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VICE CHANCELLOR'S I REPORT We are winding up what has been a very busy year for the University. Overal I, it has been a successful one. Highlights have included the opening of our Medical School in Fremantle by the Commonwealth Minister for Health, Mr Tony Abbott, and the State Minister for Health, Mr Jim McGinty. We are very proud of this Medical School and delighted at the influence it is already having within the University. We have an outstanding group of .a. Dr Peter Tannock foundation students and staff. We believe it will be a major contribution to health care in Western Australia in the future. Work has continued on the development of our Sydney Campus in Broadway. The buildings are reaching completion, and we will be enrolling our first cohort of 450 students in February 2006 in Art, Business, Education, Law, and Nursing. Medicine will open on the Darlinghurst Campus in 2008. We are delighted with both the volume and the quality of the applicants for admission to the University. No doubt, this has been stimulated in part by the INSIDE ITHIS ISSUE excellent staff that we have recruited in all areas to work on the new Campus which is so ably lead by our Executive Director, • Vice Chancellor's Report ...... .....2 Sydney, Mr Peter Glasson. • Broome Campus .................. .4 Our Sydney Campus and, the development of our University as a national entity, with Campuses on both sides of the continent, • Fremantle Campus ..................6 have meant a number of significant changes to the University. • Sydney Campus .......... .........8 These include the appointment of new Governors from eastern Australia, amendments to our Act of Parliament, and significant • College of Arts .................... 10 restructuring of our academic and administrative arrangements. • College of Business . ....... ....... 11 The ease with which this has been accomplished bodes well for • College of Education ...............12 the future. • College of Law ........... ... ...... 13 Planning for the second branch of our Sydney Campus, to be based on the Darlinghurst site of the Sacred Heart Parish, is well underway, • Colleges of Health, Medicine, Nursing 14 and early works have commenced on the old and potentially • College of Science and Technology ...16 beautiful historic building; we are awaiting approval from the relevant authorities before we can proceed with the main structure. • College of Theology ............... 17 We hope to have the complex finished in 2007, so that it can be • Student Services ...................18 occupied by our Nursing and Medicine programs. Our Sydney Medical School is due to enrol its first 80 students in February 2008. • Alumni Association ............. .. 19 I would like to conclude this report by thanking our large and diverse 'community' for their outstanding support this year. Our many benefactors, our Governors, our staff, our students, Front Cover: Blessing and Official Opening professional bodies, Commonwealth and State Ministers and ofthe School ofMedicine officials, the City of Fremantle and the Sydney City Council, leaders from other universities, and our Church leaders and many UNDA Professor ofClinical Years, Professor ordinary and much valued su pporters have all combined to make Bernard Pearn-Rowe, National President of it possible for this unique enterprise, the University of Notre the AMA, Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, Federal Dame Australia to thrive and move forward. Thank you for Minister for Health and Ageing, Hon Tony everything. I wish you all a holy and happy Christmas. Abbott MP, Minister for Health, Hon Jim McGinty MLA, Chancellor, Hon justice Neville Owen and Vice Chancellor, Dr Peter Tannock. A. Professor Lance Twomey Vice Chancellor of Curtin University, Mrs Meg Twomey, Mr Peter Tagliaferri, Mayor of the City of Fremantle, Hon Justice Neville Owen, Chancellor, Dr Peter Tannock, Vice Chancellor at the opening of the School of Medicine, Fremantlle Campus. NOTRE DAME AS A CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY At a recent forum held at the Australian Catholic University in 3. Encouraging our teachers to integrate discussion on ethical Sydney the Vice Chancellor outlined his answers to two key issues into the day to day curriculum. We must provide questions about Notre Dame as a Catholic university. This is the systematic development programs for staff to enable this to text of his remarks: happen. All staff must grapple with this - not just those from campus ministry. How does Notre Dame define itself as a Catholic University? 4. Promoting social justice education: formal courses available to • Through its Objects as set out in its enabling legislation, all students and (compulsory) service-learning programs and These are listed in Section 5: service internships (for credit); supporting the educational a) the provision of university education within a context of aspirations of Aboriginal people through our Broome Campus. Catholic faith and values ; and 5. Encouraging a sense of community within the university by b) the provision of an excellent standard of: actively supporting the student association and a wide variety (i) teaching, scholarship and research; of clubs; student involvement in sport, recreation, cultural (ii) training for the professions; and activities and social life. (iii) pastoral care for its students. 6. Investing in an active campus ministry which underpins • Through its canonical statutes and agreements, and promotes spiritual and liturgical life on campus for staff • Through its governance structures, and especially through the and students. composition and role of its Trustees. 7. Emphasising pastoral care as a goal of equal importance to the • Through its Statutes and Rules. academic. Everyone on staff (academic and administrative) has • Through particular activities in support of the role and work of a pastoral care obligation - for students and other staff. We the Church and its agencies. must be inclusive and supportive of everyone in our community. • Through its role as a centre for Christian intellectual life. 8. Promoting a university culture that recognises and values every • Through its Australian and international relationships, student. Every student is someone. We must know his/her especially NDUS. name. They are not an anonymous number in a mass higher education factory. Our goal is 100% graduation! • Through its physical presentation. • Through its private status. 9. Being openly and unequivocally Catholic - and proud of it! We welcome people of all faiths (and none at all) into our What are the strategies and practical steps adopted by community, but there is no doubt about our Christian The University of Notre Dame Australia to achieve its faith underpinnings and our integral membership of the objectives as a Catholic University? Catholic Church. Ten Steps: 10. Seeking excellence in teaching, scholarship, research and 1. Having a compulsory core curriculum for all students, professional training. We believe that excellence in standards comprising courses in philosophy, theology and ethics. There is in these areas is fundamental to being a Catholic university no substitute for the academic study of these disciplines. worthy of the name. 2. Seeking to select our community in a deliberate way - our students and staff (academic and administrative). We try to 'recruit for mission'. This enhances quality and direction. ii BROOME I CAMPUS MAJOR ABORIGINAL AWARD FOR KIRSTEN MOREY The Bill Ritchie Award for Excellence in Aboriginal Studies for An example provided by John of Kirsten's commitment and 2004 was presented to Notre Dame Education student Kirsten understanding of Aboriginal issues was during her 2004 work Morey in September 2005. experience placement at Djarindjin Lombadina School on the Dampier Peninsula. Originally from Sydney, Kirsten now lives in Broome and hopes to teach in remote and rural schools on the completion of her One of her roles during this time was to organise and ensure degree. Kirsten began her studies at the Broome Campus while students took part in a worthwhile work experience program. working in the tourism industry at Cape Leveque, on the Dampier Kirsten was able to place students at the Kooljaman Tourist Peninsula north of Broome. Enterprise. Through her commitment to the work experience program and by utilising her excellent communication skills she Coordinator of Aboriginal Studies, John Bucknall said selection of was able to plan and implement a successful work place program a recipient for the award was difficult as there were a number of for these students in a remote area of Australia. outstanding eligible candidates. John added that the feedback from the "The main point about the award is that it is not just based on students, school and Kooljaman was academic excellence, it also relates to a student who has an extremely encouraging for both the understanding and shows a commitment to developing the issues students and Kirsten. relating to Aboriginal people. "The success of this program is just one of "It is for an all round student who has excelled in Aboriginal the great examples of her meeting the studies and Kirsten has certainly exemplified all these criteria. goals of the Bill Ritchie Award." "Not only has she consistently achieved high academic attainment but she has also demonstrated a commitment to a better Kirsten Morey at the awards ceremony. .& understating of Aboriginal issues," he said. DEPUTY LEADER OF THE FEDERAL OPPOSITION VISITS THE BROOME CAMPUS The Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Shadow Minister for Pauline McKenzie,

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