OF OUR DONORS
With thanks to all who supported the college in the last six months. This column recognises our donors and celebrates the diverse range of support the college receives. No matter how small or large, each gift makes a difference to our students and the projects we support. Peter & Rosemary Amos, Janet Barriskill, Ruth Barry, Josephine Bastian, Camille Blackburn, Melissa Blackwood, Melody Boxall, James & Judith Bridge, Victoria Brooke, Merilyn Bryce, Victoria Burke, Meredith Burn, Pamela Carpenter, Jeffrey Castledine, Stephen Chapman, Jocelyn Chey, Yasuko Claremont, John Clark, Hugh Clarke, Hiroko Cockerill, Alan Coleman, Pamela Coleman, Hideko Coombes, John Copland, Anne David, Ann Eyland, Janet Flint, Margaret Ford, Jill Forrest, Paul Glynn, Rachel Grahame, Anne Green, Wendy Greenwood, Valerie Grogan, Dinah Hales, Debra Hazelton, Jill Heris, Jacqueline Hicks, Audrey Horn, Kathryn Hunyor, Roslyn Hunyor, Seiko Iwai, Julie James, Elizabeth Jane, Sue Johnson, Catherine Jonak, Lotte Christine Lawrence, Rosmane Lawson, Mabel Lee, Susanne Lester, Lucy Lind-Lloyd, Alison Main, Robert Maple-Brown, Peter & Patricia Marshall, Sakuko Matsui, Mary McGuirk, Tazuko McLaren, Jacqueline Menzies, Jane Munro, K R Neale, Robert & Anita Nightingale, Linda O’Brien, David Ojerholm, Rowena O’Neill, May Ong, Duk-Soo Park, Joan Perkins, Matthew Pulford, Catherine Rothery, Anne & Martin Roughley, Melanie Rundall, Alison Russell-French, Margaret Sargent, Kaoru Sato, Lisa Shand, Noriko Shimada, Lucy Shook-Ng, Michael Slattery, David Smith, Alan Edwards & Stephanie Pratley, Mary Stewart, Yuri Takahashi, Naoyuki Takezaua, Keiko Tamura, Nobukazu Tanii, Elise Tipton, Victoria Todd, Eiko Woodhouse, Masahito Yamaguchi, Seiko Yasumoto.
2011
Appreciation
WATSA BREAKFAST
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Above (left to right): Outgoing WATSA President, Francesca Neely with Shane Houston, Deputy ViceChancellor Indigenous Strategy, and students Annette and Cassandra McFarlane. Left: Filmmaker Alex Edmonson.
The annual Women’s College Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander Alliance (WATSA) fundraising breakfast was held on 19 April. In addition to the raffles and silent floral auction, supporters were treated to the screening of the short film, The Burnt Cork. Filmmaker Alexandra Edmonson gave a personal reflection on the making of the haunting film, which explores the stolen generation theme in one regional NSW family. Third-year Primary Education student and Indigenous scholarship holder Cassandra McFarlane said she really loved the film: “it reflected a similar story in my family – the shame associated with being Indigenous came across and I think it’s amazing how far we’ve come in such a short time.” Funds raised from the breakfast go towards WATSA’s many outreach programs.
New council members
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ollege has welcomed three new members to its Council this year. Alumna Dr Jennifer Davidson MBBS FACEM (at College 1990 – 92) joined following the retirement of Justice Jane Mathews AO. Dr Davidson is Director of Emergency Medicine Training, Liverpool Hospital. Mr Leo E. Tutt FCA FCPA FAIM FAICD was appointed Honorary Treasurer on the retirement of Stephen Harrison. Mr Tutt is retired Principal of a firm of Chartered Accountants. He has extensive board experience and is Commodore of the Newport Royal Motor Yacht Club. New Senate representative on Council, Professor Marian Baird BEc (Hons) DipEd PhD (Syd) is a researcher in the fields of women, work and family and industrial relations. Professor Baird replaces Dr Ros Bohringer, who retired from the University and Senate in May.
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