Student News | Issue 19, 2012
Liberamente
‘FREELY, WITH LIBERTY’
IN THIS ISSUE: Embracing the Unusual at Tabor Adelaide Dr Aaron Charmers’ New Book Exploring Spirituality in Youth Work Tabor Art Show New Tabor Hub Congratulations To VET Lecturer Deb Davis Benchmarking Assessment Moderation in Four Colleges Alumni: Where Are They Now? Notices
Key dates to remember! Remember to make note of the following dates: 22 September - 7 October Mid Semester Break 4 October Tabor Online Outage For more information visit: http://learn.taboradelaide. edu.au/ 5-9 November Course Information Week
A Global Perspective Embracing the Unusual at Tabor Adelaide
Challenge is calling on the Australian Government to do its fair share to end the world’s water and sanitation crisis by increasing the aid we give to this area.
The Orange Hope Clinic & The Great Toilet Tour Visit Tabor! Tabor Adelaide regularly has visitors to its campus to assist in developing global awareness amongst the student body. They are often memorable, but generally they are not in any way unusual. However, this was not the case with the two we had this September. Orange Hope Aids Clinic, sponsored by SIM Australia and SIM Aid, was set up for a day and provided an opportunity to go on the journey of a person living in southeast Africa. Participants were taken through the hardships of what many people living in Malawi face every day, encountering some of the many issues they have to tackle. It meant confronting what many Africans call their biggest enemy: HIV/AIDS. In addition, a two metre giant toilet spent two days on campus as part of a tour organized by Micah Challenge. It was the centerpiece of the “Flushing Away Poverty Event”, which over thirty people attended. It drew attention to the 780 million people around the world who live without access to safe drinking water and the 2.5 billion people who do not have decent sanitation. Micah
David Turnbull Senior Lecturer in Intercultural Studies
Dr Aaron Charmers’ Publishes First Book! Congratulations to Tabor Adelaide’s MTC Head of School, Dr Aaron Charmers on his new book ‘Exploring the Religion of Ancient Israel’. Aaron Chalmers gives students a unique introduction to the religious and social world of ancient Israel. The first part explores the major religious offices mentioned in the Old Testament, including prophets, priests, sages and kings. As well as considering what these key people said and did, the author traces the process through which one became recognized as a prophet, priest or sage, and where each of these offices were located in ancient Israel. The second part of the book focuses on the beliefs and practices of the common people--the group that made up the majority of ancient Israel’s population. Aaron’s book is now available for purchase at http://www.amazon.com/