UoA Lumen Summer 2018 by The University of Adelaide

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Contents

Vice-Chancellor’s Welcome

Business

Matt’s clever crisp revolution

Agriculture

Ten years producing world class graduates Then and Now

From Refectory to Hub

Arts

Rupa creates history to change the future for migrants

Business

Generations of volunteering Sport

Life in the fast lane

Email: alumni@adelaide.edu.au Telephone: +61 8 8313 5800

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Arts

Emma McEwin shines in making lives visible

Research

Leading the fight against pregnancy complications

Business

PHOTOGRAPHY: Meaghan Coles

EDITORIAL ENQUIRIES: External Relations, The University of Adelaide, SA 5005

Celebrating our heroes of medical discovery

Volunteering

CONTRIBUTORS: Kelly Brown, Rachael Nightingale, Hannah Kilmore, Tusha Bhatia, Alana Grimaldi, Michaela McGrath, and Ian Pearson

DESIGN: Cath Dew

Research

All in the family

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A ripe business for wine lovers

University Achievements

Social Pages

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ViceChancellor’s Welcome One of the great joys of returning to the University of Adelaide as Vice-Chancellor has been engaging with our alumni in Australia and across the world. As a University of Adelaide graduate, you are part of a large global community comprising more than 140,000 alumni in 134 countries. You help keep the University in touch with the rest of the world and connect us back to the community and industry, which benefits us all. Throughout 2018, I have had the pleasure of attending many events on campus, interstate and overseas, connecting with more than 2,100 alumni in our community and hearing about the numerous ways they contribute to our world. In July, I travelled to Beijing and Shanghai to meet many of our China-based alumni, and in September I visited alumni in London. I was inspired by their stories. From leading economists to wine merchants and research scientists, our alumni’s impact on the world stage is profound. The overseas alumni events complement those held locally, such as the new alumni class reunions program and the Alumni Council Summit in August. In September, I was delighted to host Rhodes, Fullbright and Monash Scholars in my home and was thrilled to discover they share my view that our University, like Harvard or Cambridge, offers a world-class education. On October 5, the University held a Gala Dinner to mark 120 years since Lord Howard Florey’s birth. Florey’s development of penicillin in 1938, discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming more than a decade earlier, has saved more than 200 million lives and is considered one of the greatest medical advances of our time. Of all our alumni’s achievements, Florey’s shines the brightest. And I can’t think of a better role model for our researchers and students as they take on new health challenges in our modern world. This year has also been very busy and significant for other reasons. The University has been developing a new Strategic Plan and we have undertaken reviews of our curriculum design and research themes, consulting widely on both of these major projects.

We have again been named in the top 150 in the world across all three of the major global university rankings, and we have increased our international student enrolments and our research income. Everywhere I go, our alumni speak of their pride in the University of Adelaide and its importance to both the history and future of South Australia. Wherever 2019 leads us, we should always be striving to create a better, stronger University of Adelaide. I hope you enjoy reading this edition of lumen.

Annual Meeting of the University Community 2019 On February 4 2019, the University Council will convene the Annual Meeting of the University Community comprising the staff, students and graduates of the University. The meeting is convened by the University Council pursuant to section 18 of the University of Adelaide Act 1971. It is your opportunity to ask questions about your University and hear from the Vice-Chancellor and the Chancellor. The meeting will be streamed live at http://www.adelaide.edu.au/live/. Following the meeting, a light lunch will be provided in the foyer. All welcome

Time: 12:00 – 1:00pm Date: Monday February 4, 2019 Location: The Braggs Lecture Theatre, ground floor, The Braggs building

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Mattâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clever crisp revolution Matt Parry takes on Pringles in the ultimate David vs Goliath battle. STORY BY MICHAELA MCGRATH

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BUSINESS

att Parry is the man behind The Good Crisp Company, an all-natural, gluten free snack food brand revolutionising the canister chip industry. Taking America’s better-for-you market by storm, the company’s first year saw its stockists swell from a selection of Northern California Whole Foods stores to more than 2,000 supermarkets across the United States. Closer to home, The Good Crisp Company has become the resident canister chip on all Virgin Australia and Tigerair domestic flights. For Matt, the entrepreneurial mindset started young. “I liked the idea of buying and selling, generating value for people and fulfilling their needs, so naturally that led me to business,” he said. In high school, noting the absence of a canteen, Matt opened his own snack shop and sold chips and soft drinks from the back of the classroom. In retrospect, it was a taste of successes to come. “I didn’t really think much of it at the time, it just seemed like a natural thing to do,” he said. “Looking back on it, that’s what being an entrepreneur is; no one else was doing it and it occurred to me to do it.” With an undergraduate degree in marketing, Matt undertook a Master of Business Administration at the University of Adelaide to escape the confines of the sales guy stereotype. “I knew people looked at me like the marketing guy and I wanted to have some kind of additional education to show that I could fill other roles and that I could run an overall business,” he said. “For a long time, more than 20 years, I’d been selling, developing and building up other people’s brands, and you get some thrill in that, but it’s nothing like owning your own brand. “It’s really cool when someone wants your product and people want to buy it, that buzz never goes away.” A typical day for Matt begins at 6am. “Usually we start with calls to the US. When I wake up I’m already half a day behind so there’s usually 20 or 30 emails that I have to get in and do before I even start on the Australian side of things,” he said. While such success in the US may have others running for the States, Matt remains in South Australia. “As long as we can, we want to do business around the world but live in the place that we want to live in, that’s what technology allows us to do these days.” Listen to Matt’s full story on podcast at: ua.edu.au/alumni/mba-network

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AGRICULTURE

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Ten years producing world class graduates The people and passion behind SAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only vet school. STORY BY KELLY BROWN

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oseworthy was always going to be the perfect location for South Australia’s inaugural animal and veterinary sciences school. Located just 50 kilometres north of Adelaide, near Gawler, and situated on 1600 hectares of farmland with access to lots of animals, the School has been producing world class graduates and supporting local vet services for ten years. Before the School started in 2008, students had to leave the state to pursue veterinary studies. Head of School, Dean of Roseworthy and alumnus Professor Wayne Hein was one such student. “I did my initial studies in Agriculture at Roseworthy College, but wanted to go on to study veterinary science. As I couldn’t get my vet qualification here, I ended up going to Queensland,” he said. “A key change that helped to leverage Roseworthy as the ideal

OPPOSITE RIGHT Jonathon Bartsch with pigs from Roseworthy’s pig club RIGHT Professor Wayne Hein with veterinary nurse James Englert at the Companion Animal Health Centre PREVIOUS Professor Wayne Hein with final year students Suria Fabbri (front) and Jing Khuu (back) at the Equine Health and Performance Centre

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location for a vet school was relocating ‘animal sciences’ courses from the Waite campus to Roseworthy. “Once they had animal science up and running here, the feeling was they were now halfway to a vet school, so why not start advocating for one to be built.” Manager of the School Sarah Hocking was there in the early days and said the worldwide recruitment drive for staff was one of the most exciting activities in setting up the school. “Moving to Australia and living in a rural setting didn’t suit everyone, but the people who were able to adapt were fantastic and we were fortunate to recruit them,” she said. There was also a big cultural shift on campus. “The student population went from 90 per cent male to 80 per cent female, and many students were now coming from the city and living in accommodation on campus.” A key person in evolving the campus’ infrastructure and social

activities to cater for the changing student demographic was Student Services Manager David Purdie. “Providing students with an environment conducive to making friends, studying in small groups, sharing study notes and generally feeling comfortable was, and remains, essential in developing a real closeness and sense of community here at Roseworthy,” he said. Perhaps the biggest challenge of all was getting the word out that Roseworthy’s animal centres were open for business and would complement, rather than compete with existing vet services in the area. “Today we have fantastic relationships with vets, animal owners and organisations in the community. And they play a reciprocal role in providing additional real life placement experience to our students,” said Operations Officer Diane Whatling.

Tanya’s love of practical learning leads to Roseworthy

There are three animal centres at the School: Companion Animal Health Centre – for the treatment of all types of small animals (domestic and wildlife) Production Animal Health Centre – to treat and manage farm animals Equine Health and Performance Centre – a world-class horse hospital providing general practice and specialist services to horses in state-of-the-art facilities. Animals are referred to the School by local vets. The public can bring in their pets for a range of veterinarian services including vaccinations, desexing and microchipping. Specialised services offered include: orthopaedics, oncology, internal medicine, reproductive medicine and sports medicine. The School also has ongoing relationships with the RSPCA and the Adelaide Zoo, treating all animals from dogs to rabbits, to chimpanzees, lions and seals. “We have the right combination of state of the art equipment and specialist teams to successfully treat high risk cases that

would otherwise only have a ten percent chance of survival,” said Diane. “Our students, under the supervision of experienced professionals, gain exposure to a wide-range of animals and cases to prepare them for all scenarios out in the field.”

Jonathon helps farmers improve pig welfare Vet school alumnus and vet Jonathon Bartsch always knew he wanted to work with animals, but his passion for working with pigs came after completing a placement with a pig veterinarian during his final years of study. “I found that it was an industry where I could have a big impact on the animal’s welfare, from start to finish, helping to bring historic practices into the 21st century,” he said. “I work with Australian farmers every day, and get to visit farms in South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and New South Wales. “The pigs are pretty good to work with too.” Growing up in Hahndorf, Jonathon was one of the many students who lived on campus at Roseworthy while studying to be a vet. “It was the best experience of my life, a great social environment and easy to study without the distractions of home,” he said.

Growing up on a mango farm in the Northern Territory, alumna Tanya Nowland had every pet she could get her hands on – cats, dogs, rabbits, guinea pigs, even a horse. Tanya knew from a young age she wanted to work with animals which led her to South Australia to study a Bachelor of Science (Animal Science) at the University of Adelaide’s Roseworthy campus. “I liked that the animal science degree at Roseworthy was very ‘hands-on.’ It involved a lot of practical learning which really appealed to me,” she said. Tanya completed Honours and later became a research officer at the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) where she looked at issues affecting pig reproduction and welfare. “I enjoyed my job at SARDI, but as I was managing other people’s research projects, there wasn’t huge scope to investigate some of my own ideas to improve pig health,” Tanya said. Tanya has only recently left SARDI, choosing to come back to the University’s School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences to pursue a PhD. “In my PhD, I am looking at the role of intestinal bacteria in pig health to see if it can decrease piglet mortality and improve pig health,” she said. Tanya aims to stay in research, whether it be working with pigs or a different animal, because research feels a natural fit for her love of learning. Find out more about the vet school at adelaide.edu.au/vetsci

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THEN AND NOW

From Refectory to Hub Despite a makeover and a new name, the refectory remains a much loved, multi-use space for students.

efectory derives from the Latin reficere, ‘to remake or restore’. The University of Adelaide’s old refectory was certainly a place students went to be restored, catch up and have fun. These days, Hub Central fills that role and more. With its food and retail outlets and informal learning and social areas, the ever evolving space has transformed the student experience.

Memories of the Refectory in the 60s by alumnus Ian Pearson, Bachelor of Economics (1968) Sure the refectory of yesteryear was a place to grab a coffee, enjoy a snack or indulge in a half decent meal. But for many students, it was also a part of life. There were three refectories in what was then a two-storey building to the immediate west of the Barr Smith lawns. That included two areas downstairs (including a cute café) and one upstairs.

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LEFT Student Michaela McGrath at the University’s Hub, North Terrace PREVIOUS Alumnus Ian Pearson at the Hub

What it most certainly did not present was a place to study. You did that elsewhere. Rather, the refectories were pivotal social meeting places. Upstairs, the facility included a large open area that hosted lunchtime events, including a number of fashion parades. After hours, the whole complex could be reconfigured for formal and informal balls that were regularly held on campus. Bear in mind that in those days, the drinking age was still 21, so no Uni Bar. But that didn’t inhibit the liberal plotting of student stunts and protests, some serious student politics, the potent planning of social activities, a game or three of cards, a tad of essential chilling out, together with a fair share of girl-meets-boy endeavours. Indeed, your modest contributor met his future wife downstairs one fine second-term morning. So what about the menu? To be honest, it’s impossible to recall much about what was on offer. Without doubt, there was nothing exotic such as the smoothies, dumplings or sushi that there is in today’s Hub. All I really recall is the delicious hot chocolate and the home-made doughnuts that came with a dollop of the most delectable fake-cream. It was a great place and a super experience.

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Today’s student Hub - a mecca of University life by Michaela McGrath, final year Bachelor of Media student As graduation draws nearer and I reflect on my University days, the Hub remains at the heart of so many cherished experiences. In an age fractured by the allowances of video call and instant messaging, it represents students’ enduring desire for face-to-face interaction. Whether over a coffee or group assignment, the Hub is a place of meeting and coming together. There are study environments for all manner of students, from the streaming natural light of Level Four to intimate meeting rooms downstairs and, most recently, the quiet nooks on the ground floor. Beyond pouring over textbooks and lecture slides, the Hub serves as a mecca of University life. From bake sales to Clubs Week, if something is happening at the Uni it’s likely happening in the Hub. Given my generation’s penchant for brunch, it’s no surprise we flock to the cafes at any chance we get.

On campus coffee dominates, especially during the lead up to exams. Pastries are also a staple, in abundant supply thanks to the arrival of Abbots and Kinney. If I were to whittle my University experience down to just one culinary delight, it would be Taste Baguette’s shoestring fries. During one particular class in second year, a group of us would collect our loose change and race upstairs during the toilet break to share a tray. Those trays have become the food of choice for most groups, looking to indulge on a student budget. From a much-needed common ground on that rattling first day of first year, to a place of reminiscing and happy snaps come graduation, the Hub is at the centre of so many fond University memories.

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Bangladeshâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first indigenous female to receive a PhD shares her amazing journey.

Rupa creates history to change the future for migrants STORY BY TUSHA BHATIA

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PREVIOUS Dr Rupananda Roy, North Terrace campus LEFT Dr Rupa Roy, her husband Ripon, and daughter Pernita in the Barr Smith Library

R Rupananda Roy is polite, unassuming and her eyes sparkle when she talks about her little girl. And as the first indigenous woman from Bangladesh to receive a PhD, her academic achievement has created history. Rupa, as she prefers to be called, belongs to the Chakma indigenous group from Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) in South-Eastern Bangladesh. Chakma is one of 54 indigenous communities which are marginalised, face extreme poverty and account for less than three per cent of Bangladesh’s population. Women and children have also suffered greatly as instruments of war and victims of violence in the CHT region where Rupa grew up. The area is politically sensitive and heavily militarised with residents facing human rights violations and population displacements since the 1970s. But thanks to receiving an Australia Awards Scholarship to study a Bachelor of Development Studies at the University of Adelaide, Rupa was able to leave the troubled region at the age of 20. “My parents were thrilled when I received this scholarship because they knew that in Australia, I would have opportunities in life and would be safe,” she said. After completing her degree, Rupa was awarded a scholarship to pursue an honours degree in Development Studies and then an Adelaide Graduate Research Scholarship to complete her PhD on labour migration. Currently a case manager for the Australian Education and Migration Services’ (AEMS) Humanitarian Settlement Program, Rupa is passionate about migrant issues in this country. “I coordinate the delivery of settlement services to refugees, assess their needs and help them accordingly; for example, with their education and employment,” she said. “My research during my PhD focused on macro-level migration issues and now, with my position in AMES, I have the opportunity to help migrants on a case by case basis.

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“Many of our clients have spent years in refugee camps. Yet, when they come to Australia, they are enthusiastic about starting their life from scratch. Their energy is infectious.” Rupa has mixed feelings about being the first indigenous female in Bangladesh to receive a PhD. “Of course I am very proud of myself but it frustrates me that indigenous Bangladeshi men managed to get PhDs decades ago but it’s taken until 2017 for a woman to do the same,” she said.

The University of Adelaide alumna advocates women’s rights to achieve professional success while also having a family. “A woman can manage both as long as she has her family’s support,” said Rupa. “If I didn’t have my husband’s support, it would have been harder for me to complete my PhD on time as I gave birth to our first child during my candidacy and had to manage the special needs of a new born.”

“It frustrates me that indigenous Bangladeshi men managed to get PhDs decades ago but it’s taken until 2017 for a woman to do the same.”

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RESEARCH

Celebrating our heroes of medical discovery 120 years after his birth, Howard Florey continues to inspire a new generation of researchers. STORY BY RENEE CAPPS

oward Florey’s discovery of the use of penicillin in 1938 has saved more than 200 million lives and is considered one of the greatest medical advances of all time. Florey’s journey in medicine started at the University of Adelaide. Today, alumni such as Professor Prash Sanders and Professor Lisa Butler continue to follow Florey’s example by enhancing global health through research. Prash’s research into heart condition atrial fibrillation (AFib) is leading to healthier hearts and lifestyles, while Lisa’s research in prostate cancer could significantly improve the quality of life for men worldwide. “The legacy of Howard Florey and his work was always evident in my years studying at the University of Adelaide, and remains a source of inspiration to do research that impacts lives,” said Lisa. Read more about Florey’s legacy at health.adelaide.edu.au/florey120anniversary

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Exercising your way to a healthy heart What if you were told you had a potentially life threatening heart condition that could be managed without medication or surgery and just by changing your lifestyle? This is the reality for patients being treated for AFib by a team led by Professor Prash Sanders, Director of the Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders at the University of Adelaide, and Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. AFib is an abnormal heart rhythm and the most common heart disorder. It’s the leading cause of stroke, heart failure and hospitalisation in the West and is predicted to affect 16 million by 2050 in the United States alone. Many cases of AFib go undiagnosed, according to Prash who has spent almost two decades researching techniques for AFib prevention, management and cures. “Approximately two percent of the population have the condition, but we think this could be higher. We know it’s the cause of a third of strokes in the community but suspect another third is caused by the condition,” he said. AFib risk factors are obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes, sleep apnoea, lack of exercise, smoking and alcohol consumption. Treatment for the condition is an invasive and

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ABOVE Professor Lisa Butler, photo by Mike Smith, Mike Smith Pictures PREVIOUS Professor Prash Sanders outside the office

complex surgical procedure, with significant waiting times. The growing number of people waiting to have the procedure prompted Prash and his team to address the lifestyle factors while people waited for treatment. The results were outstanding. “We found the condition completely disappeared in about 40 percent of people we treated. This was a clue to thinking maybe we could reverse the whole process by treating the underlying reasons why people were getting AFib,” said Prash. Shifting their focus to addressing lifestyle factors, Prash and his team set up a lifestyle clinic in Adelaide to work with patients one on one to achieve their goals. Prash attributes the program’s success to the relationships that were built with patients. “With one on one interaction, monitoring and working with the person, we are able to get them to make these changes,” he said. Prash’s interest in heart rhythm disorders was first sparked when he encountered clinical medicine after graduating from the University of Adelaide. “At the time, the field of heart disorders was exploding. It was changing from a field where we could recognise there were problems to a field where we could actually do something. It was an exciting time to be exposed to this,” he said.

With the success of the Adelaide clinic, and multiple sites in Australia, the next step is to roll the program out internationally before securing funding for large-scale patient studies. “Seeing the outcomes for patients - the impact on their personal lives, how they’ve gained control over a disease that previously stopped them doing things, and how they’ve moved forward in such positive ways - that’s the most fulfilling part of the research and our group’s motivation to do more,” he said.

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can provide the right treatment to the right patient at the right time. “Men would like to know what the risk of their cancer eventually spreading or becoming more aggressive is, so they can make better treatment choices when they are diagnosed. “If men are low risk, they may be better off not having treatment and monitoring the cancer because the side effects are severe,” she said. Lisa’s research is focused on developing new medical tests to establish the aggressiveness of a tumour and accurately distinguish between those requiring treatment and tumours that simply need monitoring. “We are developing tests that will look at the blood or the tumour itself and give us more information about how that cancer is going to progress based on the types of lipids that are in the tissue in the blood,” she said. Lifestyle factors also play a role in how a cancer might behave, according to Lisa. “Lipids are not only affected by your genes, but also the environment. Diet, activity level and obesity are all potentially going to affect the lipids in your body and in turn can affect the cancer,” she said. With a major international program collecting data on ‘lipid signatures’ underway, Lisa hopes the research will soon be used in a clinical setting and translate to more targeted therapies treating prostate cancer.

Defining future cancer treatments New prostate cancer diagnostic techniques could spare thousands of men traumatic side effects from unnecessary aggressive and invasive treatment, thanks to Professor Lisa Butler and her team. With more than 18,000 men diagnosed in Australia every year, it’s estimated that only one in every fifty treated for the disease actually needs treatment. But there is currently no way of knowing who that one man is. Lisa, who is Head of the Prostate Cancer Research Group in the Adelaide Medical School and the Freemans Foundation Centre for Men’s Health at SAHMRI, is working to change this by studying molecules called lipids to find out how a cancer will behave so doctors

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BUSINESS

SA GREAT Business Families Alumni from Coopers and Angove Family Winemakers relay the highs and lows of being in business with family. STORY BY HANNAH KILMORE

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PREVIOUS Andrew Cooper, photo by Mike Smith Pictures

amily business in Australia is serious business. Accounting for approximately two-thirds of all enterprise and contributing around $4.3 trillion to our economy each year, the family business sector is undoubtedly thriving. According to University of Adelaide’s Family Business and Research Group Co-Founder and Director Dr Chris Graves, recognition of the family business sector’s importance to our economy is increasing. “What we are seeing from a government and policy level is a growing recognition of the family business sector, how important it is to our economy and also how different these businesses are. “Consider a normal family – family relationships go through cycles, parenting, retirement, marriage ups and downs. Overlap these family stages with the responsibilities of running a business and the dynamic gets infinitely more complicated,” he said. The University of Adelaide also sees these challenges. Since starting the Family Business Education and Research Group (FBERG) in 2011, the University has introduced family business into the regular undergraduate program at the Adelaide Business School and is also offering a Graduate Certificate in Family Enterprise. “Whether you are a family or non-family member employee, adviser or manager, everyone needs to know what makes family businesses unique and the challenges they face, as well as to provide insight into what innate strengths the family business has that can be leveraged as a competitive advantage,” Chris said. For more information about the University of Adelaide’s FBERG, visit: business.adelaide.edu.au/research/fberg

Andrew Cooper, Coopers Brewery Andrew Cooper recently made history by becoming the first sixth-generation member of the Cooper clan to work full-time for the 156 year old brewer. And what a time to join the company. Late last year, the largest Australian owned brewer opened a $65 million malting plant that has been hailed the most technically advanced of its kind in the world. As account manager of Coopers’ distribution arm Premium Beverages, Andrew started his career in banking. It wasn’t until he was a few years into his career that he decided to switch

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things up and studied an MBA at the University of Adelaide. “I was around 24 when I got a strong sense of clarity and conviction in what I wanted to do with my working life, and that was to join Coopers,” he said. Like Andrew, not everyone in the family starts out working in the business. Looking at Coopers’ current management, there are family members who have studied incredibly diverse fields, including medicine, art, history and economics. “The current senior management team is fifth generation, and there is certainly a diverse range of backgrounds, qualifications and skills. The different yet complementary skills, I believe, have been a strong positive contributor to Coopers’ success in recent decades,” said Andrew. In fact, there is a policy that family members must work outside the family business first, and they must be at least 30 before they join the firm. Andrew was 33 when he joined Coopers. “I would never give back the experience I gained, the people I met and the enjoyment I felt during those years working elsewhere,” he said. “We actually have other sixth generation family members gaining experience outside the company in a vast array of areas right now,” said Andrew. “I find that exciting and encouraging for the future.”

Victoria and Richard Angove, Angove Family Winemakers They’re the fifth generation Angoves continuing the 132 year old family business’ success, despite competition from commercial and industrial wine makers and a plethora of smaller wineries. Victoria and Richard Angove, joint Managing Directors of Angove Family Winemakers, took the reins of the company when their father John retired in 2016. As siblings sharing the top job, Victoria and Richard have a strong relationship. “We realised very early on there was no room for egos if we were going to successfully work together,” said Victoria. “The support and total trust I have in Richard and his decision making is the best thing … and the worst. Siblings always know how to push your buttons!” Both are University of Adelaide alumni –

Victoria studied Commerce and Richard studied Winemaking. After graduating, Richard didn’t think he would join the family business. “I had the fantastic opportunity to work around the world and no real plan to return,” he said. “However, the opportunity and privilege to work in such an old family business was something I realised was too good to pass,” he said. Younger sister Sophie, a graduate of the University of Adelaide, has also joined the firm. But according to Victoria, being in the family is no guarantee of a job. “It is essential that the person has a required skill set, family or not,” she said. According to Richard, experience is vital too. “I think experience outside the family business first is a very good way to see how others do things,” he said.

ABOVE Richard and Victoria Angove, Warboys Vineyard, McLaren Vale

“You can learn a lot from others, make mistakes, learn from them and find yourself.” Victoria agrees. “While I did work outside of the family business, in Canada and the UK, in hindsight it wasn’t for long enough.” So how do the Angoves balance family and work life? “We do love work and we also love wine, but we have so many other things in our lives that there is always something different to talk about,” Victoria said. Work life balance is a priority for Richard. “At the end of the day, there is nothing more important than family,” he said. “We have such trust and respect for our entire team that our business is indeed a broad and wide family.”

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VOLUNTEERING

Generations of volunteering Barbara Kidman and Madeleine Ryan find the perfect place to pursue their passion for preserving history. STORY BY HANNAH KILMORE

nbelievably, at 91, Barbara Kidman is only the University of Adelaide’s third oldest volunteer. She is part of the University Volunteer Program comprising more than 2,800 students, alumni, lecturers, friends, family and members of the public who provide nearly 70,000 hours of their time – the equivalent of $2.8 million worth of work each year. Barbara’s relationship with the University goes back to the 1940s when she was the first and only female studying physics. Her university volunteering career began when she supervised a computer science Masters student around the time of her retirement in 1987. Barbara now visits the North Terrace campus once a week to help out University Archives. “I answered an advert from University Archives in the University’s paper about 15 years ago as it sounded interesting. I’m still there, and I will continue with it until I die,” she said.

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From physics and computer science to archives might sound like a leap, but for Barbara the transition made sense. Barbara helped establish the very first Science Chapter Alumni Group and later saw an opportunity to extend her university involvement by becoming a history tour guide, indulging another of her interests. When University Archives set up a volunteer group to help with indexing and other projects, Barbara was happy to be one of the first to participate. Barbara’s role is to index the University’s Council minutes, starting with the first Council Meeting in 1874. “I’m now up to 1908!” she said. “As long as I am physically capable of doing volunteer work, I will,” said Barbara. “The work and the people are interesting and I miss it when I’m not there. I think mainly because of my long association with the University, I find many aspects fascinating.”

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PREVIOUS Barbara Kidman in the Tate Museum, Mawson Building, North Terrace campus LEFT Madeline Ryan pictured in front of works by Arthur Boyd (1920-1999), part of the University’s Visual Art Collection, jointly owned by the University Union

Barbara’s love of history is something she shares with one of the University’s youngest volunteers and self-confessed “history nerd,” Madeleine Ryan. In her sixth year at the University and currently completing a Masters degree in Curatorial and Museum Studies, Madeline was destined to volunteer for University Collections and relishes the opportunities it provides. “Just recently I was asked to give a guided tour of the public art on the University grounds for Open Day. A few months ago, I accessioned works by Angela Valamanesh which were these awesome insect-orchid hybrids made of ceramic,” said Madeline. These works came from the artist’s residency and research with Rare Books & Special Collections. “I’ve also handled Sir Thomas Elder’s ceremonial regalia, my favourite item being the sword. Oh, and we’ve also looked at an Olympic torch! That was cool,” said Madeline. Like Barbara, Madeleine volunteers for a few hours every Tuesday.“I don’t find the time commitment difficult. I’m always excited to go and it’s great to see the friends I’ve made there,” she said. When it comes to volunteering, our youngest and oldest volunteers are on the same page. “Just go for it. It really pays off in the long run,” said Madeline. “I do feel incredibly supported and confident in my role at Collections. I love the variety of things to do and all the opportunities that pop up. “I’ve learnt so much and feel better equipped for future roles in a museum or gallery environment. We’re very encouraging of one another,” she said. Barbara agrees. “It is incredibly rewarding. Do something that interests you and you’ll meet like-minded people too.” For more information about volunteering visit: adelaide.edu.au/volunteer

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SPORT

irby Nankivell and Jordan Yeomans are young, confident and can keep a cool head – essential for engineers working trackside at some of the country’s biggest car racing events. While at University, both Kirby and Jordan participated in Forumula SAE, an annual competition that sees University students form and manage a racing team and design and build a Formula-style race car to compete against other University teams.

Perseverance pays off for Kirby

LIFE in the FAST LANE Fast cars. Cool heads. Big bucks. Welcome to the world of motorsport. STORY BY KELLY BROWN

Kirby’s journey to motorsport success took many twists and turns. And that’s even before the tenacious race engineer graduated with a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from the University of Adelaide. He’d built an experimental hybrid engine for the Waterloo Centre for Automotive Research (WatCAR) in Canada, participated in Formula Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) teams at three universities, was instrumental in making Formula SAE an extracurricular activity for University of Adelaide students, and interned for oil and gas giant ConocoPhillips – all while still studying. Kirby thought he had secured his first job in motorsport when he was tentatively offered an assistant engineer position in the V8 supercar team with which he had done work experience while at university. “Unfortunately the job fell through when the team lost a major sponsor,” he said. Kirby got another shot while contracting for Queensland based engineering company Pace Innovations, which had a car racing program in New Zealand. Despite having no professional experience outside of Formula SAE, Kirby was asked to be the company’s race engineer. “To this day, they still give me grief about how bad I was,” he said. “I’ve never said no to anything, even if I thought I was going to be terrible at it. Everything is a learning experience.” Kirby’s big break came after Pace Innovations completed its design for the ‘Car of the Future’ for V8 supercars and started providing engineering services for these cars at the Clipsal 500 (now the Adelaide 500). Kirby asked if he could go along to the event and help out. It was here he met Matt Stone, son of Jimmy Stone from the famous Stone Brothers Racing team. Matt was competing in the Dunlop Super2 Series at the Clipsal 500 and Kirby helped him as a data engineer for the weekend.

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“I’ve never said no to anything, even if I thought I was going to be terrible at it. Everything is a learning experience.” “I performed well enough at Clipsal, and Matt asked me ‘to come racing with him,’ which was when I really began to develop as a race engineer,” said Kirby. Since then, he has been a data and race engineer at many big events, including the Australian GT Series, the Bathurst 12 hour and the Dunlop Super2 Series. This was on top

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of working full-time, running an engineering department as a senior design engineer for Pace Innovations and working on a wide variety of projects. Along the way, Kirby has also recruited other SAE Motorsport team members, including Jordan Yeomans. “The reason why we hire juniors from Formula SAE, is they have a level of practical skills that generally don’t exist elsewhere, so they can hit the ground running more than any other graduate,” he said. Having achieved so much in a short space of time, Kirby has just started his own engineering business and is working on a number of projects inside and outside of motorsport.

Kirby asked him to be part of a team building a custom design race car for Australian GT series owner Tony Quinn. Following this job, Jordan worked on a variety of motorsport engineering projects. He also moved into trackside engineering at racing events.” As a race car engineer, you are the go-between the driver, the team manager, the mechanics – basically everybody, and it’s your job to keep everything on track. “So if there are three practice sessions for the day, you need to make sure that for each session, the cars are ready, the drivers are ready, all the computer settings are right, the tyres are the correct pressure, and everyone knows their job for the day,” Jordan said. The motorsport industry is big business. “The tyres alone cost $1000 each, and on a racing weekend a car can go through 20 tyres easily. “There can be some very stressful times, you need strong self-confidence and cannot second guess yourself,” he said. Jordan recently returned to the University of Adelaide to start a Masters in Engineering, taking on a project in machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI). “It’s kind of like turbo-charging problem solving. It’s the direction everything is moving in, and I want to be part of it.”

Formula SAE

Jordan sets sights on big problem solving It was during orientation week that engineering graduate and Masters student Jordan Yeomans set his sights on working in motorsport. “Kirby walked into my first lecture to talk to us about a project called Formula SAE – from there on I was hooked,” he said. “I immediately loved motorsport as soon as I saw it. It’s trying to optimise a system with the same set of rules as everyone else, and the winner is the person who can do it best. “For an engineer or a problem solver, it is the ultimate problem.” Jordan caught a lucky break in motorsport a week before his final university exams.

PREVIOUS Kirby Nankivell in the Holden Laboratory, Engineering South, North Terrace campus ABOVE L to R: Jordan Yeomans, Kirby Nankivell and Jonathan Stephens

At the University of Adelaide, Formula SAE is a fully student managed extracurricular activity, overseen by a member of the Faculty of Engineering. Fourth year Mechanical Engineering student Jonathan Stephens is team manager of the 2018 University of Adelaide Formula SAE entry. “Our team is made up of 60 students. Most are from mechanical or electrical engineering, but there are also students from graphic design and finance. “We don’t just take engineers, we take anyone because they bring different skills,” he said. This year, for the first time, the team has designed and built an electric car. According to Jonathan, most electric car teams in their first year don’t make it as far as the final track event. “Our goal for this year is to make it to the start line, and then see what happens from there.” Find out more about Adelaide University Motorsport at adelaidemotorsport.com.au

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ARTS

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Dr Emma McEwin shines in making lives visible Sir Douglas Mawsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great granddaughter relishes the art of telling the untold stories of important historical figures. STORY BY KELLY BROWN

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PREVIOUS AND FAR LEFT Emma McEwin in Tate Museum, Mawson Labs, North Terrace campus LEFT Sir Douglas Mawson

inding threads in the form of objects and artefacts and sewing them together to tell the untold stories of people’s lives is what inspires writer and alumna Dr Emma McEwin, the great granddaughter of explorer Sir Douglas Mawson. For Emma, who has a PhD in Creative Writing, these objects serve as creative triggers. “I am interested in what things tell us about a person, how when someone dies they leave behind a legacy, and the material traces of their life somehow come to define them,” she said. “I like to look at those objects from a larger context, to see what they can tell us, what lesser known stories they tell, what myths they perpetuate whatever they do, objects shed light on people’s lives.” Emma’s two published books, An Antarctic Affair and the more recent The many lives of Douglas Mawson, delve into the many stories of the Mawson family behind and beyond the famous 1911–1914 Australasian Antarctic Expedition. In The many lives of Douglas Mawson, Emma examines public and private

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artefacts and objects such as letters, portraits and things passed down in the Mawson family, including household items and anecdotes, to piece together not only the many untold stories of Mawson’s life, but those surrounding him. “There are also the lives of his wife Paquita, and his daughters Pat and Jessica, which have been obscured by Mawson’s fame,” Emma said. “Paquita Mawson, for example, had quite a role in supporting Mawson and furthering his name – she was his first biographer, she stayed in touch with members of his expeditions, and when she went abroad, she would go and visit museums on his behalf and deliver specimens. She also helped with the expeditions on both occasions,” she said. According to Emma, Paquita played a role in Mawson’s survival during his famous expedition. “There were very few men on the expedition who were engaged or married and that was quite deliberate. Because of the need to support a person’s family, it could get complicated if someone died along the way.

“Mawson was one of the few on the expedition who did have a fiancé, and I think that did help him and gave him another incentive to survive,” she said. Emma attributes her love of writing to her love of books, but her early interest in the family history came from her grandmother, Mawson’s younger daughter Jessica. “I loved hearing her talk about her family. They were educated and achieved a lot and that really appealed to me. I also learned there was a writing tradition in the family, in that Jessica’s mother, Paquita, wrote about Mawson’s life and Mawson of course wrote about his expeditions, so you could say I am continuing the tradition,” she said. In addition to her writing career, Emma works as a tutor at the University of Adelaide in the Department of English and Creative Writing. She works with international students on the Integrated Bridging Program – Research (IBP-R) which is a course international research students complete to help them prepare their research proposals for PhD and Masters programs. Emma also has a love of theatre and has a play in the works. “I like writing dialogue and the challenge of having to transmit a whole lot of information through the characters onstage,” she said. “The audience doesn’t have a backstory, so you just have one funnel, the characters, to transmit the story, so it’s a real challenge.”

RESEARCH

Leading the fight against pregnancy complications The inspiring story of one of Australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading pregnancy and birth researchers STORY BY RACHAEL NIGHTINGALE

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rofessor Claire Roberts is an incredible woman with seemingly indestructible optimism and an immense love for her family. But the alumna leading the fight against pregnancy complications has a heartbreaking story of unimaginable loss. Five days after giving birth to her son in the summer of 1983, Claire lost her baby after it was discovered his heart effectively had no left ventricle. “It was very traumatic, complicated by the fact we lived on a farm and the next day was February 16 which was Ash Wednesday and our farm was burnt out. There was more to come, we had a terrible year,” she said. Despite this harrowing time, Claire showed immense resilience and went on to have two daughters, Annie and Kelly, completed her Science Degree with Honours, obtained a PhD and then moved into obstetrics where she has become one of the country’s leading pregnancy and birth researchers. As Deputy Director of the Robinson Research Institute, which is internationally recognised for excellence in fertility, pregnancy and child health research, Claire has made discoveries that have gained worldwide media attention. And there will be more attention to come. Claire and her team have developed a world first test to determine which women are at risk of preeclampsia, a life threatening condition where abnormally high blood pressure and other serious complications develop during pregnancy. The test can also identify women at risk of gestational diabetes, spontaneous pre-term birth and intrauterine growth restriction. “Our screening tools, or algorithms, can predict risk for these four complications with a blood test and simple questions at 12 weeks of gestation,” said Claire. “We’ve been able to validate these algorithms in the first 500 women in our Screening Tests to Predict Poor Outcomes of Pregnancy (STOP) study which is very exciting.” With the Hospital Research Foundation’s support, the test will soon be trialled for one year in the Lyell McEwin Hospital which has the highest rate of preeclampsia of any urban hospital in Australia. “Having an algorithm to predict risk in pregnancy allows early intervention. For example, it’s been shown that if you start a

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ABOVE Professor Claire Roberts with daughter Kelly and grandchildren

“It’s important to empower women to actually take control of their health while they’re still young.” low dose aspirin every day before 16 weeks’ gestation, you can prevent early onset preeclampsia,” said Claire. “There are also other interventions for the other pregnancy complications, so the idea is if you intervene and provide early treatment, you’ll either prevent the condition altogether or ameliorate the severity. “We hope to get our screening tools into clinical practice very soon to identify women early in pregnancy who are at risk, then prevent the complications that will impact their health and the health of their babies.” Claire highlights the fact that health in pregnancy foreshadows future health and believes it’s important to educate couples about

the different risk factors associated with pregnancy. “Good health starts with the first 1000 days from conception,” said Claire. “We also want to partner with schools and use artificial intelligence to tell students they need to think about their health in terms of reproductive health and for the rest of their lives.” “It’s important to empower women to actually take control of their health while they’re still young so we can really make a difference, not only to perinatal health, but to lifelong health.” she said. Claire is passionate about making people’s lives better, it’s what motivates her, as does her love for her family. Looking through photos of her grandchildren, Claire is clearly besotted. “This is what it’s all about, that’s what drives me.” “We’re best friends, we’re very close,” she said of her two daughters. Claire’s younger daughter Kelly is extremely proud of her mother’s achievements.

“Mum found something that spoke to her, her life and the things that happened to her. She’s been able to turn that into an amazing career that she could really excel at because of her passion. “Every woman has had something happen to them at some point in their journey through fertility, whether it’s trouble getting pregnant, or something that’s happened during the pregnancy or birth. “I really believe that addressing pregnancy complications and researching the things that go wrong, in order to make motherhood an easier experience, is an incredibly useful contribution to the lives of women everywhere,” said Kelly. Find out more about The Robinson Research Institute at adelaide.edu.au/robinson-research-institute

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A ripe business for wine lovers Wine was in VinoMofo co-founder Justin Dry’s DNA. STORY BY ALANA GRIMALDI

ith ancestry links to some of the world’s oldest shiraz vines and two uncles working in the industry (one of whom literally wrote the book on viticulture), the University of Adelaide wine marketing graduate had an extraordinary introduction to wine. “I had my uncle Peter lining up blind tastings for me at family events, trying to get me to pick region or variety. He would guide me through it… At 18, I was buying and spending most of my money on wine and trying to recreate tasting notes from wine critics,” Justin said. While wine was in the family, it was a journey of readaptation and creativity that led to the establishment of the VinoMofo empire. VinoMofo is an online wine deals company which claims to be ‘the most epic wine deals site on the planet.’ With an annual turnover of more than $70 million and 130 staff, VinoMofo has hit the right notes with its audience of young wine lovers. But VinoMofo was not an overnight success – it was twelve years in the making. A string of smaller businesses led by Justin over these years inevitably came together to form the successful brand.“We didn’t realise at the time that what we were doing was building up different parts of the proposition that would be VinoMofo,” he said. The company’s down-to-earth and unintimidating attitude to wine was inspired by Justin’s view of the industry and a concern that it was ‘missing the mark’ with younger generations of wine lovers.

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BUSINESS

LEFT Justin Dry at VinoMofo headquarters, Melbourne

He reasoned that, “If I feel this way, I wonder how everyone else feels. Let’s introduce this new voice and new way of looking at wine.” VinoMofo has received multiple industry accolades including Online Retailer of the Year (2015) ORIA Awards and Best Business, Best Employer (2014) My Business Awards. Despite the company’s huge success, Justin remains refreshingly humble and credits these achievements to his team. “One of the most important things when building a team is making the right decisions with people… people are everything.”

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University Achievements Members of the University community have been recognised for their outstanding achievements, winning a number of prestigious awards. We are proud to acknowledge the exceptional accomplishments of those achieving excellence in their field.

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South Australian Tall Poppy Awards

University of Adelaide Honorary Degrees

2018 Science Excellence Awards

The Hon. Alexander Downer AC

Dr Richard Hillis

Dr Lewis Mitchell

2018 South Australian Scientist of the Year

Lecturer in Applied Mathematics, School of Mathematical Sciences

Doctor of the University (honoris causa) In acknowledgement of his exceptionally distinguished service to Australian society and to the University, including his service as former Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and as the longest serving Foreign Affairs Minister in Australia’s history.

Professor Jock Findlay AO Doctor of the University (honoris causa) In acknowledgement of his exceptionally distinguished service to society in scientific achievement, leadership and training in the field of reproductive biology, in professional leadership in science and medicine, and to the University.

Professor Jane Stapleton Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) In acknowledgement of her distinguished service to the law and the legal profession in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. LEFT SA Tall Poppy Award Winners L to R: Dr Cameron Shearer, Dr Katherina Richter (also a 2018 Science Excellence Award Winner), and Dr Lewis Mitchell

Adjunct Professor at the Australian School of Petroleum, the University of Adelaide. In recognition of his outstanding work in the field of mining exploration, and in particular his work to develop a safer, cheaper and more environmentally friendly drill for Australia’s mining industry.

Dr Benjamin Sparkes Tall Poppy of the Year Australian Research Council’s Discovery Early Career Researcher Award Fellow, School of Physical Sciences, Faculty of Sciences

Dr Katharina Richter PhD Research Excellence Basil Hetzel Institute for Translational Health Research, Adelaide Medical School

The Aboriginal Heritage Project Excellence in Research Collaboration involving the University’s Australian Centre for Ancient DNA

Jan Bell

Dr Katharina Richter Early Career Researcher, Basil Hetzel Institute for Translational Health Research and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide Medical School

Dr Cameron Shearer Research Fellow, School of Physical Sciences

Dr Benjamin Sparkes Australian Research Council’s Discovery Early Career Researcher Award Fellow, School of Physical Sciences, Faculty of Sciences

Defence Science and Technology Prize for outstanding Science in Safeguarding Australia Waddah Al-Ashwal, André Luiten, Fred Baynes, Martin O’Connor and Matt Young The High Frequency Radar Team, Defence Science and Technology Group

Unsung Hero of SA – Science Communication Australian Centre of Antimicrobial Resistance Ecology (ACARE)

Dr Liz Reed Unsung Hero of SA – Science Communication Faculty of Sciences

Professor Zbigniew Michalewicz STEM Professional School of Computer Science

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Alumni Events Alumni returned to campus to reunite with old friends and make new ones at the many alumni events held over the past months. It has been wonderful to see so many people attend their Class reunion, an event that only comes along once every five years. We are looking forward to seeing many more of you attending your special reunion in 2019. If you would like to be a class champion for your cohort, please contact alumni@adelaide.edu.au. For more information visit: ua.edu.au/alumni/reunions

Dental 1984 – 88 reunion (Sept 2018)

Agriculture 1994 – 1998 reunion (Jun 2018)

Dental 1979 – 1983 reunion (May 2018)

Economics 1979 – 1983 reunion (Aug 2018)

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Dental 1979 – 1983 reunion (May 2018)

Engineering 1987 – 1991 reunion (Aug 2018)

Economics 1979 – 1983 reunion (Aug 2018)

Agriculture 1994 – 1998 reunion (Jun 2018)

Engineering 1987 – 1991 reunion (Aug 2018)

Young Alumni Network launch

Young Alumni Network Winter Warmer

Young Alumni Network launch

Economics 1984 – 1988 reunion (June 2018)

2019 Class Reunions Economics 1989-1993 – May 2019 Medicine and Surgery 1985-1986 – TBA Roseworthy and Waite 1999-2003 – Aug 2019 Computer Sciences 2005-2009 – TBA Beijing alumni event (Jul 2018)

Shanghai Alumni event (Jul 2018)

Dental 1989-1994 – 10 Aug 2019 Economics 1994-1998 – Aug 2019 Engineering 2002-2006 – TBA Dental 1995-1999 – 3 May 2019 Wine Sept 2019 Law 1975-1979 – 26 Oct 2019 Medicine and Surgery 1990-1994 – 27 Jul 2019 Elder 1971-1980 – Nov 2019

A SURPRISE REUNION Kenneth Shepherd and Malcolm Thompson attended the Vice-Chancellor’s Rhodes, Monash and Fulbright Scholars reunion (Sept 2018). During the evening, Kenneth thought Malcolm’s face was familiar, so at the end of the night he introduced himself and they worked out Malcolm was in fact his chemistry demonstrator in 1952! Kenneth went on to have a career working at Waite, including working with the Vice-Chancellor’s father.

Mathematical Sciences 2005-2009 – TBA Medicine and Surgery 1995-1999 – 2 Nov 2019

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A celebration of Christmas

We invite you to bring a book or a toy for the gifting tree, in support of The Smith Family.

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Free Community Event Thursday 6 December 2018 at 7pm Bonython Hall North Terrace campus