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In Principio 2
New Postgrad Push
A NEW Centre for Research and It is located in an area adjoining the
Graduate Studies has opened at the College of Business and has access from
University of Notre Dame in a move High Street.
designed to enhance the university’s Those responsible for the centre are the
research capabilities. Dean of Research and Graduate Studies,
The establishment of the centre coincides Professor Don Watts, the Director,
with plans to offer a number of special Associate Professor Roger Vallance and Dr
research scholarships to full and part-time Middleton.
PhD or Masters students at the university. Dr Tannock said the university planned
Vice chancellor of Notre Dame Dr Peter to increase its number of postgraduate
Tannock said the changes were part of a new research students and would be offering
student research policy and support various stipends and scholarships to
structure. encourage high quality students into
Assistant Registrar (Research) for Notre selected areas of university specialisation.
Dame, Dr Helen Middleton said the new “The broad thrust of these new policy
centre would give postgraduate students of directions is to make our research
differing disciplines a central work area on expenditure, from Commonwealth funds
campus. allocated to the university and from
The centre is scheduled to open next external sources, student-centred,” Dr
semester and will include computer facilities, Tannock said.
office space and 24-hour access to many of “It is also to ensure that supervisors of Dr Helen Middleton and Dr Roger Vallance at
the university’s information services research students are encouraged and the new Centre for Research and Graduate
normally available only through the library. supported.” Studies. The centre is due to open next semester.
In Principio 3
Following the East Timor Caravan
ISOLATED and remote, the tiny East Timorese enclave of Oecussi in West Timor has relied heavily on aid from
Notre Dame’s East Timor Caravan since the aid began more than two years ago.
In January a team of students and staff took the
latest container of goods to the remote enclave.
Their journey took them across country
following a track marked with stones laid the day
before by members of the East Timor based
Leeuwin Care group.
The team shared the back of a four-wheel
drive vehicle with goods they had packed in
Fremantle just three weeks before.
When they arrived at their destination access
to the village was blocked by floodwaters and
villagers were forced to wade waist deep through
the river to collect the precious goods.
Members of the village’s most needy families
were given parcels that included food, medical
supplies, clothing and household items.
It was an experience that Edmund Rice
Centre director Dr Peter Harney, who
accompanied the students, will never forget.
“A tarpaulin was spread out in the shade of a Some of the children of Oecussi who have benefited from the "East Timor Caravan".
large tree and names were called. A member of donations, solicited from across the West Dr Harney said the East Timor Caravan was
each family stepped forward to collect their Australian community, and shipped to East part of the university’s commitment to assisting
precious bundle of goods each with a huge smile Timor. the people of East Timor.
and obvious gratitude,” Dr Harney said. The collection and packing of the goods is Groups of students travel to East Timor every
“Their smiles stayed with us as did the poverty coordinated by the Edmund Rice Centre and six months where they spend a month helping to
of their physical living situation. The local relies heavily on support from students at Notre rebuild the country.
people call this time of year ‘the hungry time’ Dame and other volunteers.
Baucau
because the crops, mainly corn, are not due until The containers are given free sea passage from DILI
March. Fremantle to Darwin through the generosity of
“It was the end of a long journey that began the Fremantle Port Authority, the Maritime Viqueque
with the generosity of the people of Western Union of Australia and North-West Timor
Australia through the compassion of the staff of Shipping.
the Edmund Rice Centre and the members of The most recent
Leeuwin Care. group included nursing
“The enormous effort to collect, store, pack
and now distribute the materials was certainly
TIMOR students from Fremantle and Broome
who helped to treat up to 100 patients a day in
West
worthwhile.” Timor remote health clinics.
Every eight weeks a sea-container, known as
the East Timor Caravan, is loaded with
Oecussi
Building a Brighter Future for the Children of Timor
SECRETED away in a remote volunteers under the direction of a 64 year-old As a result of the visit Leeuwin Care have
mountain area of the East Timorese priest, who is very ill. formed “The Friends of Cutet” and are
enclave of Oecussi in West Timor, lies the They have few facilities. Toilets consist of seeking 100 people to each donate $200 to
orphanage of Cutet. a pit dug into nearby bush and drinking water the orphanage.
Up to 100 displaced children live in four needs to be boiled before consumption. All money raised will be donated directly
small buildings serviced by a single well. With no family and no land to inherit, a to Cutet and used to educate the children
There is no village or other infrastructure to good education is vital for the children’s and to provide an ablution block and other
support the orphanage and the children rely on future but they have no access to formal basic facilities.
handouts of food from local subsistence farmers schooling. Already Leeuwin Care’s East Timor Caravan
to supplement what they grow in a small garden. Their plight was brought to the attention has sent an interim package of chicken wire and
Many of the children had parents who were of the Leeuwin Care Group by the local mulch to assist the children in developing a
slaughtered by the Indonesian Military. Others community and through Leeuwin Care to sustainable farming system at Cutet.
were left behind when their parents were forced Notre Dame’s Edmund Rice Centre (ERC). It is hoped that $20,000 will be raised by
to flee in the aftermath of the East Timor Director of the ERC Dr Peter Harney and the appeal every year and will provide the
Independence vote of September 1999. All students from Notre Dame visited the children of Cutet with a better future.
have a story to tell. orphanage in January as part of the For further information contact Damien
The children, ranging in age from a few university’s most recent immersion in the Norris, associate lecturer, Edmund Rice
months to 16 years, are cared for by a handful of war-ravaged country. Centre (08) 9239 5540.
In Principio 4
Alumni
Notre Dame Alumni Up and Running
NOTRE Dame’s Alumni
Association has been officially
recognised as part of the
President's
university and is soon to open an
office on the Fremantle campus. Report
Inaugural president of the association It is indeed a great honour to be asked to
Toby Hicks said the group had been serve as the Inaugural President of the
established to service the needs of Alumni Association here at the great
Notre Dame graduates. University of Notre Dame Australia. It has
“The Alumni Association will been a tremendous challenge working on
maintain and strengthen links between the Alumni Association since the idea was
graduates and hopes to form a strong first raised midway through last year. But
network,” Mr Hicks said.
the greatest challenges lie ahead.
“One area where we hope to make
Notre Dame is like no other university in
an immediate impact is in linking
Australia, so it is fitting that the Alumni Association
graduates that have moved to different
should aim to differ also. Our Alumni Association is
locations around Australia and
an organisation dedicated to the service of all alumni,
overseas.”
with an interest in the University and its continued
“We will also work to promote the Toby Hicks
development, including its current students. We are
university through our alumni and the
already encouraging alumni to become involved with
work they are doing. We will aim to encourage alumni to contribute to the community
current students and to pass on their experience, for
through ongoing community service.”
it is this kind of kinship that will ensure that Notre
A committee of seven volunteers run the association and all are dedicated to ensuring
Dame continues to thrive.
that it becomes a working concern. They have so far made contact with more than 300
I am happy to say that I have a group of
graduates around the world.
professional and enthusiastic people serving beside
Mr Hicks spent seven years studying at Notre Dame, completing a Bachelor of Business
me on the Alumni Association Committee, and I
with a major in management in 1997 and a Bachelor of Laws in 2001.
look forward to serving alongside them over the next
He is no stranger to the challenge of establishing new organisations, having been
two years.
instrumental in galvanising student interest in the Student Government and having
But of course the Alumni Association is more than
served for two years as president of the Student Executive.
just a Committee. I’d like to thank all those alumni
“Being part of the Student Government in its early years had its challenges in terms of
from right around the world that have contacted us
establishing an interest in a new body and working to promote the university. I see my
with messages of support and to re-establish their
role on the Alumni Association as being a similar challenge,” he said.
connection with their University. We would
Membership of the association is open to all graduates of Notre Dame and there are no
encourage all alumni to ensure that we have your
joining or subscription fees.
correct details by logging onto our web site and
“We want to be able to assist all alumni and provide support to graduates well beyond
dropping us a line. Until then, best wishes for a safe
their university years. It is all part of the idea that the Notre Dame community is truly a
and happy 2002.
family and that connection never ceases,” Mr Hicks said.
Yours faithfully
He said there had been earlier attempts to establish alumni associations on campus but
none had gone as far as becoming an official part of the university.
Toby Hicks
‘We are here to stay and will become an integral part of Notre Dame,” Mr Hicks said.
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In Principio 5
Community Service Leticia Helping Others to
Award for First Make Community Service a
Alumni President Part of Life
ALUMNI president Toby Hicks has been awarded the NOTRE Dame graduate Leticia
2001 Archbishop Foley Memorial Prize for Community Jennings is passionate about her
Service for his work with the university and the wider job.
community. As State Youth Coordinator for the St
The award, presented at a special ceremony in Foley Hall on Vincent De Paul Society in Western
April 3, recognizes Mr Hicks’ substantial contribution to establishing Australia she spends much of her time
the Alumni as well as his general work in the community. helping disadvantaged children and their
It is only the second time that the award has been made. parents.
Director of Development at Notre Dame Linda Back said Mr It is both rewarding and fun and gives
Hicks had worked tirelessly in getting the Alumni up and running. her enormous job satisfaction.
She said the model used for the Alumni was different to others Ms Jennings coordinates and trains up
used in Western Australia because it was driven entirely by former to 450 young adult volunteers who assist
students. families in crisis and disadvantaged
“Toby has engineered the model and has been its driving force,” children by organizing and running holiday
Ms Back said. camps and day outings.
“He has also been involved with study abroad students and has Under the program up to 800 children
maintained strong links with students at Notre Dame Indiana. are given the chance to enjoy a range of
“Toby is totally committed to this university and to his work in sports and other activities that would Leticia Jennings: “...working out ways
the wider community,” Ms Back said. otherwise not be available to them.
A number of other awards for academic achievement and to encourage ongoing involvement in
Ms Jennings said the programs gave community service by Alumni”.
community service in 2001 were presented at the special ceremony,
both the children and their families some
which also included the announcement of scholarship winners for
“time out” and were conducted in a friendly and positive manner to help build the
2002.
children’s self-esteem and provide them with some positive attention.
Winners of the Vice Chancellor’s medal were: Timothy
Fitzsimmons (undergraduate award) and Lisa Gollan (postgraduate “It’s a fantastic job, every day is different, I just love it,” she said.
award). Ms Jennings left Notre Dame in 1998 after graduating with a degree in Business
Those named on the Vice Chancellors list of high achievers majoring in psychology and management, and a Master of Arts in Business.
were: Susan Barnacle, Pauline Farley, Timothy Hawkes, Angela During her time at university she was involved with a number of community
Harris, Selena Ward, Maria Trichilo, Amanda Sapienza, Shani Long, service programs and is keen to continue giving up her spare time to those in need.
Amanda Gibellini and Curtis Crasto. Ms Jennings is an active member of the Alumni Association and sits on the
The Gerald T Faulkner Community Service Learning Award committee.
was presented to Olivia Lavis for her work in East Timor and her Her major interest in serving on the committee is to link former students with
work in raising funds for the Leeuwin Care Group by coordinating programs that provide them with the chance to continue serving the community
special programs with Alumni who have also spent time in Timor. well after they have left university.
The 2002 scholarship winners are: Sunili Govinnage, Daniel She is currently developing ways for graduates to get back into programs run
Taborsky, Annabel Hay, Suzanne Barton, Daniel Burrows, Katie through the Edmund Rice Centre and other community service organisations.
Vander Schaaf, Sharmane Mathot, CarmenWagenaar, Elyne “Many graduates from Notre Dame want to continue their involvement in
Terpstra, Madhulika Mukund, Richard Vinciullo, Steven Boyce, community service programs but just don’t know how,” Ms Jennings said.
Susan Low, Penelope Thomson, Gemma Henderson, Rebekah “My role in the Alumni Association will be to work out ways to encourage the
Farrell. commitment to serving others, that most of us have”.
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In Principio 6
Supreme Court Posting for NDA Graduate
NOTRE DAME law graduate Mr Lilleyman is keen to mentor Mr Lilleyman completed an arts
Justin Lilleyman has spent the past undergraduate students and to assist them degree with a major in psychology before
12 months with a front row seat on with their passage into the workforce. studying for his law degree and spent a
some of the highest profile legal “I think that amongst the whole legal total of seven years at Notre Dame.
cases in the state. community there is a growing acceptance He said his time at university was
As associate to Chief Justice David and willingness to take on Notre Dame “wonderful” and his degree had prepared
Malcolm, Mr Lilleyman has witnessed graduates,” Mr Lilleyman said. him well for work in the legal profession.
some of the nation’s best advocates in “I hope later this year to talk to the When he completes two years of
action and seen first hand how the justice coming graduates about life in the workforce service with the Supreme Court he plans
system really works. and my role as an associate to a judge.” to establish a career in civil law.
His job was one of the Justin Lilleyman: “...encouraging long-term commitment to NDA through the Alumni”.
most sought after in his
graduating year of 2000
and helped to prove that
Notre Dame’s first law
graduates could cut it with
the best of graduates from
universities with law
schools that had had a
history of producing
successful lawyers.
Mr Lilleyman is passionate
about Notre Dame and its
Alumni and is one of a
committee of seven working
hard to ensure that the new
Alumni Association
becomes an important arm
of the university.
“Being a founding member
of the Alumni Association
also allows me to keep in
touch with current and past
students", he said.
He sees its role as
encouraging long-term
commitment to the
university by its students
and as facilitating
networking between past
and present students.
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Alumni Association Opens in Thailand
Former students of Notre Dame have formed a local branch of the Alumni Association in Thailand and met late
last year for an inaugural dinner sponsored by Notre Dame International at the Radisson Hotel in Bangkok.
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In Principio 8
Proposal for a new Graduate School of Physiotherapy
THE University of Notre Dame is investigating the feasibility of establishing a Graduate School of Physiotherapy as
part of the College of Health.
Under the plan the new school would open
in conjunction with the proposed Graduate
School of Medicine in 2004 and would take
its first students in June of that year.
Retired physiotherapist and former lecturer
at Curtin University Dr Brian Edwards is
conducting the study and is scheduled to
finalise his report in July this year.
He said the response from the profession,
the wider medical community and the
general public for the proposed new school
had been very positive to date.
“We are surveying members of the
profession and the general public at the
moment to see if there is a demand for
graduates,” Dr Edwards said.
“We are hoping to supply graduates who
are orientated to the areas of need in the
profession.”
The proposed school would have an Brian Edwards: “...response from the public and the profession for a Graduate School of
initial intake of 25 to 30 students including Physiotherapy at NDA looks encouraging”.
up to eight overseas students.
It was expected that graduates entering physiotherapy profession and said he was
It would be run as a two-year course in
intensive mode over six semesters. the course would have degrees relevant to excited by the prospect of the new school.
Students in the course would graduate with physiotherapy including health and “We are planning to liaise closely with
a Master of Physiotherapy and would be physical education, the biological sciences Curtin University in developing the new
eligible for admission into the profession. and other health professions. school as they currently have a graduate entry
Dr Edwards said the course would be Dr Edwards is currently working one day course.
designed to produce graduates who could a week at Notre Dame and spending the “We will also be looking at other graduate
specialize in the much-needed areas of rest of his time in Margaret River where he entry courses in physiotherapy being run at
muscular-skeletal and neurological oversees the running of the family the University of Queensland, The
physiotherapy and well as those willing to vineyard and boutique winery. University of Adelaide and Griffith
work in rural areas. He has had 40 years experience in the University.”
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In Principio 10
John Button Lecture at NDA:
‘Another Look at Eric Cooke’
THE legal team behind an appeal notorious serial killer Eric Edgar Cooke later “The decision by the Court of Criminal
decision described as arguably the confessed to committing. Appeal in John Button’s case is a landmark
most important in West Australian Mr Button served five years in prison for the judgement in a number of legal areas including
legal history will deliver a public crime and spent much of the next thirty-eight the reopening of appeals and the admission of
lecture at Notre Dame on Monday years fighting to clear his name. third party confessions,” Mr Clarke said.
May 13. A chance meeting with journalist Estelle “It is a great honour for Notre Dame and the
Tom Percy QC, who led the successful Blackburn, who later published a book on the College of Law to have Mr Button’s legal team
appeal for the lifting of a 38 year-old crime, led to the reopening of the case and the explain how they made legal history,” he said.
manslaughter conviction against John landmark quashing of the conviction in The speakers will include Estelle Blackburn,
Button in the Court of Criminal Appeal, February this year. Tom Percy, junior counsel John Davies and
will discuss the case and its implications. Notre Dame law lecturer Ben Clarke said John Button.
John Button was convicted in 1963 of the the NDA lecture would be the first time that The free public lecture will take place at
hit-and-run death of his 17 year-old the legal principles underpinning the successful 10am on Monday May 13 in the university’s
girlfriend Rosemary Anderson, a crime appeal had been discussed in a public lecture. Drill Hall. Morning tea will follow the lecture.
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