WEEKLY WYVERN
NO. 24/15 23 OCTOBER 2015
King's College
Upland Rd,
ST Lucia, QLD, 4067,
AUSTRALIA
Ph: 61 7 3871 9600
Fax: 61 7 3871 9666
DATES

24/10
QUT SWOTVAC

31/10
QUT EXAMS

6/11
UQ SWOTVAC

14/11
QUT END OF YEAR

21/11
UQ END OF YEAR
THIS ISSUE
Deputy Master
2
Director of L&L
4
Tutorials
6
Trevor Heath
7
End of Year
9
Movember
10
Valedictory Dinner 2015
A Big thanks to all of
our 2015 Valedicts from
King’s College
PAGE
2
From the Deputy Master
Many thanks to all Kingsmen who participated in the annual Valedictory Dinner. It was a special event
and a fitting farewell for our departing students. A special thanks to our Freshers who supported the
event in record numbers.
Conclusion is tonight from 6:30pm. There will be a lockout so you will need to move into the event
soon after the 6:30pm start - security will help you with that process. Remember that to enter the
event you must exit the College at the gates and walk down Upland Rd to the student carpark entrance.
SWOTVAC commences tomorrow for QUT students and next week for UQ. You should all be well
into your revision at this time. Please take the time to read the end of year departure notice in this edition of the Weekly Wyvern. QUT depart for the year no later than Saturday November 14 10:00am
with UQ departing a week later.
The Rugby 10s lads are running a carwash on Sunday. All cars will be removed from the front car park
anyway for Conclusion and must remain clear for the carwash.
Have a good weekend
Jamie
PAGE
3
From the Director of Learning & Leadership
Kingsmen
King’s College Bursaries
Congratulations to all of the students who received a bursary at the Valedictory Dinner, especially to
Henry, Wade and Reegan. All of the bursaries are funded by generous donations from Old Collegians.
Congratulations to Reegan Brown and Oliver Bellwood on their sporting and cultural awards. Both have
had busy lives at College and still achieved amazing GPAs. A balanced life is needed to succeed.
QUT Swotvac
Unfortunately, we cannot use the Chapel for a few days as the power has been disconnected. QUT students are very welcome to use the Boardroom for study as of today.
Tutorials
See attached programme
Note: Paula will not be here on Monday night. Clare’s tutorials will be on Monday night. Elise and
Luke’s tutorials will be on Tuesday night.
If you need assistance, please let us know. It is likely that we can help you.
Enjoy Conclusion!!!
Louise
All images provided by Trevor Heath
PAGE
4
Bursaries - Semester 1 2016
Liam
Spannenburg
The Rebecca Balser Bursary
Elliott
Apel
The Hon Angus Gibson Bursary
William
Davis
The C.S. & W.H. Green Memorial Bursary
Samuel
Davis
The Dr T.P. Lucas Bursary
Jamie
Border
Luke
Cuskelly
Liam
Spannenburg
Matthew
Steggles
Reegan
Brown
Wade
Fraser
Andrew
Lynch
The Morag Pocock Johnston Award (KCF)
Jacob
Branch
KOCA Weddo Bursaries A and B
Waseef
Arshad
Charles and Joy Jones Bursaries
Henry
Watter
Keith McDonald Travelling Scholarship
David
Madsen
Alexander
Pirlo
James
Barrett
The King’s Old Collegians' Association Bursaries (The KOCA Bursary)
Dr David Williams (Weddew No 1 and No 2)
The Malcolm McDonald Bursary
King’s College Council Returning Bursaries
Mr and Mrs Ang Oon Tit Bursary
All images provided by Trevor Heath
PAGE
5
Tutorial Timetable - Semester 2 2015
PAGE
6
From the Academic Consultant—Trevor Heath
…to aspire to…
Each year the Valedictory Dinner reminds of – and generates much admiration at – the impressive pool
of talent that exists amongst Kingsmen.
This year for example, Reegan Brown and Oliver Bellwood were, each for the second time, Sportsman of
the Year and Cultural Laureate respectively, and each achieved those distinctions while maintaining a GPA
of 6.5 and fulfilling the responsibilities of RA. And found time for activities outside of King’s. Reegan, for
example won the award for the most dismissals (>50 I believe) across all six teams in the UQ Cricket
Club this year.
Braden’s words towards the end of the Dinner provided a reminder of how effective he and his Exec
have been in leading and representing Kingsmen this year. I know it isn’t easy to balance the range of various needs and wants of 280+ colleagues, and to do this within ‘acceptable’ limits.
As I reflect on those who have led Kingsmen in each of the 16 years since I came to Kings, I am left in no
doubt that the leaders of 2015 have been the best. There have been some excellent individuals in previous years – notably Rob Ceccato - President in the early 2000s and now King’s visiting physiotherapist –
but the team of Senior Leaders of 2015 have set a standard for future SLTs to aspire to.
I have every confidence that SLT for 2016 will do a great job continuing and even enhancing the culture
already established– a culture in which every Kingsman matters, and in which sporting, cultural, social and
interpersonal activities are balanced against what must be the core business of King’s: preparing for a career and life generally.
I have no doubt that those who are in a position to observe their achievements over the next few decades will be able to conclude that the cohort of 2015 was indeed one of talent and aptitude.
One of the (many) great things about my role at King’s is the opportunity that it provides to watch how
young men develop over the years of young adulthood and make their mark in the world.
PAGE
7
One such Kingsman was honoured by UQ this week. Nick Veltjens, who graduated as a physiotherapist in
2005, received the award of Distinguished Young Alumnus of the Year at the ‘Courting the Greats’ ceremony at City Hall on Wednesday. He was not able to attend the ceremony as he was working in Madagascar, helping disadvantaged kids who were unfortunate enough to be born with club feet. He has been
working in Madagascar and in west African countries (when Ebola was prevalent) as part of the Christian
charity, the Mercy Ships.
Nick had had a pretty tough life after his father died when he was four and money was tight, but he excelled at soccer and indoor soccer. Fortunately he was able to come to King’s, but when he arrived from
Cairns he knew nobody. Soon though he made a great impression both personally and through indoor
soccer – he captained the Australian under 20 team while here.
Coincidentally, one of Nick’s contemporaries, Andrew Blackman (of whom I’ve written before) received
the comparable award from QUT this year. Andrew’s passion is helping developing countries with economic advice, and he is now working in Ecuador. He’s now engaged to a Cabinet Minister in the Ecuadorian government – they met while studying at Harvard – and I’m looking forward to meeting her when
they visit Australia (though not Brisbane) over Christmas.
Finally, under a heading ‘to aspire to’ I’d like to pay tribute to the current President of the King’s College
Council, Dr Brett Robinson. In 1987 Brett came to King’s from Downlands where had excelled at rugby.
As a student at UQ he completed a medical degree (and, later a DPhil from Oxford), and as a rugby player he played 16 Test matches as a Wallaby and, later, managed the High Performance Unit at Australian
Rugby. And since then has occupied top leadership positions in medicine and in business (insurance and
banking) – and now at King’s. An incredible career path; truly one to aspire to.
I wish you all all (sic) the best as you prepare for those pesky exams…
Trevor
Grow your Mo for 30 days.
Do it for men's health.
Register at au.movember.com or email the Deputy Master on
[email protected]