Swinburne University of Technology Graduation Ceremony Program Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre 1 Convention Centre Place, South Wharf, Melbourne Monday 13 and Tuesday 14 April 2015 swinburne.edu.au CRICOS Provider Code: 00111D Names and details contained in this program are correct at the time of printing, April 2015. SP0606-20a-0415 Swinburne University of Technology Graduation Ceremony Program Monday 13 April 2015, 11.00am Department of Trades and Engineering Technology Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology Monday 13 April 2015, 4.00pm Department of Health, Science, Education and Social Services Faculty of Health, Arts and Design Tuesday 14 April 2015, 11.00am Department of Business and Finance Faculty of Business and Law Tuesday 14 April 2015, 4.00pm Department of Design, Media and Information and Communication Technology Faculty of Business and Law Faculty of Health, Arts and Design Swinburne University of Technology | Graduations Ceremony Program | April 2015 1 CONTENTS Message from the Vice-Chancellor 3 History of the university 4 Academic regalia 5 Ceremonial regalia 6 Principal officers of the university 6 University Council 7 Academic leadership 7 Information for guests 8 Ceremonies Monday 13 April 2015, 11.00am 10 Ceremony participating officers 11 Order of proceedings 11 Honorary Doctorate Award 12 Award recipients 13 Monday 13 April 2015, 4.00pm 22 Ceremony participating officers 23 Order of proceedings 23 Honorary Doctorate Award 24 Award recipients 25 Tuesday 14 April 2015, 11.00am 30 Ceremony participating officers 31 Order of proceedings 31 Award recipients 32 Tuesday 14 April 2015, 4.00pm 38 Ceremony participating officers 39 Order of proceedings 39 Honorary Doctorate Award 40 Award recipients 41 2 Swinburne University of Technology | Graduations Ceremony Program | April 2015 Message from the Vice-Chancellor I am delighted to welcome you here for this graduation ceremony. Well done to all who are graduating today I strongly encourage all of you who graduate for successfully completing your course. today to address the new challenges that At this time we must also acknowledge the face your community and make a positive Swinburne academic and professional staff contribution. I urge you to seize these who made your learning experience possible, opportunities and help lead our society as well as parents, spouses, siblings, into a promising future. partners and friends whose encouragement At Swinburne we encourage our students has played a crucial role in your success. to embrace the notion that we are all Today your graduation allows us to celebrate learners for life. And so, I anticipate that your your achievements. You have fulfilled the graduation will not represent an end-point requirements of a demanding course of to your educational adventures. We look study with focus and discipline and your forward to welcoming you back to Swinburne reward is an excellent education. in the future, either in-person or through one of many online learning opportunities, to help Such an education is all the more important you further your knowledge. today because of the need to respond to a rapidly changing world. Within our We are also delighted to welcome you as knowledge-based society, many people Swinburne alumni and will take pride in are engaged in ‘knowledge-based’ work, hearing of your achievements. across a range of fields and disciplines. I sincerely wish you the very best for the The achievement of high quality education future and, wherever life adventures take and training positions you to attain greater you, invite you to stay in touch with your prosperity and participate more fully in a Swinburne community. dynamic knowledge-based global economy. Swinburne is consistently named as one of the top universities in the world according Linda Kristjanson to the prestigious Academic Ranking of Vice-Chancellor and President World Universities. Therefore, I hope you take pride in knowing that you graduate from Swinburne with a high-quality education, obtained from a world-ranked university. Swinburne University of Technology | Graduations Ceremony Program | April 2015 3 History of the university The Swinburnes lived for many generations The arms in Northumberland, in the north of England. In early times, the family owned a castle on The basic colours of red and white, and the banks of the Swin Burn, the brook of the the cinquefoils charged on the shield, boars. By 1245 the Swinburne coat of arms commemorate the arms of the Swinburne was ‘Gules: three boars heads argent’. family. George Swinburne arrived in Melbourne in 1886, aged twenty-five. His early days in The crest Melbourne were spent setting up gas plants The demi-Boar and the cinquefoil perpetuate and bringing gas-light to the cities and towns. the Swinburne connection; the book is As his business stature increased, he entered symbolic of learning. State Parliament and became a minister. Swinburne was established as the Eastern The motto Suburbs Technical College by George The College of Arms’ translation of the motto Swinburne and the first students were enrolled in 1909, when classes began in is: Achievement through learning. carpentry, plumbing and blacksmithing. In 1913 the institution changed its name The flag to Swinburne Technical College, to The basic colours of red and white with commemorate the Honourable George cinquefoils. Swinburne. Soon afterwards, a boys’ junior technical school and the first girls’ technical The mace and the chair school were established. Following an extensive reorganisation of In universities, a mace is used as a symbol advanced education in Victoria in the late of institutional authority and it is carried 1970s, Swinburne was given the power to in procession before the Chancellor as grant bachelor degrees. The first of these was a symbolic weapon of protection. The awarded at a conferring ceremony held on ceremonial items of the office of the 21 May 1981 at the Camberwell Civic Centre. Chancellor of Swinburne University were designed by Emeritus Professor Helmut In 1992, Swinburne achieved university Lueckenhausen, former Pro Vice-Chancellor, status with the passage by the Parliament Internationalisation. Fabricated from of Victoria of the Swinburne University Queensland silky oak, sterling silver and gold, of Technology Act. This marked not only Swinburne’s distinguished history as the mace has eight facets resolving as an a provider of further education, but the open silver finial and crown which contains beginning of a new period of growth and a carving of the rampant boar from the innovation for Swinburne. Swinburne coat of arms. The chair also has eight divisions on the seat and back with an In recent years, Swinburne has progressed engraved silver boar and the Southern Cross to become one of the world’s leading on the upper back. Artists and craftspeople research-intensive teaching universities and involved in the project with the designer a leader in online education, expanding the were Ian Higgs, cabinet maker, Geoffrey educational opportunities available to a new Dunne, Swinburne design graduate, Sue generation of learners. Wraight, netsuke carver and Hendrik Forster Swinburne’s emphasis is on high-quality, and Marion Marshall, silversmiths. Civic engaged teaching and research in science, contributions made towards the purchase technology and innovation – teaching and of these items included the former City of research that makes a difference in the lives Prahran for the University for the Mace, the of individuals and contributes to national former City of Hawthorn for the Chancellor’s economic and social objectives. Chair and the former Shire of Lillydale for the Swinburne holds a unique place among Chancellor’s Gown. educational institutions in Australia in the link that persists between it and the founder and his family. The conferring of a modification of the family’s coat of arms preserves and strengthens that link. 4 Swinburne University of Technology | Graduations Ceremony Program | April 2015 Academic regalia The academic dress worn at Swinburne Double master honours degree Bachelor degree today is a modification of everyday dress A black master gown, hood and trencher. The A black gown, hood and trencher. The hood worn by scholars and teachers in the Middle hood is black, fully lined with the colours of is black, half lined with the discipline colour, Ages and the Renaissance. It consists of a both disciplines, and laced with a silver braid. and is worn with the colour showing on the gown and a scarf-like stole or hood, which It is worn with the colours showing on both left-hand side. is a remnant of the cowl that was once worn shoulders. to cover the head and shoulders to keep off Dual award the rain and snow. Trencher caps or bonnets Double master degree are worn as indicated below, with the tassel A black gown, hood and trencher. The hood is down over the left eye and in a vertical A black master gown, hood and trencher. The black, half lined with the colour of the Higher position. hood is black, and fully lined with the colours Education discipline and the reverse (black) of both disciplines. It is worn with the colours edge of the right-hand side trimmed with the The style of academic dress adopted by showing on both shoulders. colour of the Vocational Education discipline. Swinburne University of Technology is based The hood is worn with the Higher Education on that of the University of Oxford. Master honours degree colour showing on the left-hand side and the Vocational Education trim on the right-hand Honorary doctorate A black master gown, hood and trencher. The hood is black, fully lined with the discipline side. A cardinal red gown with silver grey front colour, and laced with a silver braid. It is worn and sleeve facings. The hood is cardinal red, with the colours showing on both shoulders. Associate degree fully lined in silver grey and is worn with grey A black gown, stole and trencher.