CROMWELL COLLEGE
Magazine
Within The University of Queensland
ND e Ec W S 2013
From the
• Issue 2
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Editor • Donna Howett • Volume 15
Principal
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all Cromwell stakeholders for what has been a very successful year. Our students are the lifeblood of their College and its reason for being. Academically this year, our 247 students achieved an overall GPA of 5.17 which is a truly excellent result across the whole College. The ICC sporting and cultural competitions were approached with the usual “Crommie Ticker”, spiritual enquiry engaged a growing number, and a wide variety of well planned social activities provided the glue to further bond everyone together. There indeed continues to be a very strong and positive spirit here at Cromwell which runs far deeper than any materialistic aspects or quantifiable data. The Student Leadership Team provided mature guidance and support to our students. I sincerely thank Student President (James Duffy) and his Executive for their leadership and management of the student activities, and the Resident Assistants’ (RA) group for their dedication, commitment, and extensive time and effort in the corridors with the students. Last year I created the new role of Under 18’s Coordinator. Its aim was to support the growing number of students both under and over 18 for whom drinking was not a priority, and to develop more ‘dry’ activities for the whole College to further promote inclusion. Candice Jones has done a terrific job this year working with the social conveners and RA’s to advance this role. Linked to this, the College has a very strong relationship with Red Frogs, who support many of our social activities. My wife Jenny and I were very fortunate to be able to work for a night alongside Red Frog (and former Cromwell student) Matthew Goulter at Schoolies’ Week at Surfers From the Principal Paradise last month.
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Our small staff team continued to offer outstanding support to our students. Dean of Students (Nathan Croft) and Student Advisor (Geoffrey White) together provided care for our students around the clock, ably supported by the maintenance, catering and housekeeping staff led by Fred Deckers, Noelene Brooks and Chris Raymond respectively. The office team provided further support for all, and I sincerely thank Barbara Pegg, Sarah Brewer, Donna Howett and Robyn Slater in this regard. Throughout this year several
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