August 2013

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Newsletter August 2013

The Graduate Unionof

The University of Melbourne Inc

this issueUpcoming Events • 2

Friday Drinks and Dinner • 3Women’s Forum • 4

August Monthly Luncheon • 52013 Speakers • 6

Christmas In July • 7July Finance Seminar • 8

Calendar 2014 and Melbourne Theatre Company • 9August Sunday Music Concert • 10

June Sunday Music Concert Review • 12June Meet and Greet • 14

Graduate Union Tutor Program • 15University of Melbourne Free Public Lectures • 16

University Sector News • 19Daylesford and Hepburns Springs Day Trip • 21

Academic and Professional Development Meetings • 22Thank You for your Feedback • 25

Open Day 2013 and The Gift of Membership • 26Seen at Graduate House • 27

Reciprocal Association News • 28What’s Happening on Council? • 29

Tear Off Donation Form • 31


Welcome to GU Collegiate 2013 Members and non-members alike are invited.

Book via our website, the telephone, on 03 9347 3428, or email through [email protected].

JULY 2013Wednesday, 17th, QUIET BOARD GAME NIGHT 7.30pm to 10.00pm24th, 31st Bring your own group or join others to play bridge, Members FREE

scrabble, chess or another quiet card or board game. Non-members Gold Coin

Wednesday, 17th WOMEN’S FORUM 10.00am for 10.30amJoin this discussion on The Importance of Chance Forum is FREEand stay for lunch if desired.

Thursday, 18th FINANCIAL INFORMATION SESSIONS 12.00pm to 1.00pmMr Peter Clark from DCA Advisory Pty Ltd will speak on 5.30pm to 6.30pmWills: What can go wrong? Session is FREERSVP by Wednesday 17th for one of the two sessions.

Friday, 19th RESIDENTS’ CHRISTMAS in JULY 6.00pm onwardsNon-resident members are welcome to join resident Resident members FREEmembers for southern hemisphere winter festivities. Non-resident members $15

Tuesday, 30th RESIDENTS’ MEET and GREET 6.30pm onwardsResident and non-resident members meet for drinks, dinner Members FREEand the sharing of learning and welcoming to college.

AUGUST 2013Tuesday, 6th, 20th ITALIAN CONVERSATION DINNER 6.00pm

Dine and speak Italian with an experienced Members $15teacher. RSVP by the Monday prior. Non-members $22 Concession $20

Wednesday, 7th MEMBER CONSULTATION SESSION 10.30am to 11.50amA new constitution for The Graduate Union

MONTHLY LUNCHEON 12.00 midday for 12.30pmwith speaker Tim Colebatch, Economics Editor for the Age Resident members $10Newspaper, on Australia’s Economic Future. Non-resident members $30

Concession $35 General Public $40

Wednesday, 7th QUIET BOARD GAME NIGHT 7.30pm to 10.00pm14th, 21st, 28th, Bring your own group or join others to play bridge, Members FREE

scrabble, chess or another quiet card or board game. Non-members Gold Coin

Friday, 9th FRIDAY DRINKS and DINNER 6.00pm to 8.00pmMeet with fellow resident and non-resident members Non-resident members $15for a convivial end-of-week drinks and a meal. General Public $20

Sunday, 11th SUNDAY MUSIC - a day of spring celebrations Lunch from 12.30pm Enjoy an afternoon of Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Chopin Performance from 2.30pmwith Hoang Pham, piano, and Ji Won Kim, violin, Non-resident members $30followed by afternoon tea from 3.30pm. Resident members $15

Non-resident student $20 Adult $35 Concession $32

Tuesday, 13th RESIDENTS’ SPECIAL BREAKFAST 7.30am to 8.30amResident and non-resident members meet Members FREEover a hearty breakfast.


Wednesday, 14th MEMBER CONSULTATION SESSION 6.00pm to 7.15pmA new constitution for The Graduate Union

Sunday, 18th THE UNIVERSITY of MELBOURNE OPEN DAY 10.00am to 4.00pmWe welcome parents, carers, relatives and friends who are All are welcomeaccompanying potential students to the Open Day.

Wednesday, 21st WOMEN’S FORUM 10.00am for 10.30amJoin this discussion on Thoughts on Mortality. Forum is FREEand stay for lunch if desired.

Saturday, 24th DAYLESFORD and HEPBURN SPRINGS DAY TRIP 8.00am departureJoin resident members on a regional Victoria trip to All are welcomeour world famous mineral spa, market and historic towns. Cost to be determined

Tuesday, 27th RESIDENTS MEET and GREET 6.30pm onwardsResident and non-resident members meet for Members FREEdrinks and dinner. Join us in welcoming and learning.

Enjoy a buffet meal comprising soup, seafood, main course, salads and dessert.To avoid disappointment, book and pay by the Thursday before (8th August)

from our website, by email to [email protected] or by calling +61 3 9347 3428.

Friday Drinks and Dinner9th August, 2013

Graduates of all universities are invited to drinks and dinner at Graduate House.

Drinks are at members’ bar prices from 6.00pm to 7.00pm.

Dinner is from 6.45pm Members $15 Non-members $20

The aim with our Friday Drinks and Dinner is to offer a calm and quietly elegant setting for graduates of all ages to come together for a catch up.

Join the friendly regulars or bring along colleagues and friends for a relaxing, convivial and no fuss wind down to your working week.

Booking ahead helps us to cater appropriately but you are always welcome to just drop by.

Calling Graduate Union Tie Owners

The April 1987 issue of the Melbourne Graduate contains this “Services to Members” promotion of a smart looking navy blue tie. Should any Member have one of these ties, please bring or send it in as we would like to take a photograph so that we can re-include ties in our college garb range. We promise to take good care of your tie and to return it after photography.


The Women’s ForumSalient points from the “What is discipline” forum on the 19th of June included:

• Discipline involves the mental, moral and physical training of individuals to recognise and accept the rules and laws of the community in which they wish to exist.

• The word derives from the Latin disciplina instruction (Oxford Dictionary) and is used to describe the committed followers of a recognised leader (viz. Disciples of Jesus Christ). It may also be connected with ancient trade guilds at a time when membership of a guild verified approved skills.

• Training in discipline can begin from birth as parents establish structures and routines designed to protect and nurture a vulnerable infant (e.g. Stay away from the stove – it’s hot!). Small children learn and absorb rules by observing and copying adults.

• Discipline becomes more conscious and controlled as children and young people progress through the formal education system where acceptable behaviour is reinforced by rules and transgressions with consequences (frequently uncomfortable!).

• By this gradual process of imposed discipline, most people learn the self-discipline so necessary for the successful navigation of adult life, especially in situations where there are no set rules or unknown rules and personal judgement is required (e.g., physical survival in times of danger; behaviour in a different cultural context).

• Everyone must learn, in whatever context they find themselves, which rules/laws/expectations are optional and which are non-negotiable.

Upcoming forumsWednesday, 17th July

The Importance of Chances

Wednesday, 21st August Thoughts on Mortality

The forums are free. Lunch afterwards is at member and non-member prices.

Arrive at 10.00am for a 10.30am start.


Wednesday, 7th August, 201312.00 noon for 12.30pm

Tim Colebatch

Australia’s Economic Future

Luncheon menumain Baked salmon fillet on grilled asparagus with

lemon beurre blanc and mango and avocado salsa

dessert Sticky date pudding with Chantilly cream and fresh strawberries

Resident Members $10 Non-resident Members $30 Non-members and Guests $40 Concession $35

Book by Monday, 5th August 2013via our website, telephone 03 9347 3428

or email [email protected]

Tim Colebatch is economics editor of The Age newspaper, for which he has worked ever since graduating from the University of Melbourne back in prehistoric times (Tim’s words!). He has previously been The Age’s Washington correspondent, economics writer, a leader writer, head of the investigative unit and environment writer.

Tim grew up in Melbourne and has degrees in arts and commerce from The University of Melbourne and in Asian Studies from the Australian National University. He now lives in Canberra, where he works from the Press Gallery, but also spends a lot of time in Melbourne. In his spare time he is writing a biography of former Victorian Premier Sir Rupert (“Dick”) Hamer.

Tim has won numerous awards for his reporting and OpEd columns on economics and foreign policy issues, including the Melbourne Press Club Quill Award for best columnist in 2000. In 2008, Tim was named recipient of the 2008 European Union/Qantas Journalism Award by the National Press Club.

On a personal note, Tim informs us that his father, a Member and regular in the 1990s, celebrated his 90th birthday here at Graduate House and that Tim spoke at this function. He remembers his father enjoying the welcoming and friendly feel of the lounge and dining area and him coming in here frequently in the 1990s.

August Monthly Luncheon


September 18th

Professor Zeger Degraeve Dean, Melbourne Business School

The Final 2013 Twilight Lecture

2013 Monthly Luncheon SpeakersSeptember 4th Associate Professor Chris Briggs - Anatomy and ForensicsOctober 2nd Dr Stephen Duckett - Grattan InstituteNovember 13th Professor Rob Moodie - Professor of Public Health

On the first Wednesday of every month (bar January and December), The Graduate Union hosts a two course luncheon with wine followed by a presentation from a renown speaker. The speakers for the remainder of the year, following the July luncheon are shown above.

$10 for Resident Members $30 for non-Resident Members $40 for guests and the general public $35 for Concession card holders

Your feedback helps us to continue providing excellent service.

for Junewe congratulate

Elizabeth Carvosso

The lucky feedback-giver for this month has won a bottle of Rocco, Yarra Valley Blanc de Blancs.

Submit a Dining Room Feedback form to be both in a monthly draw and in the running for the year-end prize of a $500 Coles Myer Gift Voucher.


Christmas

in July

Residents FREE Non-Resident Members $15

R.S.V.P at [email protected] by 15/07/2013

- Karaoke- Christmas Dinner- Live DJ

July 19th 2013 is ...

The Christmas dinner menu includes Oven Roasted Turkey with traditional accompaniments.

Please noteThe kitchen and bistro will not be available for other functions or for evening dining.

We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause.

Because we anticipate that near 100 of our resident members will attend, we welcome early bookings from our non-resident members so that we can cater appropriately.

email [email protected] or call us on +61 3 9347 3428


Book by Monday September 16th

Sitting One12.00pm to 1.00pm

Free for MembersGold Coin Donation for guests and non-members

Members and guests may stay on for lunch or dinner in the dining room to speak more informally with the presenter - we ask that you book in advance for catering purposes.

Invite along others to learn from this seminar and to learn first hand of the benefits of membership.

Finance Seminar

Wills: What Can Go Wrong?

Thursday, 19th September

Sitting Two5.30pm to 6.30pm


MTC has donated double passes for Graduate Union members to attend its 2013 events. These are awarded as door prizes at each of our 2013 Music Sundays.

MTC is part of what makes this city the culture, arts and entertainment capital of the world. Established in 1953, Australia’s oldest theatre company has enriched the lives of its patrons through its contemporary and classical takes on the performing arts. In addition to twelve productions each year, the MTC provides undergraduate and postgraduate education for actors and the theatre.

We congratulate Ms Jill Blazer, Mr Leslie Dickson and Dr Jane Mckellar who won MTC tickets at our Sunday Music on the 16th of June. We know that

you will enjoy the MTC experience and look forward to hearing about the plays that you attend.

Rupert24th August to 28th September

The Cherry Orchard10th August to 25th September

Zeitgeist3rd October to 9th November

The Mountaintop1st November to 14th December

The Book of Everything27th November to 22nd December

CALENDAR 2014The Graduate Union calendar has been circulated by post to members for the last two years. We are in the process of creating our third for next year. It will feature Universities around the World. The calendar is distributed to all members together with the last Newsletter of the year.

We have been receiving feedback that some members prefer not to receive a calendar. Please contact us by email [email protected] or indicate in the form below if you wish to receive the 2014 Graduate Union Calendar.

Please note that members will be sent a calendar if they have not notified us otherwise. Tear along the dotted line and return to: 220 Leicester Street, Carlton, Vic 3023

Name : Please tick one :

I wish to receive the Graduate Union 2014 Calendar

I do not wish to receive the Graduate Union 2014 Calendar


The ArtistsHoang Pham and Ji Won Kim

Melbourne-based pianist, Hoang Pham was born in Vietnam and moved to Australia with his parents at an early age.

He studied privately with Rita Reichman and at the Australian national academy of music, following childhood instruction from his father, a pianist and guitarist. He has, most recently, studied with Marc Silverman, at the Manhattan School of Music, where he completed both a bachelor degree and master of music degree. In Australia, he frequently appears in all the leading recital series and has appeared as concerto soloist with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. He has made regular recital appearances in England, the USA, and France; he appeared in recital and conducted masterclasses at the 2011 New Zealand International Piano Competition in Auckland.

Hoang has performed at The Graduate Union before, and has always provided a spectacular performance on the classical pieces.

Ji Won Kim has established an extensive performing career in Australia as both a soloist and chamber musician. In recent years she has been regularly engaged as a concerto soloist with the major Australian orchestras including the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Symphony Orchestra the Canberra Symphony and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.

She is the recipient of numerous prizes and awards. In Australia, she was the winner of the SBS Matthew Krel Prize, of the ABC’s Australian Concerto & Vocal Competition and of the ABC Young Performer of the Year award. In Korea she participated in the Kumho Prodigy Program for Talented Violinists and won the Music Journal Competition. In Europe she has been the first prize winner of the International Johannes Brahms Competition in Austria and won second prize at the Bled International Violin Competition and the Lisbon International Violin Competition.

This will be Ji Won Kim’s first performance at The Graduate Union and we await a spectacular performance from her, and Hoang Pham.






























Sunday Music ConcertA Day of Spring Celebrations

Featuring

Hoang Pham and Ji Won Kim

with Spring themed classical pieces:

Beethoven - Sonata in C minor for piano, Op. 13 “Pathétique”

Gounod - Ave Maria for violin and piano

Mendelssohn - Spring Song for violin and piano, Op. 62

Beethoven - Sonata in F Major for violin and piano, Op. 24 “Spring”Chopin - two Nocturnes, a Mazurka and the “Minute” waltz

Rachmaninoff - Étude-tableau in E-Flat Major, Op. 33 No. 7

11th August, 2013

Member $30Adult $35Concession $32Student $20Resident Member $15

includes afternoon tea

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Invite friends for Spring lunch from 12.30pm

Pea and Mint soup ... Spring lamb cutlets with mint yoghurt ... Goats cheese and asparagus tart ... Chicken medallions with apricot glaze and steamed bok choy ... Potato and artichoke bake ... Steamed baby carrots and asparagus ... Mixed Berry Pavola

Members $12 Public $18 Concession $16

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Day for the classics at Graduate House began at 12.00pm with members and their guests wandering through the display stands of Australian Tapestry Workshop, Friends of Rippon Lea and the Lyrebird Music Society, and enjoying the beautiful Moyses Family tapestry gallery.

Member Dr Lynette Martin represented Friends of Rippon Lea, a volunteer group that supports the historic Rippon House and Gardens. Members may be interested in attending the Miss Fisher’s Exhibition at Rippon Lea from 7th September to 27th October, and a talk by Kerry Greenwood, author of the Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, at an Authors Talk and Afternoon Tea on the 13th October

Member John Hulskamp and pianist Judith Lambden set up a display for the Lyrebird Music Society the aim of which is to promote the playing, development and appreciation of fine music. Featuring professional artists, mostly from Melbourne, ten chamber music concerts are held annually at the Wyselaskie Auditorium, 29 College Crescent, Parkville. Members of The Graduate Union are very welcome to attend.

Established in 1976, Australian Tapestry Workshop is internationally famous and the only workshop of its kind in Australia. Collaborating closely with artists in Australia and overseas and with support from The Tapestry Foundation, they have created more than 400 commissioned interpretative tapestries ranging from palm-sized to monumental. ATW has invited Members of The Graduate Union to their studio and gallery at 262-266 Park Street, South Melbourne.

Everyone enjoyed the Sunday Roast lamb with roasted vegetables and the irresistable dessert of bread and butter pudding. Suggestions like “We should have this more often” were heard in the dining room.

Sunday Music Concert day for the classics

June, 16th June, 2013

Members and guests enjoying the Sunday Roast lunch

Some beautiful tapestry artwork on display courtesy of the Moyses Family.

Margaret Crothers from Australian Tapestry Workshop.

Member John Hulskamp and pianist Judith Lambden

from the Lyrebird Music Society.

Member Lyn Martin and Gwen Bowles from Friends of Rippon Lea.


This year, Wilma Smith, concertmaster of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO), brought a new group of friends to Graduate House for an all Brahms program on the 16th of June. The intimate chamber music performance opened with Wilma, violin, and Ian Munro, piano, performing Violin Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano in G major, Op. 78. The duo immersed the audience immediately in the first Vivace ma non troppo movement of this famous Rain Sonata (Regen-Sonate) - an apt title for the wintery Melbourne day that was unfolding in the cold outside but not the intent of the summer-loving Brahms! Moving to the Adagio – Più andante, the audience felt the weightier and serious tone of the middle movement with the rain motif adapted to a funeral march. The third movement, Allegro molto moderato - a rondo in G minor with coda in G major - gave clear thematic reference to Brahms Regenlied (“rain-song”), a song work which led to the sonata’s informal name, Regen, and feelings of passion and subtle amour.

For the second half, the audience was delighted to welcome Saul Lewis, Principal Third Horn of the MSO, who joined Wilma and Ian to perform Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano in Eb major, Op. 40. The performance well reflected the stages of mourning in this dedication composition by Brahms following the death of his mother in 1865. In slow-fast-slow-fast movement sequence, the audience was taken from the deep mournfulness of the Andante to the lighter and playful ‘happy memory’ Scherzo (Allegro), followed by the solemn Adagio mesto - emphasised by the sombre entrance of violin and horn after the low register piano solo - and concluding with the Allegro con brio, a lively, joyful and said-to-be recovery-from-mourning impassioned finale.

We are lucky indeed to hear Wilma & Friends in our intimate Graduate House setting.

We are glad that you enjoyed a lovely afternoon at Graduate House

Thank you all and others involved in arranging the concert yesterday - it was quite outstanding and much appreciated by all who attended. The roast lunch was great as were the afternoon and the program - in fact all the arrangements - so thank you all. David Eyres, Chair of Music Committee

Thank you so much for a great afternoon and a beautifully organised event. You made the musicians and me very welcome and they were very pleased with such a great reception from the audience. With many thanks again and best wishes, Miranda Humphreys, Wilma & Friends.

I enjoyed the Lunch. ... met my former teaching colleague from University High School, Rod Watson, and had a great chat over lunch. We all rated the Bread and Butter Pudding as Number One on the list. It brought back nostalgic memories of our Mothers’ cooking. My second favourite was the lovely light, roast potatoes. Kind regards. Mary R. Kelleher

Sunday MusicWilma & Friends

June, 16th June, 2013

Andrew Robert thanking Wilma & Friends


June 25th

Meet and GreetThe following

resident members are acknowledged for sharing their graduate

pathway stories.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

— Aristotle

Greg Bass

Marjan Qazvini

Robert Dukaric

Applications for the General Sir John

Monash Scholarships, applications close 31st August, 2013.

We encourage our resident members

to apply for this prestigious award and

leadership development opportunity.

Yuzo Baba

Simon Illingworth

At the June Meet and Greet, Members learnt about Helping Hoops who run 300+ basketball coaching sessions for ~1,000 disabled and disadvantaged children across Melbourne each year.

Resident members were also pleased to learn that the Building Services team have constructed a secure undercover bike parking space at the rear of the terraces. The lane-way for entry to this new space is shared with our neighbours Melbourne Security, lights and cameras.

The Hon Justice Tony Pagone thanks resident members Zoe Ma, JingYuan (Linda) Shen, Maria Civisic and Alexandra Mot (pictured below) for representing our college at his welcome to the Federal Court on the 21st June, 2013.


Graduate Union Tutor Team

Tutorials are being offered by the GU Tutors at Graduate House during the day, in the evenings and on weekends and according to their study and work schedules. These tutorials will be individualised for ‘tutees’ who are: • undergraduates in any discipline; • senior secondary school students (e.g. those undertaking VCE); • seeking to pass the IELTS (International English Language Testing System); • seeking to learn or improve in other languages; • post-graduates needing specialist tutorials – e.g. to edit their theses; • undertaking course entry tests (e.g., the Graduate Management Admission Test).

Zoe Ma offers tutorials to undergraduates in micro, macro and managerial economics, management principles and business strategies. She also tutors in basic to advanced Mandarin.

Toralf Burghoff is offering tutorials to undergraduate and postgraduate students in mathematics and well as in the language of German to advanced levels of listening, reading, writing and speaking.

Peng Zhang is currently undertaking his Masters and is offering tutorials to undergraduates in electrical engineering. He may also be able to offer language tutorials in Chinese.

In our last newsletter, we welcomed Zoe, Toral and Peng to the inaugural GU Tutor Team. In this newsletter we picture a less-blue Peng and welcome new tutor Juan Ceron. Thank you all for contributing to this initiative. We invite all resident members to contact us should they wish to join as tutors and to assist us in matching tutors to potential tutees when we receive enquiries. Our gratitude is also extended to the many members who have embraced the spirit of spreading the word to support this program and our new tutors.

Juan Ceron is currently undertaking his Masters in Energy Systems Engineering and is offering tutorials in this field at all levels from VCE to post-graduate, as well as in Spanish language.

Congratulations are extended to Juan Ceron, one of the tutors pictured above, who has been elected President of the Master of Energy Systems Association (MESA), Melbourne School of Engineering, The University of Melbourne. This is a club of graduates undertaking the 1.5 year full-time coursework program to acquire skills in making informed decisions about energy issues that incorporate technical, economic, environmental and social considerations.

and in other resident member news ...

We are also delighted to announce that resident members Shiau Wong who is undertaking her research doctorate in the School of Culture and Communication, and Melissa Davidson who is undertaking a research masters in the School of Health Sciences have passed their confirmations. This is an important and essential milestone in their research degrees. They each now move from ‘probationary’ to confirmed enrolment having demonstrated to an expert panel that they have designed a sound and feasible research project, and that they have sufficient knowledge and ability to proceed and produce a quality thesis. Well done ladies and we look forward to hearing more about your research.


Date Time Venue Faculty or School Title Speakers Bookings and Enquiries

Friday, 19th July

8.00pm - 9.00pm

Theatre A, EMB , Spencer Rd, The University of Melbourne

Faculty of Science

From Moseley’s law to the molecular microscope: a century of X-ray physics, chemistry and biology.

Associate Professor Harry Quiney

Enquiries [email protected] 03 8344 4392

Monday, 22nd July

6.30pm - 9.00pm


Faculty of Arts

Townsend on Turner: A speaking tour with ABC Radio National

Dr Joyce Townsend

Bookings http://alumni.online.unimelb.edu.au/ townsendonturnerEnquiries [email protected] 03 8344 8957

Tuesday, 23nd July

5.00pm - 6.00pm

Chemical Engineering Theatre, Grd Flr Bldg 165, UOM

Melbourne School of Engineering

Next Generation Broadband: Integration of Optical and Wireless Technology

Professor Christina Lim

Bookings http://www.eng.unimelb.edu.au/events/professorial/christina-lim/Enquiries [email protected] 03 9035 4085

Thursday, 25th July

6.30pm - 7.30pm

185 Pelham St, Carlton

Melbourne Law School

2013 Rare Books Public Lecture. The Book Theft Century: A Lament.

Professor Travis McDade

Bookings http://www.law.unimelb.edu. au/melbourne-law- school/news-and-events/ news-and-events-details/diaryid/7022Enquiries [email protected] 03 9035 1111

** EMB stands for Elisabeth Murdoch Building,

Don’t miss the upcoming free events at The University of Melbourne. We suggest meeting here at The Graduate Union before walking over to the lecture and either dining here first or returning later for a meal, beverages and further discussion. Feel free to share notice of these lectures across your networks and assure non-members that they are most welcome to meet here to dine or refresh.

PUbLiC LeCTUreS



Friday, 26th July

8.00pm - 9.00pm


Faculty of Science

Physics Lecture: The Cosmological History of Hydrogen.

Professor Rachel Webster


Friday, 26th July

4.00pm - 5.00pm

Frewin Rm, St Mary’s College, 871 Swanston Street, Parkville

The University of Melbourne

The Art of Praise: the Italian Medieval Choir Book 1250-1550.

Professor Emeritus Margaret Manion AO

Bookings http://www.trybooking.com/49016Enquiries [email protected] 03 9342 1614

Tuesday, 30th July

1.00pm-2.00pm

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Theatre, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Building, bldg 165


Facile Production of Multifunctional Nanoparticles for Difficult to Deliver Therapeutics: Hydrophobic Drugs, Peptides and siRNA

Facile Production of Multifunctional Nanoparticles for Difficult to Deliver Therapeutics: Hydrophobic Drugs, Peptides and siRNA


Tuesday, 30th July

7.00pm - 8.00pm

Level 9, Melbourne Law School 185 Pelham Street, Carlton


Constitutionalism, Nation States & Indigenous Nations: Finding a Place for Nations Within

Dr Miriam Jorgensen

Bookings http://www.law.unimelb.edu.au/melbourne-law-school/news-and-events/news-and-events-details/diaryid/7178Enquiries [email protected] 03 8344 1153

Wednesday, 1th August

6.30pm - 7.30pm

Basement Theatre, The Spot 198 Berkeley Street, Carlton

Faculty of Business and Economics

The 2013 Downing Lecture-Time: How we can get it to be on our side’

Professor Daniel Hamermesh

Bookings http://fbe.unimelb.edu.au/alumni/events/public/2013/the_downing_lectureEnquiries [email protected] 03 9035 9940

Monday, 6th August

6.30pm - 7.30pm

Room 920, Level 9 Melbourne Law School 185 Pelham Street, Carlton


Fair Media Reporting of Elections

The Honourable Mary Delahunty MAICDAssociate Pro-fessor Sally Young





Wednesday 7th August

6.30pm - 8.00pm

Basement Theatre, The Spot 198 Berkeley Street, Carlton


The case for a more equitable Australia

Mr Ross Gittins AMReverend Tim Costello AO


Wednesday, 14th August

6.30pm - 7.30pm

Public Lecture Theatre

Old Arts Building

Faculty of Arts

The Search for Goliath of Gath

Aren Maeir Bookings http://alumni.online.unimelb.edu.au/arenmaeirEnquiries [email protected] 03 8344 7775

Thursday, 15th August

5.30pm - 7.30pm

Theatre 227, 234, Queensberry Street

Faculty of Arts

Moral and Political Responsibility for Injustice

Associate Professor Michael Goodhart

Bookings http://alumni.online.unimelb.edu.au/michaelgoodhartEnquiries [email protected] 03 8344 6564

Thursday, 15th August

6.00pm - 8.00pm


Faculty of Arts

Theatre’s New Dramaturgy: The Anatomy of the Mind and Making Art

Professor Maaike Bleeker

Bookings http://alumni.online.unimelb.edu.au/maaikebleekerEnquiries [email protected] 03 8344 8627

Tuesday, 27th August

12.00pm - 1.00pm

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Theatre, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Bldg, Bldg165


World Energy, Climate Change and the Peter Cook Centre for Carbon Capture and Storage Research

Professor Geoff Stevens

Enquiries [email protected]

Call 03 8344 9063

Thursday, 3th - 4th

October

9.00am - 5.00pm

Grd Floor Theatre Faculty of Business and Economics Bldg 111 Barry St, The University of Melbourne

Faculty of Business and Economics

Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey Research Conference

Melbourne Conference

Bookings http://www.melbourneinstitute.com/miaesr/events/conferences/HILDA_2013/conference_HILDA_2013_default.htmlEnquiries [email protected] 03 8344 2151

Monday, 7th October

12.00pm - 1.00pm

Theatre 1 207 Bouverie St, Carlton


A Transformative Agenda for Global Health Justice

Professor Lawrence O. Gostin

Bookings http://www.socialequity.unimelb.edu.au/event/a-transformative-agenda-for-global-health-justice/Enquiries [email protected] 0439 602 555



The Art vs Science affair

One of the more polarizing features of a university is the notion of disciplinary allegiance. An arts student is artistic and literate, educated in humanities, critical thinking and the various forms of sensory aesthetic. A science student is at the forefront of technology, diving into the building blocks of the world using a hypothesis, method and rehearsed formulae. In recent years we have seen a breach of this disciplinary fence, students are partaking in double-degrees and/or courses that blur the lines of either discipline. It is now revealed, that those students working through a double-degree are

UNiVerSiTY SeCTOr NeWS

better prepared for future employment as discovered by Wendy Russell, Sara Dolnicar and Marina Ayoub of the University of New South Wales. Their research shows that due to the current complexities of the modern work environment, employers value and recommend employing those with a broad and diverse education. This idea has been incorporated into the majority of Australian universities. The University of Melbourne for example offers electives from both disciplines, for both disciplines i.e: a student undertaking studies in zoology can decide that their elective for the semester will be guitar studies.

This concept may be taken further in the future. Why not have primary courses in biology with a little piano forte thrown in for good measure? Or a literature course with just a touch of chemistry? The reason why these ideas have not been forcefully integrated into university curriculum may just be the idea of free will in an educational sense. A large appeal of tertiary education is the freedom to learn what one wants, and not conform to a structure that would not interest oneself in the years spent at university. Ultimately tertiary education’s subjectivity does not conform to the recommended path to employment, but why would we want it to?

For more information go to the following website: http://theconversation.com/why-arts-and-science-are-better-together-15004

Edward Byrne to lead King’s College London

Vice-Chancellor of Monash University, Edward Byrne has accepted the role of principal at King’s College in London. Professor Byrne will be replacing current principal Sir Rick Trainor who is retiring in September. Professor Byrne is a neuroscientist and clinician and currently holds a dual citizenship for Australia and England. His success leading Monash, a university with over 8,000 staff and 65,000 students in 11 worldwide campuses makes him the perfect person for this role.

His career at Monash involved the establishment of a new campus in Suzhou, China, and the creation of a major alliance with the University of Warwick. Professor Byrne qualified in Medicine in 1974 and furthered his study in neurology during his time in Adelaide. He has since become a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, the Royal Colleges of Physicians of London and Edinburgh, the American Academy and the American Association of Neurology. His post-graduate studies include a Doctor of Medicine (University of Tasmania) and a Doctor of Science (University of Melbourne). The soon to be former principal Sir Rick Trainor had the following to say of Professor Byrnes appointment.

“He has led Monash, a university which, like King’s, covers a very wide range of disciplines, through a period of exceptional development both in Australia and internationally… He also has substantial UK experience of senior academic leadership. In my opinion this is a terrific appointment.”

For more information visit the following web page: http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/monash-v-c-to-lead-kings-college-london/2005260.article#.Uc2mc6dMbNI.twitter

Art vs Science


UNiVerSiTY SeCTOr NeWS

Scientists have found “God’s bathtub,” a lake totally untouched by climate change

Were you curious about where our spiritual beings scrub their faces? In “God’s bathtub,” naturally, which is what scientists are calling this Australian lake, because it has been untouched by climate change for 7,000 YEARS! Researchers at the University of Adelaide were “accidentally” studying nearby land when they decided to test the lake’s algae ‘just for fun’ as scientists do. The “absolutely beautiful” lake — Blue Lake on North Stradbroke Island — was found to have been spared the uglier effects of climate change.As explained by Cameron Barr, a researcher at the University:

“To our knowledge, this is the only lake like this in Australia that has shown such stability over such a long period of time. We expected some change, given the magnitude of environmental changes over that period, so it was a surprise to find almost none.

We looked at lots of different proxies of environmental change, such as fossil pollen. But we also looked at fossil algae - these things called diatoms. Diatoms are very, very susceptible to changes in water chemistry. What we’ve found by looking at these diatoms, how they changed over time, is that there was very little change in the chemistry of the lake over the last 7,500 years.

So to our knowledge, this is the only lake like this in Australia that has shown such stability over such a long period of time.”

The lake is fed by an aquifer - irreverently entitled ‘God’s faucet’ - and seeps into a swamp (God’s drain) and there has been much speculation about an unproven deity preserving this ‘bath’ for His or Her personal bathing, complete with aromatherapy candles (do those bushes look like lavender to you too?).Source: Climate change researchers awed by pristine Blue Lake on North Stradbroke Island, ABC. Scientists find

‘God’s bathtub’ in Australia, MSN. Holly Richmond (hollyrichmond.com).http://grist.org/list/scientists-have-found-gods-bathtub-a-lake-totally-untouched-by-climate-change/

Sparking Attraction

Want to look better in the eyes of your partner? Easy. Run a soft electrical current through their brain. Now don’t go jumping for those batteries in the draw, the effects would only last for a few minutes. In any case, you’re attractive enough already. A group of researchers at the California Institute of Technology have discovered a means of improving your appearance without makeup or a new suit. The small device that has been developed is notably simple; it uses a 9-volt battery to apply a tiny current, 2-milliamp, through the brain of a participant. The current is 10,000 times weaker than your average household outlet.

The research is exciting because of its possibilities. While the topic itself seems shallow it has many deeper implications. The research team in California never intended the idea to be a love potion, but instead hope to apply a similar set of circumstances in the process of alleviating the symptoms of Parkinson’s and depression. The fact that they are now able to change neural behaviour by a slight current may lead to the discovery of such alleviation.

For more information, visit the following website: http://news.yahoo.com/tiny-electric-current-makes-others-look-better-111523142--abc-news-tech.html

I’ve just had an Idea!

Some ideas, like Newton’s apple simply come into fruition. Others are so shocking you hardly know what hit you, just ask Benjamin Franklin. That light bulb moment does not only happen to inventors like Thomas Edison, and this is recognised by Aspen, Colorado’s Ideas Festival which hopes that, like the Wright brothers, ideas from any person will take flight.


The festival presented by the Aspen Institute and The Atlantic is built around that universal “I have it!” moment of spontaneous neural activity which leads to ideas that stand the test of time. The Aspen. Institute has quite plainly stated that there is an incredulous lack of structure to their thought event. The idea is that the lack of structure will promote discussion and thought evocative scenarios throughout the course of the event.

The festival itself could go in several directions. The first may be a cacophony of ideas thrown into a pool of argumentative, confrontational and defensive thinkers. As always, those with ideas are faced with the oppositional and infamous ever sceptical. But, there is a chance that the ideas festival will become an ocean of attention, a ground for listening and understanding. This process of comprehension may lead to some of the most interesting idea evolutions of the 21st century.

For more information, go to the following website: http://blogs.voanews.com/digitalfrontiers/ 2013/06/27/aspen-journal-where-are-ideas-born/

The Underground Bike Scene

Alongside the opening of The Graduate Union’s new bike rack comes a slightly more modern concept for the storage of our two wheeled friends. Japan’s Eco Cycle Anti-Seismic Underground Bicycle Park eliminates the need for surface asphalt slabs, and provides a safer and more space conscious way of locking your bicycle. The Park is only 23 feet wide, almost entirely underground and can store up to 144 bicycles at any one time.

This beautifully engineered system is currently only found in Japan, but it is easy imagine how the concept will spread. The designers of this marvel inhabitat, claim it is the safest way to store your bicycle while the spoke storage system renders it almost impossible for thieves to access the bicycles without the owners permission. The design was obviously considered for The Graduate Union’s bike storage capabilities, but alas, the Melbourne University car park currently rests below us. Maybe next time.

For more information, or to see the storage system in action, watch the following video:http://grist.org/list/awesome-bike-parking-system-sucks-your-ride-into-the-depths-of-the-earth/?utm_source=syndication&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feed

The Graduate Union presents A Visit to the Hepburn Bathhouse Homemade Scones and Jam A Day of Relaxation The Iconic Daylesford Markets And Much Much More!

Saturday 24th august

DaylesfoRD and HepbuRNs SpriNGsDay Trip

Bo ok now! For all enquiries please contact receptionFor Pricing please check closer to the date


Academic and Professional Development Meetings

ORGANISATION EVENT DATE ATTENDEES

Centre for the Study of Higher EducationImam University 11th, 13th June 8 each day

Department of Infrastructure EngineeringWater Productivity and Innovation Workshop 18th June 17Infrastructure Engineering Staff Meeting 2nd July 35

Indigenous Eye Health Unit MSPGH 11th June 40Indigenous Eye Health and Technology Roundtable

Major Projects Group Leicester Street Student Accommodation Project 27th June 10

McCaughey Vic Health Centre for Community HealthEvidence-informed Public Health Short Course 18th June 15

Primary Industries Climate Challenges CentrePICCC Board Meeting 13th June 7

Property and CampusService Leadership Workshop 28th June 35

UoM Commercial LtdManaging Customers for Competitive Advantage 13th June 11Leading Literacy Learning 14th June 18Foundations of Literacy Leadership 14th June 35Managing Customers for Competitive Advantage 14th June 12Graduate Programs in Palliative Care 18th June 13Graduate Certificate in Clinical Teaching 19th June 26Coaching for Literacy Improvement 21st June 16Specialist Certificate in Clinical Research (Oncology) 24th, 25th, 26th, 28th June 16 each dayBiomedical Research Management 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th July 10 each day

Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre 19th June 14VCCC Board Meeting No.23

Thank you for your patronageThe following groups from The University of Melbourne have convened

meetings, workshops and seminars at The Graduate Union.

Australian Asian Association of Australia


The patronage of organisation members in charitable, not-for-profit, government and professional development sectors is acknowledged. We look forward to welcoming you again soon.


Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) - promoting technologies to improve and sustain Australia’s society and economy.

ATSE Meeting 4th July 22

Australian Asian Association of Australia (AAA) - fostering friendship, understanding and good fellowship between the peoples of Australia and Asia.

Australian Asian Association meeting 27th June 6

Australian Film Base - a production company and film school and centre that provides training to become a professional film maker

4-month Film School 18th, 24th June, 2nd July 15 each day

Australian Food Hygiene Services (AFHS) - an accredited company offering consulting, training and auditing for the hospitality industry. Specialising in health care.

Food Safety Supervisors Course 18th June 24

Barry Dance 1st July 13Retired Senior Military Officers

The Jack Brockoff FoundationThe Jack Brockhoff Foundation 1st July 12Brockhoff 5 Year Review Dinner 2nd July 5

Bionic Vision Australia (BVA) - a nationaBionic Vision Australia Board Meeting 2/2013 27th June 13BVA Executive Planning Meeting 18th June 3

Business Networkin Strategies (BNS) - providing professional coaching and training in marketing communication.

Business Networking Strategies- Strategic Networking 25th June 12

Flagstaff Consulting Group Pty Ltd - providing specialist commercial and technical consulting services in the Civil, Building, Transport, Mining, Utilities and Insurance industries. 12

MURL Lunch 21st June

Forensic Foundations - meeting the need for essential forensic (legal awareness) training and coaching for any person or organisation whose expertise may be called on in the legal system.

DNA for Legal Practitioners, Forencis Foundations 22nd June 20

Geography Teachers’ Association of Victoria (GTAV) - for the education of GeographyTrain the Trainer GeogSpace Launch 13th June 40

International Coach Federation (ICF) - building, supporting and preserving the integrity of the coaching profession.

ICF Victoria 12th June 18

ISANA International Education Association Victoria (ISANA) - the representative body for international education professionals in Australia and New Zealand, working in student services, advocacy, teaching, and policy development.

Intercultural Skill Development ISANA Victoria & Tasmania 25th June 35

Management Development Pty Ltd Effective Writing for Managers and Professionals Course 26th, 27th June 25 each day

Melbourne College of Contemporary Psychotherapy (MCCP) - providing training for established mental health professionals and other counsellors and giving critical consideration to the diversity of theory and practice in contemporary psychotherapy.

College of Contemporary Psychotherapy 12th, 19th and 26th June 6 each day



Organisation Development Australia (ODA) - supporting those working, or with an interest, in organisational development.

Reinventing Organisation Development 25th June 14

Probus Carlton Parkville Inc - a civic organisation for fellowship and intellectual stimulation.Probus Carlton Parkville meeting 11th June 70

Rotary - making lives better and raising funds to assist the Carlton community.Rotary D9800 DLT Meeting 13th June 40Carlton Rotary Board Meeting 18th June 8Rotary Heritage Cluster Meeting 19th June 16Carlton Lunch Board Meeting 25th June, 2nd, 5th July 32, 32 and 60

SAI Global Advanced Food Safety (AFS) - providing training services to the Australian and New Zealand food industry.

Internal Food Safety Auditor 20th, 21st June 18 each dayFood Microbiology for Non-Microbiologist 11th June 6

Supply Chain Logistics Association of Australia (SCLAA) - supporting professionals and practitioners in the fields of supply chain and logistics.

WHS Legislative Changes and Proactive Injury Prevention in the Workplace Event 19th June 15

The Graduate Union Friday Drinks and Dinner 14th June 10Italian Conversation Dinner 18th June, 2nd July 3 per dayOrganisation Culture Inventry Staff Workshop 16th June 65Sunday Music Concert - Wilma & Friends 31st May 68June Monthly Luncheon - Ms Margaret Simons 5th June 45

University of NSW Alumni - supporting the activities of the Alumni chapters and networks around the world and establishing the UNSW Alumni Advisory Committee which oversees and provides strategic advice to UNSW Council on alumni engagement programs and activities.

BP Australia project Office 28th June 10

Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCCA) - providing high quality curriculum, assessment and reporting that enables individual lifelong learning.

VCAL Work Related Skills Stakeholder Group Meeting 11th June 25

Western and Central Melbourne Integrated Cancer Services (WCMICS)Community of Practices Number 2 20th June 40

Workplace Training Advisory Australia (WTAA) - providing employee development and leadership programs.

The Australian Applied Management Colloquium 19th, 20th June 24 each dayAdvanced Leadership Program - Graduation 2nd July 18Advanced Leadership Program - Day 8 2nd July 18

Thank you for your patronage


The process of organising a function at Graduate House was very easy. The function room suited our needs well and the food, both in terms of quality and quantity was wonderful. The Staff were absolutely wonderful and it is the main reason I choose Graduate House. Thank you for always making sure everything is set up and ready to go in time for my meetings. - Danielle Rostan-Herbert, Property and Campus Services

There was great communication during the process of organising a function, it was very easy. The function room was set up as we needed it. The food, in terms of quality and quantity was great. Everyone commented on the quality of the food. The staff were very helpful. No request was too much trouble, we had a few dietary requirements and these were all met.

- Jackie Martin, Dental Health Services Victoria

We have made many repeat bookings and the process of organising a function at Graduate House is very easy. The function room was suitable for our needs and the food, both in terms of quality and quantity was just right. The staff are always helpful in both the lead up to your event, and during the event, especially the lady who meets me each time and helps setup the laptop.

- Martin Bailey, Business Networking Strategies Pty Ltd

I could not fault the process of organising a function at Graduate House, the venue was excellent and the room setup was perfect. It was spacious, with mints and water supplied. Projector, screen, white board - all supplied. Coffee on arrival was well received after many had travelled for a few hours prior to the day. Staff were very helpful from the time I walked in the door until I left. The student attendees (all adult learners from hospitals/aged care around Victoria) were delighted and most complimentary to the venue and the food. Do continue with the same standard.The quality of food was just excellent. There was plenty of food (some had seconds!). It was hot, well presented and with an adequate variety. The rooms were well signed for ease of access. The wheelchair access was easily accessible.

- Marj Harvey, Australian Food Hygiene Service

I visit the Graduate House dining room about once a month. The customer service is excellent. Great variety of buffet menu and excellent value for money. I used my complimentary birthday card and am delighted to be with the Forum ladies.

- Life member, Margaret Mayers

I visit the Graduate House dining room about twice a month. The customer service is excellent. Great variety of buffet menu and excellent value for money.

- Life member, Elisabeth Carvosso

I visit the Graduate House dining room regularly. The customer service is very welcoming, the variety of buffet menu couldn’t be better and excellent value for money. There is always a reason to come to Graduate House.

- Member, Jennifer Gill

Thank you for your feedback


The Gift of Membership

Graduation provides an ideal opportunity for the new graduate to receive the Gift of Membership of The Graduate Union, an esteemed membership association of graduates from around the world.

Email [email protected] or call us on +61 3 9347 3428 to purchase a gift certificate and to request an application form which we will post or email to you. You may also download the application form from http://www.graduatehouse.com.au.

The Membership fee for a New Graduate is discounted.The discount is greater for longer terms of membership and applies only when a one-off payment (for 1-5 years) is made. ONE year of membership $ 140 TWO years of membership $ 270 THREE years of membership $ 400 FOUR years of membership $ 530 FIVE years of membership $ 660

The University of Melbourne Open Day, 18th August, 2013

We welcome prospective students, parents, carers, relatives and friends who are accompanying potential students to The University of Melbourne Open Day.

Graduate House is open from 10.00am to 4.00pm. Drop in any time to relax in our lounge area, have a coffee and then join the guided tour to learn more of our graduate-only College. We invite you to share our pride with prospective students and experience a taste of college life.

We also have a free sausage sizzle outside and some warm clothing to purchase if you feel a little chilled. Throughout the day we are conducting tours for those seeking residence in 2013.

openday.unimelb.edu.au

Open Day 2013


It has been about twenty years since Graeme Tupper (Life member since 1961) last visited Graduate House. He has been living interstate and overseas for many years, and currently lives in Orange, New South Wales. His daughter, Alison, and her husband, Cameron, currently live in Melbourne, thus providing an opportunity for Graeme and his wife June to visit. Graeme graduated with Bachelor of Agricultural Science (AgSc) in 1959 and later with a Masters in AgSc whilst employed by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

(CSIRO). Graeme said it was a pleasure to visit Graduate House and to experience the new facilities and services (which have changed just a tad over the last 20 years).

We welcomed Professor Greg Qiao (seated left) and Professor David Solomon from the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Both are regular patrons of the Graduate Union Dining Room and both report that they enjoy the Stonegrill tremendously.

Members of the team who had key roles in the implementation of the Melbourne Underground Rail Loop Authority met for their annual MURLA lunch at Graduate House on Friday 21st June, 2013. The date commemorates the turning of the first sod for the project on the 22nd June, 1971 by the late Hon Vern Wilcox. The group has enjoyed an annual meeting for lunch at Graduate House for a number of years.

The group comprises former Authority members, engineering staff from the principal design and construction consulting group (John Connell-Mott, Hay & Anderson, Hatch, Jacobs) and lead architects from the three firms responsible for the respective underground station designs (McIntyre Partnership; Perrott Lyon Mathieson and Stephenson & Turner).

The elder statesman of the group, John Connell AM, now in his hundredth year, unfortunately could not join the lunch on this occasion due to a family bereavement.Conversation across the table was a sharing of views on many topical issues such as public transport, coal seam gas harvesting, carbon tax and emissions trading and the state of the world. Who said technocrats make for a dull lunch!

Seen at Graduate House


University Club of TorontoOver the years, many members of The Graduate Union have reported staying at the conveniently located University Club of Toronto at 380 University Avenue between Queen Street and Dundas Street.

This well-known association was founded by alumni of the University of Toronto with the aim of establishing a luncheon club for university graduates. The club was formally incorporated in 1909 and was located at 82 King Street West until 1929. After 1929, the Club entered its present home.

The University Club of Toronto has the finest examples of classical architecture in Canada. The club houses an impressive collection of Group of Seven art which has admirers at the National Gallery of Canada and Art Gallery of Ontario and is well worth the visit for the art collection alone.

The Club has affiliations with more than 200 private clubs around the world, as well as special dining reciprocity with the Toronto Hunt. The objects of the University Club remain “... to promote friendship between its members and to provide facilities for their pleasure and congenial association”.

The University Club offers formal and casual dining, excellent meeting space and private dining facilities, as well as overnight accommodation. WiFi is available without charge in the bedroom and meeting rooms. All guest rooms have en-suite bathroom with modern glass-walled walk-in showers in all Queen and Twin rooms, and showers and bathtubs in the two largest King rooms.

In addition to access to fine dining and casual dining rooms, unlimited access to the Fitness and Squash facilities and fitness classes is available without additional charge for accommodation guests. The Club offers an American style squash court, a fitness centre weight room and aerobics studios. Additionally, the Club offers a golf practice facility in the sub-basement!

The Graduate Union holds reciprocal arrangements with this prestigious club. This means that our members are guaranteed a warm welcome when choosing to stay at the University Club of Toronto; and that we, in turn, extend a warm welcome to their members when they choose to reside here in Carlton when visiting Melbourne here in the south-east of Australia.

Permission to use the images for this article has been provided by Sarah Freeman, the General Manager of The University Club of Toronto.

Members travelling interstate and overseas can take advantage of reciprocal arrangements negotiated with other associations and colleges. Members

should obtain a letter of introduction from our offices and make individual arrangements with clubs before travelling.

Reciprocal Association News


What’s Happening in Council?Council is pleased to congratulate our President, Major General Professor Jeffrey V Rosenfeld AM CStJ, for the 2013 Commonwealth Queen’s birthday honours listing as an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of The British Empire (OBE) for services to neurosurgery and the University of Papua New Guinea School of Medicine.

Congratulations are extended also to our recently elected Chair of Council, The Honourable Justice Tony (Gaetano) Pagone, on his appointment by the Governor-General in Council as a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia. Councillors Davis, Doig, Sparks and Santalucia represented The Graduate Union at the ceremonial sitting of the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia on the 21st of June, 2013 to extend the full-court ceremonial swearing in.

Council made good progress on the constitution during an intensive and productive half-day special meeting on the 22nd June. Our legal advisors have reviewed and incorporated the amendments made at this session, and Councillors will review these during meetings on the 15th and 31st of July. We look forward to meeting with Members at consultation sessions on the 7th and 14th August to outline the key features of this new set of rules and to explain further why we believe that this constitution will allow both for today’s governance standards, and for the future. We have timed these consultation sessions so that different membership cohorts are best placed to participate. The first, on the 7th August, will commence at 10.30am and is prior to the August Monthly Luncheon with speaker Tim Colebatch, Economic Editor for The Age newspaper. The second is from 6.00pm, prior to the quiet card and board games night which commences at 7.30pm. This latter session may prove more suitable for members with day-time work, study and volunteer commitments.

The following is a schematic diagram of a new committee structure that Council adopted at its 12th June meeting. Terms of reference for these committees have also been developed and these are now being included in a set of regulations to be used in parallel with the new constitution.

These committees are not too dissimilar to those to which Council has been delegating authority over the last few years and have been designed to assist Council in continuing to provide the appropriate governance oversight to the major operational areas of the association. In parallel, Council has adopted the Strategic Plan, and is reviewing the results from the recent member and stakeholder survey.

As members can see from this brief report a lot ‘is happening in Council’ and we thus look forward to meeting you in August to let you know more about these exciting and important developments.


The campaign for The University of Melbourne aims to raise AU$500 million and is the most ambitious such initiative undertaken in its 160 year history.

The spectacular launch of the Believe campaign on the evening of the 21st May, 2013 comprised cocktails in the Old Quadrangle and a lavish dinner in Wilson Hall. Presentations from the Vice Chancellor, Glyn Davis AC and the Chair of the Campaign Board, Allan Myers AO QC - who together with his wife Maria, has donated a $10 million gift - were inspirational and served well to remind us all of the need to embrace our responsibility for enabling the highest standards and access to the best opportunities now and for many years to come.

The University of Melbourne has very kindly recognised The Graduate Union as an Association that is Enriching our communitiEs, noting particularly the Union’s unique membership, accommodation and meeting services for graduates and its key central position in the

university’s rapidly expanding graduate precinct.

Additionally, it has established a Make a Gift page for The Graduate Union (shown to the left) on its website.

This means that a donor from anywhere in the world can easily give funds to our association and that these will be passed directly to The Graduate Union.

The following is the link to the Make a Gift page for The Graduate Unionhttps://secureau.imodules.com/s/1182/campaign/index.aspx?sid=1182&gid=1&pgid=3257&cid=4678&dids=236&bledit=1.

We apologise for the length of this link, but as you can imagine The University has many other similar pages for equally worthy recipients of gifts. It is thus not immediately clear how to navigate from their campaign home page to the Make a Gift page for The Graduate Union (Graduate House).

We shall soon have a direct link to this page on our website and in emails communicating this additional method for donating to The Graduate Union. In the meantime, and familiar to our many members, the paper-based form is on the following two pages and may be completed, detached and sent in at any time with donations and pledges or to schedule a meeting to discuss the potential for bequests and other forms of major giving.


The Graduate Union of The University of Melbourne IncorporatedGraduate House, 220 Leicester Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053

Australian Business Number: 55610 664963 Incorporated Business Number A0023234B

Donations Form

From its establishment in 1911, members have lived, learned and met together to continue the experience of ‘the meeting of minds’ beyond university as they entered the workforce, had families, became leaders and volunteers across the

world and retired.

These members built the organisation through great generosity in the form of donations of funds and buildings, bequests and sponsorship, together with

volunteer and pro bono work. We seek always to honour this legacy and to foster a culture of active and contributing membership.

Please give to our uniqueinternational association of graduates.

Your gift is acknowledged in the Melbourne Graduate (please specify if you wish to remain anonymous) and is tax deductible.

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GIFTS of MONEY

My donation will be: $AUD ....……………………………………………………..

At frequency: One off � Weekly � Monthly � Annually �I authorise The Graduate Union to:

send me a reminder to send in a cheque or put money into The GU account.

Account Name The Graduate Union of The University of Melbourne Incorporated

Bank National Australia Bank BSB 083 170

Account Number 51561 2137 Swift Code NATAAU3303M

The transfer name should include your Surname and the word Donation

direct debit my bank account.

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charge my credit card. Visa � Master Card �Name on Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Direct my donation to: (tick one)

the fund of highest priority and need at the time of my donation. �buildings (upkeep and additions).

William Berry Wing � Main Building � Stella Langford Wing �resident members.

scholarships, awards � excursions, functions � in financial difficulty �non-resident members.

career development � fellowships, awards, prizes � in financial difficulty �I am interested in GIFTING to NAME

a space within The Graduate Union (building, floor, room, other space) �a scholarship or an award to a resident member �

a recognition of excellence award for a resident or non-resident member �a career or retirement development program for an in-career or a retired member �

MY BEQUEST (Will)

I would like to provide for The Graduate Union in my will – please telephone �

August 2013

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