2012 Graduation Ceremonies 2012 This publication was produced by Document Services using environmentally sustainable consumables and technology. Natasha Natale Stumps Blown and Cut glass Juraj Cuchor J.G.V. Mixed media This booklet exhibits the outstanding work of graduates of the University of South Australia’s School of Art, Architecture and Design Today is a time for celebration, as you mark It is with excitement and pride that I share both the end and the beginning of exciting this most significant occasion with you. parts of your lives. It is also an occasion on which to look forward to the opportunities Graduating from university represents a major available to you as a graduate of the personal achievement. It requires great effort, University of South Australia. I am honoured discipline, focus and personal motivation, to be able to share this special event with particularly for those people studying remotely you, and your family and friends. or combining their studies with work and family commitments, as so many of our During your time at the University of students do. South Australia you have developed a set of distinctive qualities which describe the I offer you my heartfelt congratulations on knowledge, skills and personal abilities that your success. It is also important to you will need as you move into a constantly acknowledge those who have provided changing global economy. You have acquired support and encouragement throughout your an international outlook; a capacity for critical academic journey, particularly your family, thought and lifelong learning; an ability to friends and mentors. On behalf of the communicate effectively, and work University of South Australia, I wish you every autonomously and cooperatively; and a sense success and much prosperity for the years of social responsibility. You are well equipped ahead. While today marks the realisation of to succeed, confident in the knowledge and a goal, I look forward to you maintaining a skills you possess. relationship with the University into the future, perhaps through further study or by Congratulations and all the very best as you becoming involved with our alumni network. start the next big adventure in your lives. I hope that the University of South Australia has served you well, and provided you with the skills, confidence and experience to help Dr Ian Gould AM you achieve your dreams, as well as the Chancellor strong self-belief that you can. Professor Peter Høj Vice Chancellor and President Introducing the University of South Australia The University of South Australia is a opportunities offered by our innovative, globally-focused, locally-engaged institution work-focused programs are available to a established on the dual principles of equity diverse range of students, including those and excellence. from disadvantaged backgrounds. We recently established UniSA College to Through our commitment to world-class provide a pathway for people who have not teaching, learning and research, we are traditionally accessed university study, and equipping and inspiring individuals to fulfil are investing more than $1 billion over the their potential, and working closely with next decade in new physical and virtual communities to tackle the challenges of infrastructure across our campuses to today and the future. provide students and staff with the most up- to-date facilities. With more than 36,000 students, the University is South Australia’s largest and Our commitment to excellence is also was ranked 11th in Australia – and in the reflected in the calibre of our academics and top three per cent of more than 10,000 researchers. We are ranked number seven in universities worldwide – in the 2011 QS Australia (and number one in South World University Rankings. It offers more Australia) for the proportion of staff holding than 300 degree programs across a wide doctorate qualifications. In addition, the most range of subjects including business, law, recent national Excellence in Research for education, arts and social sciences, health Australia evaluation reported that 70 per sciences, information technology, engineering cent of our assessed research was rated and the environment. world-class or above. These are designed in close collaboration As well as making a significant contribution with industry to ensure our graduates are to our economy and society at state and equipped to the highest possible level in national level, UniSA is an integral partner in order to succeed in their chosen profession, a range of community events, including as a and which offer unrivalled opportunities for long-term supporter of the Santos Tour integrating work experience into study. Down Under UCI WorldTour cycling race, and the Adelaide Festival of Arts. We believe the reputation of a university is determined largely by the quality of its As it celebrates its 21st birthday in 2012, the graduates, and we are proud that more than University of South Australia is building on 90 per cent of our graduates now in full-time its proud past to secure an exciting future. work are employed in professional occupations, which is well above the To read more about our strategy for the next national average. decade, see Horizon 2020 (http://www.unisa.edu.au/horizon2020/defau The University of South Australia remains lt.asp). strongly committed to ensuring the Over 150 years of experience While formally celebrating its 21st birthday in In 2012, the University of South Australia has 2012, the University of South Australia’s established itself as a significant and reputation for teaching, learning and research respected element of Australia's higher excellence stretches back more than 150 years. education sector. Its historical strengths in the arts and sciences, business, technology and Our innovative, world-class university was humanities have formed the basis of its established in 1991, bringing together a innovative joint degrees, and its collaborative, number of pioneering antecedent institutions multi-disciplinary outlook. including Australia’s first public art school (the South Australian School of Art, founded From this blend of youth and tradition, the in 1856) which counts many celebrated University of South Australia has emerged as Australian artists among its graduates. They a mature and outward-looking university – include Jeffrey Smart, who in 2011 received modern, flexible, accessible, and in touch with the honorary degree of Doctor of the the needs of the community. University. Our history also incorporates the colony’s first Teachers’ Training College, established in 1876, and which quickly earned high regard for the quality of teachers it trained. Then, in 1889, the landmark South Australian School of Mines and Industries was founded on twin ideals - to strengthen the colony’s economic base by increasing its number of educated professionals, and to provide more equitable access to education for a broader range of people. These principles, as well as the disciplines upon which these enterprises were founded – arts, teaching, engineering and the sciences – remain cornerstones of the University of South Australia’s vision to equip and inspire individuals, and to work closely and collaboratively with communities. The University of South Australia Act established a university with a mission to create and disseminate knowledge through high-quality teaching, research, scholarship and consultancy, to ensure the inquiring minds of today receive the opportunities and the tools to realise their goals, and to help our local and global communities address the foremost challenges of our time. Academic dress Doctor of Science higher doctorate Professional doctorates Oxford-style red gown with blue facing and Oxford-style black gown faced with discipline gold ribbon trim on front of gown and around colour (as shown below) on front of gown sleeve cuffs. Black Tudor velvet bonnet with and around sleeve cuffs. Black Tudor velvet red cord and tassel. Red hood lined with blue bonnet with black tassel. Black hood lined and edged with gold ribbon with two gold with discipline colour with gold edging. chevrons on either side. Masters degrees Doctor of Letters higher doctorate Oxford-style black gown. Black mortarboard Oxford-style red gown with gold facing and with black tassel. Black hood lined with blue blue ribbon trim on front of gown and around with gold edging. sleeve cuffs. Black Tudor velvet bonnet with red cord and tassel. Red hood lined with gold Graduate diplomas and Graduate and edged with blue ribbon with two blue certificates chevrons on either side. Cambridge-style black gown with stoles as shown below. Doctor of Philosophy degrees Oxford-style black gown with red facing on Undergraduate degrees front of gown and around sleeve cuffs. Black Cambridge-style black gown. Black Tudor velvet bonnet with black tassel. Black mortarboard with black tassel. Black hood hood lined with red with gold edging. lined with discipline colour as shown below. Associate degrees Cambridge-style black gown with stole as shown below. All University of South Australia hoods are of the Oxford burgon style. Associate Graduate Graduate Degree Certificate Diploma Oxford burgon style hood Architecture Business and Creative Arts Education Engineering Environmental Health Humanities Information Science and Building Management Sciences Sciences Social Sciences Technology and Law Mortarboard tassels for Indigenous Australian graduates The University of South Australia is proud of its commitment to Australian