noted, “has taken off thanks to the interview on ABC Melbourne and a feature in the Australian Women's Weekly, which I am so excited about.” Another book that is going to be launched soon (21st July) is High Infidelity by Shelley Davidow. Shelley is a mature writer — High Infidelity is her 42nd book — and a Queensland academic who teaches creative writing. Later in the year, on 26th November, is the launch of Bourke Street, My View From Here: Jen Hutchison in Conversation with Tony Brooks. This book comes from Ms Hutchison speaking with the man who sits in the same spot on Bourke Street every day, sharing a smile with everyone and listening to those who stop by to tell him a story. The book narrates the unpredictable story of his life. A fourth book, Once Upon a Perfect Family, will be published in 2020 and is about how abuse affects families.
More important than this realisation is the deep self-understanding that she has gained. “I am grateful to many people who supported me, especially to Raif because I know what an incredible privilege it was to be his mother for 31 years. This terrible tragedy that hit me and my family made me rethink who I am and I am now more confident of who I am.” Concluding this presentation, she noted that “being the age we are at today, grief has touched us in one way or another. And the way through it is to acknowledge it.” We are thankful to Ms Hutchison for sharing her story with us and for providing a space for everyone to reflect on death and grief and the ways in which they can change people’s self-perception and view of life. For the ABC Interview ‘Motherling: A word for mothers who’ve lost a child', please go to: https://www.abc.net. au/radio/programs/myf-warhurst/ motherling/11059684 For a list of books published by Journey to Words Publishing and upcoming launches, see the JTW website: https:// journeystowordspublishing.com/ vvv
Ms Hutchison noted that through her writing and publishing career she has learnt that a lot of hard work and agonising over the manuscript goes into writing, publishing, and launching a book. “It is all about words at the end. So you keep your fingers crossed and you lose a bit of sleep, you launch, then you peddle, you hustle, you leverage every network, every relationship and every contact you ever had and you believe in what you are doing and what other people are doing, so you carry each other forward.” www.graduatehouse.com.au / ABN 55610 664 963 / IARN A0023234B / 15
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The June John Cain Foundation Luncheon presents
Ms Elaine Carbines
CEO G21 Geelong Region Alliance G21 is recognised as one of Australia's most successful regional initiatives. It brings together government, business and local communities with interests in developing Geelong as a sustainable business, financial and social centre, Victoria's largest regional city. Elaine's talk at the Luncheon is part of a project to examine what makes a successful city or regional centre and how governments and communities can work together to create a productive environment for citizens. The work of G21 in Geelong is seen as a model for effective regional development across the country. Elaine Carbines lives in Geelong and has served as CEO of the G21 Geelong Region Alliance since June 2010. She also holds key positions with the Barwon South West Regional Development Committee, Karingal Foundation and G-force. From 1999 to 2006 Elaine held the Victorian state seat of Geelong Province. She also served as Parliamentary Secretary for Education and Environment where she oversaw key projects including The Great Ocean Road Regional Strategy and The Coastal Spaces Report. Following her parliamentary career, Elaine worked as the Manager of Strategic Relations with Parks Victoria from 2007 to 2010.
When:
12:30PM - 2:00PM, Wednesday 17th July 2019
Where:
Graduate House, 220 Leicester Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053
Cost:
$40; concession $30
Bookings: : https://www.trybooking.com/BDOKB
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IMD Alumni Melbourne Roundtable Luncheon
Wednesday, 17th July 2019 12:30PM for 1:00PM. Ends at 2:00PM
with guest speaker Dr Gail Iles Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first Moon Landing and the impact of launching Australia’s new space agency (global space economy heading towards US$500B) About the speaker Dr Gail Iles has a PhD in Physics from the UK and has experience in flying, sky-diving and zero-gravity. She was selected to be an astronaut instructor at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany. Gail taught the world’s astronauts how to operate the Columbus Laboratory, which is the European module of the International Space Station (ISS). There Gail learned how to dock the Soyuz spacecraft onto the ISS using the full flight-model simulator. Gail has also trained as an astronaut at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in Houston. Dr Iles heads up the RMIT University Space Physics Group offering masters and doctoral level degrees in space science. From 2020 RMIT will offer a Bachelor Degree of Space Science featuring new space courses written by Gail. She is a regular presenter at conferences and is the Science Correspondent on the Neil Mitchell show on 3AW.
Venue
Graduate House 220 Leicester Street Carlton.
Cost
$80 per person (all inclusive) Please make payment directly to ANZ Bank. Account Name: IMDAAOA BSB: 013-013 Acc No: 294319892
RSVP
greg.robinson@ internationalconsultantscentre.com
Enquiries
Greg Robinson 0411 145 140 Julie Wehbe 0423 536 155
All Graduate Union Members are welcome to attend.
On Saturday, 20th July (the 50th anniversary of the Moon Landing), Dr Gail Iles will be on a panel at Scienceworks with Alan Duffy and chaired by Robyn Williams of the ABC.
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Annual General Meeting (AGM) Thursday, 30th May 2019
The 107th AGM of The Graduate Union of The University of Melbourne Pre-Annual General Meeting The CEO/Head of College, Dr Kerry Bennett, commenced pre-AGM proceedings by announcing the recipient of the 2019 Graduate House Research Scholarship as Resident Member, Miss Hema Preethi Subas Satish (PhD Candidate, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences [Medical Biology], The University of Melbourne) for her research entitled Engineering antibodies to trigger BAK-mediated apoptosis in cancer. Miss Preethi gave a brief presentation of her research explaining that she would use the Graduate House Research Scholarship funds to attend and present at the annual Antibody Society conference in San Diego 9th-13th December 2019. Miss Subas Satish thanked her supervisors Associate Professor Ruth Kluck and Professor Tony Burgess. In congratulating Hema, the President presented her with an inscribed trophy and a certificate scroll. Dr Bennett announced that the Graduate House Bursaries to support coursework studies had been awarded in absentia to Resident Members, Ms Xiaojun (Anna) Chen (Juris Doctor, The University of Melbourne), Miss Hei Man (Helen) Kwok (Master of Animation, Games and Interactivity, RMIT), Miss Merium Kazmi (Global Media Communication, The University of Melbourne) and Miss Xiaoyu Sun (Master of Information Technology, The University of Melbourne). Dr Bennett announced the 2019 Acknowledgement Awardee as Resident Member, Mr Muhammad Ahmed (Master of Development Studies, The University of Melbourne). In congratulating Mr Ahmed, the President presented him with a certificate scroll. Dr Bennett announced the recipient of the 2019 Rhys Watson Award as Resident Member, Ms Hui Ping Yaw (PhD Candidate, Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Haematology Research, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital)
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and indicated that Ms Yaw would use the funds to travel back from Malaysia to attend and present at The International Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) - 27th ISTH Congress from 6th-10th July 2019 in Melbourne, Australia. Ms Yaw’s supervisors, Associate Professor Matthew Linden, Associate Professor Vera Ignjatovic and Professor Paul Monagle were acknowledged. In extending congratulations, Cr Watson presented the medal and a certificate to Ms Yaw.
Open Annual General Meeting The President of The Graduate Union, Dr Ken V Loughnan AO, took the Chair of the Meeting and declared the 107th AGM of the Association open. Dr Loughnan welcomed all Members to the meeting and introduced members of Council, the Accountant, the Auditors and staff.
President’s Address Dr Loughnan began the President’s Address by indicating that this was his fourth and final annual General Meeting and that it had been an honour to represent the Association as President. The President noted that 2018 had been a tremendous year of service by the Association to its Members and that strong foundations for growth had continued to be established. He acknowledged the sound governance, high level of professionalism in the development and implementation of the strategic plan, good financial management and a strong balance sheet. Pointing to 2018 as a milestone in gaining the permit for the terrace redevelopment and the beginnings of the capital fundraising campaign, the President asked
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From left, President, Dr Ken V Loughnan AO, The Hon Tony Pagone and Cr Rhys Watson Members to envisage meetings in eight to ten years in this modern state-of-the-art redevelopment located conveniently near the new Parkville Station and with new Member and public spaces and many more college accommodation rooms. In then speaking to the continued building of a strong relationship with The University of Melbourne, Dr Loughnan mentioned successful meetings with the Chancellor and the Vice-Chancellor and the highlighting of the importance of Graduate House for convenient, high quality graduate-level college accommodation. In concluding, Dr Loughnan thanked Cr Pagone and Cr Watson for their service as Chairpersons of Council and their leadership of sound governance during his term, the CEO/Head of College and the fantastic staff at Graduate House, and the Members of the Association.
Report from Chairperson of Graduate Council The Chairperson of Council, The Hon Gaetano (Tony) Pagone, thanked the President for his address acknowledging that Dr Loughnan has been a truly significant, sound and stabilising contributor, and that the Association has benefited strongly from his term as President. The Hon Justice Pagone then indicated that he concurred with the sentiments expressed by Dr Loughnan in relation to the governance, and that Members could be reassured and confident that Council members, as well as all members on the subcommittees and working parties (including those who were not on Council), were doing a very good job and with their hands strongly on the Association’s ‘tiller’. In concluding, the Hon Justice Pagone extended gratitude to Mr Leo Santalucia, who had come to the end of his elected term and had been on Council since 2011, serving on every subcommittee and as Chairperson of both the
Finance and Audit subcommittee and the Governance and Nominations subcommittee, and welcomed Mr Santalucia’s continuing participation on the Finance and Audit subcommittee. The Hon Justice Pagone also thanked Mr David Cowie who had announced his retirement earlier this year having been on Council from 2014 to 2019, as well as on the Buildings and Facilities subcommittee and the Finance and Audit subcommittee, these last few years as its chairperson.
Report from Chief Executive Officer/Head of College The CEO/Head of College, Dr Kerry Bennett, thanked the President and the Chairperson of Council, and informed Members that 2018 had been the last year of the Association’s second Strategic Plan, with Council resolving to adopt the third Strategic Plan (2019-2021) on the five key pillars of: 1. Innovative influential membership; 2. Culture of giving; 3. Planned and achieved major projects; 4. Well-managed finances and mitigated risk; and 5. Effective responsive stewardship. With respect to 2018 activities, the CEO/Head of College reported: • approximately 135 GU Collegiate events with about 2,000 attendees and insightful speakers/convenors from many different disciplines, walks of life and countries; • 22,796 delegates attending 1,001 events and functions convened by 225 groups, predominantly in the notfor-profit sector; • continued high college occupancy, averaging 92%, and
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more than 700 residents from many different regions of the world, as well as increasing demand with over 38,000 postgraduates enrolled at The University of Melbourne and RMIT; • further expansion of the facility with the acquisition of 18 bedsits at Barkly Place, bringing the total residential room numbers to 145 and a nightly capacity for approximately 170 residents; • direction of the 2018 annual appeal donations to the fund pool in support of the National Student Leadership Forum, with this 2019 appeal to be towards the fund pool for the Graduate House Research Scholarship and Bursaries; • the granting of the permit from Melbourne City Council to build an eight-storey above ground and five-basement below ground terrace redevelopment from 222 to 234 Leicester Street; • progress with the capital campaign for this redevelopment, including the implementation of a feasibility study to indicate that the redevelopment was considered necessary and that there was a high likelihood of being able to raise the funds and the development of a capital campaign plan; and • progress on the works associated with the Parkville underground station and the reimagining of University Square. In concluding her report, Dr Bennett thanked the Members, the President, the Council and its subcommittees and her hard-working and dedicated colleagues on staff.
Financial Report for the Year Ended 31st December 2018 • The Chairperson of the Finance and Audit subcommittee, Cr Rhys Watson, outlined the key results for the financial year ending 31st December
2018 indicating that: • revenue had increased by 5.4% since 2017 and had been generated primarily from accommodation ($2.2M, 59.6%) and catering ($1.3M, 35.3%), with increases from 2017 of $211K (10.4%) for accommodation with the addition of the Barkly Place bedsits; • donations and bequests had increased from $297K in 2017 to $388K in 2018, due to the generosity of Members; • key expenses continued to include those for salaries and wages ($1.8M, increasing from 2017 by $76K) and catering ($0.5M, slightly lower than that in 2017 again due to stringent management of costs); • interest payments had increased year on year due to the increased borrowings to fund the acquisition of the Barkly Place apartments in late 2018; • the surplus in 2018 of $1,330,194 was $905K more than the surplus in 2017; • cash flow from operating activities increased by $183K (76%) to $241K; • cash and cash equivalents by the end of the financial year of $117K was $18K less than at the end of 2017; • borrowings had increased from $8.4M to $11.0M reflecting the additional Bank Australia loan to fund the acquisition of the 18 Barkly Place units; and • total equity (assets minus liabilities) had increased by $6.9M from 2017 to $28,436,107 in 2018.
Election of Council Members Dr Loughnan reported that: • the Returning Officer, Mr Ron Ritchie, had provided his report to the President; • for the annual elections to Council in 2019, as a result
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of the rotating retirement of Council Members, three vacancies had been advertised in February; • at the close of nominations on 14th March 2019, the Returning Officer had received five valid nominations; • a further vacancy had since arisen so that there were four positions on Council to be filled; • at the close of voting on Friday, 24th May 2019 a total of 188 valid envelopes had been received; • the envelopes contained 179 formal ballot papers and the remainder were informal ballot papers; and • the successful candidates were Mr Keith Ryall, Mr Max Stephens, Mr Vincent Mirabelli and Mr Muan Lim. The President thereby declared the aforementioned candidates elected and the terms of office for Cr Ryall, Cr Stephens and Cr Mirabelli until the 2022 annual General Meeting and for Cr Lim until the 2021 annual General Meeting; and congratulated each of the elected candidates to Council. Reiterating the earlier message by The Hon Justice Pagone, Dr Loughnan extended gratitude to Mr Leo Santalucia and to Mr David Cowie for their service on Council and the various subcommittees, and also thanked Mr David Sparks who had announced his retirement from all governance roles, having been on Council from 2007 until 2016 (including as Chairperson and on all subcommittees) and continued on the Buildings and Facilities subcommittee.
A show of hands.
Motions for Special Resolution Dr Loughnan confirmed that Members had received notice of seven motions for Special Resolution, as well as the detailed Explanatory Memorandum in which was outlined the rationale and justification for the proposed amendments to the Rules of The Graduate Union of The University of Melbourne Incorporated. All seven resolutions were raised and carried.
Discussion and Question Time Life Member, Mrs Emily Cross noted that she had been overseas during the election, extended her apology for not having been able to vote in the 2019 Council Election, and indicated her intention to vote in the future. Dr Loughnan received no further comments or questions from Members.
Appointment of President Dr Loughnan explained that a new President, The Hon Diana Bryant AO QC, had been appointed by Council for the term 31st May 2019 to 26th May 2022. Mr David Sparks
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In presenting the new President’s biography, Dr Loughnan noted that The Hon Justice Bryant AO QC: • has a distinguished career in the law;
Appointment of the Auditor Dr Loughnan reminded Members that Mr Sam Claringbold and his team from JTP Assurance had undertaken the independent audit for the past three financial years of the Association and had been recommended for reappointment to undertake the audit of the 2019 financial year. A motion that the appointment of Sam Claringbold of JTP Assurance to undertake the independent audit for the financial year ended 31st December 2019 was raised and carried.
• was the inaugural Chief Federal Magistrate of the Federal Magistrates Court of Australia (now the Federal Court of Australia), before being appointed Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia, serving in this latter role from 2004 to 2017; • holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from The University of Melbourne and a Master of Laws degree from Monash University; • began working as a legal practitioner in Victoria in 1970, and was a partner in Phillips Fox in Perth, Western Australia, from 1977 to 1990, practising as a solicitor and counsel in family law;
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• was a Director of Australian Airlines from 1984 to 1989;
• has been a Member since 1951; • holds a Master of Arts, Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts (Hons) degrees;
• practised law at the Victorian Bar, specialising in family law and de facto property disputes; • was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1997; • was a founding member of the leading independent Chancery Chambers;
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• has worked to further women in the law through her: - involvement in establishing Women Lawyers of Western Australia; - role as a Patron of Australian Women Lawyers since 2009, in recognition of her support for women lawyers and her efforts to promote equality of opportunity for women in the community; - membership of the Australian Association of Women Judges; • was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 2012 for “distinguished service to the judiciary and to the law, particularly to family law policy reform and practice, through the establishment of the Federal Magistrates Court, and to the advancement of women in the legal profession”; • was inducted into the Western Australian Women’s Hall of Fame in 2018 in recognition and celebration of her many significant contributions; • chairs a working group for the Hague Permanent Bureau in relation to Article 13(b) of the Child Abduction Convention; • works with the National Judicial College to facilitate workshops for the judiciary throughout Australia; and
• was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science from The University of Melbourne in October 2018; • was featured on the ABC TV program 7.30 in October 2018;
Dr Alison Harcourt receiving her Honorary Life membership award from Dr Loughnan
• is the 2019 Victorian Senior Australian of the Year;
• is a pioneer in the mathematical field of optimisation, having co-authored with Ailsa Land a seminal paper in 1960 entitled An Automatic Method of Solving Discrete Programming Problems (Econometrica, vol. 28, no. 3) which:
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is well-known to optimisation researchers; gave a method (branch and bound) for solving the integer programming problems that underpin modern-day software solutions to challenging combinatorial optimisation problems (for example, in logistics, transportation, scheduling, telecommunications, cancer radiotherapy treatment planning, etc.);
- has approximately 3,000 Google Scholar citations and thus enormous academic and research impact; -
at the time, was not known to have been written by two women who were working as Research Assistants in the London School of Economics;
• is Judge in Residence at Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne.
• gained her master’s research degree on integer linear programming from The University of Melbourne in the mid-1950s;
A motion that the appointment of The Hon Diana Bryant AO QC as President of The Graduate Union of The University of Melbourne Inc for the term 31st May 2019 to 26th May 2022 was raised and carried.
• returned to The University of Melbourne in the mid1960s as a Senior Lecturer in Statistics following childraising years;
Honorary Life Membership Awards Dr Loughnan announced the award of Honorary Life Membership to Dr Alison Harcourt (née Doig). In presenting the new Honorary Life Member’s biography, the Chairperson of the meeting noted that Dr Alison Harcourt:
• has had profound impacts on government policy through her statistical analyses, which include the first attempts to estimate poverty in Australia (informing the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Poverty) and statistical analyses of bias that led to an amendment of the Commonwealth Electoral Act in 1984 to introduce a "double randomisation" method for
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Honorary College Fellows
allocating positions of candidates on ballot papers, which is still used today;
Dr Bennett announced the appointments (in absentia) of Professor Dara Manoach and Professor Colin Norman as Honorary College Fellows. Speaking to excerpts from the citation to be published in the December edition of The Melbourne Graduate, Dr Loughnan noted that Professor Dara Manoach:
• was Foundation Secretary of the Victorian branch of the Statistical Society of Australia (1963-1967);
• is Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School; • is a neuropsychologist;
• has authored several books and journal articles; • contributes to the Dr Loughnan presented the advancement of Honorary Life membership women in science award to Dr Richard Harcourt as a member of Graduate Women Victoria, Australian Graduate Women and Graduate Women International. Dr Loughnan announced the award of Honorary Life Membership to Dr Richard Harcourt. In presenting the new Honorary Life Member’s biography, the Chairperson of the meeting noted that Dr Richard Harcourt: • has been a Member since 2013;
• received her doctoral degree in psychology from Harvard University; • completed a clinical psychology internship at McLean Hospital and a fellowship in clinical neuropsychology at the Behavioral Neurology Unit of Beth Israel Hospital;
Professor Dara Manoach
• is based at the Athinoula A. Martinos Center for biomedical imaging and in the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital where she is the Director of the Sleep, Cognition and Psychopathology Laboratory (SCAN Lab); and
• has an Honorary Position with the School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne;
• resides at Graduate House when visiting Australia (the last visit was in the latter half of 2018) working on research program collaborations on the neural bases of cognitive deficits in neuropsychiatric disorders, particularly schizophrenia and autism, using multimodal neuroimaging techniques, behavioural studies and sleep studies.
• undertakes research on the electronic structure of molecules (valence bond, increased-valence structures and the Bohr orbit theory);
Speaking to excerpts from the citation to be published in the December edition of The Melbourne Graduate, Dr Loughnan noted that Professor Colin Norman:
• published in 2015 the second edition of his 1982 article Bonding in Electron-Rich Molecules Qualitative Valence-Bond Approach via Increased-Valence Structures in Springer Lecture Notes in Chemistry series, and with focus on Pauling "3-electron bonds" and singlet diradical Lewis structures, as well as the familiar Kekule-type Lewis structures, as components of increased-valence structures;
• is Professor of Astrophysics at Johns Hopkins University;
• holds a Bachelor of Science, a Diploma of Education and a PhD - all from The University of Melbourne; • is a Member of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute;
• has over 200 internationally peer-reviewed articles in prestigious journals, his scientific publishing extending from 1975 to 2018; • has over 2,700 citations on ResearchGate; • is often seen in at Graduate House discussing valence theory vigorously with his colleagues and is also well known for his unique sense of humour, home-knitted jumpers and having just missed out on the Brownlow.
• has been a Member of our Association since 1980; • is the son of Life Member Jean Downing (joined in 1949); • gave the 2018 Science Graduation Speech and was awarded an Honoris Causa by The University of Melbourne; • gained his undergraduate degree from The University of Melbourne;
Professor Colin Norman
• completed his doctoral degree (DPhil) with Oxford University;
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• has held appointments at Oxford, Cambridge, Leiden, Munich, Johns Hopkins University and the Space Telescope Science Institute; as well as many fellowships and visiting appointments at global centres in astrophysics; and
Dr Loughnan thanked Members for attending and for contributing to the discussions and invited those who were booked in for the following AGM dinner to meet first in the Phillip Law Members’ Lounge for drinks before moving into the Ian Potter and Stillwell Rooms.
• visits Melbourne annually and stays at Graduate House, contributing to intellectual and spirited discussions about life and, literally, the universe.
Date of Next Annual General Meeting Dr Loughnan advised Members that the next AGM was scheduled for Thursday, 28th May 2020.
Dr Bennett extended gratitude to Dr Loughnan on behalf of the staff and Members of the Association and presented Dr Loughnan with a framed Certificate of Appreciation that had been signed by Council and staff members.
Dr Loughnan received a framed Certificate of Appreciation from Dr Kerry Bennett, CEO and Head of College.
Dr Loughnan declared the meeting closed at 7.07PM. vvv
Annual General Meeting Dinner Thursday, 30th May 2019
Victorian Ombudsman, Ms Deborah Glass OBE Deborah Glass OBE is the Victorian Ombudsman and was appointed in March 2014. She spoke to Members and guests at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) dinner about her ‘graduate pathway’. Ms Glass opened by acknowledging that Graduate House “stands on the traditional lands of the people of the Kulin nation” and “the importance of acknowledging the first peoples of our country”. “This land always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land,” she said. Deborah posed the question that she is often asked by students: “How do you get to be the Ombudsman?” and said she would share her journey. She also often gets asked “What does the Ombudsman do?” The Ombudsman is a constitutionally independent officer of parliament appointed for a 10-year term, and as she likes to point out to Members of Parliament, this is “two and a half times their term, so you’d better get used to me!”. The origins of the role of the Ombudsman, Deborah said, is about the imbalance of power between the individual and the state. The role has very broad jurisdiction to investigate complaints about more than 1,000 public bodies in this state (e.g., Victorian government departments, local councils, statutory bodies, etc.), apart from the police (investigated by the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission [IBAC] or the Victoria Police’s Professional Standards Command) and
Ms Deborah Glass OBE. the courts (investigated by the Judicial Commission of Victoria), and has the powers of a royal commission. After studying law at Monash University, Deborah practiced briefly in Melbourne, staying “long enough to earn enough money to get a one-way ticket and a rucksack to leave Australia”. First stop was Switzerland with dreams of being a travel writer, but she realised very quickly that the little money she was earning “would not have paid for repairs for my
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rucksack”. So, she went into banking “which is what you do in Switzerland”, working for Citicorp, a US investment bank. The next stop was Hong Kong - a complete change of pace for Deborah as it was her “conscious decision to go from the private sector to the public sector” because she realised that she didn’t care enough about money and working to increase the corporate profit every year. So she joined the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) when it was set up in 1989, an independent statutory body tasked with regulating Hong Kong's securities and futures markets. She rose quickly from a junior manager to a Senior Director at the SFC and stayed for 10 years. She then moved to London to become the Chief Executive of the Investment Management Regulatory Organisation. After this, Deborah took stock to ask herself: “What matters to me?” The answer was working in something involved in “the public interest”. She had been doing some voluntary work visiting police cells in her local borough, which sparked her interest in police and community relations. She joined the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), an all-consuming role for 13 years, dealing with some of the biggest news stories of the day, e.g. phone hacking, police corruption, riots, fatal shootings, etc. In 2012, Deborah launched the IPCC investigation into the 1989 Hillsborough Stadium disaster in which 96 people had been fatally crushed and 766 others injured during an FA Cup match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest in Sheffield, England. It remains the worst disaster in British sporting history. Dissatisfied with the findings of previous investigations, coroner inquests and judicial inquiries, the tenacity of affected families’ constant push for justice was praised by the IPCC. Melbourne is the latest stop on her journey and where Deborah became Victoria’s fifth Ombudsman, and the first female to occupy the position. Throughout her career, Deborah has been a leader and thought that women should “just lead and get on with it” but upon reflection and returning to Australia, she realised that, sadly, “we have a long way to go here on our gender journey (for equality)”. She now feels a responsibility as a female leader – and she said there were not enough of them – to be out there, talking about women’s leadership and her journey, and that “you, too, could be a pretty mediocre law
student at Monash University and end up as the Victorian Ombudsman!” Ms Glass discussed the case of Mentone Gardens, an aged care home which went bankrupt, and took with them the bonds, worth about $4M, paid by the residents and their families. “It wasn’t just about money, it was about their independence, their dignity, and their peace of mind.” Deborah launched a formal investigation and in her report described the Department’s handling of Mentone Gardens as “a litany of failures”. She recommended that the government make an ex-gratia payment to the people who lost money when Mentone Gardens went out of business. Deborah said that the Ombudsman cannot enforce recommendations but can only monitor them and report publicly the response to her recommendations. She was happy to report that the government paid out in full to all those affected. For Deborah, this is a quintessential Ombudsman’s story and why she loves her job, working to address power imbalances. Deborah ended on one of her favourite quotes by T.S. Eliot from his poem “Four Quartets”: We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. “That’s how I felt when I came back to Melbourne. Now, you are all travellers as well. You all have your own journeys and I wish you well in your own exploration. Do something wonderful.” A wonderful end to a wonderful AGM dinner speech. Thank you Deborah. vvv
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Graduate House’s Iftar Dinner shows the strength of community Friday, 17th May 2019
Graduate House proudly hosted this year’s Ramadan Iftar Dinner on Friday, 17th May. Now an annual event, Graduate House's Ramadan Iftar Dinner brings people from all religions and cultures together to celebrate Ramadan with Muslims around the world and learn about the spiritual significance of this month. Fasting is a spiritual practice in almost all religions around the world. Muslims, Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus, among many other religious communities, all abstain from food and drink for a certain number of days in the year. While different communities assign particular meanings to fasting, they all agree that fasting is a form of cleansing, self-discipline and spiritual improvement. In Islam, Ramadan is the month during which Muslims fast. Ramadan is determined by the lunar calendar and requires Muslims to fast between the hours of sunrise and sunset. Ramadan is considered to be the most sacred month in the Islamic calendar not only because it is the month of fasting — commonly known as Ruzeh or Rozah — when Muslims are encouraged to practice good, moral behaviour, but also because it is the month when the first verses of the Quran were revealed to the heart of Prophet Muhammad. Iftar is the evening meal that Muslims eat after sunset when they break their Ruzeh or their fast. This year’s Graduate House Ramadan Iftar Dinner was hosted by The Graduate Union’s new President, The Hon Diana Bryant AO QC and Acting Chairperson of Council, Mr Vincent Mirabelli, and was attended by more than 90 Resident and nonresident Members as well as other guests.
From left to right: Cr Muan Lim, The Hon Diana Bryant AO QC (President), Cr Vincent Mirabelli, Cr Molina Asthana and Cr Rhys Watson.
Enjoying food together at the Iftar. Opening the event, Cr Mirabelli welcomed the new President and all guests, noting that it was his great honour to be hosting the Ramadan Iftar Dinner along with the President. Cr Mirabelli acknowledged that as a Graduate Residential College and Membership Association we have Residents and Members from all religious and cultural backgrounds,
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and it is delightful to see Graduate House's vibrant community coming together to celebrate the holy month of Ramadan. Cr Mirabelli then invited the President to the microphone to deliver her message to the guests. Justice Bryant began by reflecting on the several Iftar events that she had attended: “I have been at different
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Iftar dinners, both at home in Sydney with friends and also overseas. My first exposure to Ramadan was when I was in Egypt and our tour guide left us on the pyramid as soon as it became dark, leaving us to find our own way down.” Justice Bryant noted that the importance of Ramadan is that it is when families and friends gather and it is the time of spiritual reflection and community building. Closing her address, she thanked Cr Mirabelli for his gracious welcome and invited the guests to enjoy their meal and share their stories about Ramadan. Several Resident Members shared their thoughts about what Ramadan means to them. Resident Member, Ms Sobia Masood said Ramadan always reminded her of the importance of knowing what it is like to be hungry. “The hunger makes you think of people who cannot afford food and so you try to give back as much as you can. We try to do this during the whole year, but we make an extra effort during Ramadan to give back to the community.”
Greeting the guests with As-salamu alaykum — a religious salutation in Islam which means ‘Peace be upon you’ — Resident Member, Ms Attiya Malik explained that the term means “I am sending blessings on you”. She also said that Ramadan is a time to build and strengthen the community. “Everybody comes together — we eat together and pray together.” Noting that fasting in Australia is between 11 to 15 hours each day, she said this is significantly shorter compared to fasting in countries like India or Pakistan where people fast for about 17 hours or more. “During Ramadan, I always find respect for others. I find that you can do a lot more than you think you can.” Resident Member, Ms Merium Kazmi emphasised the point made about the importance of family during the month of Ramadan, noting that “although we are away from our countries and our families, Graduate House is our big family. So I want to thank Graduate House for this beautiful and wonderful Iftar Dinner which creates the
sense of family and community that we experience at home during Ramadan.” The Iftar was celebrated with a range of delicious, Middle Eastern foods traditionally eaten during Ramadan in many Muslim countries. The menu featured several new and tasty treats for attendees, including dips and breads, vegetarian soup, Middle Eastern lamb chops, aromatic baked chicken with almonds and rice, and stuffed capsicums. Several traditional desserts like Kanafeh, Baklava and Umm Ali complimented the main meal and were the favourites of many guests who thoroughly enjoyed the combination of cheese, cream, nuts and syrup while chatting about Ramadan and the importance of giving back to our diverse communities for the wider good of humanity. Highlighting the importance of community to all who attended, the Iftar left everyone well-fed and filled with a better understanding of Ramadan. vvv
Wednesday Lunchtimes 1:15PM - 2:00PM Wednesday, 6th March - Wednesday, 3rd July Leigh Scott Room, Baillieu Library
What is Mindfulness? Mindfulness is paying attention to the present moment with an attitude of openness, curiosity and acceptance. Come along to an introductory 'drop-in' mindfulness session to find out more and to try some guided mindfulness exercises.
All are welcome.
Mid-Week Mindfulness
Some benefits of regular mindfulness practice: • • • •
Improve concentration and learning; Reduce stress and anxiety; Better sleep; and Increase resilience and peace of mind.
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Parkville Station Site Tour Friday, 17th May 2019
Graduate House visits the Metro Tunnel’s Parkville Station On Friday, 17th May, a site tour of the new Parkville Station, which is being constructed as part of the Metro Tunnel project, was organised for Graduate House by the Cross Yarra Partnership (CYP) consortium. CYP – comprising Lendlease Engineering, John Holland, Bouygues Construction and Capella Capital – is responsible for the tunnelling and construction of the five underground train stations. The Metro Tunnel is Melbourne's biggest rail project since the City Loop was built in the 1970s. Graduate House would like to thank CYP for arranging this visit, in particular Peter Hunt (Precinct Manager – Parkville), Alexandra Keppel (Communications and Stakeholder Engagement Lead), Bronte Clark (Communications and Stakeholder Engagement Advisor) and Kate Masters (Communications and Stakeholder Engagement Advisor). vvv
Back row: Mr Ted Gallagher, Dr Kerry Bennett, Cr Vincent Mirabelli, Cr Rhys Watson, Mr Stephen Payne Front row: Ms Natalie Gray, Cr Molina Asthana, Ms Hema Preethi Subas Satish, Ms Sujata Manandhar, Mr David Sparks
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“I’d come back in a heartbeat!” Marina Anca During the summer of 2017, we welcomed French writer, Marina Anca, to Graduate House. She had come to visit her daughter, Cassandra Gheorghe, a biology engineer undertaking an internship at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity. Some of you might have seen Cassandra in the Diamond Jubilee Campaign booklet, or Cassandra and Marina in one of the Diamond Jubilee promotional videos posted last year. We are proud to tell you that Cassandra is now successfully pursuing a PhD at APC Microbiome Ireland and that Marina has released a children’s book, Come and Play with O’Loty in Australia. Yes, it all started while here in Carlton at Graduate House. When interviewed for the Diamond Jubilee Campaign, Marina stated: “Graduate House is our second home,” saying furthermore, and off the record, that she would come back in a heartbeat. Her attachment to Melbourne was genuine as were her sighs that she felt “at home” while walking around alone with her camera during the day and with Cassandra at night. Cassandra immortalised Marina’s happy smile on Leicester Street in front of Graduate House as you can see on the back cover of Come and Play with O’Loty in Australia. Marina has kindly sent us a signed copy of her book and we invite Members to read it in our library. Without spoiling it, we can reveal that it is a brand-new kind of A-B-C book illustrated with pictures, including animals from Melbourne Zoo. The text is written in both English and French and encourages children from ages two to 12 to take an interest in nature, science, and foreign languages.
The front and back covers of Marina ANCA’s book Come and Play with O’Loty in Australia Marina has informed us that a second book, also for children and with many pictures taken while residing at Graduate House, will be released at the end of May 2019. She is confident that both books will be distributed in Australia soon. For more information contact Marina at marinaanca.wix@gmail. com. We certainly recommend that, in a heartbeat! vvv
Cassandra Gheorghe
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Members Contribution / GU Newsletter
An Inspiring story by Life Member, Mr Louis A Coutts I wonder if you have ever had the experience of accepting an invitation to a function and as the date nears, regretting your decision? You think of all the reasons for not attending but then propriety gets the better of you and you attend and the function turns out to be something that you wouldn’t have wanted to miss. I received an invitation, as a member of the International Commission of Jurists, to attend a seminar at which lawyers, who acted for refugees on Nauru and Manus Island who needed urgent medical attention that was only available here in Australia, were also attending. I readily accepted the invitation but as the time got closer, I thought of having to deal with the crowds in the city, particularly at the peak time of 5:30PM. I dreaded the thought of going into the city and dealing with the rush. In the end, I went. What happened over the next hour restored my faith in the legal profession. Three young lawyers (or young by my standards) told their story of a dedicated and growing number of lawyers who devoted immeasurable hours of their time and skill (without charge) to bring the government to heel over the circumstances of children of refugees in detention at Nauru and Manus Island. We get sound bites on the evening news of these immigration detention camps without ever getting the faintest idea of what is going on. These young lawyers filled in some of the gaps and indicated the horrifying circumstances of people desperate for medical assistance which is unavailable on Nauru. I was aghast at the extent of the problem and of the insensitivity of our government to the plight of these innocent children. Any approach by refugees for permission to leave their “detention” and seek expert medical attention
in critical situations was met with implacable obstinacy and legal response by the Department of Immigration. Some years ago a small body of lawyers decided to take things into their own hands and, acting on a pro bono basis, started representing these people who were in urgent need of specialist support. There was the case of a woman who had been raped and did not want to give birth to the child. The laws of Nauru prohibited abortion in these circumstances and so an application was made to a Federal Court which held that the Australian government had a duty of care to this woman. The government finally agreed to repatriate the woman to Papua New Guinea but their laws in relation to abortion were the same as those of Nauru. So, under pressure from the lawyers, the government relented and she was permitted to be accompanied to Australia by her daughter, but in true communist style, her husband had to remain on Nauru. A child within days of death needed urgent repatriation to Australia to which the Department of Immigration objected. This pro bono band of lawyers mounted an application to the Federal Court which was successful, and the judge questioned the lawyer representing the Department of Immigration with astonishment. The movement grew and it has now handled 50 cases that have resulted in saved lives, people cured of serious illnesses and the gradual lessening of government opposition. The extent of professionalism was amazing. Countless lawyers with different and specific skills had combined to develop a road map for a law firm to undertake a case and see it through to its completion. The document consisted of 72 pages of extraordinary detail. The benefit of
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this hand book was that this group of lawyers could approach large corporate firms who otherwise had no expertise in the area, to take on cases on a pro bono basis. It is to the credit of these firms that they willingly embraced the responsibility. Courts were complicit and there was a story of a case requiring urgent attention and the Federal Court judge sat at 11:00PM and gave his ruling at 1:30AM. The movement became developed to the point that it could provide more resources on occasions than the government. The pressure that was brought to bear on each case intensified public awareness of the terrible circumstances of many of the individual refugees. The involvement of the medical profession was critical to its success and ultimately the decision to repatriate patients became the decision of doctors rather than of bureaucrats in Canberra. As each of these young lawyers spoke, there was something pure and innocent about their story that lent dignity to the profession of the law and elevated it to a status where it was impossible not to feel proud for once that one was a member of the legal profession. I walked out into the darkness of a Melbourne night; the crowds had deserted the city streets but I didn’t feel alone as I wandered off to catch a tram. For quite a few moments I felt disturbed at the thought that the law no longer stands as our protection against the repeated assaults of governments on basic protections that were once considered our inheritance as members of a free and civilised society. But I was comforted in the knowledge that idealism was still part of the legal profession and in a small way, these young inspiring lawyers had turned back the tide. I was proud to be a member of the profession. vvv
Innovation / Extracurricular / GU Newsletter
Innovation: Why you need to know about ‘World Bee Day’
‘World Bee Day’ is an international day to celebrate the role of bees for the ecosystem. It is celebrated on the 20th of May, the day Anton Janša, the pioneer of bee keeping, was born in 1734. Bees are responsible for pollinating one-third of the food we eat, including fruit, vegetable, oils and nuts. In recent years, however, they have come under global threat from human activity. The unprecedented decline in bees has given rise to international concern to protect bees which are essential to food security and thus a sustainable future. The Global Initiative for Honey bee Health (GIHH) is an outcome of a global alliance to combat this problem. The GIHH brings together an international collaboration of
researchers, bee keepers, farmers, industry and technology companies to research and investigate the threats to bee health in order to understand ‘Colony Collapse Disorder’ (CCD) — a phenomenon that occurs when the majority of worker bees in a colony disappears. Led by the CSIRO, GIHH aims to protect the health of honey bees and, as a result, to ensure sustainable production of crops. This will contribute to sustainable farming practices and food security and will have great environmental and economic benefits given the rising effects of climate change. One part of the GIHH’s research is the use of smart sensor technology, which features high-tech microsensors (often known as backpacks) that are manually fitted to bees and
Honey bee with backpack work in a similar manner to a car’s e-tag system. This technology records information about the bees’ movements and stress factors like disease, pesticides, air pollution, water contamination, diet and extreme weather that affect bees’ ability to pollinate. The collected data can then be integrated into behavioural, biological and ecological studies and will allow scientists to find solutions to protect bees’ health and the future of food. Find out more about GIHH at: https:// research.csiro.au/gihh/ vvv
Extracurricular: Is white meat as bad for your cholesterol levels as red meat? You’ve probably been advised to eat more lean meat and chicken as they are better choices for controlling blood cholesterol while too much fatty red meat is bad for your health. Researchers have found that white meat isn't any better, according to a new study that contradicts previous medical thinking. These reports were triggered by a paper published in a Journal of Clinical Nutrition earlier this month. The study was conducted by comparing three diets: one where the main dietary source of protein came from eating red meat (beef and pork), another from poultry (chicken and turkey), and a third from plant foods (legumes, nuts, grains and soy products).
They tested blood fat levels including LDL (bad cholesterol), apolipoprotein B (apoB), and the ratio of total cholesterol to high density lipoprotein cholesterol HDL (good cholesterol). Participants in this study were asked to maintain their physical activity level and keep their weight as stable as possible so that these factors did not bias the results. Blood concentrations of LDL cholesterol and apoB were lower on those following the plant protein diet period, compared to both the red and white meat periods. This was independent of whether participants were on a background diet of highor low-saturated fat.
The findings are consistent with recommendations from the Heart Foundation to include a variety of plant-based foods in our diets, foods containing healthy types of fat and lower amounts of saturated fat, in either red or white meat. Find out more about this study at: https://theconversation.com/researchcheck-is-white-meat-as-bad-for-yourcholesterol-levels-as-red-meat-118390 vvv
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Academic and Professional Development Meetings / GU Newsletter
The following groups from The University of Melbourne have convened meetings, workshops and events at Graduate House during the month of May 2019. Department of Infrastructure Engineering Staff Meeting
Department of Medical Education, Melbourne Medical School
Department of Social Work
15th May
10 attendees
7th May 38 attendees
18th May 30 attendees
16th May 4 attendees
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
Melbourne School of Professional and Continuing Education
Research, Innovation and Commercialisation
UoM Commercial Ltd
2nd, 3rd, 8th, 16th, 29th May 117 attendees
1st, 8th, 9th, 16th,17th, 20th, 21st May 231 attendees
24th May 50 attendees
9th May 35 attendees
Committee of Convocation
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 hold their functions at Graduate House.
Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) Education
Alpine Resort Co-ordinating Council (ARCC)
Australian Society for Music Education (ASME) Victorian Chapter
Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE)
16th, 23rd May 14 attendees
23rd May 18 attendees
8th May 9 attendees
2nd May 27 attendees
Australian Asian Association (AAA)
Australian School of Applied Management (ASAM)
Australian Teachers of Media (ATOM) Victoria
Catholic Education Melbourne
13th May 6 attendees
5th, 17th, 21st, 22nd, 29th May 107 attendees
14th, 23rd May 49 attendees
9th, 10th May 100 attendees
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Career Education Association of Victoria (CEAV)
Dental Health Services Victoria (DHSV) Meeting and Workshops
John Cain Foundation Monthly Luncheon
Marilyn Cobain The Victorian Fellows Lunch
2nd May 31 attendees
10th, 16th, 24th, 31st May 185 attendees
5th, 29th May 89 attendees
9th May 15 attendees
Mental Health First Aid Australia
Order of St. John
Oxfam Australia
31st May 20 attendees
28th May 55 attendees
6th, 10th May 38 attendees
21st May 31 attendees
Parkville Conference of St Vincent de Paul
Phoenix Australia
Probus Carlton-Parkville Club Inc
Rushall Consulting Group
20th May 10 attendees
7th May 10 attendees
14th May 70 attendees
6th, 7th May 22 attendees
Melba Group Lunch Meeting
Rotary Club of Carlton Book Fair, Lunch, Board and Heritage Cluster Meetings 1st, 6th, 8th, 14th, 21st, 28th May 116 attendees
Slavery Links
Social Education Victoria (SEV)
7th May 8 attendees
15th May 18 attendees
Social Work Department Writing Group
The Graduate Union Collegiate Events and Governance Meetings
University Lodge No. 171 Meeting
28th May 8 attendees
1st, 6th, 7th, 8th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 17th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st May 670 attendees
14th May 20 attendees
UNSW Canberra at ADFA Effective Writing for Defence 2nd, 3rd May 35 attendees
Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Policy Victoria ALP Committee 15th May 8 attendees
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Conference Bookings / Feedback / GU Newsletter
Valete Miriam (Heather) Kudeviita (9th April 1934 - 25th May 2019) We are saddened to learn of the passing of our beloved Heather Kudeviita, who died peacefully on the 25th of May, 2019. We extend our deepest condolences to the family of Heather, a remarkable woman and an inspiration to many. Heather joined The Graduate Union in 1962 and attended a 'Welcome to New Members' cocktail party where she met William Berry and Barbara Funder (both deceased). She remained a close friend of Barbara until Barbara's death in September 2016. Both Barbara and Heather were the appointed trustees of the William Berry Post Graduate College Trust from 1999 to 2016. This trusteeship has since been handed to The Graduate Union. Heather was deeply involved with the Tin Alley Players, a dramatic performing Group who joined forces with The Graduate Union in 1954. She volunteered regularly for front-of-house duties, in costume making, ushering and ticketing. In later years, Heather continued to volunteer at the monthly Graduate Union publication mail-outs. A regular attendee at our Monthly Luncheons and other Collegiate events, Heather has also been instrumental in organising the French Lunch Group. The Graduate Union was a very large part of Heather’s life. She was awarded Honorary Life membership in May 2017 and became one of two Inaugural Patrons of The Graduate Union in December 2017. We thank her for her extraordinary contribution to The Graduate Union of The University of Melbourne. Heather will be greatly missed. Vale Heather Receiving her Patron sash from President Dr Ken V Loughnan AO.
Tell us how we did. Your feedback is important. The lucky feedback winner for May is Life Member Ms Elizabeth Carvosso who won a bottle of De Bortoli Sacred Hill Brut Cuvée All Dining Room Feedback Forms will be in the Monthly Draw and in the running for the Year‑End Prize of a $500 Coles Myer Gift Voucher drawn at the Members Christmas Party on Friday, 13th December 2019.
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