Student News | Issue 12, 2012
Liberamente
‘freely, with liberty’
In This Issue: 2012 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature Durham University Study Fellowship Student Poetry Prize Academic Staff Publishing Contract God and Science Book Publication Tabor Annual Appeal Alumni TEAR Charity Cricket Match Notices
Key dates to remember! Remember to make note of the following dates: 19 - 28 March Science and Faith Seminars 3 April Graeme Clark Research Institute - Free Pubic Lecture: Professor Dr Hans Schwarz, speaking on the topic of ‘Humans and Animals in Theological Perspective’ 21 April Tabor Adelaide Graduation Ceremony - Class of 2011
Prize Winning Staff and Students 2012 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature Congratulations to Rosanne Hawke Rosanne Hawke, published author and Tabor Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, was honoured with the South Australian Children’s Literature Award on Saturday 3 March, by South Australian Premier, the Honourable Jay Weatherill. The ceremony was held at the Pioneer Women’s Memorial Garden and was timed to coincide with both the Adelaide Festival and Adelaide Writers’ week. After being shortlisted with five other children’s stories, Rosanne’s Taj and the Great Camel Trek took the prize. Rosanne explains ‘the text offers a tale of Taj and his camel Mustara as they trek with Ernest Giles to Perth in 1875. It is a great adventure and a tribute to the Afghan camel drivers and their journeys.’ Rosanne continues to captivate young audiences with her new novel The Messenger Bird; a haunting mystery set in South Australia’s mid north. The text follows a young woman Tamar, who rediscovers her love for music and the piano after finding an old piece of sheet music. This leads her to meet talented violinist Nathaniel who may hold the key to her future. Tamar is unwittingly drawn into a journey through time and music. Messenger Bird was officially launched on
March 7 in the Ira Raymond Exhibition Room, Barr-Smith Library at the University of Adelaide. Tabor Adelaide applauds Rosanne Hawke’s achievements as both a Tabor educator and an award winning writer.
Durham University Study Fellowship Dr Phil Daughtry will be a visiting fellow with St John’s College at Durham University, UK, from April 23 to June 20 this year. Amongst other things Phil is leading a two-day discussion on the place of spirituality in youth work, whilst incorporating a public, interactive lecture, on May 17-18. Phil has developed this initiative in partnership with Maxine Green (a leading UK writer on spirituality) and Dr Andrew Orton (a research fellow of Wesley Study Centre and St. Johns College, and a lecturer in the School of Applied Social Sciences at Durham University). This conversation will draw together a small, selected group of thinkers from across the UK and act as a Regional Training Forum event for practitioners. The essence of this conversation will be captured on video as part one of a two stage process (a similar conversation to be held later in the year, based at Tabor Adelaide) and developed into a curriculum resource for youth worker training, ready for release in 2013. Phil is travelling with his wife, Claire, and together they are looking forward to exploring the region in and around Durham and various other places of interest in a series of weekend getaways. Tabor Adelaide offers their congratulations at such a wonderful achievement.