In Principio v16 no1 (2005)

SYDNEY I CAMPUS STELLA MARIS PARTNERSHIP PAVES THE WAY FOR INTERNATIONAL ENROLMENTS The University of Notre Dame Australia has entered into a partnership with highly respected Catholic institution Stella Maris College based in Manly, Sydney. The Principal and members of the board met with the Vice Chancellor, Dr Peter Tannock, and the Executive Director of the Sydney Campus, Peter Glasson, to formalise the partnership and to sign the agreement. Through the agreement, Stella Maris will offer a foundation studies program for international students who are keen to study at Notre Dame. Students who successfully complete the foundation program will be eligible to apply for positions at the new Sydney Campus. "The program will be helpful in establishing Notre Dame in Sydney and it will also assist in the development of Stella Maris College's specialist English course", said Mr Glasson. FOUNDATION ACADEMIC LEADERS APPOINTED FOR SYDNEY Planning for the curriculum and range of course offerings at Sydney is well underway with the recent appointment of senior Gold Maternity Care Program and Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist at the Royal Women's Hospital in Melbourne. She is academic staff for the Campus. Professor Allan Coman has been appointed as the Foundation Dean of Education. Professor Coman is currently the Principal of Stella Maris College, the prestigious Catholic secondary college in Manly. In the nearly ten years in his role as Principal, he has made an outstanding contribution to the College, overseeing a doubling in student numbers and significant capital works at the College. He is greatly respected throughout the NSW Catholic education community as being a leader of exceptional vision and professional integrity. His new role will involve the development of courses, general management and recruitment of academic staff to serve the planned Bachelor of Education (Primary), Bachelor of Education (Secondary) and Graduate Diploma of Education qualifications, which will be offered by the University at its Broadway Campus from 2006. Professor Julie Quinlivan has been appointed as the Foundation Dean of the University's College of Health and Foundation Head of the Sydney School of Medicine. Professor Quinlivan is currently Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the & Professor Allan Coman. & Professor Barbara Newman. University of Melbourne. She is the Head of the • Professor Julie Quinlivan. also a Senior Consultant in Adolescent Obstetrics & Gynaecology at the Sunshine Hospital in Melbourne. Associate Professor Barbara Newman has been appointed as the Foundation Head of the School of Nursing. Associate Professor Newman's previous position was with the University of Tasmania as a Senior Lecturer in the Rural Clinical School. She has also held academic positions at McMaster University, Canada and the University of Sydney and has been a practising re,gistered nurse for 25 years. During her time spent in universities, Associate Professor Newman has been involved in research, teaching and administrative functions from undergraduate level to postgraduate, developed curriculum and contributed extensively to the profession of nursing . Associate Professor Barbara Newman has more than 30 publications, has presented papers at international and national conferences and has a passion for her profession. She anticipates that working at Notre Dame will be the ideal vehicle to further develop expert graduates in nursing, so desperately needed in NSW because of a general nursing shortage. m