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Trinity College • Trinity College Foundation Studies • Theology • Summer Schools 5 TRINITY UPDATE AUGUST 2004

In marking the 30th anniversary of the admission of women into full co-residence at Trinity in 1974, the College invites alumni and friends of the College to join in focussing on the experiences of all Trinity women, past and present.

From the earliest students like Lilian Alexander (1883) and Melian Stawell (1886) who pioneered access to higher education for women, to more recent graduates like Trinity’s newest Fellow, Susan Lim (1977), many Trinity women have been outstanding scholars. Many have contributed signifi cantly to their communities and their professions. Some have been publicly recognised, others have been quiet achievers, but all have contributed to the ethos of Trinity College.

Although in 1883 – thanks to the vision and vigorous persistence of Warden Leeper – Trinity become the fi rst university college in Australia to admit women students, the path of women at Trinity has not always been an easy one. At several points along the way it has involved change, sparking reactions that have varied from enlightened to entrenched.

Australia’s fi rst hall of residence for women, the Trinity Women’s Hostel, was established in 1886 and prospered after surmounting various obstacles during its early years. While its name was changed to Janet Clarke Hall (JCH) in 1921, it remained a part of Trinity until 1961.

However, from then until 1974, women students still participated in Trinity tutorials, thus creating a 121-year continuous history of women’s education at Trinity.

Today, the gender balance among staff and students across the College refl ects more closely that of the wider world. While there were just eight women resident students in 1974, there are now about 145 – comprising 54% of all resident students – and the College continues its commitment to working for full gender equality. …continued page 3

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TCFS Alumni ReceptionFrom left, Njoroge Muito (Fast Track 2001) from Kenya, Caryn Ng (February 2003) from Malaysia, and Stephen Lew (July 1998) from Mauritius, now Liaison Offi cer – International Students, were among more than 70 former students who enjoyed catching up with each other at a reception for TCFS alumni held at the College on 20 May.

Retired stockbroker and Trinity alumnus, John Gourlay

(1954) and his wife, Louise, fervently want to see a return

to ethical behaviour in business. So much so that they

have established a $2.5 million trust fund at Trinity College

to advance the teaching of ethics in business.

The fund will be used to bring an internationally distinguished lecturer to teach ethics in business jointly at Trinity College and the Melbourne Business School, for one term each year.

The Gourlay Visiting Professor of Ethics in Business will teach a business ethics subject to MBA students at Melbourne Business School, speak at public functions and seminars at Trinity College and the University of Melbourne, and interact with students and academic staff. The search for outstanding candidates will be worldwide.

‘It is my fi rm belief – and the inspiration for establishing the Visiting Professorship – that the exercise of uncompromising integrity and morality, as well as being intrinsically desirable, delivers improved and more certain business outcomes,’ says John. ‘Louise and I are excited by the value we hope this professorship will impart to the ongoing business community.’

The Warden has described the Gourlays’ action as ‘a uniquely important and extraordinarily generous measure to promote debate about ethical conduct in business’.

Professor Ian Harper, Acting Director and Dean of Melbourne Business School, agrees, saying: ‘Growing public disquiet about high-profi le lapses in business ethics underlines the timeliness of the Gourlays’ welcome initiative which will not only enhance students’ learning experiences, but infl uence their outlook on business and its proper role in society.’

The creation of the Gourlay Visiting Professorship of Ethics in Business was announced at the 3rd World Congress of the International Society of Business, Economics, and Ethics (ISBEE) held at the University of Melbourne in July.

In entrusting their gift to Trinity College, the Gourlays said: ‘Trinity is a serious educational institution which pursues excellence and produces leaders. We are confi dent that it is the appropriate body to help produce leaders who are aware of the importance of ethics in all business dealings.’

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John and Louise Gourlay at the 50-year reunion luncheon.

Celebrating Women at Trinity

$2.5M gift to teach ethics in business Leading eco-scientist, Professor Gene

Likens, will deliver the Seminar's keynote address via a live satellite link from the USA. Professor Likens was the fi rst person to document the phenomenon of acid rain and its causes, and is currently Director of the Institute of Ecosystem Studies in New York. He was a visiting scholar at Trinity earlier this year.

Students at both the Creative Thinking and Science Summer Schools will focus some of their key studies on the theme of Global Sustainability in preparation for this major event.

A limited number of places will be available for visitors to attend the keynote address. For details, please contact Mr Tom Derham, Director of Summer Schools.Tel: +61 3 9348 7486 Fax: +61 3 9348 7610 Email: summerschool@trinity.unimelb.edu.au

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60 + Years OnAlumni who entered Trinity in 1944 or earlier came from as far away as Newcastle to renew College friendships. After a luncheon in the JCR, the Associate Director of Development, Campbell Bairstow (right), showed (from left), John Carre-Riddell, William Potter, Michael Shoobridge, and Milton Johnson around the College.

Susan Lim performed Asia’s fi rst successful liver transplant in 1990, has pioneered robotic surgery, and is leading research into the use of adult stem cells in search of a cure for diabetes.

As well as running her private surgical practice, Dr Lim is a distinguished international scholar and holds an adjunct Associate Professorship in the Department of Surgery at the National University of Singapore.

She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, having received the GB Ong Gold Medal for the year’s most outstanding candidate in General Surgery, and holds a PhD in transplantation immunology from the University of Cambridge. She is also a volunteer captain in the Singapore Armed Forces, and a committed and generous philanthropist.

In 2000, when she married Deepak Sharma, head of Citigroup Private Bank for Asia-Pacifi c, the Middle-East, and Japan, the couple established the Indiapore Trust Fund which provides scholarships and other educational support for underprivileged children in Singapore and India.

A public poll in 2000 chose Dr Lim to receive Singapore’s ‘Spirit of the Century’ award in recognition of her personal excellence and global achievements.

Born in Singapore, Dr Lim fi rst came to Australia in 1974 on a Colombo Plan Scholarship to study medicine. She was a resident student at Trinity during her clinical years, participating in the College’s medical tutorial program and in a number of College sports including rowing, swimming, and tennis.

Dr Lim described her election as a Fellow as ‘too amazing for words’ and said that she was ‘most honoured’. She will be formally installed as a Fellow in a ceremony at the College in 2005.

Professor Derek Denton (1943), internationally renowned medical researcher and Trinity alumnus, was installed as a Fellow of the College in May. A full report will be included in the December edition of TRINITYToday.

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Intelligent, energetic, and inspiring, Singapore surgeon and Trinity alumna Dr Susan Lim (1977) is a visionary in constant pursuit of excellence. She is also the newest Fellow of Trinity College – the highest honour the College can bestow.

Professor Fincher, who is Dean of the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne, was speaking as guest of honour at the Valedictory Ceremony in May.

‘At the University of Melbourne more than 20% of our students come from other countries,’ she said. ‘Faculties, and the broader University, are more and more attuned to helping our graduates develop as international citizens accustomed to moving around the world.’

She encouraged students to include a strong engagement with this ‘vibrant and attractive’ city, as well as with the University.

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At the Valedictory Ceremony for the TCFS July 2003/04 program, Professor Ruth Fincher presents a certifi cate to Vanessa Joan Chua Chan from the Philippines in recognition of her contribution to the 2003 Foundation Studies Student Committee.

The Trinity College 2003 Annual Report is now available at www.trinity.unimelb.edu.auPrinted copies are available on request from the Warden’s Offi ce, Tel: +61 3 9348 7106 or Email: kmcgrath@trinity.unimelb.edu.au

50 Year LuncheonAmong alumni who returned to the College in April to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their entry to Trinity were John Hayes (left) and Bernard Newsome. Film footage of Trinity activities in the mid-1950s, brought from Sydney by Peter Pockley, was shown at the lunch.

A ‘truly international’ Australian experience‘Your experience at the University of Melbourne should be understood as both an international and an Australian experience – and, of course, a Melbourne experience as well,’ Professor Ruth Fincher told students graduating from the Trinity College Foundation Studies (TCFS) July 2003/04 program.

The Choir of Trinity College is set to enhance its international reputation further when it tours the USA from 15 September to 4 October this year, singing concerts and services in San Francisco, Austin, Houston, Dallas, New York, Burlington and Boston, and also in Quebec City, Canada.

To catch a performance see www.trinity.unimelb.edu.au/choir/ for details of the tour program, or contact Tour Manager, Suuzannah Foulkes Tel: +61 3 9348 7046 Email: choirtour@trinity.unimelb.edu.au

You can also hear the Choir sing a Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at ‘Carols in the Cathedral’ on Saturday 11 December 2004 at 3pm in St Paul’s Cathedral, Swanston Street, Melbourne. All are welcome.States

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Susan Lim –medical pioneer honoured

Giving to TrinityIf you would like to support us in our quest to offer world-class collegiate education, please call Campbell Bairstow on + 61 3 9348 7471, or go to www.trinity.edu.au/development/giving Thank you to the many alumni and friends who have made a gift already in 2004 – your support is inspiring.

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Trinity College resident student, Cameron Rahles-Rahbula (2nd year Physiotherapy), has been named 2004 Young Victorian of the Year in recognition of his sporting achievements and community work with disabled children.

This announcement by the Victoria Day Council is the latest of many recent awards for Cameron, 20, who lost a leg to bone cancer in 1997.

In February this year, he fulfi lled a personal ambition when he won Gold in both the Men’s Downhill and Super G events, one-legged division, at the Disabled Alpine Skiing World Championships in Austria. He also gained a silver medal in the Men’s Slalom.

He received a 2004 Young Achiever’s Award from the Rotary Club of Melbourne in March, following in the path of two other Trinity students – Ben Namdarian and John Dethridge – who received similar awards in 2003.

He was a member of the 2002 Australian Winter Paralympic Team that competed at Salt Lake City, USA, and he is now training for the 2006 competition. Cameron and other experienced team members serve as role models and provide much encouragement and assistance for younger disabled skiers.

He also speaks at schools and to community groups to help raise awareness of how individuals can fully overcome apparent disabilities and lead active and fulfi lling lives.

Despite combining this work with his university studies and a year-round, international training schedule, Cameron participates fully in College life and is captain of the Trinity College men’s table tennis team. He was joint winner of the 'Juttoddie' steeplechase in 2003.

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Professor Robert H Chambers, former president of McDaniel College, a liberal arts college in Maryland, joined Trinity College in July in the newly-created role of Provost.

In announcing Professor Chambers’s appointment, the Warden, Professor Donald Markwell, said he was delighted to be welcoming Bob Chambers back to Trinity, this time for at least a year.

‘Professor Chambers has visited the College three times over recent years, helping with our strategy planning process and with the Campaign for Trinity,’ Professor Markwell said.

‘His experience will be – as it already has been – immensely helpful to us at Trinity as we work to ensure the highest international standards in the educational experience we offer all our students.’

A graduate of Duke, Yale, and Brown universities, with degrees in English literature and theology, Professor Chambers has given 31 years of on-campus service to higher education in the US. He served as Dean of Davenport College at Yale, and later as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Bucknell University, before becoming a college president in 1984. He is now the third most senior offi cer of the College, after the Warden and Deputy Warden.

‘I view this provostial “excellent adventure” at Trinity as a genuine once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, a position for which I have, unwittingly but most fortunately, been preparing myself for my entire career,’ Professor Chambers said.

U2 can preachIt was in the songs of rock band U2 that Princeton lecturer the Revd Dr Raewynne Whiteley found ‘the words she needed to preach after September 11.’ In delivering the 2004 Barry Marshall Memorial Lecture, Dr Whiteley invited her audience to explore the relationship between pop culture and faith, and in particular preaching the Christian faith.

‘Both culture and religion tap into the very essence of who we are; they are the building blocks of our identity,’ she said.

Dr Whiteley explained that our cultural context shapes how we read and interpret Scripture. Culture and faith are intertwined and shape one another – even if we don’t always notice it. So making connections is critical. And this is no less the case with much pop culture – whether the music of U2 or the animation of The Simpsons – which often tackles the ‘big questions’ of life.Simpsons – which often tackles the ‘big questions’ of life.Simpsons

Dr Whiteley, who combines lecturing at Princeton Theological Seminary with ministry in a New Jersey parish, spent a week at Trinity College as the 2004 Frank Woods Fellow.

www.trinity.unimelb.edu.au/news/Leaving her home in Malaysia to study at Trinity College

Foundation Studies (TCFS) was a big step for Stephanie Teong.

She didn’t really know what to expect in the year ahead.

What she found was a year full of fun, hard work, friendship,

and new ideas that inspired and delighted her. Now, in a

recently-released, eight-minute DVD, she shares her personal

diary of experiences and events that occurred during her

‘amazing year at Trinity College.’

See what it’s really like to be a TCFS student by viewing it on

the web at www.trinity.unimelb.edu.au

Dr Raewynne Whiteley talks with theology student Colin McLaren.

You are warmly invited to attend

The Barry Marshall Memorial Euchariston 15 August at 6pm in the College Chapel, with the Choir of Trinity College.

Preacher: The Rt Revd Richard Hurford, Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Bathurst.

The Revd Dr Barry Marshall, College Chaplain from 1961 to 1969, served as a Bush Brother in the Bathurst region during the 1950s and early 1960s.

Welcome to top US educator

Carlton historyCaitlin Mahar, lecturer in Literature

at Trinity (above), was among a number

of prominent academics, historians, and

famous ex-residents commissioned by the

Carlton Residents Association to contribute

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in April. Caitlin’s four chapters focus

on business in the suburb.

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Melbourne University Press, 2004.

Dr Ruwan Palapathwala (right) demonstrates a point during the Socratic Dialogue on Buddhism which he and fellow Trinity lecturer, Dr Janusz Sysak (left), conducted in April with some 50 students and staff from across the College. Ruwan, whose research relates to both Buddhism and Christianity, described Buddhism as ‘a beautiful philosophy of life’.

The DVD creative team. FROM LEFT, BACK ROW: Krit Kertbundit (Thailand), Marlisa Sabarina Septiansyah (Indonesia), Juan Alonso Costal (Mexico), and Joey Zhou Yi (China). FRONT ROW: Stephanie Teong (Malaysia), Katerina Gauntlett (Admissions, TCFS), Caroline Waters (Creative Director, Jack Morton Worldwide), Fatma Al Mahrizi (Oman).

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Brunei educational leader visitsThe Deputy Minister of Education for Brunei Darussalam, Dato Pehin Suyoi, spent several hours at Trinity College in June, meeting staff, touring the facilities, and talking to some of the current and former Trinity College Foundation Studies students from Brunei. He told them how impressed he was with the education and support they received at Trinity, saying, 'You are clearly in very good hands'.

Deputy Minister Pehin Suyoi, who is second in charge of Brunei education policy, also met with the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne, Professor Kwong Lee Dow, and spoke to him of his particular interest in Trinity College Foundation Studies as a pathway to further studies for Brunei nationals.

Students from Brunei have been coming to Trinity College Foundation Studies since 1998. There are six studying here in 2004.

The College mourned the death on 23 March 2004

of alumnus and Fellow of Trinity College,

Sir Rupert Hamer AC, KCMG, ED,

former Premier of Victoria.

Pehin Suyoi with TCFS Alumni currently studying at the University of Melbourne. From left: Christy (TCFS 2000, now 3rd year Bachelor of Environmental Engineering), Stelle Tan (TCFS 2000, now 2nd year Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws), Dato Pehin Suyoi, Ivan Lim (TCFS 2003, 1st year, Bachelor of Arts – Media and Communication), Amabel Lim (TCFS 2001, currently 2nd year Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws).

Global networkThe Revd Dr Ruwan Palapathwala, Noel Carter Lecturer in Pastoral Theology, has been appointed the Honorary General Secretary of the World Federation of Interfaith Students' Movements – a global network that was established recently to promote interfaith dialogue movements among student bodies in colleges and universities. In linking Trinity with this world-wide student movement, Ruwan will attend the fi rst Global Council meeting in Kerala, India, in August.

Cambridge Fellowship Dr Mark Lindsay, Director of Academic Studies, has been awarded the 2004/05 Sternberg Fellowship in Interfaith Relations at the Centre for the Study of Jewish-Christian Relations, an affi liate institution of Cambridge University’s Faculty of Divinity.

Early in 2005, Mark will spend three months teaching in the Centre’s postgraduate courses, undertaking research, and visiting other interfaith centres in the UK. He hopes the knowledge he brings back will enhance Trinity’s further interfaith endeavours.

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Interfaith perspectives

Team Melbourne Uni (TMU) is the youngest team ever to enter the Sydney-Hobart yacht race. This ambitious project was largely hatched in the corridors and studies of Trinity College where most of those involved are current or former resident students, and one is a Trinity College Foundation Studies graduate. The students are working hard – on and off the water – in pursuit of handicap honours.

Attend the team’s Gala Launch on 11 September, and bid for a cruise in the Caribbean, Michael Schumacher’s signed Ferrari jacket, or decide what will adorn the spinnaker as TMU cruises into Hobart. Come and celebrate the beginning of an exciting season for these youthful yachtsmen! For further details contact Indi Davis. Email: idavis@trinity.unimelb.edu.au Tel: +61 3 9348 7247 www.teammelbourneuni.com

A memorial service for Sir Rupert will be held in the Trinity College Chapel on Sunday 5 September at 6pm.

Enquiries: The Revd Dr Richard Treloar, Tel: +61 3 9348 7192 A full tribute to Sir Rupert will appear in TRINITYToday in December.Today in December.Today

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A luncheon at the College on Sunday 24 October offers alumni and friends an opportunity to come and share the diverse experiences of Trinity women over the decades, and consider how to ensure that Trinity is a place where all can fl ourish.

All are welcome at the luncheon but your RSVP is essential. Cost $40 per head, all inclusive. If you would like to attend, please contact Ms Bronwyn Waite Email: rsvp@trinity.unimelb.edu.au Tel: +61 3 9348 7477 Fax: +61 3 9348 7139 by Monday 18 October 2004.

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