ISSUE 14 SPRING 2010 VICE-CHANCELLOR TO LEAVE A RICH LEGACY THE FUTURE OF SPORT AND SCIENCE GAYS AND LESBIANS IN COMMUNITY SPORT BUDDHISM MAKES HAPPY SCHOOLKIDS CONTENTS 4 A BRILLIANT SPORTING FUTURE 4 Victoria University is ready to lead the way 10 in the future of sport science and education. FLYING DUTCHMAN 10 Professor Hans Westerbeek is catapulting Australia’s sports research onto the world stage. TRAINING WITH THE DOGS 14 The partnership between two western suburbs icons just got a lot bigger. PUBLISHER GLOBAL GRADUATES 16 MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT Homesickness is no deterrent for our alumni DIRECTOR, MARGOT BURKE building their careers all over the world. VICTORIA UNIVERSITY PO BOX 14428 MELBOURNE VIC 8001 AUSTRALIA HIGH ACHIEVERS 18 ©VICTORIA UNIVERSITY What our first Achievement Scholarship CRICOS PROVIDER NO. 00124K winners are saying about uni life. DISCLAIMER: VIEWS EXPRESSED IN CONNECTIONS ARE THOSE OF THE AUTHORS AND PERSONS STOP! IN THE NAME OF HEALTH 20 QUOTED, AND ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE Research points to a future of using your OF VICTORIA UNIVERSITY. mobile to fight unhealthy shopping. THIS PUBLICATION IS PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER CONTACT US PHIL KOFOED, MANAGING EDITOR T +61 3 9919 4956 18 E
[email protected] PO BOX 14428 MELBOURNE VIC 8001 AUSTRALIA WWW.VU.EDU.AU COVER PHOTO LITTLE MINDS LETTING GO 21 HANS WESTERBEEK, DIRECTOR OF VICTORIA An ancient religion has been making a UNIVERSITY’S INSTITUTE OF SPORT, group of primary school children less uptight EXERCISE AND ACTIVE LIVING (ISEAL). and a good bit wiser and happier. LIZ’S LEGACIES 22 After seven years at the helm, outgoing Vice-Chancellor Elizabeth Harman reflects 22 on her time at VU.