COCA News December 2009 - Cromwell College

Editors • Denis Brosnan & Rebecca McEwen Smith • Volume 9 •
Issue 3
‘UQ Abroad – it’s your ticket to the world!’
N ews
C r o m w e l l
C o l l e g e
Within The University of Queensland
DECEMBER 2009
In 2008/2009, Andrew ‘The Flang’
Yorkston, (Crommie 2006/2007)
set off for the northern hemisphere
to spend a UQ Abroad year at the
University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
He returned to Cromwell in
October this year to speak at Formal
Dinner about his experiences and to
encourage other Crommies to ‘give
it a go!’ Here is his story.
“Good evening fellow
Cromwellians,
A megalithic masterpiece - Edinburgh Castle
Just so I can get a rough idea of what sort of connection I’ll be making tonight: put your hands
up if you think travelling and seeing the world could be a pretty genius thing to do at some
point or another. Hands up if you believe Uni has plateau-ed somewhat and you feel the need
to spice up your academic life. Hands up if you just flat out like pushing your own buttons,
breaking out of your comfort zone, and gaining awesome new experiences.
Well, if you put your hands up for any or all of those queries, you could do far worse than to
listen to me for the next five to ten minutes. What would you say if I told you there was a way to
accomplish all three in one fell swoop? Well that’s what I want to talk to you about tonight: the
sheer brilliance of the UQ Abroad program.
OK, so what is this UQ Abroad program you may ask? In a nutshell, it gives you the chance to
study at another university entirely, in a completely different country, WITHOUT affecting
your GPA OR putting your degree on hold, and
it’s all far less costly than you’d think.
However, I should warn you, there is quite a bit of
legwork involved on your part should you decide
to go. It’s not easy. First you have to get accepted
into the program, then you have to seek approval
from UQ for subjects studied whilst overseas,
which can be more or less difficult, depending
on your Faculty. You then have to actually apply
to the university where you want to study, and of
course, once you’re accepted, you have to sort out
passports, visas, plane tickets, accommodation,
travel insurance, Centrelink (if you’re lucky
enough to get it), and then once you’re over there
you’ve got all the usual concerns of settling in—
new phone, new housemates, matriculation into
the university, finding your way around a strange
new place, and so on and so forth.
It can all get a bit nuts at times, and there are
better people than me who have given up when it
came to the crunch. But the reason I tell you all
this is not to discourage you. Far from it. Once
you’ve become acquainted with the crunch, it can
actually become quite an amazing challenge. You’ll
feel a sense of accomplishment simply for wading
through the bureaucracy, and, more than anything
else, it’s bloody well worth it.
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A Magazine for Old Collegians, Friends of Cromwell, Current Residents and their Families
What’s
I nside
From the Principal
Academic Dinner 2009
2009 Academic Support Program
60th Anniversary Celebrations
Valedictory Dinner 2009
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7-9
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Chit Chat Round-up
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Charity Cromwell Style
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International Dinner
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Cultural Awards Dinner
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Sporting Awards Dinner
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2009 College Medal
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CROMWELL COLLEGE
Australia for about 4 months
now, and thinking back, it’s all
starting to seem a little surreal,
like there’s no way a place that
cool could exist. I just hope
the pictures that you’re seeing
tonight are doing Edinburgh
some justice.
Walcott Street
ST. LUCIA, QLD 4067
Ph: (07) 3377 1300
Fax: (07) 3377 1499
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.cromwell.uq.edu.au
Mission Statement
To provide a vibrant community for students in a
caring Christian environment that enables them to
grow in knowledge and character and the desire
to serve.
Vision Statement
Accept diversity
Create community
Strive for excellence
Pursue spiritual, academic, cultural and
social maturity
Serve Society
Care for the environment.
Coat Of Arms
When the College was able to adopt its arms, it
secured permission from the head of the Cromwell
family to bear Oliver Cromwell’s personal arms, a
lion argent rampant on a field of sable.
Motto
VBI SPIRITVS IBI LIBERTAS – This motto comes from
the Latin version of the Second Letter of St Paul to
the Corinthians, Ch 3, Verse 17. “Now the Lord is
Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there
is freedom.”
Thanks
Thank you to all the staff, students and Alumni who
have been contributors to this issue of COCA News.
Editors
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I don’t even know where to begin talking
about my exchange. I have nothing but
praise for Edinburgh itself. It’s beyond
cool. For a start, Edinburgh has been the
stronghold of the Celts, the Romans, the
Vikings, the Scots AND the English, and
as such it’s steeped in the kind of history
and tradition that we can only guess
at here in Australia. This is a city built
on three levels—streets pass over other
streets and the catacombs lurk menacingly
beneath the surface. The city is completely
dominated by Edinburgh Castle, a
megalithic masterpiece which has kept
guard over the Scots for the last 800 years.
Edinburgh has two faces, Old Town and
New Town, and it’s rumoured this duality
was the inspiration for the Scottish writer,
Robert Louis Stevenson, when he wrote
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. The architecture
is a wondrous mix of Medieval, Gothic,
Georgian and Victorian, and in true
Scottish style, it actually looks amazing
in rainy weather; which, as you know, is
fortunate, as they have a hell of a lot of it.
The student union building at the
university is SO impressive that J.
K. Rowling used it as her model for
Hogwarts. The Edinburgh “park” is a
conglomeration of volcanic crags
rising up within the city limits,
the largest of which is called
Arthur’s Seat, and results have
shown that scaling its dizzying
heights can cure whatever ails
you, including the world’s worst
hangover.
As a city it is both cultural and
multicultural; my building
housed practically every
nationality but Scottish. It really
is one of the most extraordinary
cities I’ve ever seen or heard
about. I’ve been back in
I could go on and on about
my experiences on exchange,
but I don’t want to bore
you. I will say, however,
that quite possibly the best
aspect of going on exchange
is the opportunity for travel.
Yeah, it’s cool to be able to
witness the workings of another uni; it’s
awesome to push the boundaries of your
independence; and making friends from
around the world is one of the more
glorious aspects of life; but being able to
pop over to Germany, Holland or France
for only 60 bucks return kind of rounds
out the whole package rather well, I think.
It’s easy to forget, living in Australia, just
how far we are from everything. And this
is the benefit of actually LIVING in a
different country. Choose a host university
somewhere in Europe, and Europe
becomes your oyster. Go on exchange
somewhere in Asia or the Americas
and the same thing is sure to happen
there. And, not that I would dream of
promoting untoward behaviour, but if all
you have to do is simply PASS in all your
subjects to maintain your pre-existing
GPA, it stands to reason there would be
a sizeable amount of extra time available
to, say, visit Amsterdam for a fun-filled
weekend, or criss-cross Scotland on a great
Whiskey pilgrimage. It’s hard to appreciate
just how easy it is until you get over there,
but take my word for it, an exchange is
your ticket to the world.”
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From the
Principal
The miracle of straw
In his book Unspeakable, Facing up to the
challenge of Evil, Os Guinness tells this
story. Two men are prisoners in a Russian
Gulag. One of them was a Jew by the
name of Dr Boris Kornfeld who, in his
suffering, was influenced by an unknown
inmate of Christian faith. Dr Kornfeld was
an intelligent and reflective man who was
not only appalled at the evil around him
but by the hatred and violence in his own
heart. His unnamed friend taught him
the words of Jesus, ‘forgive us our sins as
we forgive those who sin against us’. The
challenging power of this prayer began to
work its magic in Dr Kornfeld’s heart and
he became a Christian. In so doing, he made
the conscious decision not to sign the forms
that, as a doctor, he was given to sign but
which became part of the paperwork that
led to the execution of many prisoners; in
addition he opposed and reported fellow
prisoners who stole food and medication
from his patients. These two choices, made
on the basis of his new-found faith, were a
death sentence for him and he knew it.
One night he examined a man who was
recovering from an operation for stomach
cancer. He stayed with this ill man and they
talked late into the night; it was at this point
that the patient heard the doctor’s story of
his life. This was the last conversation Dr
Kornfeld had on earth; that night he was
beaten to death, but it changed forever
the patient and planted a seed that began
to destroy the Communist ideology. The
patient was Alexander Solzhenitsyn. This is
what he later said:
“It was only when I lay there on rotting
prison straw that I sensed within myself
the first stirrings of good. Gradually it was
disclosed to me that the line separating
good and evil passed not through states, nor
between classes, not between political parties
either, but right through every human heart,
and through all human hearts. “
Solzhenitsyn saw what our culture denies.
The logic of the secular world in which we
live gives scant room for the concept of evil
or good or personal responsibility. There
is no ultimate meaning, no ultimate truth;
the best we can do is to create meaning for
ourselves. In the secular framework, what
is, simply is. This universe is ultimately
amoral and it comes as no surprise that
many thinking secularists find the prospect
deeply depressing. For Bertrand Russell,
mankind ‘is the product of causes which
had no prevision of the end they were
achieving.’ In other words, the human
story is nothing more than the outcome
of accidental collocations of atoms and ‘no
fire, no heroism, no intensity of thought
and feeling, can preserve an individual life
beyond the grave.’ In such an environment,
some surrender to despair, some seek solace
in hedonistic activity, some create meaning
by doing good things, but all resonate with
Frank Sinatra’s song, ‘I did it my way.’
Christmas today is owned by the commercial
world. It is all about having a good time,
the giving of presents and holidays, the
anaesthetising of pain and the provision of
pleasure in the world. In the background,
cash registers provide percussion, drowning
out all memory of the radical meaning of
this special day.
Solzhenitsyn saw the truth lying on his bed
of straw – he saw the truth that was revealed
on another bed of straw. The Jesus of
Christmas was born in a grotty manger; he
died the cruellest possible death and then,
history tells us, was raised from the dead.
It is no accident that the empty cross is the
symbol of this faith and it is no accident
that, rightly understood, this symbol is
offensive or meaningless to much of the
world. For the Hindu or Buddhist, life is
illusory, a dream, and we deal with suffering
and pain by detachment. For those in the
secular West which struggles to face the
reality of evil and pain and death, we are left
only with the choice of filling the emptiness
with tinsel, with analgesics, with frenetic
buying and with a minimisation of both
personal responsibility and mortality itself.
But for those who see through the hype
to the bed of straw in a small town 7 km
from Jerusalem, what they discover is the
extraordinary and life-giving truth that, in
Christ, the sovereign God of the universe
knows our pain; in Christ, God confronts
our pain; in Christ, God prepares the way
to heal our pain. More importantly, God
knows that our pain is bound to our moral
brokenness, to that line of good and evil that
runs like a ragged fissure through our hearts.
In the darkness of the crucifixion those
nearby heard a terrible cry of desolation:
“Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani” - my God,
my God, why have you forsaken me? Jesus
was born into poverty and died in desolation
to break the power of that line of evil that
runs through my heart. He walked my road
of desolation that I might walk His road
of resurrection. This extraordinary story
of redemption and hope is what makes
Christianity able to look evil in the face and
name it while still maintaining profound,
life-affirming hope in the world.
Christmas has forgotten that the baby in
the straw grew to be the abandoned and
broken Messiah. We have forgotten that
truth is not found in the artificial world of
Christmas trees and unwrapped presents. We
have forgotten that no amount of shopping
can deal with the realities of our world;
endless wrapping will not cover evil, it will
not hide death forever, it will not deal with
the brokenness in my own heart. Blessing
can only be truly found in and through Him
who became a ‘curse’ for us (Gal 3:13), who
shouldered the burden of a broken world on
our behalf.
I am a positive man and am thankful for
the good things of this world. But I am sad
that we have walked away from something
so important, so wonderful, so full of
grace. Christmas is not about me; it is not
about my family; it is not about holidays
or presents; it is about the man who is the
‘tears of God’, the one who runs to greet
us, forgives us, befriends us. Christmas
starts with straw, passes through darkness
and death and the cruelty of a Roman
execution but moves through to the glory
of the resurrection and new hope. Until
we see the joy of this truth, Christmas will
remain a strange mixture of fun, exhaustion,
credit card debt and shallowness. It is my
prayer that this country will rediscover the
truly radical nature of the baby lying in
the manger, without having to lie sick and
wounded on foul-smelling straw in a gulag,
and without having to witness the tinsel of
our western world torn down, shattered.
Somewhere, sometime this Christmas,
take the time to think and remember the
meaning of that baby and that straw and
that extraordinary entry of the tears of God
into our world.
Hugh Begbie
Principal
COCA News 2009 • Page Academic Dinner
Held on Tuesday 18th August, Academic
Dinner 2009 is a highlight on the formal
dinner calendar which gives residents,
members of the College’s Board of
Governors, guests and staff an opportunity
to honour the academic achievers in our
community.
Guest speaker for the evening was
Professor Michael Keniger, Senior Deputy
Vice-Chancellor of The University
of Queensland. Professor Keniger is
responsible for the broad oversight of
academic matters in the University,
including academic and workforce
planning; overall strategic direction and
general superintendence of the seven
Faculties, the University Library and their
budgets; and, with the Vice-Chancellor,
he has responsibility for professorial
appointments, promotions and continuing
appointments.
Other guests included Professor Sushila
Chang, Director of the UQ Office of
Undergraduate Studies; Professor Roger
Swift, Executive Dean of the Faculty
of Natural Resources, Agriculture and
Veterinary Science; Professor David de
Vaus, Executive Dean of the Faculty of
Social and Behavioural Sciences and
Professor Stephen Walker, Executive Dean
of the Faculty of Science.
2009
below that for 2008, so you have a
challenge ahead of you to make good that
gap.”
“Special mention must also be made of our
peer tutors, our 2009 Senior Tutor, Daniel
Hayes, and our Academic Visitor, Dr Dale
Mason. All have given of their time, both
formally and less formally, to assist other
students this year. The work they do in
assuring that all of the students who live at
Cromwell are academically supported as
part of our Collegiate program is invaluable
and deeply appreciated.”
The following is a list of all those students
who have achieved a GPA of 6 or higher for
the first semester of 2009. Congratulations
to all of them for their outstanding
achievement.
GPA of 6 or higher in Semester 1, 2009
Katie Ah-Shay
Katrina Knox
Daniel Beatty
Kelly Lohr
Amy Bower
Chris Michalak
Ben Brimblecombe
Andrew Middleton
Seth Cheetham
Olivia Ng
Chloe Chesters
Matt Osmond
Fiona Clarke
Philip Pearson
Jocelyn D’Cruz
James Rowland
Alison Duguid
Caitlin See
Angela Faint
Louise Stephenson
Jessica Foster
Michael Stone
Toby Gordon
Sam Tregea
“As seems to be the usual state of affairs,
the women have outperformed the men,
with an average of 5.172 compared to the
men’s 4.714.”, said Denis.
Lisa Gunthorpe
Matt Whittenbury
Allison Hall
Jessica Wrigley
“However, some exceptional performances
have more than outshone these, most
notably by Chris Michalak and Andros
Zhu who both achieved the remarkable
result of straight 7s. In all, 34 residents
achieved a Semester 1 GPA of 6 or above.
I must say that this figure is appreciably
Linda Hancock
Lyn Yan
Julia Hayes
Elizabeth Yorkston
Caitlin Holding
Andros Zhu
A notable guest for the evening was Steven
Cosnett, Crommie Alumnus (2005
– 2007). Steven was awarded a Bachelor
of Arts with Honours Class 1 in the field
of Classical Studies and the University
Medal at the July Graduation ceremony.
To those who may be unfamiliar with this
distinction, it goes to only a small minority
of First Class Honours graduates whose
GPA has to be far closer to 7 than to 6.
Before announcing the award recipients,
mein host for the evening, Dean of
Students, Mr Denis Brosnan, alluded to
that fact that despite not all results being
in, Cromwell’s weighted GPA for Semester
1 was 5 or, to be exact, it was 4.957. This
was virtually identical to that for 2007, but
a marginal drop on the 5.1 the College had
last year.
COCA News 2009 • Page The College prize and scholarship winners
for 2009 are as follows:
The Uniting Church Investment Service
(UCIS) Prize for first year students
with the highest results is awarded to
Christopher Michalak, who is enrolled in
the Bachelor of Engineering; and Andros
Zhu in the Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of
Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery program
They both have the perfect GPA of 7.
The Frederick North Memorial Prize is
given each year to encourage those with
faith and to remind the whole community
that the deep spiritual questions of life and
the person of Jesus should not be ignored;
and that they lie at the very heart of what
this College stands for. The prize this year is
shared between two excellent men, Jordan
Herd and Sam Pocock.
The Edwin Hobart Lockley Prize, named
after the father of the first Principal of
Cromwell College, is awarded to a student
who has consistently achieved distinguished
results in the Faculty of Arts, and the
winner this year, with a 3 semester GPA of
6.2, enrolled in both Arts and Commerce,
is Toby Gordon.
The Rod McElhinney Prize, is named for
a former resident of the College who has
generously donated the money for this
prize. It is awarded to the student in the
area of Biological and Chemical Sciences
who attains the highest GPA over three
semesters. This year it is being awarded to
a student who has achieved a GPA of 6.83,
Seth Cheetham.
The VE Hancock Memorial Prize is
awarded to the undergraduate who gains
most distinction in the area of Business,
Economics, and Law. It is named in
honour of Mr Viv Hancock who was a
Foundation Governor and who made many
generous gifts to the College. The recipient
of the prize this year with a three semester
GPA of 6.3 is Gavin Edgley.
The Governors Prize is awarded to a
student with distinguished results in the
area of Heath Sciences. This year the award
goes to a student enrolled in Occupational
Therapy who achieved a three semester
GPA of 6.875 - Julia Hayes.
The Cromwell College Prize for a student
in the Faculty of Social and Behavioural
Sciences is this year awarded to a student
studying in the Bachelor of Psychological
Science program and who has a three
semester G.P.A of 6.3. The recipient of the
prize this year is Olivia Ng.
The Old Collegians Prize is awarded to
a student who gains academic distinction
in the Faculty of Engineering, Architecture
and Information Technology over three
semesters. This year it is awarded to an
Engineering student, with a three-semester
GPA of 6.75, Alison Duguid.
Last year, the Board of Governors approved
a new award, which is named in honour
of Yvonne Rogers who was a Fellow of
the College and who served for more than
twenty-five years on its Board and on many
of its committees. Her capacity to care and
her willingness to work and to share in a
spirit of Christian love were the hallmark
of Yvonne’s numerous contributions to our
College. The Yvonne Rogers Memorial
Prize is awarded to the second-year student
who, in their first year at university and
as a resident of the College, achieves the
greatest improvement in Rank on the basis
of their results in their first year of studies,
across a full load of courses. In effect, this
is the academic counterpart of our “most
improved player”, and this is a very suitable
image, because the winner is also one of our
keen sportsmen, Andrew Fielder.
In memory of Mike Duong
(Crommie1960-1964), his fellow students
set up a fund to endow an award, the N
C Duong Memorial Prize, to the student
who has made a notable contribution to
the community’s life, particularly in the
promotion of understanding between
peoples. For her achievements in bridgebuilding between Indigenous and other
Australians in Northern Australia, this
year’s winner is Eve York.
The prestigious Cromwell College
Foundation Scholarships are awarded “for
exceptional performance in any field”. The
first winner, who has a cumulative GPA of
6.6 across 5 semesters of Physiotherapy is
Chloe Chesters. The second scholarship
is shared between two men with identical
GPAs of 6.5, also across 5 semesters
- in Engineering, Philip Pearson and in
Pharmacy, James Rowland.
The D.C. Gale Shield is awarded to the
corridor with the highest weighted GPA
in semester one. The results are as follows,
which leaves in first place Mid Han with
a GPA of 5.4, so as the corridor’s Senior,
Chloe Chesters was invited to receive the
shield.
Corridor
Place
GPA
Bottom Dowling
14th
4.063
Bottom North
13th
4.485
Mid Dowling
12th
4.50
Bottom Cock
11th
4.666
Top Thatcher
10th
4.813
Bottom Thatcher
9th
4.821
Top Han
8th
4.976
Top North
7th
5.129
Bottom Han
6th
5.142
Top Dowling
5th
5.209
Top Cock
4th
5.319
Lockley
3rd
5.325
Mid Cock
2nd
5.355
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1 - Alison Duguid, 2 – Andrew Fielder, 3 – Chloe Chesters, 4 - Chloe Chesters and Denis Brosnan, 5 - Chris Michalak and Andros Zhu, 6 – Eve York, 7 – Gavin Edgley
8 - Jordan Herd and Sam Pocock, 9 – Julia Hayes, 10 - Mr Ben de Jong, Prof. Michael Keniger, Rev. Dr. Hugh Begbie, 11- Mrs Barbara Merefield and Toby Gordon
12 – Olivia Ng, 13 - Philip Pearson and James Rowland, 14 – Seth Cheetham, 15 - Steven Cosnett - Cromwell Alumnus & 2009 University Medalist
COCA News 2009 • Page 2009 Academic Support Program
Cromwell College is committed to the
collegiate ideal of a university residence
providing explicit commitment to the
academic development of residents. In this
respect Cromwell College is much more
than quality accommodation conveniently
close to the UQ campus. In a very real
sense the College is an integral part of
the university academic experience for
our residents. As a
collegiate residence
Cromwell provides
our students
with substantial
personal support
for academic
development.
This development
takes place through:
• the Cromwell
College academic
Tutorial Program
which is available
to all first year
students;
This last initiative was inspired by Dr.
Dale Mason who is the Academic Visitor
at Cromwell College. As an experienced
academic and former Head of a University
Faculty with an equally strong collegiate
background, and as a previous Head of
a residential College, Dale has worked
to marry the College and University
relationship.
College tutorials, academic advising and
degree program assistance, plus study
skill techniques and resume preparation
workshops, are among the academic
support services available within the
collegiate context; they maintain the
primary distinction between Cromwell
College and a non-collegiate university
Hall of Residence.
Importantly, many
students attempting to
establish themselves in
tertiary education, and
often in ‘unfamiliar’
studies, can be
advantaged if they are
prepared to commit
themselves to the
positive peer pressure
that is reinforced
through the channels
of academic support at
Cromwell.
“A frequent and
regrettably sometimes
justified complaint by
University students
• informal peer
is that nobody cares
whether they pass or fail
assistance, with
in a course, that they
the formation
feel
remote and perhaps
of independent
UQ Faculty Advisors speak with Cromwell residents at one of the ‘interruptible’ lunches
the
more
cynical, that
small study groups
Over
the
past
couple
of
years
Cromwell
students
are
little
data-processing
systems.
which are especially important for later
College has hosted a series of regular
This
complaint
is
uncommon
among
year students and are actively encouraged
lunches inviting Academic Advisors
College students.”
through the College’s Senior Tutor role;
from each University Faculty. At these
(Goodwin: To Live in a College. 1968)
‘interruptible’ lunches, and without
• oversight of the academic progress
the need for any prior appointment,
The above quote may be equally as valid
of residents conducted by the Dean of
students
can
talk
to
an
Advisor
about
any
today, as it was when the sentiment was
Students each semester;
individual course concerns or broader
expressed 40 years ago!
• attention to the needs of individual
degree program issues they may have
Goodwin continues:
students academically ‘at risk’ who receive
within their Faculty such as seeking advice
consultation with appropriate academic
on program changes, or perhaps future
“They (College students) have College
study directions and professional career
counseling, followed up through ongoing
tutorials, and perhaps even more
prospects.
periodic monitoring throughout the
important, they have the opportunities
to ask and receive mutual help. Of course
subsequent semester;
The Academic Advisors in each of the
the method works (when) the College is a
Faculties have enthusiastically endorsed
• close association within Cromwell of
friendly one, and the members know each
the Cromwell ‘interruptible’ lunches as a
University staff members and others of
other well.”
positive initiative. Importantly a number
a scholarly or professional distinction in
of students have taken advantage of the
This exemplifies and gives real substance
attendance at weekly Formal Dinners;
opportunity with some students expressly
to the concept of collegiality – through
appreciating the timely opportunity
• the recent and welcome attendance of
the fostering of positive psychology in a
and the personal value in being able to
Academic Advisors from each of the seven
friendly College environment that values
meet with University Academic Advisors
UQ Faculties at informal lunches at the
each individual resident, and adds value to
informally yet informatively.
College.
the academic development of students.
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Were
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celebrate
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again? again?
the same again?
Tables for the Anniversary Dinner on the Saturday night will be limited!
Please contact Rebecca McEwenTables
Smith, Development
Manager, Cromwell
for the Anniversary
Dinner College,
on the
Saturday
night willso
be we
limited!
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can save a space
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act as a Table Captain.
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for you.
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group
the 2010
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Contact:
Rebecca
McEwen
Manager,
Cromwell
College
Contact:
Rebecca
McEwenSmith,
Smith, Development
Development Manager,
Cromwell
College
Ph:
(07)
33771232,
Fax:
(07)
33771499,
Email:
[email protected]
Ph: (07) 33771232, Fax: (07) 33771499, Email: [email protected]
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on one great weekend.
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remainder in the April issue. If anyone is still in contact with or knows of the whereabouts of any of these Alumni, please ask them to contact the College.
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COCA News 2009 • Page Valedictory Dinner
2009
Brother and sister, Jessica and Sam Pocock, were
amongst the thirty-six residents who left Cromwell as
Valedictorians at the 48th Valedictory Dinner held in
October this year.
The night was a special blend of tears and laughter,
fellowship and strangeness as those who were
staying in College for another year said their formal
goodbyes to those who were leaving.
Guest speaker for the evening was Ms Anne-Marie
Birkill, Chief Executive Officer at i.lab Incubator
Pty Ltd at Toowong. Other specially invited guests
included a number of Alumni, Friends of the College
and Parents of Residents and Alumni who had made
donations to the College in the past two years. It
was an opportunity to thank them for their generosity
to the College and to include them in one of the most
important events on the College’s calendar.
The toast to the Valedictorians was given by
Students’ Association Vice-President for 2010, Monty
Summers, and the response was given by outgoing
2009 President, Gavin Edgley.
Dr Begbie had some wonderful words of advice and
direction for those that were leaving Cromwell and
heading off to continue their studies or to start their
careers. And as always we at Cromwell hope that
those, who have now added their names to the ranks
of our Alumni, will choose to stay in touch and keep
us informed of how they are faring.
Farewell from Dr Begbie
It is now time for me to say good bye. As you set
out into the world, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed,
ready for anything, your enthusiasm is, I am
sure, laced with a little fear and uncertainty, and
with good reason. You are entering a world that
is facing enormous challenges in the years ahead.
Now I don’t wish to spoil your dinner and your
celebration but I have to say that the western
world has not prepared you well for this journey.
We live in an era in which we have a wonderful
capacity to ease pain; but at the same time we
have unprecedented ability to cause it. Every
day our papers are full of man-made tragedy
and destruction. Our capacity to destroy the
environment, or cause mayhem in war has never
been greater. To make things worse, our means
of describing or understanding this phenomenon
has been crippled by the denial of the concept of
evil in the western world. Bad things are always
someone else’s fault, or a product of society, or
the result of poor self-esteem; I am never the
problem. But the truth is more humbling. G.K.
Chesterton, one of the greatest English writers
of the early 20th century, saw a headline in the
paper which said; ‘What is wrong with the
world?’ He wrote in a letter to the editor, ‘Dear
Sirs, I am, respectfully yours, G.K. Chesterton.’
Chesterton was saying something deeply
profound. That is, that at the heart of the
human dilemma lies a profound selfishness. This
selfishness can be secular and godless or it can
be religious. Either way, the anthem that lies at
its heart is, “I did it my way”. This song that
Frank Sinatra sang on his death bed and which is
played at many funerals today may be beautiful,
but its message is profoundly destructive. It is
the anthem of rampant consumerism; it is the
anthem of Wall St, it is the anthem of a lot of
College activity, and it is an anthem, if I am
honest, I too am tempted to sing.
Every year as our valedictorians go out into the
world, I try to leave with them a little reminder
of the Christian faith. True Christianity is about
recognizing that at the heart of the world’s
problems is my desire to put me first, to make
myself Lord, to chuck my cans in the garden,
The 2009 Valedictorians
A full house for Valedictory Dinner
COCA News 2009 • Page 10
Glenden Aprile
Ben Brimblecombe
Daniel Campbell
Chloe Chesters
Stephanie Courtice
Gavin Edgley
Lauren Edwards
Sam Eldridge
Mallory English
Jane Fisher
Meg Fowler
Peter Frazer
to do it my way. It is also about a radical and
gracious God who in Christ entered our broken
world to rescue us from the consequences of
our self-centred and destructive nature. It is a
message of profound and surprising grace.
I am aware that often I am seen as the bad guy,
the one who sets out to restrict options, limit
your capacity to do it your way. This perspective
may also lead to a view that the Christian faith
is about rules and shutting things down. It may,
therefore, surprise you to know that I am deeply
aware of my human frailty and that what I do,
I try to do out of love for God and love for you.
Successfully or unsuccessfully I have attempted
to place God’s grace into the centre of what I do.
What are your goals in life? That’s an important
question for you as you head off on this new
phase of life. As you do so, note that many set
goals over which they have no control. This
leads to frustration, depression and despair. I
have personally come to believe that there are
only two great goals in my life, both of which
lie within my power to pursue. They are to love
God first and love my neighbour second.
As you go out into the world, be aware that your
culture denies, even mocks the Jesus who, above
every other human person in history, has shown
what living these two goals means. The way of
God, the way of the cross is abhorrent to our
self-actualizing world which proclaims instead
the gospel of the white coat; the new day that
science, economics, psychology, business leaders
and politicians will bring our way. As Australians
we oscillate between cynicism and trusting in
such leaders as our messiahs. The truth is, that
while they have a part to play, they cannot deal
with the problem of the human heart.
And so as you leave this place, I challenge you
to look more deeply at the life and death and
resurrection of Jesus. For despite all the mocking
of our self-seeking world you may find at the
foot of his cross the life and joy that you truly
seek; and if you do, you will discover the strange
paradox that life is not found by holding on, but
by letting go. It is not discovered by doing it my
way, but by doing it His way.
Valedictorians 2009
Toby Gordon
Timothy Greenbury
Miranda Hamilton
Terry Harvey
Daniel Hayes
Larissa Hursthouse
Bridget McNee
Hayley Miskin
Philip Pearson
Jessica Pocock
Samuel Pocock
Nathan Riedy
Warwick Rivlin
James Rowland
Tegan Slape
Michael Stone
Tighe Summers
Michael Taylor
Jenna Thompson
Belinda Upton
Aaron Van Der Werff
John Vizcay-Wilson
Alastair Walker
Jessica Wrigley
‘Badger’ searches for an epiphany
It’s the attitude at the beginning of a
journey that dictates the outcome. This
rings particularly true when casting
one’s mind back to the very beginning
of our time at college, when our current
Valedictorians were blessed by some very
wise words;
“Move to the music. Play that lovely
music. Move it to the music, yeah. Move
to my music. Play that delightful music,
Live through my music, yeah!”
It’s been three years since we were greeted
on our first morning of college by those
immortal words, and that terrifying noise
as we were thrust into college head first.
And since that first shaky morning, we
have come a long way.
In writing this speech, it really hit me.
This is an important occasion; this is it.
This is the culmination of our time here
at Cromwell. With all this time spent
here, surely I can draw out something
profound for an occasion like this. That’s
easier said than done, so I thought it
best to start with a few unforgettable,
defining experiences, while in search of an
epiphany worthy of tonight.
When the vast majority of us started here
at Cromwell, we’d just finished school. We
were faced with many years of uni ahead,
and this awesome opportunity of college.
My Mum and Dad helped me move into
a room right up the back, in a quaint
little wing some of you might have heard
of, called Lockley. When ‘Dilmah’, my
friendly, smiley-faced, lovely Senior
showed me to my room and welcomed
me with a big hug, Dad had no doubt
that this place was definitely a goer. To
be honest, I reckon he was keen to stay
himself.
Once Dad was out of the way, I soon
learnt about ‘Crommie tikka’. And there’s
one person that really did it for me
– ‘Kelvin’. The image of her chasing down
a King’s guy, stealing his hat, and being
pursued before being tackled into a stand
at market day, will stick with me. She
had guts, and she had her whole heart in
this College. Now that’s ‘Crommie tikka’.
I’m not sure how much ‘Crommie tikka’
she was showing when, in ‘O’ Week, she
gathered lots of rope and tied together the
doors of the leaders’ rooms in her corridor
so they couldn’t open them to wake her
up, but she was spirited all the same.
We learnt about the mystery of The
Protector, and the many forces of the
universe that have prevented it from
happening throughout our time at
College. Some of these forces come in
disguise, even in the form of love. ‘Slarv’,
as his Media Rep role ramped up, fell
deeply in love and was married moments
after leaving College. Is it a coincidence
that this delayed The Protector? I think
not. College works in mysterious ways.
Throughout our time at college we’ve had
numerous sporting and cultural wins, far
too many to list here, which have filled
our hearts as we soared towards victory
well too often. We learnt about life as we
shared up to three standard drinks with
Mr. Begbie on any one occasion. To be
honest, in preparation for this night, I
found that it’s easy to list our experiences,
but it takes something else to draw on the
feeling that’s in the air.
Perhaps I’m taking the wrong tack here in
my search for an epiphany. What does our
future hold? Our Valedictorians will move
on. We’ll move out, finally make that last
step and become truly independent. No
longer will our day-kid Uni friends laugh
at us when we tell them someone comes
in and makes our beds and changes our
sheets every week. Still no speech-worthy
epiphany.
What will we miss? Perhaps it’s DC? Is
it the sound of the toilet roll holders
squealing, a sound which resonates
off the brickwork so beautifully here
at Cromwell? Probably. Will it be that
magical hole that we can put all our dirty
plates in once we’re finished with dinner?
Yep. But that isn’t quite the crux of the
issue I’m chasing.
The common thread here is that these are
all experiences; perhaps that’s where I’m
going wrong? These are the things that
we tell our friends and parents about, that
seem absolutely ridiculous to outsiders.
Our traditions - they’ve made our time at
College great, right?
But there’s another common thread here
tonight, and it’s not tradition. Consider
for a moment a Cromwell in which
we lost all of our regular, year-to-year
activities. If Chris the Cleaner were to stop
offering us tickets to ***CONCERT***,
and instead, bear with me now,
chloroformed our pillows so we forgot
every one of our traditions. How would
you look back on your time at College?
I’d be willing to postulate that once we got
past the splitting chemical headaches, the
ambience wouldn’t be so different tonight.
And so, the epiphany. I’m willing to pitch
the idea that it’s not our traditions and
antics that have made us grow so attached
to this place. It’s the life-long friends
that we have made, and will continue to
share our lives with as we continue in our
careers. It really is the people around us,
the ones that we’ve shared so many great
times with, that matter most.
So to wrap up, let’s revisit the next verse
of that immortal song with which we first
exercised our way to success, and I think
you’ll find it remarkable just how relevant
they are to tonight’s Valedictorians.
‘Play that flipping music,
Live through my music, yeah!
Now we are wise, yeah it’s funny,
we’re in this together.
And through it all,
they said nothing’s forever.
Just look and you’ll see the change in me,
The world’s in for a shake up!
Come on, come on, come on.
Let’s get it on!’
And as we move with the music of the
rest of our lives, it is through the life-long
friendships here that we learnt many of
our best moves.
Thank-you Cromwell for three wonderful
years.
Gavin ‘Badger’ Edgley
Crommie 2007 – 2009
President, Cromwell Students’
Association, 2009
COCA News 2009 • Page 11
CHIT CHAT
Round Up
Hello From:
Phil Anning (1967 – 1968)
I’ve changed roles within the Department of
Regional Development, Primary Industry, Fisheries
and Resources, moving from Alice Springs as
regional director in the desert to Katherine as
regional manager in regional development.
Hayley and Roger’s
Wedding Day
Hayley Robertson (Crommie 2006
– 2007) married Roger Mason
(Crommie 2007) in July this
year. Hayley says the day was just
wonderful and they enjoyed a blissful
two weeks in Bali on honeymoon!
Hayley and Roger on
their wedding day
Charity – Cromwell style
This is career number five, apart from some
short term secondments. It is challenging and
stimulating. The new role has me representing the
Northern Territory Government on the MacArthur
River Community Benefit Trust on the eastern
boundary and the Ord River Stage II on the
western side. In between are some significant
developments in agriculture, mining, transport
etc. Indigenous economic development is a major
focus and there is quite a lot happening (many
Indigenous enterprises presented at an Indigenous
Development Forum in Alice Springs in October,
which our division managed).
Part of the job of Vice-President of the
Cromwell Students’ Association is to take on
the role of Fundraiser and along with a group
of interested and committed like-minded
Crommies, to help raise funds for various
charities throughout the year.
My role is basically enabling regional and
Indigenous economic development to occur. It
means lots of coordination, communication and
developing projects. It means I get to travel
quite a lot – most recently to the Tiwi Islands for
an economic development committee meeting
and visiting some local enterprises. The regional
development team in the Northern Territory is
a relatively small unit of about 25 people with
the majority located in the region (including the
executive director who is in Alice Springs).
The group started with the World’s Greatest
Shave in April and made just over $1,200
for the Leukaemia Foundation, which goes
to help provide practical care and support to
patients and families living with leukaemia,
lymphomas and melanomas. The monies
raised also go to help fund research into
better treatments. Six of the Crommie boys
put up their hands to have their heads shaved
at the event held after formal dinner. One
of our own Crommies, Monty Summers,
is recovering from his own battle with
leukaemia.
We are enjoying Katherine which is called the
‘Rivers Region’ of the Northern Territory – lots of
permanent waterways and interesting features for
exploring.
Cromwell’s adaption of ‘Australia’s Biggest
Morning Tea’ in May became Australia’s
Biggest Supper. A large contingent of
residents turned out in the JCR and enjoyed
tea, biscuits and cakes. and contributed
almost $200 to the cause. It all goes to
helping the Cancer Council, which raised
$10.6 million for the event this year, with
their research, prevention, education and
support activities.
Katherine Fuller (2006 – 2007)
An update on my career - I recently gained a
cadetship with the Australian division of Shell and
joined my first ship in mid-October. Basically it
will be three years of training - half understudying
officers onboard ships and half at Maritime College
to become a third mate (whose role is to help
navigate a ship and take care of her cargo). The
company runs crude oil and natural gas carriers.
COCA News 2009 • Page 12
The 2009 Fundraising troop consisted
of Belinda Upton, Vice-President, Mitch
Harwood, John Flett, Ella Smith, Anna
Durance and Joanne Landmark.
One activity which was not meant to raise
funds but to raise awareness of the need to
cut back the amount of energy being used
was Earth Hour in May. Cromwell was
plunged into darkness as residents turned off
their lights and computers and gathered on
North Lawn with blankets and guitars and
sat listening to music and chatting with each
other for an hour. It was a great time for all to
give up something to help reduce their energy
output for a short period of time.
The students took part in another Cancer
Council fundraising event in August, Daffodil
Day. Over 150 fresh daffodils which had
personalised messages included were sold
to residents, some of whom used them as a
surprise present for their Ball Ask partners.
“The money we raised on Daffodil Day was
an opportunity for all of us at Cromwell
to help give hope for a brighter cancer-free
future for ourselves and for those we love,”
said Vice President, Belinda Upton.
About 15 students took part in 40 Hour
Famine held from 21 - 23 August. They
raised almost $200 to support the World
Vision projects that are fighting the Global
Food Crisis in Kenya and Cambodia where
people are at risk of starvation. Some of the
students gave up food, whilst others gave up
their use of their technology and others gave
up their right to use modern conveniences for
the time period (e.g. slept on the floor, ate on
the floor).
Crommie students held a ‘Supper for
Cambodia’ in October to help support their
nursing colleague, Lisa Gunthorpe, to go to
Cambodia in January 2010, with a group
of fourteen second year volunteer nursing
students. The money raised, $140, is going
towards medical supplies including syringes,
I.V. poles, bandages, paracetemol and
stethoscopes. The students will be working
with various communities in Cambodia
which have problems including HIV,
hepatitis, typhoid and tuberculosis.
International Dinner 2009
A great lesson regarding the ‘haves’ and the ‘have-nots’.
International Dinner is now established as one of the three
major formal dinners that are organised by the Students’
Association. This year’s International Student Officer was
Charles Butler, a second year Commerce student from South
Africa and formerly Zimbabwe.
But the theme for the night took a markedly different and very
interesting direction from previous years, as Charles explains.
“This year for International Dinner I attempted to avoid the
usual custom of having a guest speaker and instead opted for
a more interactive approach. The main aim of the dinner was
to highlight the disparity of wealth in the world today but to
present it in a way that the students could relate to.
“This entailed having tables split up into nations, of which
four were developed countries, two were developing nations
and ten were under-developed nations.
‘The rules and regulations of the
evening are….’
All seated ready for their food… or not, as the case may be.
‘We have some food’
“At the beginning of the night the developed nations
were given an abundance of food and water whilst the
underdeveloped nations were given next to no food and
water. This trend continued for the rest of the night with
the developed nations receiving chips, chocolates and lollies
for national events, bumper harvests etc, and, due to trading
rights they were only allowed to share these goods with other
developed countries.
“This obviously irritated the hungry people in the underdeveloped nations as they watched their friends gorge on good
food.
“This process I think taught the majority of Cromwell
students, at least for a little while, what more than half the
world goes through on a daily basis and once everyone was
served a proper meal I am sure everyone felt that they had
enjoyed the night and even learnt a few things in the process.”
‘We have some food too… and we’re still smiling.’
COCA News 2009 • Page 13
Cultural Dinner 2009
Cultural Dinner is, as always, a
tremendous recognition of the very
talented residents who live at Cromwell
and provides and opportunity for all
residents and staff to applaud the wide
variety of talents among their peers.
Cultural Convenor for 2009 was Jane
Fisher.
Council Cup (ICC) Cultural Calendar;
Debating, Art Show, Bandfest, Choralfest,
College Idol, Chess, Oratory, One Act
Play and Dancefest.
Cromwell residents competed in all of the
nine events scheduled on the Inter-College
The Stephen Carlton (Cromwell Alumnus
1981 – 1988) Prize of $300 is awarded
The major awards presented on the night
were Convenor of the Year Award, The
Cultural Cup Award and the Stephen
Carlton Prize.
annually to the student who has made
the most significant contribution to the
cultural life of the College and who has
encouraged other residents to become
actively involved in cultural activities.
Sam Eldridge was awarded the Convenor
of the Year and Mitchell Harwood was
the recipient of the Cultural Cup and the
Stephen Carlton Prize.
The following are the recipients of the trophies and medals for
their roles in each of the ICC and college events.
Event
Trophy
Medal
Artshow
John Flett
Caitlin Viscay-Wilson
Idol
Sam Eldridge
Amy Bower
Boatcruise
Bridget McNee
Stephanie Courtice
One Act Play
John Vizcay-Wilson
Nicola Ward
Choralfest
Alexandra Davey
Christian Retschlag
Dancefest
Jessica Butler
Monique Smith
Bandfest
Michael Stone
Amy Bower
Debating
Caitlin Holding
Clare Griffin
Oratory
Caitlin Holding
Clare Griffin
Gavin Edgley, Sam Eldridge & Jane Fisher
Stephen Carlton, Mitchell Harwood, Gavin
Edgley & Jane Fisher
Cromwell’s position on the ICC Cultural ladder was similar to that in 2008 although there were a couple of outstanding wins for
Cromwell in the College Idol and Oratory sections. The overall results for each of the events are as follows.
Debating
14%
Art Show
5%
Bandfest
14%
Choralfest
18%
College
Idol 3%
Chess
7%
Oratory
5%
One Act
Play 14%
Dancefest
20%
Total
Cromwell
4th
9.5
6th
2.5
7th
5
6th
8.5
1st
3
6th
3.5
1st
5
2nd
12.5
9th
4
6th
53.5
Duchesne
8th
3.5
2nd
4.5
9th
2
7th
6.6
4th
2.1
5th
4.2
6th
2.5
4th
9.5
7th
8
8th
42.9
Emmanuel
Ist
14
4th
3.5
1st
14
2nd
16.1
3rd
2.4
1st
7
7th
2
8th
3.5
2nd
18
1st
80.5
Grace
10th
0.5
7th
2
2nd
12.5
8th
4.7
7th
1.2
d/c
0
8th
1.5
7th
5
8th
6
9th
33.4
I.H.
5th
8
1st
5
5th
8
4th
12.3
5th
1.8
8th
2.1
3rd
4
5th
8
3rd
16
3rd
65.2
St. John’s
7th
5
8th
1.5
6th
6.5
5th
10.4
6th
1.5
3rd
5.6
4th
3.5
1st
14
6th
10
4th
58
King’s
2nd
12.5
5th
3
8th
3.5
9th
2.8
8th
0.9
2nd
6.3
disq
0
9th
2
5th
12
7th
43
St. Leo’s
9th
2
d/c
0
4th
9.5
10th
0.9
disq
0
7th
2.8
5th
3
disq
0
disq
0
10th
18.2
Union
6th
6.5
d/c
0
3rd
11
3rd
14.2
9th
0.6
d/c
0
d/c
0
3rd
11
4th
14
5th
57.3
Women’s
3rd
11
3rd
4
10th
0.5
1st
18
2nd
2.7
4th
4.9
2nd
4.5
6th
6.5
1st
20
2nd
72.1
COCA News 2009 • Page 14
2009Sporting Awards Dinner
It was the year for Cromwell in the ICC Men’s Athletics as our secret
weapons, namely the Summers twins, blitzed the field and got a first
placing. There were also some equally exciting second and third placings
in tennis, volleyball, squash, rugby and soccer. The women also did well in
tennis, volleyball, hockey and squash.
Sporting Convenors for 2009, Tighe Summers and Bridget McNee,
organised the 2009 Sporting Awards Dinner which was held on Thursday
22nd October. Special guest speaker for the evening was former AFL player
and now television presenter and radio commentator, Richard Champion.
The evening was, in a word, awesome, as usual.
The very talented 2009 Cromwell sporting ladies
with Richard Champion
Those magnificent Cromwell sporting men of 2009 with guest
speaker, Richard Champion (back row, second from left)
2009
In awarding the 2009 College Medal at
Valedictory Dinner, Dr Begbie spoke as
follows:
“The College Medal provides an
opportunity for me to remind us all that
this College has a purpose. That it was
established to help young adults find
their way through University and into
the world according to a vision informed
and empowered by the Christian faith.
Since 1950, the world and this country
have changed dramatically. In many circles
the Christian faith has been forgotten or
opposed; indeed many do not even know
the story at all.
“So when I get a chance to remind you
that Jesus has had a greater influence on
human history than any other person and
that the faith that flowed from his dying
and rising has had a huge influence on
many of the things in this country we
have taken for granted, I will take that
opportunity.
Sporting Convenors extraordinaire – Tighe
Summers and Bridget McNee
College Medal
“The recipient this year is an active
Christian. He has endeavoured to live
as a Christian in a good and caring way.
While he would be seen as living on the
conservative end of the College spectrum,
he is widely respected. Others have lived
as Christians in the College too, but I
want to honour this person because he
has also contributed greatly to the life of
the College. Academically he has set an
excellent example with a G.P.A. of over
6 and he has been the recipient of three
Dean’s commendations.
“He has been a faith attendee and
participant at College functions and a
participant in and supporter of sport. In
the cultural arena he has been involved
enthusiastically, particularly in the area
of drama. Finally, he has been a first class
Senior, carrying out his responsibilities
faithfully, looking after and caring for his
corridor with compassionate reliability
and fulfilling his contract in the most
assiduous but pleasant manner. He
is someone of whom I can say, he is
trustworthy, reliable and mature; a person
this College can be proud to call one of its
own.
“His name is Ben Brimblecombe.”
Ben Brimblecombe, 2009 recipient of
The College Medal.
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Please send your gift to Cromwell College Foundation, Walcott Street, St Lucia Qld 4067.
Phone 3377 1300 Fax 3377 1499 Email [email protected] Web www.cromwell.uq.edu.au
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