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Innovative medical school set to lead THE UNIVERSITY OF

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School of Medicine Head Adrian Bower A U S T R A L I A

leads a team setting up what he believes

will be the most innovative and radical
medical school in the country. The mission
of the School is to graduate doctors who
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will work in areas of unmet need and the
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The fact that the students will already

have a degree, means that they will be
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“This is the third medical school I’ve been A U S T R A L I A

involved in the accreditation of, the third

curriculum I’ve had an input in designing,
and this is the most innovative and radical
– and in many ways the most challenging,”
Professor Bower said. “I’m very excited ▲ The front of the proposed School of Medicine building in Henry Street.

about it. I think once the word gets out

there about our curriculum, people will
actively choose Notre Dame over other
places.”
The team – which includes College of
Health Dean Michael Quinlan, foundation
School of Medicine Head Mark McKenna,
Deputy Head Jenny McConnell and a
steadily growing group of specialist staff
– plans to open the School with 80
Australian students at the start of next year.
The school is undergoing Stage 2 of an
exhaustive Australian Medical Council
accreditation process, having been given
the go-ahead to proceed late last year.
“The significance of that approval was “The difference is that we have to do all
the AMC believe that Notre Dame has a this before a single student walks
credible case for a medical school,” through the door – we are the only
Professor Bower said. professional course that is subjected to
accreditation before we even start.”
Not that the team is complacent – an
AMC accreditation team is due to visit As to the reasons why Notre Dame’s
Notre Dame next month. Work is contin- course will be different, Professor Bower
uing unabated on the next areas to be says the main reason is an emphasis on
assessed, including resources, facilities, education in the community.
staffing and course structure – all in
“During placements students will be
considerable detail.
routinely exposed to medicine as it is
Professor Bower said the assessment of a really practised, as opposed to the highly-
medical school was more stringent than filtered, highly-structured (although still
that for any other tertiary course in very valuable) view as seen through the
Australia. tertiary hospital system.
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Building set to meet

INSIDE this issue heritage and technical
needs
■ Dean of Health’s report . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 ■ VC honoured in US . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Work has started on the
re-cycling project of an
■ Annual Appeal Request . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 ■ Pontifical affiliation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
old Henry St warehouse
set to house Notre
■ Blessing of Hands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 ■ Student awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Dame’s innovative School
of Medicine.
■ Sydney Campus bid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 ■ Sport profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
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DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF HEALTH’S report
▲ Dr Michael Quinlan
This will be my last contribution to In
Principio as Dean of the College of Health.
I will be handing over to Professor Mark
McKenna with great confidence that he,
along with the dedicated staff and students
of the College, will lead it to bigger and
better achievements in the years ahead.
Since its inception in 1999, the growth of
the College has been remarkable and
graduates from Counselling, Nursing and
Health and Physical Education have been
embraced by their respective professions
and reflected great credit on the College
and their teachers. In the University at
large, deliberate and significant effort
has been placed on working with the
professions and their communities in
establishing and delivering courses where
the curricula are relevant and the graduates
“industry ready”. Graduates in Law, Edu-
cation and Business have led the charge
ably pursued by the Graduates of the
College of Health. The same approach is
being followed with the Schools of
Physiotherapy and Medicine. This funda-
mental strength must not be compromised
in the years to come when complacency
and hubris threaten to raise their ugly
heads as the University grows.
Exciting events continue within the College.
The School of Nursing will be moving to
new quarters in the P&O building in
Phillimore Street, in time for the 2005
Academic year. This is a recognition of the
burgeoning needs of the School and its
importance to the University. Physiotherapy
is expanding to occupy two adjacent
buildings in Henry Street – one a rehab-
ilitation laboratory, and the other an
electrotherapy laboratory. Counselling and
Behavioural Science have been actively
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Martin Philpott has also been in
discussion with St John of God Healthcare
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Nutrition survey is nearing completion for
submission to the Premier’s Physical
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Activity Taskforce.
The School of Medicine will be visited by
the Accreditation Committee of the
Australian Medical Council from the 12th
to the 16th of July. The team of 10 will
also visit the Health Department and our
partners at Curtin University, St John of
God Murdoch, Fremantle Hospital, Rock-
ingham Hospital, Hollywood Private
Hospital and CTEC. Refurbishment of the
D&J Fowler Building to house the School
is well underway and scheduled to be
completed in time to welcome the first
cohort of 80 students in February 2005.
On May 5th, Dr Brendan Nelson MHR, the
Minister for Education, Science and
Technology, announced a further 20 HECS
places for the School, bringing the number
to 50. We are very grateful and excited by
this important announcement. I am very
pleased to welcome Professor Bernard
Pearn-Rowe to the staff of the School as
MBBS Course Coordinator. A Liaison
Committee between the Notre Dame and
the UWA Schools of Medicine has been
formally established and is chaired by Dr
Andrew Robinson from the WA Health
Department. It will look at issues such as
clinical placements and we look forward
to effective collaboration between the
two schools, given that our common goal
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welcome Matthew Hutchinson, President
of the Australian Medical Students Associ-
ation, along with Simon Zilko and Philip
Singh
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Students’ Society to the College several
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weeks ago. This was a productive meeting
and I look forward to mutual support and
cooperation between both groups and
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With the establishment of the University,
a deliberate decision to make the core
subjects of Philosophy, Theology and
Ethics mandatory for all courses was taken.
This underpins the desire to educate all
students in the true meaning of the word
– to give intellectual, moral and social
instruction. Words reflect or develop
ideas and the word “educe” comes from
the original Latin derivatives of ‘e’ meaning
“out” and ‘du cere’ meaning “to lead”.
We want all our students to develop their
leadership talents to graduate, not just
with knowledge, but also with informed
intellects, informed minds and informed
consciences – education in the true sense
of that word. The potential to influence
the community at large is without bound-
aries or limitations.
I would like to thank all the wonderful
people in the College and the University
for their dedicated work and enthusiasm
over the past 15 years in realising the
Vision of the University of Notre Dame
Australia. I have been privileged to be a
‘bit’ player along the way and acknowledge
with pride what you have all achieved.
The University is in safe hands!
Dr Michael Quinlan / Dean of Health
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▲ School of Medicine head Adrian Bower (left) and ▲ St John of God Health Care Board members (above with the University of Notre Dame Australia’s College of Health
architect Marcus Collins, discuss plans for the building. Dean Michael Quinlan) visited the Fremantle Campus in April, and toured the building.

Medical school brief fulfils heritage values

ARCHITECT Marcus Collin’s brief is to
design premises for a 21st century medical
school within a 19th century warehouse.
A veteran of such projects at Notre Dame,
with many successful designs including
those for the Colleges of Law, Science and
Technology and St Teresa’s Library under
his belt, Mr Collins is inspired rather than
daunted by the current work in progress.
“This is a sound building, largely intact
and untouched since Victorian times,” Mr
Collins said. “Buildings renovated sometime
this century are actually harder to work
with, because you often have to undo
unsympathetic work.
“All this building needed was stripping
and cleaning before work could start.”
Building approval was granted late last
month, and builders W. Fairweather and
Son moved in.
“Heritage concerns are very high on our
list,” Mr Collins said. “It’s very important
to protect and enhance the heritage
value, and to this end we will keep
everything – not a single piece of original
fabric will be destroyed.
“The only changes will be a few additional
openings, but these will be done in such a
way that at any time they could be
in the West End built on what was once
When finished the building sand dunes has been subjected to subsi-
dence. There are large cracks in some
will house general and internal walls which will be secured with
special-purpose lecture rooms, heavy-duty rods and bolts, ensuring the
building will be safe from further
offices and a 180-seat tiered deterioration.
lecture theatre. When finished the building will house
general and special-purpose lecture rooms,
reconstructed from the conserved material offices and a 180-seat tiered lecture
and the building would again be a Victorian theatre.
warehouse.” To comply with modern standards there
In fact, the building will be improved after will be handicapped access, toilets, air-
the work. conditioning, a lift, contemporary lighting
levels, and wiring for information tech-
Since construction by merchants D and J
nology – all melded into the heritage
Fowler in 1898, the building – like many fabric so the new fittings don’t detract
physically or visually from the building’s
integrity.
Mr Collins said as usual with West End
buildings, use by the University was far
more sympathetic than other recycling
alternatives such as residential.
“If you turned a building like this into
units, the heritage value would be
devastated,” he said.
Mr Collins’ work, which he describes as re-
cycling rather than restoring, To paraphrase
▲ Architect Marcus Collins and School of Medicine head Glen Murcutt “We touch the buildings
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“Another difference will be the concept
of giving service back to those areas from
which you receive your training – this is as
far as I know unique not just in Australia
but anywhere else.”
For example, if a student did a placement
at a local hospital, they would also be re-
quired to do some voluntary work within
that hospital.
Other differences included a curriculum
which gave students the chance to get to
know themselves, and the impact of what
they were doing on themselves, via a
unique feature called clinical de-briefing
tutorials.
“A good way of putting it is to ask how
can you communicate effectively if you
don’t understand yourself?” Professor
Bower said.
Notre Dame’s core curriculum whereby
students do philosophy, theology and
ethics units was one of the things that
attracted Professor Bower to Notre Dame.
With his tongue firmly in his cheek, he
says “having medical students who can
actually think will be a novel experience.”
The school’s attempt to do away with
Annual Appeal to support School of Medicine
THE launch of the second Medical School for Western Australia will herald a new era for medical services and training and the need for
philanthropic support for Notre Dame has never been greater as the University endeavours to fund this new School.
The new School of Medicine will work in close partnership with existing centres of medical training and research and will see its medical students
spending time at public and private hospitals, medical practices and country centres throughout the State.
Can you help us deliver? Please complete the
form below. All funds raised in the 2004
Annual Appeal will support this very exciting
and innovative addition to the College of
Health and to the Western Australian
healthcare system.
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where students utilise information in
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first medical school in Australia to do so,
and it will really improve the educational
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experience students get at this place.”
Professor Bower said apart from the
physical work of setting up the school and
being involved in the accreditation
process, he had also had many productive
talks with partner institutions which
would provide basic anatomy, biochemistry
and physiology training.
“We have to outsource these areas, and
we’ve just signed an agreement with
Curtin University for the delivery of that
material,” he said. “The Curtin staff invol-
ved have been magnificent in taking on
board what we’re trying to do.”
Professor Bower said he was also getting
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WA regarding clinical placements.
Professor Bower also welcomed an announ-
cement by Federal Education Minister
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20 commencing HECS places.
The government announced an initial 30
HECS places last year, out of the total
approved quota of 80 places.
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The University of Notre Dame Australia’s
Vice Chancellor, Peter Tannock, said he was
delighted the school would be starting
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with a total 50 HECS places.
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“It will be very helpful to students seeking
admission, and also demonstrates the
Commonwealth’s confidence in the new
School of Medicine and its mission,” Dr
Tannock said.
“We are very grateful to Dr Nelson and
Federal Health Minister Tony Abbott. WA
Education Minister Alan Carpenter has
also been very supportive of this initiative.
“Our medical school, offering a four-year
graduate entry degree, will train doctors
to work in areas of unmet need. Western
Australia is well short of medical graduates
to meet community requirements.”
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SOME 200 pairs of hands belonging to

student nurses and health professionals
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month.
The annual Blessing of the Hands allowed
the University’s student nurses, as future
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of their hands.
The ceremony at Notre Dame’s Fremantle
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blessed and anointed with oil.

▲ Fr Giles blesses student nurses’ hands.

At Notre Dame’s Broome campus, the

ceremony involved about 25 nursing
students and had a distinct Kimberley feel.
The Broome ceremony, held outside, was
conducted by Chaplain Kevin McKelson.
Each year the ceremony is held on May 12
to coincide with International Nurses Day wonderful opportunity for nursing students
and nursing pioneer Florence Nightingale’s to reflect on the spiritual dimension to
birthday. their study and work.
Notre Dame’s School of Nursing head, “It also served to remind them that it is
Associate Professor Vickey Brown, said through their hands that they will work
the powerful ceremony had provided a to heal their patients,” she said.

Notre Dame sets sights on Sydney

THE University of Notre Dame Australia is and colleges, and developing the site.” foundations Notre Dame has established
considering establishing a campus in Dr Tannock said a decision on the proposal in Western Australia with its two
Sydney on the site of the former St would be made during the next few campuses – Fremantle and Broome.
Benedict’s School in Broadway in central months. “We believe we could create a similar
Sydney.
A Sydney campus would build on the solid model in Sydney,” Dr Tannock said.
Notre Dame Vice Chancellor, Peter Tannock
said the University had been invited by
the Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal
George Pell, to consider opening a Sydney
campus, modelled on its very successful
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“The Archdiocese of Sydney was interested The University of Notre Dame Australia Vice Chancellor
in expanding and diversifying Catholic
higher education in Sydney and the St
Peter Tannock will host a fundraising auction dinner on
Benedict’s site, in the middle of the uni-
versity precinct, was a promising one,” Dr
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Tannock said.
The Community Relations Office welcomes calls from
“We have commissioned an extensive
feasibility study which concluded that such members of the Notre Dame community who would like
a campus could succeed.
to attend this important night, and/or make
“However, no final decision has been
made as to whether we go ahead or not. a donation to the auction.
We have now embarked on a consultative
process with interested parties in Sydney.
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▲ Maria Trichilo.
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Trichilo has won a prestigious award
honouring the memory of two soldiers
who died in Afghanistan.
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Australia student has been awarded the

inaugural Russell-Roberts Law prize for
being the top student in Notre Dame’s
public international law course. ▲ Dr Tannock receives his honourary degree at NDUS.

The award honours the memory of

Special Air Service (SAS) Sergeant Andrew
Russell and Hospital Corpsman First Class
Neil Roberts (SEAL) of the United States
Navy. Both men died in separate incidents
in Afghanistan.
Sergeant Russell died in Afghanistan in
2002. His widow, Kylie, attended the
award ceremony.
“By far the most gratifying part of
winning the award was to meet Kylie
Russell, the widow of the late Sergeant
Russell,” Ms Trichilo, of Stirling, said. “I
understood, simply from speaking to Mrs
Russell, that the award is a welcome
memory of her husband’s efforts in
Afghanistan.”
Vice Chancellor honoured in US
THE University of Notre Dame Australia’s long-serving Vice Chancellor, Peter Tannock,
has received an honorary degree from the University of Notre Dame United States.
Dr Tannock, who has been head of Western Australia’s only private Catholic University since
1992, received the honorary degree at the Commencement Ceremony at NDUS on May 16.
He travelled to Indiana to receive the award which recognises his contribution to
education in Australia.
Dr Tannock joined nine other distinguished figures from business, law, education, social
service and the church in receiving the honorary degree.
Notre Dame’s Deputy Vice Chancellor, Professor Peter Dallimore, said the Notre Dame
community was very pleased that Dr Tannock’s great work in the foundation years of
the University was being recognised.
“This is a high honour from a prestigious Catholic university, and is very well deserved,”
Professor Dallimore said. “It’s recognition of not only his contribution to Notre Dame,
but also his outstanding work in education at both the state and national level.”

Miss Trichilo, who graduated at the end
of 2003, won a number of academic prizes
during her studies at Notre Dame.
The Russell-Roberts Law Prize is a joint
initiative of the US Consulate General in
Perth, The University of Notre Dame Aust-
ralia, the Special Air Services Association
and Trust and the Brockwell Family.
The citation said: “At the 159th Commencement, The May Exercises, The University of
Notre Dame confers the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, on a dear friend from
our namesake Down Under, who reminds us of our own earliest leader, Father Edward
Sorin. As Vice Chancellor of The University of Notre Dame Australia, he has overseen
the growth of his country’s only private Catholic university from a precarious infancy to
a healthy young adulthood. Enriching Australian higher education with the graces of
Catholic intellectual life, he has born witness to the Mother of Jesus and our Mother in
the land of the Southern Cross. On Peter Tannock, Fremantle, Australia.”

Notre Dame seeks link with The Angelicum

THE University of Notre Dame Australia is
applying to become the first educational
institution in Australia to be affiliated with
the University of St Thomas Aquinas (The
Angelicum) in Rome.
Notre Dame Vice Chancellor Dr Peter
Tannock said the University had applied for
affiliation as a Pontifical institute.
“If we succeed we will be able to grant
ecclesiastical degrees in addition to the uni-
versity degrees currently being offered,” he
said.
“Pontifical affiliation would mean that
students choosing Roman degrees would
have an additional mandate related to
church requirements.
“In addition, the profile of Notre Dame’s
College of Theology would be increased
both in Australia and the South East Asia
region.”
As part of the application process, Father
▲ College of Theology Dean Dennis Rochford, the
Robert Christian OP, a Dominican priest
University of St Thomas Aquinas’s Robert Christian and
from The Angelicum, visited Notre Dame School of Philosophy and Ethics head Brian Mooney
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Cup and his support of other Notre Dame
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honoured its outstanding students at a Edmund Rice Centre (ERC). students.
special ceremony in Fremantle in April. Ms Ryan’s work over two years as part of An extra award - Outstanding Lecturer –
The annual awards night saw 26 Notre Simplicity Week, an ERC initiative, has was presented by 2003 Student Association
Dame students receive various awards included trying to make Fremantle ‘plastic President Owen Woolcock and introduced
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Notre Dame Vice Chancellor Peter Tannock

said the awards celebrated the commitment
and ability of students ranging from
school-leavers to mature-age students
furthering their knowledge after years in
the workforce.
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This year’s Archbishop Foley Award which The award was initiated by the association
recognises outstanding contribution to to recognise lecturers who have a positive
the development of the University com- influence on students throughout their
munity was awarded to 20-year-old studies.
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Callum Ingram, for his involvement NOTRE in a
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Business lecturer Caterina Crucitti-Page.
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“Notre Dame attracts many hard working,

high calibre students, and the awards Award and scholarship winners were:
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ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS - awarded to new undergraduate students who have
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excellence and contribution to the University
and the community,” Dr Tannock said.
“As well as recognising high academic
achievements, the awards highlight the
contribution of students in community
service and to the development of our
University’s culture.”
The Vice Chancellor’s Medal for the
highest achieving undergraduate students
in 2003 went to Gerry Kelly, and Samantha
Minett.
The postgraduate equivalent of this
award went to Mark McAuley, who com-
pleted his MBA in one year.
Nicolas Castagnette, an international
student from Mauritius, and Simone
Ryan, were awarded the Brother Gerald T
Faulkner Award for their outstanding
contributions to the University’s Service
Learning Program.
Mr Castagnette, who helped found Notre
Dame’s International Student Association,
worked with the Red Cross and in East
Timor as part of social justice units
demonstrated outstanding academic achievement in Year 12
Ebony Riggio, Emily Keys
VICE CHANCELLOR’S MEDAL / UNDERGRADUATE - highest achieving undergraduate(s) in 2003
Gerry Kelly, Samantha Minett
VICE CHANCELLOR’S MEDAL / UNDERGRADUATE - highest achieving postgraduate
student in 2003
Mark McAuley
VICE CHANCELLOR’S LIST - students who attained outstanding academic results in 2003
Michelle Dastlik, Sunili Govinnage, Robert Greig, Felicity Heath, Maria Mansour, Sarah
Stevenson, Shauna Thomas, Katie Vander Schaaf, Katie Wilkie, Lisa Ranford, Paolo Testi,
Maria Trichilo, Michael Voros, Cameron Webb.
ARCHBISHOP FOLEY AWARD - recognises outstanding service and commitment to the
development of the University community
Callum Ingram
BROTHER GERALD T FAULKNER AWARD - recognises outstanding contribution to
the University’s Service Learning Program
Nicolas Castagnette, Simone Ryan
KEVIN BARRY POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP - Genevieve Hird
AUSTRALIAN POSTGRADUATE AWARD - Liza Hartmann, Fleur McIntyre
INTERNATIONAL POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP - Beatrice Imathiu

▲ Award winners in the Malloy Courtyard. ▲ Edmund Rice Centre A/Director Tracey Bahen with International Postgraduate Research Scholarship winner Beatrice
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She still works as a counsellor with some
long-term clients.
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Dame Australia.
“Notre Dame is developing, it’s growing
and it’s practical.”
She has visited the Fremantle Campus
several times since the idea was sparked
by a visit to her lawyer.
“My lawyer had just received a letter
from Notre Dame, and initially the idea of
contributing to law appealed to me.”
Mrs Ewen’s father qualified as a lawyer in
1895 in Vienna. She met her husband, a
diplomat, in Europe and later travelled
with him to Perth live.
Mrs Ewen worked as a primary school
teacher and studied psychology part-time.
Mrs Ewen, who has no children, said she
would be happy to see a room named the
Ian and Gerty Ewan Room used for
counselling training.
Notre Dame relies heavily on the generosity and
support of benefactors who believe in what the
University is doing. If you would like to discuss
your options for making a bequest to Notre Dame
with complete confidentiality and without obligation,
please contact the Community Relations Office on
(08) 9433 0610.
▲ Edmund Rice Centre A/Director Tracey Bahen, City of Fremantle Mayor Peter Tagliaferri and Fremantle Volunteer Centre
Coordinator Marlene Oostryck after a morning tea to thank member agencies last month.
Centre marks Volunteer Week
The Fremantle Volunteer Centre, located ental in placing students in a wide variety
at The University of Notre Dame Australia’s of voluntary positions including recreation,
Edmund Rice Centre, coordinated many aged care, hospitality, education, health,
activities during National Volunteer Week festivals and with the disabled,” Ms
last month. Bahen said.
The Fremantle Volunteer Centre took “This voluntary work undertaken by
part in a community breakfast at The students is in addition to ‘service learning’
Esplanade, and a special morning tea was they do as part of academic social justice
held at the Edmund Rice Centre to thank units run through the Colleges of Law
member agencies on May 14. and Education.”
Edmund Rice Centre Acting Director If you want more information about
Tracey Bahen said the FVC’s partnership volunteering, or your organisation needs
arrangement with the University promoted volunteers, visit the Fremantle Volunteer
Centre at 24 High Street, Fremantle,
both community and student volunteerism.
Tuesday to Friday between 10am and
“The FVC has a growing data base of 3pm, telephone 9433 0549, or email
member agencies, and has been instrum- fvc@fremantle.wa.gov.au

IMPORTANT dates
20 June Graduation – Fremantle Campus
9 July Graduation – Broome Campus
15 August Open Day – Fremantle Campus

▲ Gerty Ewen.

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NOTRE Dame's two libraries on the NOTRE DA ME
Fremantle Campus have been renamed. A U S T R A L I A

The Central Library is now known as St

Teresa's Library, while the Law Library is
called The Craven Law Library.
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of the Church.
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Dame Vice Chancellor Peter Tannock.

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"It recognises his great contribution in

establishing a strong and viable course
that prepares its students well for their
demanding profession," Dr Tannock said.
A portrait of Professor Craven now
hanging in the library was unveiled at a
function in April. ▲ Professor Craven with his wife Anne and children Thomas, Catherine and Patrick (front) at the unveiling of his portrait.

Fr Brennan talk raises questions

WHEN are we justified in going to war?
Should we join with the United States?
What is the role of religious leaders?
These were just some of the questions
discussed at a public forum at the University
of Notre Dame Australia last month.
The guest speaker was Frank Brennan, a
leading Australian social justice campaigner,
lawyer, Jesuit priest and visiting Notre
Dame professor. Fr Brennan is an advocate
for refugees and indigenous peoples in
Australia.
Fr Brennan’s paper, A Fair Go in an Age of
Terror: Living Hope, was sponsored by
Notre Dame’s Colleges of Law and
Theology.
The evening, moderated by Dennis
Rochford, Dean of the College of Theology,
was attended by more than 200 people. ▲ Fr Brennan takes a question from the audience

Quinlan’s open for training

▲ Vice Chancellor Peter Tannock, Fremantle Mayor Peter Tagliaferri, Joe Bourke and Teresa
Bourke (a part-owner of the building) and Challenger TAFE Managing Director Malcolm Goff.
Quinlan’s Bar is open for business.
The bar, on the corner of High and Mouat Sts in the old P&O
Hotel, is being operated by Challenger TAFE students from the
Fremantle Hospitality and Tourism Training Centre.
The venture was officially opened in late April. The bar
opened to paying customers late last month for coffee, tea
and cakes from 10am to 4pm Monday to Friday.
Manager Garry Griffin said once the liquor licence was
finalised, the bar would offer beer, wine and cocktails.
Quinlan’s will be the venue for short courses and industry
training in bar service, cocktail making, food and beverage
services, coffee making and wine appreciation.
The University of Notre Dame Australia will continue to lease
the building from its owners and use the second storey for
student accommodation.

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BROOME news THE UNIVERSITY OF

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THE dream of a new $2 million Kimberley

Higher Education Library and Information THE UNIVERSITY OF

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Australia’s Broome Campus has taken
another step towards reality.
A Clearing of Country and Blessing of the
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stages to the start of construction.

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Board member, and her grand-daughter

Erica Bernard on behalf of the local
Yawuru people – the traditional Aboriginal
owners and custodians of the land in and ▲ Bishop of Broome Christopher Saunders blesses the site.
around the Broome townsite. The Blessing
of the Site was conducted by Bishop
Christopher Saunders, Bishop of the Broome
Diocese. The planned library and inform-
ation centre is due for completion in time
for the start of Semester One 2005.
“This new centre will be of great benefit
to our students and, importantly, to the
entire Kimberley regional community. The
library will be a general reference library
which will support Notre Dame’s teaching
and research programs and will also be a
special place which retains materials and
research related to the history and develop-
ment of the Kimberley region,” Broome
Campus Dean Pauline O’Connor Said.
“This material will be known as the Local
Studies Collection and we believe it will
become the heart of academic studies
relating to the Kimberley region.”
▲ Notre Dame Broome Campus Advisory Board member Cissy Djaigween and her grand-daughter Erica Bernard perform
the Clearing of Country.
Sister Pauline said the new library would
be a most significant academic resource
to the people of the Kimberley region.

▲ Cissy Djaigween and Erica Bernard. ▲ The ceremony at the site of the new library.

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Association looks ahead and
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▲ Alumni Association

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President Toby Hicks

THE news that the University is currently
investigating the possibility of opening a
campus in the heart of Sydney heralds yet
more exciting times at Notre Dame.
We heard the Vice-Chancellor A U SPeter
T R A Lupon I A him by the University of Notre
Tannock relive his memories from those Dame (US) recently in South Bend. This
early years. This is our history, and it is award recognises his unique and highly
important that we collect those memories personal contribution to the development
and ensure that they are neverT Hlost for
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and sustainability of our University, and it
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even a few short years ago, but such has

been the development of the University
recently that this expansion into Australia’s
largest city is now possible.
From a personal point of view, it was also The association has recently started the
wonderful to catch up with many people biggest task that we have undertaken so
who were responsible for making NOTRE
me feel THE UNIVERSITY OF
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welcome when I arrived on campus the A U S T R A

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In contrast to this exciting development,
it was wonderful to recognise the past
last month when we welcomed back to
the Fremantle Campus the students that
made up the first undergraduate class at
the University in 1994. These students
were real pioneers and risk takers, and it
was great to be able to welcome them
back to the campus, some for the first
time since they graduated.
following year. They were the first student
leaders of the University. The reunion was
an important reminder of the importance
of the Alumni Association in the future of
the University, and the important role
that it plays in keeping people together
and in touch with one another.
I would like to also take this opportunity
to congratulate the Dr Tannock on the
Honorary Doctorate of Laws bestowed
Education. Given that it is the University’s
oldest and largest college, this is no small
feat! I would encourage anyone who has
graduated from the college, or who knows
of anyone who has graduated, to ensure
that their current contact details are up to
date. It is only then that we can keep in
touch and ensure that you always remain a
part of Our Lady’s University as it continues
to grow and develop across Australia!

▲ Graduates Sandra Franz, Jane Filmer, Tamara Bianchini, Peter Smith and Laurissa Gherardi. ▲ Vice Chancellor Peter Tannock, former College of Education staff member and
Notre Dame Governor Sr Leonie O’Brien and Study Australia’s Sean Lennon.

Class of ‘94
THE 1994 undergraduate foundation class
gathered for a 10th anniversary cham-
pagne brunch and reunion in the Malloy
courtyard last month.
More than 30 class members attended the
function with their families, current and
former staff and Alumni Association
members.
▲ (Back) Sarah Rauschenberger and Danielle Oliphant ▲ Graduates and staff.
(Connolly), (Front) Stephanie Pavlinovich (Hart) and
Amanda Seton.

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▲ Notre Dame's winning Rugby 7's team.

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▲ ABOVE: The women's water polo team - all smiles despite not qualifying; BOTTOM RIGHT: Notre Dame's soccer team, which qualified after coming second.

Students raise sport profile

TEAMS from the University of Notre
Dame Australia have qualified in three
sports and will compete in the Australian
University Games to be held in Perth in
September.
To qualify for the games, Notre Dame
teams must compete against the four
other WA universities and finish either
first or second.
To date Notre Dame has qualified for
men's soccer, rugby and men’s water polo.
The games, held in a different state each
year, will attract close to 5000 competitors
from universities around the country.
Student Services Officer Sascha Lidbury
said Notre Dame was co-hosting the
games with the other Perth universities,
and was very proud to be supporting the
event.
School of Physiotherapy Head Elizabeth
Henley is also keen to involve students,
who could work at the games as part of
their course, or as volunteers, under the
supervision of practising physiotherapists.
"This year Notre Dame students have
really got behind the competition and
made a big effort to support their
university," Ms Lidbury said. "In the early
days of the University we were lucky to
even be able to field teams.
▲ Notre Dame staff and students at the Game’s launch.
"Now we are not only competing but
Notre Dame is providing a large number winning - it seems sport is finally on the
of volunteers (more than 50 so far) as part map at Notre Dame, and it is encouraging
its in-kind commitment to the games. to have the support of other staff and
students on and off the field."
School of Health and Physical Education
head Helen Parker has initiated the Ms Lidbury said the involvement of
involvement of students as volunteers as international students was a big factor in
part of their course practicum. Notre Dame's success.

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