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VICE CHANCELLOR'S I REPORT I am pleased to report to our many readers of In Principia that The University of Notre Dame Australia is continuing to develop in a very positive way. In this report I shall highlight a few special features. The first is the opening of the Sydney Campus on the rejuvenated St Benedict's site at inner-city Broadway. The official opening A Or Peter Tannock ceremony, held on Friday 3 March 2006, was a wonderful occasion. Cardinal Pell, Archbishop of Sydney, blessed our new facilities, and the Prime Minister, Mr John Howard MP opened them. The third principal speaker at this historic event was Father Edward (Monk) Malloy CSC, Emeritus President of the University of Notre Dame America. About 300 guests from across the INSIDE ITHIS ISSUE Church, the higher education sector, and the general community attended. It was a very happy and optimistic occasion, as the • Vice Chancellor's Report .............2 photographs in this edition of In Principio illustrate. Like • University News ................... .4 Fremantle and Broome, Sydney is a very beautiful campus, and a • Broome Campus .......... ....... .8 very good founding base for our presence in eastern Australia. • Fremantle Campus .................1 O Our Sydney Campus has 450 foundation year students (10% ahead of budget) spread across the Schools of Arts and Sciences, • Sydney Campus ...................12 Business, Education, Law, Nursing and Philosophy and Theology. • Arts & Sciences ....................14 A School of Medicine is on track to be opened in 2008 on our second Sydney site at Da rlinghurst. The 450 Broadway students • Business .................. ...... 15 are drawn from a wide range of Catholic, Independent, and • Education ........................16 Government secondary schools in Sydney and across NSW. It also has a significant number of mature age students. We are • Health Sciences .......... ....... 17 delighted with this initial enrolment. Our task is now to make •Law ............... ......... .... 18 sure that we give this foundation group the high quality • Medicine ........................19 education we promised them, and that we live up to the Objects of our young, thriving University. • Nursing ..........................20 The second important development for Notre Dame is the surge in • Philosophy & Theology ..... .......21 enrolments on our Fremantle and Broome Campuses. We are • Student Services ...................22 delighted with the quite dramatic growth in demand for places: our Fremantle Campus has experienced a 17 per cent increase in • Alumni ..........................23 equivalent full-time enrolments this semester, and our Broome Campus 8 per cent. The Fremantle campus will enrol over 5300 students in 2006. This is the first time that the campus will have passed 5000 students. By any measure these are very significant Front Gwer: Opening ofthe Sydney Campus figures and give us great confidence about the 'product' that we are Fr john Neil op, Mr Lorenz GroLio, Prof Gerard Sutton, Mr Danny Casey, Cardinal Edward Clancy, Mrs Rommie Masarei, Prof George Kai/is (obscured), ProfPeter DaLLimore, Archbishop Barry Hickey (obscured), Prof Margot Kearns, Mr Marcus Collins, Hon Dr Brendan Nelson MP, Hon Justice Neville Owen, Fr Edward (Monk) Malloy CSC, Hon John Howard MP, Dr Peter Tannock, Cardinal George Peli, Prof Jennifer Nicol Hon john Hatzistergos MLC, Br Kelvin Canavan fins, Sr Sonia Wagner sgs, Ms jenny Macklin MP, Hon Chief • Prime Minister Mr John Howard MP opening the Sydney Campus Seated: Father Edward (Monk) Malloy CSC. Cardinal George Pell, Father John Neil op, justice Jim Spigelman, Hon Clover Moore. Hon Justice Neville Owen. & Dr Peter Tannock, Archbishop Barry Hickey and the Hon Justice Neville Owen. offering in a highly competitive market place. Again, the challenge that it will fund a new Health and Education Research Centre on will be for all of us to make sure that we deliver to our students and the Fremantle Campus with a grant of nearly $3m. The University our community what we promised. We will do this if we are faithful will contribute $2m. This will enable the University to construct a to the Objects of the University as defined in our legislation. new facility on one of its vacant carpark blocks in the West End of Fremantle, to house this new Health and Education Research The academic re-structure of the University, designed to Centre. The Centre will support the research training, clinical and accommodate the expansion to Sydney within our overall research work of our Schools of Medicine, Nursing, Health framework, and to adjust to growth and changes in demand in Sciences, and Education. This is an exciting development. We different areas, is now in place and is working very successfully. We expect the building works to commence within the next three have also introduced some new buildings to the Fremantle months, and the new facilities to be available for use towards the Campus. The 'Fremantle Hotel' has been largely renovated and end of 2006. This will be the first new building the University has restored, and now houses our School of Business. This is a very big constructed on its West End Fremantle site. We are grateful to the move for the University which will ensure that we have a major Commonwealth Government for its belief in us, and the financial Business School in Fremantle for the long term. We regard Business support for this project. as being particularly important within the curriculum offerings at Notre Dame. In this regard, I am also pleased to announce the Finally, I would like to report that at our last graduation ceremony, appointment of Professor Geoffrey Kiel, Professor of Management the University conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws to at the University of Queensland, and a long time member of our His Grace, Archbishop Barry Hickey, Archbishop of Perth. This Board of Governors, as our new Dean of Business. Professor Kiel award recognises his exceptional contribution to the leadership of takes up his appointment in August of this the Church in Western Australia, and the very year. He succeeds Professor Derek Parkin, who significant backing which he has given The will remain as Associate Dean, with particular Universit y of Notre Dame Australia since its responsibility for the accounting area within inception. The Universit y has an excellent the University. Professor Kiel, in addition to his relationship with Archbishop Hickey, who has duties as Dean of Business, will be Deputy Vice been a true visionary in his approach to Notre Chancellor of the University on the Fremantle Dame. He has belief in its potential to make a Campus. We are fortunate to obtain the significant contribution to the advancement of services of a person of the quality and the Church in this State and, indeed, to our reputation of Professor Kiel to contribute to society as a whole. He has been both a generous the advancement of our Business School, and benefactor and unobtrusive counsel to the to the overall leadership of our University in University in this crucial stage of its foundation Fremantle. and development. We are delighted to welcome him as an alumnus of our University. Since my last report, a major development has occurred in respect of our research profile in the areas of Health and Education. The Commonwealth Government has announced & Professor Geoff Kiel d UNIVERSITY / NEWS SYDNEY CAMPUS OPENING FRIDAY 3 MARCH 2006 A Deacon Liem Duong, Bishop Gerard Hanna (Wagga Wagga), Archbishop Barry Hickey (Perth), Bishop Julian Porteous (Auxiliary Bishop, Sydney), Bishop Christopher Toohey (Wilcannia-Forbes). A Prime Minister, Mr John Howard MP opening the Sydney Campus. UNIVERSITY I NEWS • Cardinal George Pell with the Prime Minister, Mr John Howard MP. • Cardinal Edward Clancy with the Prime Minister and Deputy Vice • Father Edward (Monk) Malloy CSC with Dr Peter Tannock. Chancellor, Professor Peter Dallimore. • Student Ambassadors with Cardinal Pell, Campus Minister Anthony Crook and Fremantle Student President, Sophie Ecker. ti NEW ACADEMIC COUNCIL A The University of Notre Dame Australia's Academic Council Back Row: Associate Professor Sue van Leeuwen, Professor George Kailis, Professor Margot Kearns, Professor Michael Gillooly, Professor Simon Adams, Mr Murray Alessandrini (Registrar), Professor Helen Parker and Professor Michael O'Neill. Front Row: Associate Professor Peter Black, Professor Jennifer Nicol and Professor Mark McKenna. During 2005 the University reviewed its academic and graduation from the University, making decisions on courses that administrative structure. The purpose of the review was to will be offered ensuring that education resources are being used respond to the growth and diversity in the last few years, to effectively. accommodate the development of the Sydney Campus, and the The Provost, Professor Jennifer Nicol, is the Chair of the Council, evolution of the Broome Campus, and to position the University and the members are the Executive Deans of all the National for the future. Colleges of Notre Dame: Arts and Sciences, Professor Simon The University's new structure was approved by the Board of Adams; Business, Professor George Kailis; Education, Professor Directors and became operational in January this year. Michael O'Neill; Health Sciences, Professor Helen Parker; Law, Professor Michael Gillooly; Medicine, Professor Mark McKenna; The membership of the Academic Council has changed as a result Nursing, Professor Margot Kearns; Philosophy and Theology, of