In Addition

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Visitors to Parramatta may have wondered just what has been going on at the old Post Office

site in Church Street After months of work UNErsquos Western Sydney Access Centre (WSAC) or Future Campus is set to open in 2013 as the Universityrsquos newest hub The Future Campus is the flagship for UNErsquos presence in Western Sydney providing a venue to demonstrate innovation in delivery of course content open access to facilitate local small group collaboration access to telecommuting technology enabling participation in lectures flexible 11 tutoring or course advice course administration such as assignment submission and other student administrative services The Western Sydney Campus will provide an open flexible environment into which students and the broader community will be welcomed to interact with UNE in whatever way they choose

Getting to this stage has not been without its challenges The old post

Into the future

Newsletter from the Office of Advancement for alumni and supporters of UNE December 2012 Volume 4 No 2

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office building is an excellent example of a substantial sandstone structure designed in the late 1880s by the colonial architect James Barrett so extra care had to be taken with any building works This included an archaeological dig to establish if there was any evidence of the original convict allotment

The Western Sydney Future Campus will make accessing education with UNE easier For general enquiries please contact Rob Field rfield6uneeduau mobile 0459 820 560 and for course and future student information Peter Hendry peterhendryuneeduau mobile0477 348 192

As well as some on-campus news this newsletter has contributions from alumni living overseas The stories and experiences of UNE graduates are interesting and various and we hope you enjoy reading

about some of them Wherever they are our graduates will say that ldquoThe UNE Experience stays with you for liferdquo

We wish you and your family and friends a safe and rewarding holiday season and look forward to being in touch in 2013

UNE Strategic Plan 2011-2015Mission UNE is a regionally based globally networked university that is renowned for the quality of its student experience and the excellence of its research specialisations We provide a formative educational experience on campus and we bring our research and teaching to the world through the latest communication technologies

2

The University of New Englandrsquos reputation as a leader in agriculture has been recognized

with a $29 million grant from the Commonwealth Government The Minister for Tertiary Education Senator Chris Evans announced the grant as part of the Education Investment Fund for UNErsquos Integrated Agricultural Education Project

ldquoThis grant allows UNE to continue to be innovative in its approach to rural sciences and offer students a world-class education in agriculture and animal sciencesrdquo UNErsquos Chancellor Mr Richard Torbay said ldquoThe project is also expected to create more than 50 jobs across the construction and teaching sectors which is great for the region

The Integrated Agricultural Education Project includes new and upgraded buildings with collaborative teaching and learning spaces on UNErsquos Armidale Campus an adjacent SMART farm educational facility and a significant upgrade to UNErsquos Tamworth Regional Study Centre The majority of the grant will be spent on a new three-story Agricultural Education Building that will include specialized teaching laboratories a large lecture theatre tutorial rooms temperature-controlled

Boost to Agriculture at UNE

L-R Minister for Tertiary Education Senator Chris Evans Acting Vice-Chancellor Professor Annabelle Duncan and Federal Independent Member for New England Mr Tony Windsor

Events CalendarFor more details about any of these events please visithttpalumniuneeduauevents or call 02 6773 3365

In 2013 we will be celebrating a number of anniversaries 85th anniversary of Armidale Teachersrsquo

College (ATC) 75th anniversary of New England University College (NEUC) and SportUNE 50th anniversary of Earle Page College 21st anniversary of the Graduate School of Business and 20th anniversary of the School of Law As details of events are finalised they will be posted in the alumni events calendar

work rooms a multi-discipline Zoology Teaching Museum and a Learning Resource Centre Contrary to sector trends UNE has been increasing its enrolments in agriculture and animal science and this trend is expected to continue

This new and exciting project will be delivered in partnership with CSIRO TAFE NSW New England Institute the NSW Government and Tamworth Regional Council

Dinner with the Parramatta Eels31 January 2013 ArmidaleContact SportUNE sportuneuneeduauTickets

NRL Trial match Parramatta Eels and Newcastle Knights2 February 2013 Bellevue Sporting Precinct ArmidaleContact SportUNE sportuneuneeduau Tickets

UNE Golf Day1 March 2013 Uralla Golf ClubProceeds to UNE Sporting ScholarshipsContact SportUNE sportuneuneeduau

UNE Alumni Association Armidale ldquoWhat Makes Me Tickrdquo11 March 2013 ArmidaleContact Greg Horsley ghorsleyuneeduau

ACAE 1970-1972 Session 40th Anniversary30 March 2013 ArmidaleContact Greg Ross geb_rossyahoocomau

Official opening UNErsquos Western Sydney Access Centre April 2013 (tbc) ParramattaContact Rob Field rfield6uneeduau

Earle Page College 50th Anniversary17 - 19 May 2013 ArmidaleContact EPC College epcuneeduau

NRL Round 25 Parramatta Eels v St GeorgeWeekend 24-26 August 2013 (TBC)ANZ StadiumContact SportUNE sportuneuneeduau

Golden Oldies New England Rugby reunion5-7 October 2013 ArmidaleContact Scott Williams2013rugbyreuniongmailcom

ATC 68-69 session reunion 25-27 October 2013 ArmidaleContact Ailsa Blewer ablewerwestnetcomau

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2012 Alumni Awards

Gwynnyth Llewellyn

Gwynnyth graduated from UNE in 1981 with a Bachelor of Arts and again in 1986 with a Masters of Education (Honours) Until recently Gwynnyth was the Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Director of the Centre for Disability Research and Policy at the University of Sydney She has recently been appointed as an expert member of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Group for the development of the WHO Health-related Rehabilitation Guidelines Her broad commitment is ldquoto find health and social policy and practice solutions to enable disabled individuals and their families to fully participate in societyrdquo

Read more

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Tell us your storyAs one of the projects funded from the $366 million received from the Federal Governmentrsquos Structural Adjustment Fund (SAF) we are re-designing UNErsquos web presence The funding over three years is aimed at assisting universities make the transition to the student-demand-driven system introduced in 2012

We will be featuring alumni stories from around the world so if you are interested in being profiled please submit an expression of interest

This award recognizes graduates of the University who are leaders with outstanding professional and human qualities contributing to their profession business andor community at local national andor international level

Carol Tebbutt

Carol graduated from UNE in 1986 with a Bachelor of Arts and in 1988 with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Carol is the founder and Managing Director of Tebbutt Research a market research company that is based in Fiji She is a household name in Fiji and increasingly across the Pacific Islands region where she has pioneered the market research industry an environmental community based organization (CBO) called Clean up Fiji and a business coalition for HIVAIDS called BAHA Fiji Carol is in demand as a speaker and has spoken at conferences around the world and has given The Lowy Lecture on Opinion Polling at the Lowy Institute in Sydney

Read more

Alumni Achievement AwardJames Farrell

This award recognizes UNE graduates who have given significant service in a particular locality field of activity or to a particular group

James graduated from UNE in 2009 with a Masters in Law He is a committed lawyer currently lecturing in law at Deakin University Through his many and various roles he has provided clients with advice advocacy and representation and campaigned tirelessly to improve the lives of those who suffer disadvantage in our communities This year James was awarded an Australian Leadership Award which provides an opportunity for new-generation leaders to be recognised for their achievements and contributions to shaping Australiarsquos future

Read more

Distinguished Alumni

A helping hand

4

This year more than 200 scholarships worth a total of $64 million were presented during an

annual ceremony at the University of New England that celebrates both the aspirations of outstanding students and the generosity of donors

Addressing the donors Professor Barber said ldquoThank you for your faith in us ndash and thank you for your faith in our students We know theyrsquoll do you proudrdquo

The presentation is followed by a celebratory dinner at historic Booloominbah The dinner is a wonderful opportunity for donors to meet and form relationships with the successful scholarship recipients L-R Sue Grace Tyler Martin (recipient of the Mary Spence MemorialUNE Country Scholarship) and Cec Spence

L-R Joseph Melino (recipient of the Robb College Foundation Darren Ellis Fund Scholarship) Dr Wal Whalley (chair of the Robb College Foundation) Christopher Parker (recipient of the Robb College Foundation Darren Ellis Fund Scholarship)

L-R Greg Maschio (Joblink Plus) Alexandra Hall (recipient of the Joblink Plus Nursing and Allied Health Scholarship) Rob Hall

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The University of New England has recently re-signed as a Parramatta Eels sponsor for a further two

years

The Chancellor of UNE Richard Torbay said ldquoThe Eels sponsorship is part of the Universityrsquos strategy to expand its brand awareness and create partnerships to explore new business opportunitiesrdquo

UNErsquos Vice-Chancellor Professor Jim Barber said that the partnership with one of the countryrsquos best-known National Rugby League teams complemented the Universityrsquos state-of-the-art facilities and new specialities in sports management and physical education

ldquoThe team will have access to all of UNErsquos and SportUNErsquos outstanding facilities including the Sports and Exercise Science Precinct where they will work closely with UNE staff on fitness testing and analysisrdquo

ldquoWe hope to further enhance our reputation for sporting excellence in the coming years and the Eels are part of that strategyrdquo Professor Barber added

Parramatta Eelsrsquo Chief Executive Bob Bentley said ldquoOur partnership with UNE not only offers players an important pathway to furthering their education but also gives us access to some of the best sports science facilities in the countryrdquo

Parramatta Eels and UNErsquos partnership continues to grow

As part of the continued sponsorship arrangement the Parramatta Eels will again hold their 2013 pre-season training camp in Armidale from 29 January to 3 February 2013 The highlight of the week-long camp will be the pre-season trial match between the Parramatta Eels and the Newcastle Knights at UNErsquos Bellevue Field on Saturday 2 February

An official Eels dinner will be held on Thursday 31 January where guests will be able to mingle with their favourite players

For the young fans there will be an opportunity to watch the team train during the week as well as a free junior training session on Saturday morning 2 February for all school age children

Alumni are invited to join in with the weekrsquos activities For full details of the week or to secure tickets to events go to

wwwuneeduaucommoneelsweekphp

PHOTO Professor Jim Barber Vice Chancellor and Ricky Stuart Parramatta Eels Coach celebrating the re-signing of the sponsorship

Study for my BSc(Hons) and PhD at UNE under Prof R Cumming in Biochemistry and Nutrition

and Dr AB Lloyd in Microbiology and Genetics taught me well about research As a graduate I competed well with many graduate students from larger universities including Harvard and so I strongly recommend undergraduate and post graduate studies at UNE I had more than 100 publications accepted and successfully headed research and development for several major animal health vaccine companies before forming the company ImmTech

According to the World Health Organization infectious diseases collectively represent the most common cause of death worldwide In the past twenty years however very few new

treatments have been developed for infectious diseases Immtech Pharmaceuticals is dedicated to the discovery and development of safe and effective cures for infectious diseases that affect the global community The company has had over 60 vaccines licensed around the world and 5 worldwide patents

Though now retired from ImmTech I am engaged in some consultant work for a company in Kansas City based on the work I did at UNE and the University of Massachusetts

Based on his achievements and publications Adrian Liem became a member of the National Academy of Science and a diplomate of Microbiology

Putting a value on research

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The University of New England has recently re-signed as a Parramatta Eels sponsor for a further two

years

The Chancellor of UNE Richard Torbay said ldquoThe Eels sponsorship is part of the Universityrsquos strategy to expand its brand awareness and create partnerships to explore new business opportunitiesrdquo

UNErsquos Vice-Chancellor Professor Jim Barber said that the partnership with one of the countryrsquos best-known National Rugby League teams complemented the Universityrsquos state-of-the-art facilities and new specialities in sports management and physical education

ldquoThe team will have access to all of UNErsquos and SportUNErsquos outstanding facilities including the Sports and Exercise Science Precinct where they will work closely with UNE staff on fitness testing and analysisrdquo

ldquoWe hope to further enhance our reputation for sporting excellence in the coming years and the Eels are part of that strategyrdquo Professor Barber added

Parramatta Eelsrsquo Chief Executive Bob Bentley said ldquoOur partnership with UNE not only offers players an important pathway to furthering their education but also gives us access to some of the best sports science facilities in the countryrdquo

Parramatta Eels and UNErsquos partnership continues to grow

As part of the continued sponsorship arrangement the Parramatta Eels will again hold their 2013 pre-season training camp in Armidale from 29 January to 3 February 2013 The highlight of the week-long camp will be the pre-season trial match between the Parramatta Eels and the Newcastle Knights at UNErsquos Bellevue Field on Saturday 2 February

An official Eels dinner will be held on Thursday 31 January where guests will be able to mingle with their favourite players

For the young fans there will be an opportunity to watch the team train during the week as well as a free junior training session on Saturday morning 2 February for all school age children

Alumni are invited to join in with the weekrsquos activities For full details of the week or to secure tickets to events go to

wwwuneeduaucommoneelsweekphp

PHOTO Professor Jim Barber Vice Chancellor and Ricky Stuart Parramatta Eels Coach celebrating the re-signing of the sponsorship

Study for my BSc(Hons) and PhD at UNE under Prof R Cumming in Biochemistry and Nutrition

and Dr AB Lloyd in Microbiology and Genetics taught me well about research As a graduate I competed well with many graduate students from larger universities including Harvard and so I strongly recommend undergraduate and post graduate studies at UNE I had more than 100 publications accepted and successfully headed research and development for several major animal health vaccine companies before forming the company ImmTech

According to the World Health Organization infectious diseases collectively represent the most common cause of death worldwide In the past twenty years however very few new

treatments have been developed for infectious diseases Immtech Pharmaceuticals is dedicated to the discovery and development of safe and effective cures for infectious diseases that affect the global community The company has had over 60 vaccines licensed around the world and 5 worldwide patents

Though now retired from ImmTech I am engaged in some consultant work for a company in Kansas City based on the work I did at UNE and the University of Massachusetts

Based on his achievements and publications Adrian Liem became a member of the National Academy of Science and a diplomate of Microbiology

Putting a value on research

6

University of New England Education - Passport to an International Career

On the day the world learned of the death of Steve Jobs cofounder of Apple my day

began in Ottawa ON Canada I was returning home to Saskatoon Saskatchewan after representing the University of Saskatchewan at professional association meetings

Using my iPad and the airport wi-fi connection I checked email and found news from UNE Alumni It all seemed a long way away from the day in the early 1970s when via Australia Post letter delivery I learned the news that I was to be the first in the Williamson family to ever attend university Thanks to the then highly innovative UNE policy of advance admittance through the Principalsrsquo Report Scheme I had earned a place at UNE to study for a Bachelor of Arts

That day began a lifelong career at universities - several different ones in various Australian states and since 2006 in Canada I went to UNE over 30 years ago and as a result of a high quality educational and learning experience I equipped myself with the knowledge skills and abilities to build a international career in universities one which has taken me to many parts of the world and sees me now residing on a permanent basis in Canada You could say I went to university and never left

I had always loved learning (and books) and upon arrival at UNE I discovered the treasures of Dixson Library going on to join the ranks of their student assistant workforce back in the days when they boasted state of the art library technology - a microfiche catalogue and Xerox photocopying machines

Upon graduation I obtained employment joining the library workforce at the then state-of-the-art library building at the Armidale College of Advanced Education (ACAE) which not only housed an impressive rare books collection but was then the home of the Howard Hinton Art Collection True to Hintonrsquos original wishes I worked alongside the art collection on a daily basis drawing joy and inspiration from a collection amassed by a benefactor who simply wanted people to enjoy good art

My broad UNE educational experiences included living at the then single-sex Duval College participation in the development of public broadcasting through Radio UNE and 2ARM FM (now TUNE FM) and active involvement in student clubs and societies including the Students Representative Council (SRC) These extra curricula activities and the privilege of having been taught by some truly Australian Legends including Professors Russel Ward and Bruce Mitchell set me up well for a career in librarianship

Further studies at UNE in education (undertaken through part time study while working at ACAE) a Graduate Diploma in Information Management and an Master of Arts from the then Canberra College of Advanced Education (now the University of Canberra) undertaken as a summer school program while working at ACAE and a Doctor of Education from Curtin University of Technology Perth Western Australia consolidated my UNE foundational qualification in history and politics

But change happens and happen it did in Australian higher education in the late 1980s Ahead of inevitable merges of some higher education institutions I ran away to Perth to a large institution not threatened with mergers I planned on staying a maximum of three years only to have a rare professional opportunity

to help establish Australiarsquos first Prime Ministerial Library - the John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library- come along So in Perth I stayed for 13 years watching higher education institutions across the country reinvent themselves and welcome ever increasing numbers of students from diverse backgrounds - women Aboriginal and international students

I never fully appreciated Perth until I had left By 2001 I was preparing to return to some traditions I had learned and experienced at UNE feeling excited and committed to making a difference in rural and regional post secondary education at the University of Ballarat Victoria I was very excited about the role of ProVice Chancellor (Administrative and Academic Support) but little did I realize that public policy change was once again about to be handed out to Australian universities by the Howard Government

So when an early morning call came from a head hunter in Vancouver I realized it was time to finally realize my secret career ambition of working overseas Canada Saskatchewan and Sasktoon welcomed me my husband and Jack Russell terrier (born in Ararat) and my Australian university experiences with open and warm hearts

Six years on I have no regrets - well maybe just a few when the temperatures reach -38c and the snow drifts high I often remember with pride and happiness the foundational educational experiences afforded to me at UNE Not just the quality and commitment of the teaching faculty the opportunities for community engagement and outreach amazing green spaces and impressive physical facilities but a deep understanding of academic traditions and the meaning and importance of education and the role of universities in a civil democratic society

Above all my UNE experience taught me the true value and empowerment of education and have rewarded me with a truly amazing university life

Dr Vicki Williamson DeanUniversity Library University of Saskatchewan

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I arrived in Armidale in June 1964 to take up a Research Scholarship in Physics at UNE Prof Somerville

head of the department met me at the airport and enquired about the attire I had with me to combat the winterrsquos cold On listening to the contents of my wardrobe his comment was ldquoLetrsquos first get you appropriate clothing only then researchrdquo

He arranged to credit the scholarship money for the first month into my account Next day he sent me with one of the research students to buy winter clothing like thick sweaters woolen gloves and an overcoat It was only after I started wearing warm clothing that I was able to take stock of my surroundings and the winter spectacle outside the centrally heated faculty building The picturesque beauty of the landscape and its slow transformation from stark winter to green splendor of spring is still very vivid in my mind

Prof Somerville had arranged for me to stay in Wright College as I was going to be by myself for the first year I met the hostel warden Prof A Treloar who was a veteran of the Second World War He

Travails and Triumphs at UNEtaught Greek at UNE and had a deep understanding of Indian Mythology I was surprised to see several pictures of Indian mythological figures like Rama Krishna Seetha and Hanuman on his table I still remember Prof Treloar in his full military uniform participating in the ANZAC Day celebration in the Armidale Central Park

The kitchen staff in the College were unused to catering for vegetarians They could not understand how an individual could survive eschewing meat for me this was not only beef pork and lamb but chicken and fish were also taboo After my wife Swarna joined me and we moved to a house the kitchen staff of Wright College was finally spared from the yea-long sentence they were serving

During the course of my studies in Australia we didnrsquot have much opportunity to travel so once finished we decided to go by train across the continent and sail from Perth to Madras (Chennai) on our way back to India We were quite excited about the ten-day train journey from Sydney to Perth across the Great Victoria Desert and the boat journey that followed We

shipped our belongings to Perth for onward shipment to Madras and then by surface to Hasana (our home town) but barely a couple of weeks before our departure the Middle East war of June 1967 between Israel and Arab countries ruined our travel plans Egyptians had deliberately sunk two ships at the entrance and exit of Suez Canal and hence boats from Perth sailed via the Cape of Good Hope bypassing Singapore and Madras Thus sank our magnificent travel plan by train and boat

When we left Sydney by plane we were unsure as to when we would receive our luggage in India It was eventually taken by cargo boat from Perth to Singapore and then to Madras Our luggage had the exciting boat journey which was denied to us

Beginning with studies on ionosphere D region at UNE Professor Prasad has conducted research on such topics as atmospheric aerosols solar UV radiation atmospheric electricity and greenhouse gases mostly at universities in India

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Transformative research

In hindsight the training I received as an undergraduate at UNE was classical zoology by which I mean

that much of what I learned in the early 1960s was little different from the teaching of zoology at Cambridge University in the 1870s and 1880s From my BSc (Hons) research searching for a particular type of cartilage (secondary cartilage) in the skulls of tiger snakes (Notechis scutatus) my PhD research on similar cartilages in chicken embryos and until around 1974 my research focused on embryonic development especially development of the skeleton In the early 70s I was invited to speak at a symposium on morphological changes in evolution to talk about my embryology research in an evolutionary context It was the beginning of 35 years of research exploring the evolution and formation of skeletal tissues particularly those of the face (and skull and gills in fish) Itrsquos research that has amongst other things provided key clues to how bone is lost during inactivity or prolonged bed rest

That journey part of which is outlined in a video clip filmed when I was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Discovery Centre has taken me into the embryos of animals as varied as birds fish frogs salamanders alligators mammals skates squid and marine worms It has taken me further back into early embryos to investigate the origin of the cells that form the skull and skeleton of the face These cells mdash known as neural crest cells (NCCs) mdash arise at the edge of the developing brain and migrate throughout the developing head to form the skull jaws and skeleton supporting the eyes ears and nose Research on NCCs also has taken me back to evolutionary studies as we attempt to understand how the earliest vertebrates acquired NCCs from ancestors that did not have them It has taken us to investigations of the molecular basis of NCC development and skeletal formation and this for someone who never heard the letters DNA in any undergraduate lecture Learning is life-long

You can see that I remain a comparative zoologist and my education at UNE prepared me for that role beautifully We established one of the worldrsquos few labs that combines embryologists palaeontologists and evolutionary biologists Most recently we have been using frog embryos Why frogs Because the tadpoles have a skeleton made entirely of cartilage while the adult frogs into which tadpoles transform have mostly a bony skeleton We want to know how this transformation happens Do the same cells make the tadpole cartilage as make the bone of the adults A post-doctoral fellow in my laboratory Ryan Kerney generated transgenic frogs in which NCCs and future cartilage or bone cells are labeled Frogs are slow to breed so we continue to wait patiently for the next generation of transgenic animals We are not idle as we wait A new postdoctoral fellow Andrew Gillis is investigating the molecular control of the development of various types of skeletal tissues that form in the lower jaws of Atlantic salmon (Salmon salar) as they migrate upstream to breed One of those tissues is secondary cartilage A masterrsquos student Zabrina Prescott is investigating fossil salmon to determine when secondary cartilage arose A collaboration with one of the major dinosaur labs revealed that dinosaurs have secondary cartilage further confirming the dinosaur origin of birds

Interests acquired in our youth are hard to give up I have never lost the interest sparked at UNE in my 50-year fascination with skeletal development and evolution

Secondary cartilage (in blue) formed in a fractured bone (red) in a several week-old chicken The cartilage will either be replaced by bone and repair the fracture of the soft tissue in the middle or could form a false joint

Brian Hall

References available on request

Brian Hall was awarded the first DSc in biological sciences from UNE in 1979 His other UNE qualifications include BSc (Hons) and PhD He is currently University Research Professor Emeritus at Dalhousie University in Halifax Nova Scotia

His wife June received the University Medal upon graduation from UNE with her BSc (Hons)- Zoology The Nancie Priestley Memorial Prize open annually to members of Mary White College is named for her mother

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When I did my LittB at UNE via correspondence in 1981-82 I was a Captain in the Australian Army based at the School of Military Intelligence Canungra Qld There was no library at the Army Base so every Sunday I packed breakfast lunch and dinner and drove north to use the library at Griffith University I wasnrsquot allowed to take out books since I was not enrolled at Griffith and I only had that one day to study In those days of course there was no easy internet facility I was the only student in my original group to successfully complete the course

Prior to that I had successfully gained an MA (Hons) from the UNSW also in literature I was then based at the Royal Military College Duntroon in Canberra and was the only post graduate student in the English Department at that time (1974-76) I had to use the library at the ANU and once again I had no rights to withdraw books It was a hard way to go and Irsquom sure many distance education students will have similar memories However I finally made it after 3 yearsrsquo hard grind

A Gentlemanrsquos EducationI was posted to the Joint Intelligence Organisation in Canberra where I served as the Desk Officer Indonesia and East Timor While there I co-authored the highly classified book with John Florent (sadly deceased) called the lsquoIndonesian Integration of East Timorrsquo While I was in charge of the Indonesia Desk many asked me why I had studied English Literature and not Asian Studies or something directly related to what I was doing at the time I told them it was because I wanted a lsquoGentlemanrsquos Educationrsquo that taught me to think lsquooutside the boxrsquo Anyone could receive training like a white collar apprentice Education is about expanding the mind not just focusing it And as I already had a good job I was in the position whereby I could enjoy undertaking such an education even if it had to all be done after hours

I now have one undergraduate degree and 3 post graduate degrees including a PhD in business management Like many UNE graduates all my post graduate degrees were done while working full time in a regular career

Chris Jones Saigon Vietnam

of one sort or another For example I completed my PhD in Saudi Arabia of all places while the Project Manager of a large environmental project

Currently I am the owner and President - CEO of Star Corporate Vietnam an international management consultancy company based in Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam I get to travel the globe constantly I am also a senior partner of EPLegal and the CEO of LCT Lawyers the second biggest law firm in Vietnam

Since my time in the Intelligence community and now in international business I havenrsquot once regretted choosing to have a lsquoGentlemanrsquos Educationrsquo I believe it has allowed me to successfully and quickly adapt to a range of entirely different career and cultural fields Further it was fun to do along the way Oh and by the way I never attended a single one of my graduation ceremonies for any of my post graduate degrees I figured once I had the degree Irsquod achieved the goal so why tarry doing redundant things when so many other goals awaited

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Recently I attended the reunion of the Indonesian students who went to study in Australia in 1962 under the Colombo Plan scholarship Our group was named Duta Ampera XIII (13th Ampera Ambassadors) because we were the 13th batch of Colombo Plan students in Australia The reunion was hosted by our fellow alumni Prof Dr Budiono Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia in his beautiful residence in Jakarta Prof Budiono is probably the most successful Australian alumni because during the past 10 years he has served as Minister of Finance Central Bank Governor and currently as Vice President

It is true that we seldom achieve what we want to do in life in spite of careful planning God always intervenes in our plan maybe for our own good I was born 71 years ago as the youngest among 10 children in the small town Pagar Alam South Sumatra My father was a tailor and he died when I was 8 years old so I was raised by my mother with the support of my eldest brother After graduating from high school in 1962 in Palembang with the highest honor (I spent one year studying in USA) I was accepted by three top universities in Indonesia without taking any entrance examination At that time I decided to study engineering at the well-known Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) although my family wanted me to be a medical doctor However when the Ministry of Agriculture placed an advertisement in the national newspapers offering 15 scholarships to study veterinarian medicine in Australia I decided to try my luck and apply for this scholarship because I realized that I needed a full scholarship if I wanted to succeed in life and my family was too poor to finance my study I also knew that veterinary medicine was not my first choice but I felt confident that I

could do it as long as I studied hard as I always did in my life Because my English and high school grades were very good I passed the screening tests to study in Australia together with two other Indonesians Adhi Hendranto and Zainoel Biran We left Australia in late 1962 together with about 40 other Colombo Plan students from Indonesia This was a large group because I later learned that the Australia Government was very generous in providing scholarships to hundreds of young Asian students to study in many Australian universities

In Australia to my surprise the Office of Commonwealth Education in Sydney placed me to study Rural Science not veterinary medicine at the University of New England My four years studying in Armidale were probably the most enjoyable period of my life I had so many friends and we were always having fun most weekends because we had only examinations once a year Rural Science was a very tough course however and more than 50 of my class mates failed in the first and second year including

Adhi and Zainoel I was lucky that I survived until my graduation together with two other Indonesians Alam Ria Abas and Djufri Latief who came to Australia ahead of me or transferred from another university Only in the fourth year I began to understand why the Australian Government wanted me to study Rural Science It was the late Prof Bill McClymont the founder of Rural Science at UNE who explained to us that to be a good farmer or a good agricultural adviser we must fully understand the interactions between soils plants and animals in affecting agricultural productivity and production That was why in Rural Science we had to study so many subjects in soil science plant science and animal science to equip us to be a well-rounded graduate in agriculture Prof McClymont taught us for one year how to apply this holistic or integrated approach in agriculture Until today I still remember what he taught me because I have used his approach in my work in Africa and Asia

Unfortunately I did not like animal science subjects very much So soon after I graduated from UNE in 1967 I decided to undertake a postgraduate course in agronomy at the University of the Philippines in Los Banos with the assistance of a Rockefeller Foundation scholarship There my Masters research under the guidance of internationally famous agronomist Dr SK De Datta attracted attention and I was offered a PhD scholarship in agronomy and soil science at the University of Hawaii

Two things happened quickly during this time I completed my PhD studies in 25 years and I got married After 10 years of university study I began

The best laid plans

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work at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Ibadan Nigeria as a grain legume agronomist IITA was established by the Rockefeller and Ford Foundations to solve food problems in Africa through research and development of improved technologies for major food crops such as cassava yam maize and cowpea In undertaking agronomic research on grain legumes and later on farming system I applied the integrated approach taught by Prof McClymont Thus with my colleagues in IITA I formulated a package of crop production technology based on our knowledge and technology in plant breeding pathology entomology physiology and biochemistry These were trialled in many different African countries

The working conditions in Nigeria became worse even though the country produces a lot of oil After 6 years I decided to look for another job in Asia Luckily while travelling in Manila to visit my wifersquos parents I applied for a job as an agronomist in the Asian Development Bank (ADB) To my surprise my application was quickly accepted and I began work as a Senior Agronomist in 1978 My main responsibility was to appraise investment projects in agriculture to determine whether the projects were technically viable and suitable for ADB financing and once again I could put McClymontrsquos integrated approach into practice After my retirement 23 years later I decided to work as a consultant so that I can continue to use my knowledge and experience in ADB to assist the various governments in Asia implementing agriculture projects financed by different donors

Looking back I realize that my dream to become an engineer was diverted to becoming a research agronomist and finally a development agronomist In all the years that I worked in Africa and Asia I always remembered the teaching of Prof Bill McClymont on the need to look at a problem in an integrated manner My study of Rural Science at UNE provided an excellent foundation on how to tackle agricultural problems in developing countries I must thank my Government and the Australian Government for giving me the opportunity to study Rural Science at the University of New England

Dimyati Nangju

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Ian McIntosh completed an MLitt in Aboriginal Studies with sociologist Peter Lucich in 1992 on the topic of

Arnhem Land mythology and Aboriginal reconciliation He has published two books on the topic and many articles in Australian Folklore a UNE publication edited by John Ryan of the English Department Ian now teaches reconciliation in global perspective at Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI) He is a Rotary World Peace Fellow Fellows are leaders promoting national and international cooperation peace and the successful resolution of conflict throughout their lives in their careers and through service activities As a result of his 2010 award Dr McIntosh spent three months at Chulalongkorn University in Thailand at the Rotary Center for International Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution

As Director of International Partnerships at IUPUI Ian spearheads the Universityrsquos strategic partnerships in Kenya Mexico and China One of these partnerships with Moi University in Kenya is concerned with the fight against HIVAIDS - a project that was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2008 2009 and

2010 In 2009 his team was a recipient of the Hieskell Award for innovation in international education and in 2011 they were awarded the Senator Paul Simon Award for comprehensive internationalization which recognises the conscious effort to integrate and infuse international intercultural and global dimensions into the ethos and outcomes of postsecondary education

Ian says it was time at UNE as an external student and his work with Peter Lucich and John Ryan that made

Ian McIntosh

all the difference to his subsequent career

In November 2012 Ian presented on his work on peace and reconciliation in Gaza and Rwanda at the IPRA (International Peace Research Association) Global Conference in Tsu Japan He was joined there by peace studies colleagues from UNE including Helen Ware Marty Branagan Dele Ogunmola and others

I was one of the beneficiaries of a free-education program initiated by the Oyo state government in the South

West of Nigeria in 1980 which allowed me to complete my secondary schooling When a change of government meant the program was terminated I was unable to afford university study even though I had offers of admission A number of my secondary school friends had abandoned their education and chose alternative pathways such as trading business or very low paying jobs but I was determined to gain a university education so that my life could change for the better

In 1988 I started working as a feed-miller for a businessman who greatly appreciated my hard work and honesty In time I had a promotion to feed milling supervisor When I gained admission to study Agricultural Extension Service at the University of Ibadan my boss was not willing to let me go because by that time I was strategic to the feed production operations I was also afraid to leave the job because the little savings I had then were not sufficient to

pursue a five-year academic program in a university I sought advice from many people some of whom said to stay put but due to my sheer determination to achieve a university education I took the risk

I eventually started a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture at the University of Ibadan with a very tight budget My personal savings were rapidly used up but I was fortunate that my original supervisor at the feed mill gave me holiday work and one of the partners also gave me some financial assistance I had to use other cost-saving strategies like sharing rooms with friends sometimes for free or a little payment and using photocopies instead of textbooks Sometimes I used to work for several months especially when Nigerian university lecturers were on strike or the government directed closure of the university as a result of student demonstrations In this way I was able to complete my Bachelor degree

The struggle for a better life took me to the northern part of Nigeria then to the Gambia Malaysia and Thailand for work and Australia for further studies

Rewards for Hardwork and Honesty

My first UNE qualification (DipEd) has enabled me to rub shoulders with many professionals internationally and encouraged me to enrol in a Master of Education (Hons)

From my life experiences so far I have learned that regardless of any difficulties that may be encountered in the course of onersquos efforts to realize his or her ambition one should remain relentless focused and determined

Mufutau Nasiru

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The question that has always intrigued me since leaving UNE with a BA in Educational Psychology

is ldquoDo external students have a genetic predisposition to gregariousness or isolationrsquo

Nowadays a few clicks of a mouse by a student causes relevant facts to march across the screen of a computer and there seems little use for anything but a notepad and pen In pre-computer and internet days external study required long lonely hours ndash in my case under the house - surrounded by heavy expensive objects called books I would peer at them intently whilst painstakingly extracting tiny oases of knowledge from oceans of text That was the isolation The gregarious aspect was every few months or so I attended a weekend at UNE ndash full of companionship company and sociability

I enjoyed both Each had their own rewards ndash the isolation allowed newly acquired knowledge to weave itself into my understanding ndash the gregarious aspect allowed me to test that understanding upon fellow students I would share some insight with my peer group ndash trying not to feel like a laboratory researcher offering Rattus norvegicus a particularly delicious piece of cheese

Finally Graduation Day arrived on 20 April 1985

Would I change anythingStill clinging to a belief in immanent justice I felt all of this study should result in a prize ndash better job greater opportunities more disposable income Most of my peer group had such ambitions and I shared them

So peering back over a gulf of almost 27 years - did studying for a degree have an effect upon my life

Unimaginably so

The results were wildly different to the beliefs I held I had felt communication issues deepening between my wife and myself as my studies progressed ndash we had started out similar in attitude and thought ndash but after graduation we seemed at opposite ends of a spectrum whose middle was composed of ldquothe no-go zonerdquo of education I couldnrsquot go back to my starting point ndash my partner wouldnrsquot advance to my finishing point

My prize was a divorce a process which isolated me from many friends and relatives

After some months I felt the overwhelming need to be gregarious I wanted to end the isolation - leave everyone and everything behind I flew to Northern Thailand and settled in the foothills of the Himalayas surrounded by hill folk the gabble of strange tongues exotic spicy odors and strange food I really didnrsquot know a Red Lisu from a Karen or a sapodilla from a lychee I really didnrsquot care

After a month I felt I should have been born here and wanted to stay forever

I wonrsquot bore the reader with the battles to set up various businesses Irsquove been involved in over the last 26 years ndash export yacht charter farming property development and teaching After two near bankruptcies and some successes Irsquom currently CEO of a small and struggling telecommunications company and Irsquom OK I live (alone) on an island in the Andaman Sea ndash my home for the last 12 years ndash and Irsquom content supremely so My studies in Psychology have been a faithful friend along lifersquos journey offering support when needed and caution when in doubt I do believe knowledge broadens and deepens the mental toolbox bringing about an evolution in thought and deed It brings insight and perspective ndash and the cognitive processes re-order understanding in an irreversible way

Yes studying at UNE was literally a life-altering experience for me Would I change anything Resoundingly NO

In writing this Irsquove realised that Irsquove answered the question which has intrigued me If I have been a typical external student (hah) then in reviewing my life I would have to say my ldquogregariousrdquo gene seems to express itself at opportune moments as does the ldquoisolationrdquo gene The results have been richer than I could ever have imagined Thank you UNE John Edmonds

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At Xiamen University

Students everywhere are much the samechitter-chat what is that playing gamesworking for the future leaving pastlooking for answers to always lastWho am I what to do what is trueHappiness oh my love where are youFrom weeping in seeking you will growin learning discerning you will knowone world one dream you will see and beas you make you create destiny

John Stuart

Mother and son

In Guangzhou on the subway

They sit huddled togetherhis head on her shoulder holding hands her skeletal fingers hanging lifelessly the body frail drooping loosely collapsing within barely alive

There is a slight movement almost a shudder She stirs and opens her eyes one lifeless askewthe other faintly flickering turning her head to one side He leans across whispering in her ear adjusting her hearing aid Something registers briefly for a moment then is gone

Their hands intertwined the pose resumesMadonna at peaceHe rests his head gently on hers smiling his eyes moist and warmComplete

John Stuart

Shanghaid In Nanjing Road

lsquoHullo what are you readingrsquo

I look up slightly annoyed He is sitting beside me leaning forward

lsquoPeople here are very busy You are just sitting here quietly readingrsquo

lsquoYes I am lsquo

lsquoWhere do you come from What do you dorsquo

Some simple questions Some simple answers

He keeps speaking more confidently lsquoI read whenever I can I always read I like to talk to people who read I like to talk to people like you I have meet many interesting people this way Have you read Jane Austen Emily Bronte Charles Dickensrsquo

lsquoYesrsquo I answer repeatedly

lsquoWhat about Shakespearersquo he asked

lsquoOf coursersquo I said lsquohe has much to sayrsquo

He keeps talking becoming more involved rsquoHave you read Jack London Victor Hugo Camus Sartrersquo

I just listen nodding in turn

He seems pleased and continues rsquoYes I have read many French writers Have you read Bauldevairersquo

I pause rsquoI am not sure A little perhapsrsquo

He smiles then comments lsquoYes yes I like this talking I like talking to people this way ndash to talk about reading with

different peoplersquo he added

A pause acceptance

He begins speaking slowly seriously lsquoMy name is Mr Liu I teach at Nanjing University I first went there in 1965 yes in 1965 I was the best student in China the best in the examinations Then came the Cultural Revolution Do you know what that wasrsquo

lsquoYes I understandlsquo I said quietly

lsquoWe were sent away all of us to the countryside for nothing just sent away to nowhere It went on for ten years yes it was ten years before I could come back

Ten years wastedrsquo

He is close to tears

lsquoMany stayed there many of the women it was worse for them they needed protection support so they married though they did not belong They had little choice what else could they do Some of them are still there today with their families And all this happened So much pain so much waste for ten years ten yearsrsquo

He is breaking down

lsquoBut it has all changed nowrsquo I said gently lsquoThat cycle has passed The energy here is now positive moving forward The young people today do not have that burden And you are still here and we are talkingrsquo

Memories melting he sits quietly like the Ancient Mariner looking for respect and recognition still seeking a release that can never be

lsquoCan you speak Chinesersquo he asked

lsquoOnly a littlersquo I said lsquoI find it very difficultrsquo

He resumes lsquoI like to study languages toorsquo he said lsquoI can speak many languages French Italian and Spanish toorsquo he added demonstrating shifting smoothly from one to another a fusion of knowledge and learning

lsquoAnd now what do you do nowrsquo I asked

lsquoI teach Ancient Chinese Literature at Nanjing University And I talk to people like you I have met some interesting people this way Some scholars and writers I learn from them I need to speak with themrsquo he said his voice trailing away

I have to go now to meet some peoplersquo I said lsquoI have to leave I am sorryrsquo

lsquoWhy why do you have to go nowrsquo he asked lsquoCan we meet again laterrsquo

lsquoIt has been arranged I have to leave

John Stuart spent most of his life on the north coast of NSW but in the last few years has lived in China and

now Lamma Island Hong Kong After a career as an English teacher and writer of textbooks he has turned to more creative writing which seeks the source of truth experiencing and absorbing the dynamics of other cultures

now Please take this bookrsquo I said writing an inscription

lsquoI wrote this I hope you read and enjoyrsquo

I wait a little expectantly

He seems disinterested lsquoOther people have given me books in this wayrsquo he said citing examples

We stand He is small and seems frail his eyes swimming

Farewells

I leave unwillingly torn by pride and pain

John Stuart

Conversations

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Out and About

Polly Wong new Committee member UNE Alumni Association Armidale and Georgie Lawrence 2012 recipient of the Jim Pollard Memorial Award

James Farrell 2012 Alumni Achievement Award recipient and Paul Barratt AO guest speakers at the alumni cocktail function in Melbourne

Sharyn Flynn business owner and Linda Tait member of the UNE Standing Committee of Convocation at the alumni cocktail function in Brisbane

Gwenda Shannon happily accepts a cheque from Don Firth representing the ATC 56-57 session to assist with Friends of the Old Teachersrsquo College projects

Catching up in the Old Teachersrsquo College Ros (Palmer) McLeod Neil Flanagan Tom Collins Bruce McLeod Ginge Doohan from the 56-57 ATC Session

Katie (McCumstie) Haverstock Ariella Ryner Arwen OrsquoKeefe and Melissa Gray checking the memorabilia at the Smith House reunion

Jacqueline Cope-Williams Geoff Fox Deputy Chancellor and Chair UNE Foundation Daniel Hill at the alumni and supportersrsquo dinner at NSW Parliament House

Ed McAllister AO outgoing President of the South Australian Alumni Chapter (SACUNE) Jennifer Miller UNE Alumni Relations Officer Wendy Di Monte newly-elected President SACUNE at SACUNE AGM in Adelaide

ACAE 80-82 session reunion committee Wendy Horton Gaye Ryan Wendy Pearson Lee Catterall Mark Griffith

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Alumni benefitsOnce you register at the alumni web site you will have access to a number of discounts

To access any of these offers go to httpalumniuneeduau

5 discount on accommodation

Coming soon

A discounted membership for 2013 season for the Parramatta Eels(includes some merchandise)

25 discount on the standard rate

15 discount on flowers

A substantial discount is available on one and two year Qantas Club

memberships

$200 discount if enrolled in a full course with UNE Partnerships

Odyssey Travel offers value for money programs and makes a donation to

UNE Foundation based on UNE alumni participation

Save up to 25 on wine packages from Tyrells Wines

(free freight in Australia)

5 discount on a 12 month membership

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Annual Appeal 2012Thank you to all our wonderful donors who supported UNE in the Annual Appeal for 2012 A total of almost $65000 was raised with most donors supporting UNErsquos funding priorities such as teaching and learning research and scholarship UNErsquos Country Scholarship scheme was also well supported with over $23000 being raised to support students from regional and remote areas to study at UNE For more information about giving to UNE go to httpalumniuneeduaupage=support

Do you have what it takes to come up with the $21000 business idea for the 21 century

In celebration of 21 years of the Graduate School of Business UNE is offering new MBA students the chance to win $21000 to put towards their MBA

To enter simply tell us your 21st century idea to help make the business world a better place

ldquoPitch 21rdquo ndash Your chance to win $21 000 towards your MBAEntries can be sent via podcast video or in written format You have no more than 1 minute for podcast or video entries or if you choose to enter via Facebook email please do so in no more than 500 words

The challenge is to hook the judges in snapshot and from here the best ideas will be narrowed down to three finalists

The top three finalists selected by UNE will need to present their ldquoPitch 21rdquo idea in a 21 minute presentation to a panel of judges from the University of New England including acclaimed Futurist Ross Dawson The pitch will take place week Thursday 7 February in Sydney

Click here for TampCrsquos and entry criteria

Entries close Friday 25th January 2013

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Chancellorrsquos CircleEstate of the late Fredrick G WhiteScott Williams Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation Anonymous (2)

Vice Chancellorrsquos CircleRichard and Yvonne AustenPeter Davies Peter and Janet Dunn Michelle Fulton Joblink Plus Ltd Colin and Anne Perrott John and Yvonne Roberts Max Schroder Cecil Spence Thyne Reid Foundation UNE Partnerships Anonymous (6)

Booloominbah ClubRobert Alison Alliance Catering Armidale Dumaresq Council Australian Federation of Graduate Women - NSW Helen Bashir Crane James Bell Kenneth and Carol Boomsma Helen Boston Gillian Cappelletto Helen Carey Roger Carrington Anne Case Leo Chan Jim Clegg Clyde Agriculture Elisabeth Coffey Judith Coffey Herb Compton Brian Connor AM and Priscilla ConnorCountry Energy Country Womenrsquos Association of NSW Kim Craig CSIRO William Curnow Douglas Daft ACGeoffrey Dance Frank Davidson Martin Dolan Stephen Dolan Stan Droder Dubbo City Council Estate of the late William (Ray) CooperEstate of the late Robert HayesEstate of the late Jean PageEstate of the late Andre PreibishEstate of the late Nathaniel (Wes) Taylor

James Ede Geoffrey Fox Fuji Xerox Australia Pty Limited Rosalind Gault Colin Gellatly AOMichelle Gerber Peter Gilbert Glen Innes Opportunity Shop Bruce Gordon Mary Grace Graham Brown Accounting Grain Growers Association Limited Greater Taree City Council Terry Griffin Lee Hardy James Harris Russell Harris John Hennessy Peter Herington Richard Hicks Kenneth Hodgkinson Gregory HorsleyDesma HughesInland Technology Inverell Shire Council J M Stephen Pty Ltd Kempsey Shire Council Joyce Kirk Bill Kirkby Konica Australia Pty Limited Kwan amp Pansy Lam LandmarkAlec Lazenby Geoffrey Leeds Rosemary Leitch Douglas Logan David Lugton Jean Luxford Fay Mander-Jones Lyn McGettigan Maxwell Menzies Geoffrey Meredith AMKyriacos Michaelides Mick Young Scholarship Trust Hedley Mooney John Moorhead Moree Plains Shire Council Ingrid Moses Grant Munro Warren Musgrave Namoi Catchment Management Authority Tamara Neal Ian Neuss Judith Nolan North North-West Law Society Michael OrsquoConnor Bridget Ogilvie OBEJudi Pedrana

John Pollard Katharine Porter Poultry CRC Colin and Chris Price Qantas Airways Ltd Fraser Read-Smith Graeme Reynolds Ridley Corporation Robb College Alumni Association Robb College FoundationDonald and Wendy Roberts Rural Financial Counselling Service NSW Scientific Interiors (Aust) Pty Ltd J Gurcharan Sekhon Services UNE Jennie Shaw Beth snd Bill Southcott Jill Spilsbury Douglas Stace Bruce Standen John Stuckey Acram Taji Tamex Transport Pty Ltd The Clem Jones Group The Community Mutual GroupThe Danks Trust TransGrid Twynam Agricultural Group UNE Studentsrsquo Association Nick VournazosWendy Walker WBC Alliance John Williams Susan Woods Anthony Yeates Anonymous (6)

Trevenna ClubDonald Aitkin AORandall Albury Walid Al-Jishi Judith Allen Ian Anderson AMAndrew amp Anne Anderson Australian Taxation Office Kim Backe-Hansen Helen Baker Hedley Barker Snow Barlow Paul Barratt AOGeorge Battese David Beattie Richard amp Elspeth BelfieldBentleyrsquos Norma Boston Ian amp Faith Bourne Donald BowmanJoan Boyd

Recognising our Donors 2012The importance of ongoing financial support from our valued donors to UNE cannot be overstated We acknowledge the generosity of these individuals and organizations and the investment they make in current and future generations of students in UNE and in our country For more information about supporting UNE go to httpalumniuneeduaupage=support

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Cheryl Brooks Neil Buchanan Andrew Burke Alexander Cambitoglou Elizabeth Cameron Janette Campbell Helen Carter Gabi Caswell Janet Cavanaugh Esmond Cheung Elaine Christie Jennifer Clarke Graeme Clarke David Clifton Margaret Coffey William Coldham Graham ColditzDeborah Coleman Ruth Collerson Ann Connor Conservation Farmers Inc Enid Cook Terry Cooke Doris Coombs Keith Crook Peter Cunich Cultural Office of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Frederick Drsquoagostino Gayle Davies Kerrie DaviesVincent Davis Kenneth DawsonBrian DenmanGraeme Dennehy Eric Dodd Joanna Dolan Wayne Donaldson John DrinanPeter Drysdale AMElizabeth Dunnin Nan Durrans Audrey Edgar Aub Egan Robert Elliott Christine Emms Phillip Farmer Frank Fisher Michael Fittler Mildred Fitzgibbon Roger Fitzsimmons Eunice Fletcher Neville Fletcher AMJacqueline Fletcher Olivier Fortis Henry Foster Susan Francis Richard Franklin Bernie Fraser Shirley Frazer Adele Freeman Mary Freislich Harry Geddes Mostafa Ghandar JPDavid Gibson

Maree Giddins Warwick Goodsir Geoff Gorrie PSMDiana Graham John Griffith Gwydir Valley Cotton Growers Association Dinah Hales Judit Hall Greg Hannon Mohammed Haque Peter Hayes Kay HempsallFay Hibberd Russell Hillbrich Sybil Hitchman Rosemary Ho Noel Hodges Bruce Jacob Thomas Jensen John JervisKatherine Kaspar Gerard Kelly Janice King KU Childrenrsquos Services Ian Lancaster Harry Langes Elaine Langshaw Richard Lee Diana Leeder Evan Leitch Frances Letters Jack Lewis Robert LiddenLatiffa Ling Anne MacDonald Ellen Magenis Mary Maraz Peter amp Jillian March Margaret MashfordMary White College Alumni Association Prunella Matthews Isabel McBryde AONoel McClelland Ian McGaw Patricia McGregor Judith McKernan Mary-Ann McQuestin Adele Miles Jennifer Miller John Mills MPKaren Mulcahy Michael Muldoon Richard Mutton National Australia Bank Peggy Ngai Pascale Nijssen Alistair Nixon-Smith Stephen OrsquoBrien James OrsquoNeil Patricia OrsquoShane AMDouglas OoiAnne Park Trevor Parmenter AMDavid Partridge

Will amp Betty PearsonPharmaceutical Defence Ltd John Pickhaver Piddingtons Roley PiggottHelen Pigram David Pilcher Laurie Piper Robin Porter Tatiana PorterPort Macquarie-Hastings Council Martin Powell Quota International of Armidale Inc Christine Reading Barry ReeceDavid Rees Edward Reid-Smith Jane RichardsonEdwina Ridgway OAMNevil Ridgway Gavin Riggs Paul Risson Calvin Rose AMDiane Russell Justin Sargent James Scanlan David Schmude Alison Scott Wayne Sheridan Hilda Shoostovian Anna Silvas Mavis Slack Carol Slater Lyndon Small Judith Smart Hani and Izabel Soliman Andrew St John-Brown Audrey Steinmetz Ian Stephenson Robin Stokes Wilson Sy Sydney Latin Summer School The Booloominbah Club Inc The Trust Company Peter Tink John Towers Anna Treloar Joy Turnball Ken Turner Uphill amp Schaefer Real Estate Margaret Verhoeven Ronald Wade Keith Walker Robyn Warwick Catherine Waters Stephen Westwood Lyle Whan AMWHK Cameron Kirk Rose Graham Wilson OAMJosephine Wiseman Bob Wright Jennifer Wythes Leanne Zagninski Anonymous (23)

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details and donation amount and return it to

Office of AdvancementReply Paid 61883PO Box U32UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND NSW 2351

Or you can donate online at

httpalumniuneeduaupage=support

For more detailed information about current University priorities or other ways in which you may wish to support the University please contact the Office of Advancement on (02) 6773 2870

UNE Priorities

The UNE Foundation continues to be advised by the University through the Vice-Chancellor of forthcoming funding priorities

Christmas Appeal 2012Country Scholarships

The University is committed to helping students reach their full potential by offering Country Scholarships to regional students who have financial disadvantage Offered to full-time on-campus students the Country Scholarship Scheme has successfully supported over fifty students per annum to live in College for their first year of study and to achieve not only academically but in sport music drama and socially

UNE Colleges

Each year the College system provides opportunities for personal growth through many and varied activities These opportunities reflect UNE values of personal responsibility and agency service to community resilience in the face of challenges life-long learning and networks and the willingness to push boundaries The net effect is that lives will be changed forever as a result of participating in residential Colleges

UNE Priorities

Country Scholarships

UNE Colleges (please indicate) ______________________________________________________________________________

Other (please indicate) _____________________________________________________________________________________

Please accept my gift of

$55 $110 $500 $1000 $5000 Other $_____________

My details

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Student no (if known) _________________________________________________________________________________________

I would like to donate by

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Office of AdvancementContact Us

The Staff of the Office of Advancement are

Jennifer Miller

Alumni Relations Officer

+61 2 6773 3365

alumniuneeduau

Kate Jones

Donor Relations Officer

+61 2 6773 3876

kjones25uneeduau

Janette Morgan

Donor Accounts Officer

+61 2 6773 1991

janettemorganuneeduau

Helen Taylor

Administration Officer

+61 2 6773 2870

advanceuneeduau

Fax +61 2 6773 3285

Publication InformationPublished by the University of New EnglandABN 75 792 454 315ISSN 1836-7003Published Dec 2012

Print Post PP25500309396PO Box U32University of New EnglandArmidale NSW 2351If you no longer wish to receive this newsletter please phone 02 6773 2870

ContributionsIf you would like to contribute to future editions of lsquoIn Additionrsquo we would love to hear from you