In Principio v16 no2 (2005)

MAGISTRATE SUE GORDON, KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT WASF FUNCTION & Attendees of t he WASF dinner at Notre Dame The West Australian Studies Forum (WASF) is a forum established by the Governor of WA and the Chancellors of the five Western Australian universities. Notre Dame hosted a function in May held on behalf of WASF in which the guest speaker was Magistrate Sue Gordon w ho late last year, was appointed as the Chair of the newly formed National Indigenous Council. It is in this role that she was invited to address the forum. At the function, Magistrate Gordon explained the membership of the Council and outlined the role it would have and how it would operate. She expressed confidence that the Council would w ork with government. She said she had been given every assurance that government departments would respond quickly and positively to the Council's requests for action to help improve the lives of Aboriginal people. INSTEP STUDENTS WELCOMED AT NOTRE DAME Students from Seton Catholic College have been involved in a work experience program with Notre Dame. The program known as INSTEP allows students to participate in structured workplace learning in an external organisation. It's available to Year 11 and 12 students and contributes toward their academic accreditation. Notre Dame's Information Technology (IT) Department recently had two Seton students, Matthew Oates and Michael Papas, working in their department through the program. Director of Information Technology and Systems Andrew Crow said the program gives the students va luable workplace experience and provides them with a first-hand insight as to what goes on in an IT Department. One of the projects the students were involved in was undertaking the roll -over schedule of around 150 of the University's leased computers. "Some of the computers leased by the University were due to be returned to the leasing company. The students were given the massive responsibility of identifying all the equipment, organising repairs if required and ensuring the computers were re-imaged, so they could be returned back to the company in their original state. They hand led this task superbly and consequently were of great assistance to our department. They'll certainly be welcome back," said Mr Crow. & Matthew Oates (front) & Michael Papas sorting through some of the University's computers