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December 2006 a I N a M S a T F O Y T I S R E V I N U ADVERTISEMENT NEWS ALUMNIIssue 31 • December 2006 UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA ADVERTISEMENT Advertising Feature Mill that makes our daily news The Boyer Mill is a distinctly Tasmanian story of success. LOCATED alongside the Derwent River some 36km north of Hobart, the mill produced Australia’s first newsprint on February 22, 1941 and was the first newsprint producer in the world to successfully make newsprint. Total paper production over the past 65 years exceeds 10 million tonnes, worth around $10 billion in today’s dollars. The mill has two paper machines that have been substantially upgraded over the years and produce more than 290,000 tonnes per annum. This represents 40 percent of the newsprint used in Australia each year. The economic benefits to the Tasmanian economy extends far beyond the local community in the Derwent Valley. The Boyer Mill is a significant customer of The Boyer Mill electricity and coal. It uses pine logs and sawmill chips from around the state and regrowth Innovation eucalypt from southern Tasmania. and a commitment The mill has a workforce of over 400 employees. It to continuous also provides hundreds of jobs for employees in areas improvement such as forestry, transport, engineering, maintenance and have been key the provision of a wide range of other goods and services ingredients in the mill’s success. The company utilises its on-site scientific expertise and resources to continually improve its products in association with customers. There is also a unique distribution partnership to oversee the movement of raw materials and finished product. Over recent years the mill and its transport associates have developed an innovative stretch wrap system that ensures the paper rolls reach customers free from damage. The Boyer Mill is also constantly striving for improvements in environmental performance. A team of specialists continuously review practices and processes at the mill to assess any impact on the environment. Two major improvement projects are presently under construction required for the paper manufacturing process. Each year the which will bring improved production capability and reduced mill contributes nearly over $120 million to the Tasmanian environmental impact. A new $6 million hydrogen peroxide economy. bleach plant will enable the manufacture of higher brightness The mill has had a number of owners over the years. products and reduce water usage and a $14 million secondary The current owner is Norske Skog, a Norwegian based effluent plant will reduce the organic discharge load by two company that is the second largest newsprint producer in the thirds. world with wholly and partly owned mills in 15 countries. The introduction of recycled fibre has been an important Norske Skog operates two other paper mills in Australasia, development at Boyer and has assisted the company in the Albury Mill in NSW and the Tasman Mill on the North meeting the expectations of its Australian public. Recycled Island of New Zealand. Norske Skog prides itself on being a fibre now comprises some 25 percent of the mill’s fibre input. leader within the pulp and paper industry and the Boyer Mill Around three quarters of newsprint sold in Australia is and its employees are no exception. recovered and recycled for further use. From the Vice-Chancellor During my time at UTAS, growth has been a major focus. stakes. To achieve this we will further extend our reputation Five years ago, the number of Tasmanians who had a university so that there is wider appreciation and support, globally, for degree was the lowest in the country – around eleven per cent. what we do. As the only university in the state, it was our duty to boost that Developing exchange programs for top staff and students is figure, and we have done just that – the figure now stands at now a priority. As is this communication to you, our Alumni. around sixteen percent, an outstanding achievement. Scattered to all corners of the globe, you are a world wide The same growth agenda has seen us go well into surpluses network that has an almost unlimited capacity to boost UTAS since 2003 and that is continuing strongly. This gives us a firm in the eyes of the world. base for the next stage of development. So, talk us up. Stay in touch. Remember your time here So, a growth dynamic is now well established. But we are not – and let the world know you are proud to be a part of UTAS. resting on our laurels – rather, this underpins our planning for the future. Student numbers have grown dramatically, but a critical mass increase to 16,000 EFTSU is now our goal with a substantial increase in post graduate and research training. We are also keen to ensure our growth spurt does not impinge on our record of excellence. Our research performance speaks for itself, but we are pushing the envelope and aiming to establish ten international–level research institutes in our key areas of strength. We continue to be one of the top ten research universities in the country, especially important in the light of the new research framework that Australian universities are now funded under. Building research links and joint centres with International partners is crucial. Clearly the next phase of UTAS development is to build both our research and graduate quality to rank highly in the International Alumni News is the regular magazine for graduates of the University of Tasmania. It is prepared in the Public Relations and University Extension Unit (PRUE). Contents Editor: Elizabeth Bailes Creating Communities 4 Contributors: Elizabeth Bailes, Cherie Cooper, , US Foundation Launch – San Francisco 4 Robert Elliott, Rochelle Galloway China Graduations 5 Design: Digital Ink Tasmania Distinguished Alumni 6 Printing: Sprinta Print Lateral Thinking 8 Printed using the Rethink™ Environmental Management Saving the Devil 10 System developed by Sprinta to create environmentally Wildlife Crusader 13 responsible processes for print and production. The Ritual of Graduation 14 Rethink™ Certificate No. 27352 Jerry the Bee Man 16 Alumni Manager: Greg Parkinson Playing the Field 17 Let us know your story at: Batter Up 18 University of Tasmania Media Office TT Flynn 20 Phone: (03) 6226 2124 Mobile: 0417 517 291 Introducing Quintus 22 Email: [email protected] Fantastic Typotastic 24 Shanghai Connections 25 UTAS Alumni Office Anchored in Good Design 26 University of Tasmania, Locked Bag 1350 Videoing the Outback 28 Launceston Tasmania, 7250 A Little Help from my Friends 29 Phone: (03) 6324 3033 Fax: (03) 6324 3402 Still Calling Australia Home 30 [email protected] A Welcome and a Farewell 32 www.alumni.utas.edu.au Full steam ahead 33 Vale 34 Cover photo: Domain House – Site of the original University of Tasmania 61190 ALUMNI NEWS • Issue 31 - December 2006 Creating COmmUNITy We are strengthening relations with An historic connection The University Alumni, the UTAS Foundation and the graduates by providing more information University have signed a memorandum of understanding. The MoU provides a practical mechanism for the three about UTAS and assisting networking organisations to work together and a blueprint for the future. It defines how the Alumni and Foundation can help the amongst the University community. University achieve its goals and in turn how the University can support their work. A new web-based networking tool, The Vice-Chancellor said that it was vital that all three organisations had a way of cooperating to coordinate Net Community will be in place in 2007 their initiatives. and will enable graduates to link with one “The Alumni and the Foundation have an important role to play in helping UTAS to build its profile both nationally and another and to update their own details internationally, to build student numbers through advocacy, to access funding for teaching and research initiatives.” on the alumni database Raiser’s Edge. “Our university community has an important role to play in this process as advocates of UTAS. They can also assist us It will also give graduates a UTAS materially by helping UTAS fund initiatives and attract the best students,” said Professor Le Grew. email address for life! The new organisation will be actively raising funds and building links with people and institutions that have an interest in Tasmania and the University. Choosing San Francisco as the venue for launching the UTAS Foundation USA was largely driven by the inaugural directors. It turned out to be an inspired choice – the city is accessible to many of our graduates and a beautiful location was secured for the function. The first meeting of the Foundation USA Board: Dr Kim Wright, David Rowell, The inaugural Board Meeting and an Alumni reception Chair of the UTAS Foundation, David Thun, John Semler, the Vice-Chancellor, was held in the World Trade Club on the bay. The wine was Professor Daryl Le Grew and the Board’s Chairman Professor Michael Sharpe. Tasmanian and the food delicious! The function was attended by nearly 30 graduates and UTAS LAUNCHES friends of UTAS – many coming in from nearby states. The conversation flowed as did the wine, and people were FOUNDATION USA enthusiastic about the future directions and the competitive research areas at UTAS positioning their university The University of Tasmania Foundation USA is the is the internationally. product of graduates and friends in the USA seeking The Foundation USA Directors are keen to assist UTAS convenient ways to give support and receive US-tax through fund raising and building connections with Alumni deductible status for gifts to UTAS. The Foundation and friends. They will visit Tasmania in 2007, to meet the USA was created after a series of interviews with UTAS University Foundation Directors and Governors, and to graduates and friends in the United States showed strong update their knowledge of UTAS.
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