In Principio v17 no4 (2006)

INSIDE ITHIS ISSUE • Vice Chancellor's Report .............2 • University News ................... .4 • Broome Campus .......... . ....... . 8 • Fremantle Campus ................. 1O • Sydney Campus ...................12 • Arts & Sciences .................... 14 • Business .................. . ...... 15 • Education ........................ 16 • Health Sciences .......... . ....... . 17 •Law ............ ... ......... . ....18 • Medicine ........................19 • Nursing ..........................20 • Philosophy & Theology ..... . .......21 • Student Services ...................22 • Alumni ..........................23 Front Gwer: Openingofthe Sydney Campus Fr john Neil op, Mr Lorenz GroLio, Prof Gerard Sutton, Mr Danny Casey, Cardinal Edward Clancy, Mrs Rommie Masarei, Prof George Kai/is (obscured), ProfPeter DaLLimore, Archbishop Barry Hickey (obscured), ProfMargot Kearns, Mr Marcus Collins, Hon Dr Brendan Nelson MP, Hon Justice Neville Owen, Fr Edward (Monk) Malloy CSC, Hon John HowardMP, Dr Peter Tannock, Cardinal George Peli, Prof Jennifer Nicol Hon john Hatzistergos MLC, Br Kelvin Canavan fins, Sr Sonia Wagner sgs, Ms jenny Macklin MP, Hon Chief justiceJim Spigelman, Hon Clover Moore. A Or Peter Tannock VICE CHANCELLOR'S I REPORT I am pleased to report to our many readers of In Principia that The University of Notre Dame Australia is continuing to develop in a very positive way. In this report I shall highlight a few special features. The first is the opening of the Sydney Campus on the rejuvenated St Benedict's site at inner-city Broadway. The official opening ceremony, held on Friday 3 March 2006, was a wonderful occasion. Cardinal Pell, Archbishop of Sydney, blessed our new facilities, and the Prime Minister, Mr John Howard MP opened them. The third principal speaker at this historic event was Father Edward (Monk) Malloy CSC, Emeritus President of the University of Notre Dame America. About 300 guests from across the Church, the higher education sector, and the general community attended. It was a very happy and optimistic occasion, as the photographs in this edition of In Principio illustrate. Like Fremantle and Broome, Sydney is a very beautiful campus, and a very good founding base for our presence in eastern Australia. Our Sydney Campus has 450 foundation year students (10% ahead of budget) spread across the Schools of Arts and Sciences, Business, Education, Law, Nursing and Philosophy and Theology. A School of Medicine is on track to be opened in 2008 on our second Sydney site at Darlinghurst. The 450 Broadway students are drawn from a wide range of Catholic, Independent, and Government secondary schools in Sydney and across NSW. It also has a significant number of mature age students. We are delighted with this initial enrolment. Our task is now to make sure that we give this foundation group the high quality education we promised them, and that we live up to the Objects of our young, thriving University. The second important development for Notre Dame is the surge in enrolments on our Fremantle and Broome Campuses. We are delighted with the quite dramatic growth in demand for places: our Fremantle Campus has experienced a 17 per cent increase in equivalent full-time enrolments this semester, and our Broome Campus 8 per cent. The Fremantle campus will enrol over 5300 students in 2006. This is the first time that the campus will have passed 5000 students. By any measure these are very significant figures and give us great confidence about the 'product' that we are • Prime Minister Mr John Howard MP opening the Sydney Campus Seated: Father Edward (Monk) Malloy CSC. Cardinal George Pell, Father John Neil op, Hon Justice Neville Owen.