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January 12. 1981 HONORARY AWARD The College is to the new corporate College confer its highest award on on October I. 1974 and was the retiring President of re-elected as Chairman of Council, Mr Leslie Gibbs. the Council. He was again AM. BEM. FAIM. in recognit re-appointed when the ion of his outstanding Council was reconstituted service to the institution. permanently under its own By-law on April 1. 1977 and The Award of Honorary was elected as the first Fellow will be conferred at President of Council in the 1981 Graduation Cer accordance with the By-law emony on Friday. May 1. provisions. The College Council at Mr Gibbs has been its December meeting decided tireless in the devotion of unanimously to confer the his time and interest to award after being informed the work of the Council and that Mr Gibbs would not the affairs of the College seek re-appointment as a generally a~d has been member of the Council when unceasing in his support of it is reconstituted in April the Collegels continued next year. growth and development. Mr Gibbs was one of the Mr Gibbs is chairman members appointed to the of the boa rd of the New~" original Interim Council of castle Permanent Building the College in July. 1973 Society. a board member and was elected the Council IS of HlJnter District Water Foundation Chairman. He Board and a member of was re-appointed to the Newcastle University First Constituted Council of Counci'!. (cont.) OFFICIAL OPENING OF THERAPY WING -~~- ---~- - ~=~ ~ ~~--' --~~~ ~- --~-~- It will be the second occasion the College has . The ~i~li~ter for Social Security. The Hon, FJ"L Chaney, conferred the Award of Two new depaY'tmen Ds 1 s to offl C1 ~ 11y ?pen on Wednesday. February 18. 1981, the' Honor(1Y'y Fe '11 ow" The fi rs t have been estabUshed by the new MotoY' Skllls fherapy Wing of the Special Education was in 1975 when the former College faY' 1.981. Centre. Pri~c~p~~ of the College, Mr GrlfTlth Duncan, received They ar'e the depar'tment The wing was built at a cost of about $140,000. The Depa~tment $110.000 the a~"ardo of Technica land Pw'theY' of Social Security suppl·ied of cons gducal;~ion and the Department ructlon costs and NBN Ltd. donated the remaining $30,000. * * * * * of Health Studies. Mr Joe The new structure will be named the Jeff W. Bennett EXTENSION CENTRES MacRory has been appointed -----"---.--~-------.- Acting Head of the TAPE Motor Ski 11 s TheY'apy Wi ng afteY' the form(~r Head of Div<ision of PY'imaY'Y and Special Education at the Conege .. The College is looking Department and M'iss Betty at the po~sibility of esta~- AndeL'Den the Act.ing Head of . <~he win,g includes a sman hydrotherapy pool. an 1ishing extension cenlre~, in Health Studies. addl~lo~al pre-~chool room and a large area containing Lhe Upper Hunter Region. The creation of the two s~ecl~l~s~d eqlllpment for the treatment of phys<icdl dlsabllltles. The extension will mainly be used for the The Hunter Development departments follows develop~ ments 1:n the .fields of . treatment of children who are aged from a few months to Board will be asked to ass 8 yeaY's and who have motoric disabinty. ist in the investigation Paramed1:cal and Commuwity while the Principal, D.r E. Welfare Studies and Technical and Further gducation at the Meanwhile, the new $L5 mill·jnn art bundingis Richardson, hopes to meet expected to be opened in March with local council leaders College. in order t.o acquaint them The College has invited the Federal Minister for with the proposals. The College is now training more teachers for ~ducat~on. The Hon, Wal Fife. to open the building or. the State Further Education 1~ h~ 1S unable to be present, the Minister for Home An extension centre Affalrs and Environment. The Han. Bob Ellicott. already operates at Wyong system,. partly as a resul,t of for the Bachelor of Physi~ increased industriaUsation " .. The art bl,iilding wn 1 resll'lt i~ most of the College's cal Education course. Poss in the Hunter Region, Devel~ opment of courses in nurwing art courses belng moved from the Unlon Street art complex ible centres in the Upper to the main campus, Hunter are Singleton and education and administration Muswellbrook. has led to the establismnent of the Depar'tment of Health . The ne~ building i~cludes drawing. painting and deslgn.studlOS and a prlntmaking workshop. There are Dr Richardson said tha S,tudies. als? d'lsplaY,areas fol' student work. darkrooms for print<~ assistance of the Hunter mak1l19. a palnt laboratory. a screen washing installat·ion s Development Boaxd would be The College has been lecturers' offices and an administration area. sought. to establish t.he type~; advised that the Tertiary of courses which the College Education Commission has might offer in t,he Upper approved funding for the Hunter Region. UG3 Police Studies course. I ~9LlliURQMOmNS_ ACADEMIC: BOARD ELECTION. The College is holding Academic Board will have displ ays at the Garden City a new face when it meets for and Charlestown Square shopp the first time this year on ing centres this week to co March 20. incide with the release of Higher School Certificate Lecturer in Social resul ts. Sciences 3 Ken Scott3 was recently elected to the The public will be able Board by Academic Staff. to inquire about College courses and facilities at the He joins Morrie Graham two centres whi 1e schoo-' and Ray Hodgins as the three leavers having trouble with members to begin a t~o year their Change of Preference period from January 1 th1:S can gain advice. year. Morrie Graham and Ray Hodgins were both re The displays will be tiring members but re~·eZectedo staffed by Student Adminis<> tration and people from other J.'he third retiring sections of the College. member was John BaiZey from Members of Academic staff the TAFE Department. are invited to attend the , . displays to answer inquiries * * '* * * '* from the public. NEW HEAD FOR --~-----.- The displays will run IAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT until midday Saturdays in cluding Thursday night. The new Head of the College's Social Welfare Department will take up duties on January 20. Congratulations to Neil and Jenny Gundry on the birth He is Dr Raymond of the first child, Shane Morland, previous1y a Nell, on December 30. Senior Lecturer in the Department of Socia1 Work Shane Neil weighed lOlb at the Western Australian 1102 at birth and was Institute of Technology. 22-3/4 inches long. Vol,2 No, 2 January 27, 1981 The Federal Minister Affairs in addition to for Education, Mr Wal Fife. Minister assisting the Prime is to officially open the Minister in Federal Affairs, new art building on Thursday. March 19. The art building includes drawing, painting and The $1.5m building was design studios and printmaking funded under the States workshop. There are also Grants (Tertiary Education display areas for student work, Assistance) Legislation and darkrooms for p~1ntmaking. will be used by students for a paint laboratory. a screen the first time this semester, washing installation. lecturer's offices and an Mr Fife's visit will be administration area. the second by a Federal Min~ -j ster in two months, The M-in The Acting Head of the ister for Social Security. Schoo 1 of Vi sua 1 and Perform-j n9 Senator Chaney. will open the Arts, Mr Graham Gilchrist said Motor Skills Therapy Wing of the building would house post~ the Special Education Centre graduate courses in painting, at 3 pm on Wednesday. Feb printmaking and illustration. ruary 18, degree students undertaking the new B.A. in Visual Arts Mr Fife who is expected and associate diploma students to open the new building in specialising in painting and the afternoon of March 19. drawing. Second and third was appointed Minister for year diploma students will Education in December, 1979. also use the building while He was previously Minister sculpture will be conducted for Business and Consumer in the adjacent workshops, 1 Mr Gilchrist said FRENCH GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC BIG GRANT FOR ----~-~---~~~~-~ lectures in ceramics, photog ~_ND,_PR0F'ES~f0!'lAL SC:HOI~!_J?S sPEc1AI~lDUBfr ION CENTRE raphy and textiles will 1982 continue to be conducted at Union Street. He hoped The French Government is The Special Education Centre has rec{~Oived a $28.000 offerlng a llmited number of however that these special gnmt from the Mine, ster for Youth and Community Servi ces 9 isations would be transferred scho1arshlps to enable My' Rex Jackson9 t'O supplement continuing grant money for to the main campus for 1982. Australians working in delcivery of services to handicapped cinfilnt and pre~schoo'l sclentlfic and professional ddldren. fields to visit France for three to six months in the The supp'lementary grant changes exi sting funding fr'Om period January to December a subsidy arrangement to full financial support",for scllar-j{;'s 8:l'APF f/XCHANGE? 1982. of teachers work'ing 'in the pr€;~>sch()ol intervention programme at the Centre. A lecturer in Psychology Benefits include: at '11he Queen's Co llege in (a) Monthly allowance of around 1900FF; (b) Economy The Director of the Special Education Centre, Dr Peter Glasgow, James Laidlaw~ is class air travel from France O'Connor. said the new grant brought the total financial 1:nvestigat1:ng the P08S1:hi U ty support from Youth and Community Services foy' the delivery of staff exehange between to l\ustxalia; (e) Book of service programmes to infants and pre-school children to h'imself and a member of allowance; (d) Hegistration more than $100.000 on a recurrent annual basis.