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I N P R I N C I P I O | 2 7 ADDRESSING FUTURE CHALLENGES MAY Notre Dame Fremantle Librarian, Sophie Farrar , took out the F.A. Sharr Award at the State Library of Western Australia’s annual awards. This award is presented to a librarian or library technician who, within their first three years following graduation, demonstrates the most potential to make a significant contribution to the profession. As part of the rigorous application process, Sophie examined the urgent need for librarians to upskill— specifically in the area of data management and curation, to address the challenges of the rapidly evolving IT environment. THREE-DECADE COMMITMENT TO GENERAL PRACTICE MAY Fremantle-based Foundation Professor of Clinical Studies, Professor Bernard Pearn-Rowe , was recognised with one of Australian medicine’s highest honours—the Australian Medical Association’s (AMA) President’s Award 2017—for his three- decade commitment to general practice. A graduate in Medicine from the University of London in 1972, Professor Pearn-Rowe served as Chair of the Royal Australian College of General Practice in WA from 1989 to 1993 and was Chair of the Australian Medical Association’s (AMA) WA Council of General Practice from 1998 to 2000. He was appointed a Fellow of the national AMA in 2004. COMMITMENT TO PATIENT CARE SEPTEMBER Sydney Nursing graduate, Karen O’Hare , received the Excellence in Nursing/Midwifery Graduate Award at the annual NSW Health Excellence in Nursing and Midwifery Awards. Karen, a mental health nurse at The Prince of Wales Hospital in Randwick, was recognised for her commitment to patient safety, quality of patient care and exceptional bed-side manner. SYDNEY TEAMS NOMINATED FOR INAUGURAL HIGHER EDUCATION AWARDS AUGUST A significant rise in success rates at Sydney’s School of Medicine was acknowledged at the first annual Australian Financial Review (AFR) Higher Education Awards. The team of Professor Sankar Sinha and Dr Ali Malik was recognised for their advanced ‘Anatomy Learning Technique’, which has seen Distinctions in the subject increase from 34 percent to 84 percent over five years. Also recognised at the AFR awards was a service-learning program in Kenya, India and Timor-Leste, run by staff from Sydney’s Education School. As part of the program, Notre Dame students work side-by-side with the small, rural community schools to deliver creative art lessons and nurture sporting skills for primary-aged children at Padre Manuel Luis Primary School. TOP HONOURS IN NATIONAL LAW COMPETITION OCTOBER Fremantle Law students again outclassed some of the top law schools in the country, winning the annual Australian Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) Mooting Competition in Sydney – for the third time in the past 10 years. Notre Dame’s team comprising Andrew Weston, Alastair Henderson and Andrew Oud eclipsed the University of Wollongong in the Grand Final after defeating the Universities of Melbourne and Tasmania in the qualifying finals. Presented in a real- life courtroom environment, students prepared arguments on a variety of issues and went head-to-head with other unis in front of a panel of senior AAT members.