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THE ANNUAL REVIEW 2016 ANNUAL REVIEW FOR THE COMMUNITY OF ST JOHN’S COLLEGE CONTENTS Foreword 1 College Council 2016 2 Vision, Mission and Values 4 College Executive Leadership 2016 5 Student Leadership 2016 6 Master Plan 7 Finance 8 Student Demographics 14 Student Profile 15 Dedication of the Newman Window 16 Vale Endicott Ackerman 18 Chair of Council Honoured 19 Matt Laffan Scholarship 20 University Honours Dinner 21 The House Committee 22 Student Wellbeing and Academic Support 23 Student Profile 24 Annual Alumni Dinner 25 Johnsmen’s Association President’s Report 26 The St John’s College Foundation 27 Academic Publications 28 College Heraldry 29 FROM THE CHAIR AND THE RECTOR uring 2016, the College Early in the year, the magnificent In the course of the year, the University consolidated many of the window honouring the Blessed John invited all the colleges to join a Culture gains made during the Henry Newman was completed and the Review project to be led by Elizabeth previous three years. College had the pleasure of entertaining Broderick to assist in promoting the Justice Nagle’s daughter, Mrs Winsome positive aspects of student culture in One of the high points was the D Duffy, and members of her family at a the colleges. In deciding that St John’s University Honours Dinner, held splendid luncheon in Hall following the would participate with other colleges, each year to celebrate our students’ dedication of the window at Mass. Council affirmed the project as an academic successes. Guest of honour opportunity to consolidate the progress was the Chancellor of the University, Vital progress was made in relation which had been made over the past Belinda Hutchinson, whose gracious to John’s Nagle’s second bequest, several years in improving the student and engaging presence made the endowing the College library. Council culture at St John’s. evening a delight for students and decided, as part of the Master Plan guests alike. Unfortunately our annual process, that the library would be As always, the College’s whole effort in Archbishop’s Dinner could not be held established in the space originally 2016 was directed towards fulfilling our in 2016 because of Archbishop Fisher’s conceived for it. Wardell’s plan Mission as a Catholic university college, ill-health at the time. It is good to see triangulated library, hall and chapel by “inspired by high ideals of intellectual that, at the time of writing, his Grace placing the library at right angles to excellence, faithful Christian living has made a good recovery and his the hall-chapel axis. This space was and witness, and service to society”. presence at the 2017 Archbishop’s occupied by the “Archbishop’s Library” Our sincere thanks are owed to both Dinner will be reported in the next until the First World War when it was Fellows and staff who work so hard Annual Review. subdivided into sleeping cubicles. for the College. And we take great These survived until after the Second pleasure in the achievements of our In June, the College Council adopted World War when the cubicles were students. a Master Plan which was the result removed and the space was renamed of 18 months of collaborative work Dr Bernadette Tobin AO “Brennan Hall”. Design work has led by the architectural firms of Cox Chair of Council commenced for the new library which Richardson and Hector Abrahams, will be an outstanding asset for the Mr Adrian Diethelm with the active involvement of College College and valuable resource for the Rector Council and management. It was a students. pleasure to work with John Richardson, Philip Graus, Hector Abrahams and The College’s staff complement was Rob Strang on developing the campus enhanced by the creation of a Student as an environment for the Vision in our Services Assistant role to support Strategic Plan. the Vice-Rector and the Dean in their pastoral care and academic support The challenges of making appropriate work; and by the appointment of a spaces for our 21st century mission in Director of Community Relations to ways which respect Wardell’s neo- carry forward Council’s community Gothic conception have been creatively engagement plan. resolved in the Master Plan. There was a stimulating cross-fertilisation of ideas between architects, management and governing body throughout the process. ANNUAL REVIEW St John’s College 2016 1 COLLEGE COUNCIL 2016 Back L to R - Very Rev Dr Gerald Gleeson VG, Mr Khan Horne, Prof Anthony Shannon AM, Mrs Christine Liddy AO, Rev Fr Paul Stenhouse, Dr Bernadette Tobin AO, Rev Fr Anthony Walsh, Mr Joseph Hayes, Hon Ken Handley AO, Very Rev Peter Williams VG, Prof Marie Carroll, Mr Adrian Diethelm (Rector), Mr Matthew Gordon. Sitting L to R - Rev Fr Brendan Purcell, Sr Giovanni Farquer RSJ, Rev Fr Daniel Meagher, Ms Michelle Carlin. Absent - Prof James Franklin, Daniel Hill. CHAIR OF COUNCIL THE CLERICAL FELLOWS Very Rev Dr Gerald Gleeson VG Rev Fr Brendan Purcell Dr Bernadette Tobin AO MA PhD (University College Dublin), BD STL MA MEd (Melb), PhD (Cantab) STB (CIS), MA (Cantab), PhD (Leuven) (Lateran) Dr Bernadette Tobin is Director of Very Rev Dr Gerald Gleeson VG is a Fr Brendan Purcell is currently an the Plunkett Centre for Ethics, a joint Priest of the Archdiocese of Sydney, Adjunct Professor at the University and Parish Priest at Summer Hill and centre of Australian Catholic University of Notre Dame Australia and holds Director of Mission at Catholic Care, and St Vincent’s Health Sydney. She degrees in philosophy and theology. Fr Sydney. Very Rev Gleeson is Associate is Conjoint Associate Professor in the Purcell was a senior lecturer for many Professor in Philosophy in the Sydney Faculty of Medicine at the University years at the University College Dublin in of New South Wales and Conjoint College of Divinity, teaching at the the School of Philosophy. Catholic Institute of Sydney since 1986. Associate Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Rev Dr Paul Stenhouse Very Rev Fr Peter Williams VG Sydney. MSC BA PhD (Syd), MA (UNE), Hon DLitt BA (ANU), BTh (ACT), BEd (La Trobe), MTh (UNDA), Hon DUniv (ACU) (Syd), MA (CUA), Hon DUniv (ACU) Fr Paul Stenhouse is a Missionary of RECTOR Very Rev Fr Peter G Williams is Vicar the Sacred Heart. He is a member of General of the Diocese of Parramatta, the Council of the Société d’Études and for eleven years was Executive Samaritaines within the College de Mr Adrian Diethelm BCL (Oxon), BA LLB MTax (Syd) Secretary of the Bishops Commission France and the author of numerous for Liturgy of the Australian Catholic monographs on Middle Arabic Adrian Diethelm was appointed the Bishops Conference. He was Director of Grammar, and various aspects of 18th Rector of St John’s College from Liturgy for World Youth Day in Sydney Samaritan and Falasha history, 1 January 2014, having served as in 2008. chronology and religion. He has a PhD Acting Rector in 2013. His background from the University of Sydney. is in law, both as a legal practitioner Rev Fr Daniel Meagher and as an academic. He practised as a BEc LLB (Syd), STL (Gregorian) Rev Fr Anthony Walsh OP barrister for 16 years having previously BEc STL Fr Daniel Meagher was ordained as been a solicitor in a city firm, was a a priest in 1995 and has spent most Fr Anthony Walsh OP is a Priest full-time law lecturer at the University of his time as a priest in the parishes belonging to the Order of Preachers of Sydney (1987-89) and University of of Sydney. He is a graduate of the (Dominicans) and has served in a number of roles within the Dominican Queensland (1993-97), and taught law University of Sydney in Economics and Order and the Church including part-time for many years. Law and practised as a solicitor in the Formation, Chaplaincies, Parish late eighties. Ministry and administrative positions. Fr Anthony has served on a number of Boards of Catholic Schools in South 2 ANNUAL REVIEW St John’s College 2016 Australia and Victoria. He is Parish Priest of the Parishes of St. Bede’s Pyrmont and St. James’ Forest Lodge. THE LAY FELLOWS Ms Michelle Carlin Mr Matthew Gordon Mr Khan Horne MMgt (MGSM) BE LLB (Syd) BAgEc (Syd), MEc (UNE) Ms Michelle Carlin is the Executive Mr Matthew Gordon (SJC 1982) Mr Khan Horne (SJC 1988) is the Director of Global Student Recruitment studied Law and Civil Engineering at General Manager of National Australia and Mobility for the University of the University of Sydney and operates Bank’s (NAB) Agribusiness Division, a Sydney. She leads the division that a construction and development Director of Agribusiness Australia and is responsible for delivering the business. sits on the NSW Regional Assistance University’s objectives in relation to Advisory Committee (RAAC). Khan has the student profile targets, widening The Hon Kenneth Handley AO OStJ QC a Bachelor of Agricultural Economics participation, student mobility and BA LLB Hon LLD (Syd) from the University of Sydney and a partnerships for its 60,000 students. The Hon Ken Handley was appointed to Masters in Finance from the University the New South Wales Court of Appeal in of New England. Professor Marie Carroll 1990 after a 30 year career at the New Mrs Christine Liddy AO BA PhD (Otago) South Wales Bar, including 17 years BA (UNSW) Professor Marie Carroll is a Former as a Queen’s Counsel. He retired as a Mrs Christine Liddy is Past President Acting Deputy Vice Chancellor permanent judge in 2007 but remained of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (Education) at the University of Sydney.