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Senate afternoon teas 2008
Images, courtesy of the University Secretariat, of special Senate afternoon teas held in the Senate Room before the Senate meeting. Click on photos to view the enlargement
Afternoon tea, 16 June 2008
A special Senate afternoon tea was held prior to the Senate meeting on 16 June 2008 to welcome recipients of the 2007 Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Outstanding Teaching, for Excellence in Research Higher Degree Supervision and for Support of the Student Experience, and University of Sydney Pharmacy student Zong-Yuan Zhao who was named chess Grandmaster at the Gibraltar Tournament.
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- 2007 winners of the Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Outstanding Teaching
- 2007 winners of the Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Excellence in Research Higher Degree Supervision
- 2007 winners of the Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Support of the Student Experience
- news item re Zong-Yuan Zhao
Above left: from left, Vice-Chancellor Professor Gavin Brown, Professor Alex Frino (a 2007 recipient of the Vice Chancellor's Awards for Excellence in Research Higher Degree Supervision), Dr Imke Tammen and Dr Merran Govendir (two 2007 recipients of the Vice Chancellor's Awards for the Support for the Student Experience).
Above right: from left, Ms Helen Bonanno and Dr Janet Jones (two 2007 recipients of the Vice Chancellor's Awards for the Support for the Student Experience), Fellow of Senate Dr Margaret Varady, Chess Grandmaster Zong-Yuan Zhao and Fellow of Senate Adam Spencer.
Above left: from left, the Vice-Chancellor welcomed winners of the Vice-Chancellor's Awards, and guests and Fellows of Senate.
Above right: on the far left, Professor Frank Nicholas and on the far right, Dr Adrian George and Associate Professor Simon Barrie (2007 recipients of the Vice-Chancellor's Awards for the Support for the Student Experience).
Above left: Afternooon tea in the Senate Room. Above right: Chess Grandmaster Zong-Yuan Zhao
Afternoon tea, 3 November 2008
Each year Senate welcomes new Professors appointed/promoted in the previous twelve months. In November 2008, the guests were welcomed by the Vice-Chancellor, Dr Michael Spence, and the Chancellor, Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir. Click on photos to view the enlargement
View a full list of new professors appointed/promoted in the previous twelve months.
New Professors who attended the afternoon tea and met with Fellows of Senate and senior officers included the following:
- Professor Anders Olaf Ahlqvist, Sir Warwick Fairfax Chair of Celtic Studies, Faculty of Arts
- Professor Belinda Bennett, Faculty of Law, and Director of the Centre for Health Governance, Law and Ethics
- Professor Donnel Briley, Chair in the Discipline of Marketing, Faculty of Economics and Business
- Professor Elizabeth Cowley, Chair in the Discipline of Marketing, Faculty of Economics and Business
- Professor Richard Dunford, Chair in Business Strategy, International Business, Faculty of Economics and Business
- Professor Roland Fletcher, School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry, Faculty of Arts
- Professor Geoff Garrett, Professor of Political Science and Chief Executive Officer, United States Studies Centre
- Professor Ross Gibson, Professor of Contemporary Arts, Sydney College of the Arts
- Professor Anne Green, Head of the School of Physics, Faculty of Science
- Professor Joss Bland-Hawthorn, ARC Federation Fellow, School of Physics, Faculty of Science
- Professor Michael Jacobson, Chair of Education, Faculty of Education and Social Work
- Professor Michael McKenzie, Chair of Finance, Faculty of Economics and Business
- Professor Bruce Neal, Chair of Vascular Epidemiology and Prevention, Faculty of Medicine
- Professor Alan Peters, Chair of Urban Planning within the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning
- Professor George Ramsay-Stewart, Professor of Surgical Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine
- Professor Judith Simpson, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine
- Professor Robert Slonim, Chair of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business
- Professor Glenda Sluga, School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry, Faculty of Arts
- Professor Shih-chang (Ming) Wang, Parker-Hughes Chair of Diagnostic Radiology, Faculty of Medicine
- Professor Jill White, Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery
Above: The Vice-Chancellor welcomes the new Professors and introduces the Chancellor.
Above: The Chancellor welcomes new Professors.
Afternoon tea, 1 December 2008
On 1 December 2008, Senate held a special afternoon tea at which the Chancellor presented Farewell Certificates to retiring Fellows of Senate Jenny Leong and Angus McFarland. Fellows also welcomed the new Fellows of Senate Kate Laing and Tom Kavanagh.
Above: On the left, retiring Fellows of Senate Angus McFarland and Jenny Leong who were presented with certificates by the Chancellor, and on the right, new Fellows of Senate Kate Laing and Tom McFarland.
Above: The Chancellor and the Vice-Chancellor applauding Angus McFarland and Jenny Leong.
After a brief introduction from Associate Professor Peter McCallum, Deputy Chair of the Academic Board and Chair of the Judging Panel, the Chancellor also presented the 2008 Wentworth Medal to two of the three recipients - Lance Richardson and Mark Steven - for their essays on the topic of ‘Climate change – a way forward’ . The third recipient, Robyn Stuart, was unable to attend.
Lance is in his third year of a Bachelor of Social Sciences degree majoring in English Literature and Anthropology. Mark has just completed joint-Honours in English and Cultural Studies and is about to commence a PhD in Cultural Studies.
The Wentworth Medal was established in 1854 by a gift from W. C. Wentworth, the interest to be applied to the award of a medal as a reward for the best essay in English prose on a topic of general interest to all students. A prize of $7,000 now supplements the Medal. The competition for the Medal is open to all students currently enrolled at the University, except for previous winners of the Wentworth Medal. The essay topic and the examiners of the essay are decided by a Committee consisting of the Chair of the Academic Board, the Deans of the Faculties of Arts, Economics and Law and the Registrar, with power to coopt.
Above: Associate Professor Peter McCallum spoke before the presentation of the Wentworth Medals.
Above left: The Chancellor with Wentworth Medal recipient Lance Richardson. Above right: Lance Richardson (centre) with guests Joshua Crouthamel and Amelia Schmidt.
Above left: The Chancellor with Wentworth Medal recipient Mark Steven. Above right: Bob Steven, the Chancellor, Mark Steven, Kerry Steven and Jen Thorp.