Queen’s College
The University of Melbourne
2015
annual report
A vibrant and supportive academic community
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Contents
Overview2
Vision, Mission & Values
3
Message from the Master 5
Governance6
President’s Report
6
Residential College
7
Academic Programs
8
Scholarships10
Wellbeing Programs
11
Chapel13
Choir14
Music15
Finance16
2015 Income
16
2015 Expenditure
16
Statement of Financial Position
17
Statement of Comprehensive Income
18
College Departments
19
Property19
Development 20
Marketing & Communications 21
Information Technology
21
The Library
22
Conferencing23
Catering23
Appendix24
1. College Council 24
2. College Fellows
24
2.1 Principal Fellow
24
2.2 Senior Fellows
24
2.3 Fellows
24
2.4 Honorary Fellows
25
3. Academic Associates
25
4. Senior Common Room Members
26
5. Academic Tutors
26
6. Middle Common Room Executive
26
7. Sports and Social Club General Committee 26
8. Staff List
26
9. Visiting Scholars
27
10. Donors
28
Queen’s College Annual Report 2015 1
Overview
Founded in 1887, Queen’s College is a leading residential College of the University of
Melbourne under the auspices of the Uniting Church in Australia. For over a hundred years
the College has fostered a unique community where young adults come together to live
and pursue their intellectual and personal growth in a caring and supportive environment.
At Queen’s we develop each individual
resident through a well-rounded suite
of programs that include:
• Tutorial and academic programs
• Wellbeing and pastoral care
programs
• Leadership and professional
development, and networking
opportunities
• Music, arts, sporting and other
cultural programs and activities
The ethos of Queen’s College has
always been one of nurturing students
in a friendly, family atmosphere. This
carries on the tradition of our first
Master, Edward H. Sugden, and his
belief in the importance of community
and social interaction in developing
one’s character.
Side view of Queen’s College in 1888
The cast from the College’s 1901 production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The first Master, Edward H. Sugden
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Vision, Mission & Values
Vision
Our vision is to be a vibrant and supportive
academic residential community, a place that fosters
life-long learning and fellowship.
Mission
Values
Our mission is to provide
a positive and stimulating
environment for students to
pursue their studies at university;
and to support and encourage
our students’ academic work
and personal development
through a wide range of
activities that prepare them
for leadership roles in a rapidly
changing, globalised world.
At Queen’s we value:
• A strong sense of community, combining diversity and
inclusiveness
• The importance of learning and intellectual enquiry
• Active participation in the life of mind, spirit and body
• Respect and support for the needs and rights of others
• Service to the wider community and concern for the future
of the environment in which we live
• Our heritage as a liberal institution with a Christian ethos
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Message from the Master
The mission of Queen’s College is, in a nutshell, to provide a stimulating and supportive
educational environment for its students as they pursue their studies at university. In 2015
the College continued to carry out that mission with enthusiasm and considerable success.
A major contribution to that success
has been made as the result of the
restructuring of the senior staff of the
College. Although the newly appointed
Deans were not able to move on site
until their residences were completed
in July, they were able to commence
their roles in the second half of 2014.
This enabled them to implement their
vision for the roles entrusted to them
in the past year.
The Dean of Studies, Dr Brenda Holt,
has introduced a new tutoring system
and has also expanded the advice
given to students, particularly for their
future careers. The success of her
efforts and those of her team can be
measured in the excellent academic
results that the College enjoyed in
2015, surpassing all previous records.
The Dean of Wellbeing, Prof. Tim
Corney, was able to implement a more
fine-grained pastoral and mentoring
program, as well as taking on board the
supervision of marketing, admissions
and the Chapel. His success can be
measured through an increase in
student satisfaction, but above all
in the observation by members of the
College and its wider community that
Queen’s is a happy and harmonious
place of residence.
I was further assisted in my task of
running the College by a team of loyal
and devoted staff and two impressive
student leadership groups. Among
the former, special mention should
be made of the Catering Manager,
Mr Ross Rufford-Sharpe, who retired
after more than 12 years of dedicated
service to the College and its residents.
They will not forget, to give just one
example, how every year on rowing
day he would be at his post at 5 am
to make sure that the rowing crews
had all the protein that they needed
for their arduous challenge ahead.
The year was also notable for the
completion of three projects that
have added additional beauty to
the collection of fine buildings at
the College: the building complex
containing the Deans’ residences and
the visiting scholar apartment, officially
named Henley House at the Master’s
Garden party; the new entrance to the
Office area in the north-eastern corner
of the quadrangle; and the second
stage of the student centre in the
Nicholas Laboratories.
This year too the College continued
to enjoy warm and productive relations
with its various stakeholder groups—
parents, the Uniting Church, the
University and other Colleges, and
the Wyvern community.
At the end of 2014 I announced that
I would be stepping down from my role
as Master at the end of my contract in
January 2017 after fifteen years in office.
This early notice has given the College
plenty of time to prepare a succession
plan and appoint a new Head of
College. When that time comes I hope
to have built on the successes of this
past year and previous years, and to
be able to hand over the College to
my successor in excellent shape.
Professor David Runia, Master
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Governance
The Queen’s College Council is responsible for the stewardship and strategic direction
of the College.
The Council is made up of an esteemed group of people who have a deep connection and commitment to the life and
prosperity of the College. Amongst the Council are representatives from the University of Melbourne, The Uniting Church,
the College administration, and the undergraduate and graduate student clubs (see appendix 1).
President’s Report
The Council continued its practice
of recent years of meeting on six
occasions. In addition, the annual
strategy day was held in September.
In order to be better informed about
operational matters, time was set aside
in Council meetings for Fixed Orders of
the Day. With the two new Deans, Dr
Brenda Holt and Prof. Dr Tim Corney,
beginning their first full year in office, it
was appropriate that at the February
meeting senior management presented
their vision for the College and the
values that should guide it.
In July, the Chair of Finance, Mr Glenn
Sedgwick, led a Council discussion
on College finances. The main issue
facing the College is the trade-off
between accelerated debt repayment
versus the provision of new facilities.
Through good management the
College was able to make accelerated
payments of debt while completing the
new residence for the Deans (Henley
House) and refurbishing the Nicholas
Laboratories for student use.
Council welcomed Ms Elizabeth
Eldridge as a new member of Council.
Liz has occupied senior positions in
the Victorian Public Service. Professor
Nilss Olekalns, Vice-President of the
Academic Board joined Council as
the Academic Board representative.
The Dean of Studies, Dr Brenda Holt,
replaced the outgoing Vice-Master on
Council. The Reverend Sharon Hollis
left Council at the end of the year
and in 2016 will take up the position
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of Moderator of the Uniting Church
in Victoria and Tasmania. Sharon’s
contribution to Council will be greatly
missed.
With the announced retirement of
the Master in January 2017, Council
began the process of choosing a
successor. An executive search firm
has been appointed to assist in this
process. In order to facilitate a smooth
transition it is planned to have a new
Head of College appointed by the
middle of 2016.
The new structure of Council
committees came into operation
in the middle of the year. This
provides an opportunity for more
Council members to have input into
developments in the College and
enables the College to make greater
use of outside experts. The three
new committees are Planning and
Resourcing, Buildings and Grounds,
and Philanthropy. The Administrative
Committee has been renamed the
Executive Committee with a brief
to coordinate the work of the new
committees. Council members
recognise, however, that operational
matters must be left in the hands
of the College’s senior management
group headed by the Master, Prof.
David Runia, with the strong support
team of the Deans, Prof. Dr Tim Corney
and Dr Brenda Holt, and Mr Elias
Kambouropoulos, Manager of
Finance and Administration. The high
demand for places at Queen’s and
the favourable student satisfaction
ratings attest to their competence.
Professor Ross Williams AM, President
of the Queen’s College Council
Residential College
Our historic building and grounds—known colloquially as ‘the Castle’—were home to a
total of 293 students in 2015.
Residential life at the College is all
about support. We provide a range
of academic, tutorial and educational
programs alongside sporting, music,
arts, Chapel and other extracurricular
activities. The health and wellbeing of
our students is of utmost importance,
and the College not only provides
counselling, pastoral care and
chaplaincy services to all residents,
but also runs programs in positive
psychology, life skills and mental health.
With a proud tradition of success for
over 125 years, we are committed to
developing the leaders of tomorrow.
2015 Community
Graduate
students
(MCR): 52
Undergraduate
students
(JCR): 241
2015 Applications
Undergraduate Graduate
ApplicationsApplications
Male
Female
Total
Offer Accepted
37
69
106
19
14
33
Offer Declined
4
8
12
1
0
1
Waiting List
0
0
0
N/A
N/A
N/A
Deferred
7
411 0 00
Transition To Residence
4
2
6
Cancelled/Withdrawn
1
7
8
0
1
1
Sent to Pool
22
29
51
6
5
11
Returned From Pool
(no available offer)
15
74
89
Declined Move to Pool
Students To Other Universities
No University Offer
Incomplete Applications
Total Applications
Male Female
N/A
Total
N/AN/A
N/A
N/AN/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
13
14
27
0
0
0
3
10
13
0
0
0
7
15
22
5
1
6
113
232
345
31
21
52
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Academic Programs
Our academic programs are integral to university success and this year has seen a
significantly expanded offering and reconfiguration under the direction of the new
Dean of Studies, Dr Brenda Holt.
The key changes that were
implemented include:
• The hiring of dedicated Residential
Tutors who built close working
relationships with our residents and
taught across a number of different
subjects. Previously, tutorials were
run by many tutors who led one
tutorial each. In 2015, our new
Residential Tutors delivered the
majority of our tutorials.
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• The establishment of Academic
Mentors who were assigned to every
resident who had a GPA that was
tracking under 65. As a result, all
of these students increased their
GPA, some with dramatic results.
• The creation of a week-long
career readiness series—‘Wyvern
Week’. This featured workshops
and presentations on professional
development, and culminated in a
networking event where students
met key people in their industries
and gained valuable insights.
Our residents achieved
an overall GPA of 73.94,
up 2 full points from 2014.
• The establishment of Wyvern
Mentors for all MCR and third year
JCR residents. Each resident was
paired with a mentor from their field
of study and was able to learn from
their academic and professional
experience. Some residents even
secured employment through this
connection.
• The one-on-one support of the
Dean of Studies who met with every
third year resident, and most second
years, to discuss their academic
progress and career pathways.
This built very high engagement
around the expectation of academic
excellence at the College, and also
helped ensure residents were on
the right track towards their goals.
• The embedding of performance
into the curriculum to improve our
residents’ presentation and leadership
skills. This included many public
speaking opportunities, the formation
of two choirs, drama productions
and poetry performances.
Academic Performance
Year
Overall mark
% H3 or more
% H1
% fail
2015
73.94
89.00 32.322.26
2014
71.73
80.86 27.122.73
2013
72.60 82.80
2012
72.05
79.25 23.302.70
• The establishment of a parents’
forum during Orientation that
outlined the life cycle of a ‘Queener’
and differentiated the offerings for
first, second and third year residents.
With an increased retention rate
in 2016, parents are increasingly
seeing the value in residence for
a full three terms.
25.40
2.35
Testament to the effectiveness
of these new initiatives were the
excellent academic results achieved
by our residents this year.
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Scholarships
Our commitment to both academic excellence and equity of opportunity was again
demonstrated by the awarding of a number of scholarships in 2015.
Queen’s College awards scholarships in four key areas:
2015 Scholarships
• Entrance scholarships
• Continuation scholarships
Scholarship Name
Number
$ value
• Special scholarships
Entrance Scholarships
29
139,344
• Graduate scholarships
Continuation scholarships
32
122,819
The College gratefully thanks the generous support
of all our scholarship and bursary donors in 2015
(see Appendix 10 for a full list of recognition).
Special scholarships
7
39,928
Graduate scholarships 23
97,905
Bursaries (graduate) 12
26,000
1
3,000
104
428,996
Bursary (undergraduate)
Totals
“Receiving the Leslie Hurley Medical
scholarship significantly reduced
the financial barrier associated with
pursuing a lifelong dream studying
Medicine. It has provided me with
the opportunity of attending
Queen’s College.”
Matthew Daly
(1st year Doctor of Medicine)
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Wellbeing Programs
The health and happiness of all at Queen’s is central to its good functioning as a residential
academic community. A strong sense of wellbeing is integral to learning; and fostering a
nurturing environment for all residents is a key aim of our wellbeing programs.
This year has seen the consolidation
of the Wellbeing portfolio following
the Council’s strategic appointment
in July 2014 of a Dean responsible
for the pastoral and spiritual care
of the College. Since then the Dean
of Student Wellbeing, Prof. Dr Tim
Corney, has developed a number
of new and important pastoral care
initiatives, including the appointment
of a new College Chaplain and
contract Counsellor.
Another significant change
implemented by the Dean has been
the development of a pastoral care
arrangement, with expanded roles
for our Residential Tutors. This new
arrangement provides a wide safety
net of support for all students and
includes Residential Tutors as both
pastoral carers and mentor group
leaders. The new structure includes
third year students on each corridor
as key pastoral care leaders, and
three on-call resident medical officers
providing medical support. A further
initiative has been the employment
of an Evening Support Officer
available every evening after office
hours to assist students. The structure
also revised the mentoring program
to focus on supporting first year
students using the Residential Tutors
as mentor group leaders, assisted
by second or third year students.
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Training in mental health and first aid
has also been provided to all student
leaders and Residential Tutors. A
mental health committee chaired by
the Dean of Wellbeing was established
with representatives from the student
leadership, and included the College
Counsellor, College Chaplain and
an external health professional. The
provision of a contract Counsellor
was greatly appreciated by students
and staff and her services highly
utilised over the course of the year.
The Counsellor, who works closely
with the Dean, has proved to be
an essential agent of support for
residents, providing confidential and
immediate services when required.
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A further development was the
expansion of the positive psychology
course in second semester. The
course was delivered by the recently
established Centre for Positive
Psychology in the University’s
Graduate School of Education and
it was strongly supported by the
student leadership. Its aim is to
encourage the idea that positive
psychology, and principles like
mindfulness and gratitude, could
become foundational to the
Queen’s community.
The training of O’ week leaders this
year included important sessions on
bystander training. O’ week leaders
and all student leaders, including
Residential Tutors, also participated
in sexual consent training.
All College staff participated in
information sessions presented
by the Dean of Wellbeing on the
College’s fair treatment, harassment
and bullying policies and procedures.
Nearing the end of the year the
American documentary film The
Hunting Ground was screened for
student leaders to raise awareness
around sexual harassment, before
a planned screening for the whole
College in 2016 and engagement with
the sector wide university campaign
“Respect. Now. Always.” to prevent
sexual assault and harassment.
We look forward to continuing to
expand our wellbeing and pastoral
care programs, further developing
the provision of these important
services to our residents in 2016.
Chapel
The Queen’s College Chapel and Chaplaincy programs play an important role in fulfilling
and upholding the values and mission of the College. The Chapel enjoyed a successful year
in engaging our community with our values through a number of related activities.
Fundamental to the work of the Chapel
were Chapel services held on Sunday
evenings throughout the year. The
preaching and liturgy was of a high
calibre with the Deans of Chapel,
Rev. Dr Sean Winter and Rev. Prof.
Dr Tim Corney; Associate Chaplain,
Mr Ian Chapman; the Master; and
others exploring a range of themes.
This year Prof. Dr Corney introduced
a special series on the College values
in first semester which explored their
relationship to the Christian purpose
and the heritage of the College. In
second semester a series presented
film texts during Chapel, with dynamic
and thought provoking preaching
provided by Prof. Dr Corney, Dr Winter,
the Master, Rev. Dr Geoff Thompson
from the Theological Hall, and
Rev. Dr Sunny Chen, the University
of Melbourne Chaplain.
A new and exciting innovation this year
was the introduction of a combined
College chapel service each semester,
shared with our neighbours, St Hilda’s.
Another development instigated by
Prof. Dr Corney has been the building
of a significant relationship with the
Church of All Nations Carlton (CAN).
This has resulted in the oversight of
the Chapel being moved from Mark
the Evangelist North Melbourne to
CAN, and a range of volunteer social
service opportunities for residents,
such as the tutoring of school children
and assisting with programs for the
homeless and disadvantaged.
Outside of the weekly Chapel Service,
the Chapel team continued to serve
the community through their hospitality
and pastoral care of students. Our
Associate Chaplain, Ian Chapman,
led a weekly faith discussion group
which reflected on a range of
theological and philosophical issues
of interest to our residents. This
personal support combined with
the present depth and quality of our
Chapel services and the new initiatives
outlined above, allow the College to
continue to provide welcoming and
effective space for Christian education,
spiritual exploration, social service,
and growth in the coming year.
The Chapel team continued the recent
tradition of involving students in prayer,
special music, poems, songs and
reflections. A notable example included
a service exploring the multi-faith
traditions in the College community
with a visiting Rabbi talking about the
Jewish faith, and a student’s speech
on what faith meant to him being
raised as Hindu. A number of special
services were held during the academic
year, notably the special Anzac Day
Service commemorating the 100th
anniversary of the Gallipoli landings.
A first year student from a Wyvern
family, Will Winter Cook, spoke
movingly of his great grandfather’s
experience at Gallipoli and of the
Gallipoli Oak that grows on his parents’
property. At the close of the service
a seedling from this tree was given to
the College to mark the Anniversary
of the Gallipoli landings.
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Choir
The Chapel of Queen’s College stands at the spiritual heart of life at Queen’s, and the Chapel
Choir stands at the heart of weekly ministry to the wider College community during Chapel.
The Choir offers eighteen bursary
positions to students both of the
College and of the wider University
community, with sixteen ‘ordinary’
scholarships and two prestigious firstyear entrant scholarships. The Choir
performs every week through semester
and attracts many excellent young
singers to its ranks. It also undertakes
several important major projects that
work towards greater community
awareness of the College and its
mission.
2015 proved a busy year for the
Choir. The Choir’s major project for
the year was the last recording
sessions for its first CD, Vivat Regina, a
celebration of Victorian and Edwardian
music reflecting the foundation of
the College, its spiritual heritage and
history of Christian worship. This CD,
funded with the generous support of
the Cousins family—and featuring
Ian Cousins as baritone solo in works
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including Vaughan Williams’ Five
mystical songs—was released at the
November Advent Service and is
available through the College and
in fine music stores.
The Choir also presented occasional
full-scale concert works as part of the
Chapel music program. Buxtehude’s
cantata Vulnerasti cor meum with an
ensemble of five violas da gamba
was presented at the start of the year.
It was joined by the first Australian
performance of Johann Pachelbel’s
Meine Sünde betrüben mich and
Franz Tunder’s Ein’ feste Burg, both
premiere performances in Australia.
The Pachelbel cantata was prepared
for performance from manuscript
parts from the eighteenth century
by Choir Director, John Weretka,
and is an excellent example of the
union of practical musicianship and
scholarship that an environment
such as a university college fosters.
2015 also saw the continuation of the
Organ Scholar’s position in the Chapel.
This program provides funding for
an assistant to the College Organist,
who will learn the art of playing for
the liturgy of the Chapel under the
instruction of the College Organist.
The scholarship is in abeyance for
most of 2016 as the College organ is
dismantled and removed for restoration.
The Choir looks forward to a busy
2016, with the production of a new
CD featuring the music of Henry
Purcell, in addition to the premiere of
several new works from the repertoire
of the seventeenth-century German
and English cantata. Most importantly,
it will continue to stand at the heart
of excellent music making and worship
in the College.
Music
As part of our commitment to student development, Queen’s College has a long history in
supporting the arts and, in particular, music and choir at the College. 2015 was no exception
with students taking advantage of the many musical activities available to them, led by our
Director of Music, Dr Kathleen McGuire.
A range of professional performance
opportunities were offered throughout
the year for students to gain industry
experience in:
• Live performance
• Music teaching
• Arts management internships
• Concert volunteering.
A major feature of our music program is
the annual Queen’s College Performing
Arts Series, presenting an eclectic range
of events throughout the academic
calendar. 2015 highlights included
performances by the Seraphim Trio,
and two College-wide soirées which
presented the work of music students.
This year also saw the creation of two
exciting new choirs—an a cappella
choir in first semester, and a gospel
choir in second semester. These nonauditioned choirs gave much joy and
performance practice to our residents
who participated throughout the year.
Another major musical undertaking
was the production of the College
musical Spamalot which involved
much of our community in this
ambitious project. The live musical
accompaniment was of a very
high quality, as was the rest of the
production, and the orchestra enjoyed
tremendous support from our Director
of Music, Dr Kathleen McGuire.
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Finance
In 2015 Total Revenue from continuing
operations increased by $1,109,171 or
13.9% on 2014 as a result of increased
student income—$7,136,369 (2014:
$6,695,522)—stemming from a 6%
average increase in fees, and an
increase in conference revenue by
$138,818.
2015 Expenditure
The pie charts below show a breakdown
of the source of College income and
areas of College expenditure. Fee
income is clearly the main form of
income representing 79%, followed
by conference income at 9%.
The College has spent a total of
$508,260 in general capital works.
Expenditure increased by $442,703
or 6.4% on 2014. Administration costs
represent 23% of College expenditure,
with Catering 19%, Property 16% and
depreciation of 13% the next most
significant expenditure categories.
2015 Income
The operating surplus of $1,745,318—
including the gift from the Trust
Corporation of $642,052 (2014: 102,141)
to fund 50% of the salaries of the
Development department $122,052
(2014 :$102,141) and the construction of
Stage 2 of the Nicholas Laboratories at
$520,000 (2014: Nil)—was significantly
higher than the budgeted target due
to lower expenditure in a number
of departments, including interest
payment on loans.
This included the refurbishment of
the Johnson wing student bathrooms,
the purchase of catering equipment,
the conversion of the Woodruff room
into two new undergraduate student
rooms, the move of the IT department
to the library, and the refurbishment of
two General Committee student rooms.
The College has again received
significant support for Scholarships,
Bursaries and Prizes during the year
with $428,996 being awarded to
students from the support of our
community. This is greatly appreciated
and we thank those who have been
generous in supporting students in
this way. However, additional support
is needed so we can continue to give
students from all backgrounds the
opportunity to attend Queen’s in
the years ahead.
In 2015 the College reduced its loan
to the College Trust Corporation by
$134,494.
The following pages show extracts from
the 2015 Accounts which indicate that
the College is in a healthy position and
can move forward with confidence.
Information
technology
6%
Finance
expenses 6%
Conference
4%
Catering 19%
Other 3%
Gift from trust
corporation 7%
Depreciation
13%
Conferences
9%
Rents from
flats 2%
Chapel 1%
2015 Expenditure
Student
support 6%
2015 Income
Fees 79%
Library 2%
Property,
maintenance
& house 16%
Development
5%
Administration 23%
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Statement of Financial Position
as at 31 December 2015
2015
2014
$$
ASSETS
Cash Reserves
124,479
Receivables
104,199232,732
Inventories
50,75944,963
Prepayments
101,702
51,71748,557
Property, plant and equipment
23,457,393
21,683,220
Total Assets
23,788,547
22,111,174
LIABILITIES
Interest-bearing liabilities
7,090,000
7,150,000
Loans from QCTC
–
–
Finance Leases
–
–
Payables
Provisions
1,290,0201,344,332
500,928465,242
Income in advance
Total Liabilities
8,880,948
8,959,574
Net assets
14,907,599
13,151,600
Capital Reserve
3,187,186
3,187,186
General Reserve
10,500,184
8,804,866
Major Maintenance Reserve
1,070,000
1,020,000
150,229
139,547
14,907,599
13,151,599
EQUITY
Revenue Account – Library Purchases Fund
Total equity Queen’s College Annual Report 2015 17
Statement of Comprehensive Income
for the year ended December 2015
2015
2014
$$
Revenue from continuing operations
Fees
7,136,3696,695,522
Rents from Flats
221,542
Conferences
782,812643,994
Gift from Trust Corporation
642,052
Other
289,742333,336
Total revenue from continuing operations
9,072,517
188,353
102,141
7,963,346
Operating expenses from continuing operations
Conference
307,654288,865
Catering
1,415,4011,285,680
Property, Maintenance & House
1,188,657
Administration
1,651,5791,464,695
Development
356,289282,925
Library
Student Support
Chapel
1,195,748
169,752168,051
407,093
455,246
80,12967,292
Depreciation 924,033
845,669
Finance expense
409,912
439,584
Information Technology
416,700
390,741
Total expenses from continuing operations
7,327,199
6,884,496
Operating surplus (deficit) for the year
1,745,318
1,078,850
Special Gift from Trust Corporation
–
–
Profit on Disposal of Non Current Assets
–
-3,321
1,745,318
1,075,529
–
–
1,745,318
1,075,529
Total surplus (deficit) for the year
Other comprehensive income
Other comprehensive income
Total comprehensive income for the year
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College Departments
Property
One of the most recognisable and loved
parts of the Queen’s College experience
is the historic building and grounds.
The mission of the Property team is
to ensure the heritage of our historic
buildings is preserved while developing
and maintaining the highest quality
spaces and amenities for students
and staff of the College. To this end,
a range of important projects were
undertaken in 2015.
There was a continuing focus on
the improvement of undergraduate
student spaces and amenities.
The second stage of the Nicholas
Laboratories redevelopment
commenced with the building of
a new multi-use recreational space
which now houses the College’s
historic billiard table, in addition to
pay TV/free-to-air viewing facilities.
Construction also included an extensive
decking area, corridor and secondary
entrance that now links stage one and
stage two of the redeveloped spaces.
Other refurbishments included two
undergraduate General Committee
rooms and three bathrooms in the
Johnson building.
Another major project was the
completion in April of the construction
of the Deans’ residences, Henley
House. This was quickly followed by
their landscaping works in August.
This project included the establishment
of a number of garden beds, pathways
and lighting and irrigation systems.
Asphalt pathways were removed from
around the historic Morton Bay fig tree
in the Close and replaced with lawn
to improve the health of the tree and
ensure its long term viability.
Whether in providing on-site housing
to facilitate the new academic structure
of the two Deans, or in improving the
bathroom amenities for students, all
of these works were closely aligned
with the College’s vision for continual
improvement of the student experience
at Queen’s College as determined by
the College’s Building Master Plan.
The Deans’ residences, Henley House
Queen’s College Annual Report 2015 19
Development
The Development team managed a
number of successful philanthropic
activities and initiatives in 2015. The
year was filled with an extremely
busy schedule of events for alumni
and friends of the Queen’s Community.
The College worked closely with the
Wyvern Society—the College’s alumni
association—on alumni engagement
activities.
Over $650,000 was raised from
philanthropic activities in the areas
of Annual Giving, Scholarships,
Bequests, improved facilities and
capital projects, with more than 300
donors providing generous support.
Over $100,000 is pledged for future
years. Annual Giving increased by over
35% from 2014. This made a remarkable
impact to the lives of Queen’s residents
and staff. And thanks to our supporters,
over one hundred scholarships and
bursaries were awarded in 2015 to
the value of $428,996.
20 Queen’s College Annual Report 2015
Over twenty alumni and donor
engagement events were held in
a number of locations, including
Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Singapore
and Kuala Lumpur. Event attendance
almost doubled from 2014 with over
1,000 Wyverns & friends connecting
with the College this year. Highlights
included the Wyvern Society Annual
Over twenty alumni and donor
engagement events were held in
a number of locations, including
Melbourne, Sydney, Perth,
Singapore and Kuala Lumpur.
Dinner (and ball) which was held
offsite at Leonda by the Yarra—a very
successful event with over 300 Wyverns
from 1965 to 2014 in attendance.
Members of the Sugden (bequestor)
Society were treated to exclusive tours
and events in appreciation of their
support, and now the Society numbers
almost one hundred members.
Other events included concerts,
faculty dinners, city breakfasts,
reunions, parent’s gatherings and
the annual Master’s garden party.
Other activities included the
relaunching of In Aeternum—the
annual Wyvern Society and College
magazine—with a new look, and the
development of a new format for the
online Wyvern newsletter.
The year also saw a change to the
team’s personnel with Ms Nicole Crook
starting in January in the position
of Director of Development. Ms Ann
Wegner left her role as Development
Officer in October, and Ms Jessica Beca
began in a new role, Donor Stewardship
and Alumni Advisor, in November
2015. Athina Goutzamanis, Conference
& Events Coordinator also began
to manage a particular portfolio of
Development events in September 2015.
Marketing & Communications
The year was a busy and successful one
for the Marketing & Communications
team. After separation last year
from Development, the Marketing
& Communications portfolio is now
overseen by the Dean of Student
Wellbeing, Prof. Dr Tim Corney. The
beginning of the year saw some
changes to personnel with Ms
Debbie Barnes, Alumni Relations
& Communications Co-ordinator,
leaving the College and Mr Mark
Johnson taking up the role of
Marketing & Communications Officer.
Throughout the year the
Communications & Marketing team
managed the production of a number
of publications, including the Residential
Tutor Manual, Junior Common Room
Program, Annual Report, and a steady
stream of promotional flyers, brochures,
posters, and event invitations. The team
also had significant involvement in the
production of the new look In Aeternum
magazine, in cooperation with the
Development team, which met with
much praise from our community.
A particular focus of the team this year
was updating the graphic design and
aesthetic of all new College marketing
collateral so that our promotional
materials present a contemporary
and professional look, and reflect our
College values. To this end, work on a
new College Style Guide commenced
at the end of the year to formalise our
new look and branding guidelines.
“I thought the November 2015
issue [of In Aternum] was
brilliant, highlighting programs,
student activities and academic
successes, outstanding Wyverns,
all beautifully formatted to make
for an excellent production.”
—Louise Joy (daughter of Edward
Woodall Gault, President of the
Sports and Social Club, 1926)
Promotional activities conducted
throughout the year included:
regional, interstate and overseas
school presentations; College tours
to school groups and individuals;
University faculties presentations and
liaisons; and of course the College
Open Day—where we were blessed
with an uncustomary, and much
welcomed, sunny winter’s day.
Our promotional activities have
seen continued strong demand for
undergraduate residence with a total
of 336 applications received for
112 available places for the year. The
demand for graduate residence is not
yet at the level of our undergraduate
offering. However, to help boost
awareness of our Middle Common
Room a number of initiatives were
instigated late in the year, including
a referral program for current MCR
members, an advertising banner
placed on the College fence, and
a Google Adwords campaign. In the
end, the College received a total
of 52 applications for 33 available
MCR places.
The Marketing & Communications
Officer, Mr Mark Johnson, was also
involved in the Queen’s College
Representative Working Group. The
group was established to drive our
organisational response to staff
matters raised during our annual
professional development workshop
held in August. Clear statements of
our shared values and behaviours
were produced and grouped together
around ‘Five Cs’—common purpose,
communication, collaboration,
collegiality and celebration.
Information Technology
The current IT climate is trending
towards shorter change lifecycles and
greater portability. However, with a
further decrease in the buying power
of the Australian dollar in 2015, the IT
team decided to maintain the bulk of
the current infrastructure for a further
twelve-month period. This will allow
for our future IT direction and
computing paradigm to be fully
evaluated and developed before a
new deployment in 2016. With current
infrastructure being so well beddedin, service in 2015 was still provided
at a very high level, with low levels of
interruption (99% uptime) and high
levels of satisfaction with IT requests.
One exception to this status quo, and
in response to demands for extra
portability, were the improvements
made to the College’s WiFi network.
Our residents’ expectations of fast,
ubiquitous WiFi access are higher
than ever, and in response the IT
team commenced a project to increase
WiFi throughput and presence around
the College. Approximately half of a
fleet of new-generation, dual band,
triple antenna Wireless Access Points
were installed, with the remainder to
be deployed by mid-2016. The resulting
increase in speed from the previous
generation has been quite astounding
with a ten-fold increase being noted
on the 2.4GHz band alone, while
residents using devices with 5GHz
capability can enjoy a further
doubling of this increase.
Looking to the future year, the IT
team have several new projects
planned, including:
• The replacement of the aging
tutorial management system
• Further improvements to our
community intranet platform, QI
• Deployment of video monitoring
solutions for the main entrance
and historic front fence
• The completion of audio/visual
technology deployment to the
tutoring and conference spaces
• Further automation of common
administration tasks
• Re-evaluation of the IT procurement
strategy.
Queen’s College Annual Report 2015 21
The Library
The Featonby Library is a resource much valued by our residents. In 2015 our residents
made over 60,000 visits to the library, a 66% increase from three years earlier.
The library provides research assistance
and important resources to support
our residents’ studies and their
academic success—with the space
effectively functioning as their hub.
Over the past years residents have
suggested the need for renovation
of our library facilities, and in 2015
exciting plans for refurbishments of
the current space were developed in
consultation with a student focus group.
The group was mostly comprised of
students in architecture, planning, and
environments, so the plans were wellinformed on two fronts: modern design
and student needs. Plans progressed
well and the first of three stages will
be completed in early 2016. Shortage
of funds means that some desired
features cannot be incorporated,
22 Queen’s College Annual Report 2015
but nonetheless the end result will
be pleasing. With the now expanded
student cohort, the need for more
seating and upgraded IT Facilities in
the library are a priority. The future
vision of a larger, state-of-the-art
library with ample seating and
modern learning spaces is one that
is supported by staff and residents
alike. However, future plans are
wholly dependent on funding and the
generous support of our community.
Our Archives team continued their
important work preserving the history
and heritage of the College, while
providing indispensible information
to the College administration. Other
activities included: the professional
restoration of the 1909 rowing oar,
complete with signed names; the
production of the Masters’ Portraits
brochure; and a permanent display
of photographic portraits of the
notable women in Queen’s history.
The Sugden Collection, our
internationally recognised resource
on Methodism, was honoured to
receive a major donation of books
from the family of the late Rev. Max
O’Connor, which brought in some
wonderful published items that couldn’t
be sourced elsewhere. The collection
also benefited from a new compactus
to house our Methodist journals and
Egyptian artefacts. Further funding
support from our community will assist
in the on-going work to preserve the
Sugden Collection and help secure this
important resource well into the future.
Conferencing
Conferencing at Queen’s College plays an important role in generating and maintaining
additional income for the College, making up 9% of the College’s total revenue.
Most revenue is raised during the
winter and summer semester break
periods, with large group bookings for
accommodation, conference facilities
and catering. Conferencing also
means that the College is able
to offer additional employment
opportunities to residents, especially
during the semester breaks where
live in positions are made available.
Revenue by booking type
Residential
bookings 84%
The Conference team had another very
successful year with projected annual
revenue being exceeded by 20.6%.
Actual
$839,887.42
Budget Target
Variance
$666,873.00 $173,014.42
A Client Satisfaction Survey is emailed
to all clients following each booking
and based on these results the team
achieved a very high customer
satisfaction average of 92%.
The year also saw changes to the
team’s administrative arrangements,
with Conferencing now reporting
to the Manager of Finance and
Administration (instead of the
Catering Manager), and the
Conference Coordinator role
becoming the Conference & Events
Coordinator, working alongside
the Development team on event
management.
“The team at Queen’s were nothing short of amazing ... They were all very
friendly and assisted us in any way they could. We were very impressed
and will be coming back to use your venue again. Thanks to all the team.”
—Danielle Stewart, RYP International
Non-residential
bookings 9%
Casual
accommodation
7%
Catering
Our Catering team’s work in providing
meals to all our residents is an
important part of the day-to-day
College experience. In January the
floors of Eakins Hall were polished in
readiness for the academic year ahead.
The year also saw several changes to
the Catering staff with the welcoming
of Mr Pascal Berthelemy to the role of
Catering Manager at the end of year,
after the retirement of Mr Ross RuffordSharpe who gave twelve outstanding
years of service.
Queen’s College Annual Report 2015 23
Appendix
1. College Council
2. College Fellows
Professor Ross Williams AM,
President
2.1 Principal Fellow
Mr George Willox,
Vice President, co-opted member
Professor David T. Runia,
Master, ex officio
Dr David Cousins AM,
Synod representative
Rev. Sharon Hollis,
Synod representative
Professor Nilss Olekalns,
University representative
Dr Brenda Holt,
Senior Management representative
Mr Derek Chan,
Academic staff representative
Ms Sophie Lawes,
President Queen’s College Graduate
Social Club ex officio
Mr Rodney Brown,
President Student Club, ex officio
Mr Jacob Workman,
Archwyvern ex officio
Ms Elizabeth Eldridge,
co-opted member
Mr Matthew Hicks,
co-opted member
Mr Glenn Sedgwick,
co-opted member
Ms Deb Johnson,
co-opted member
Mr Warwick Bray,
co-opted member
Non-voting observers
Mr Elias Kambouropoulos,
Manager Finance and Administration
Prof. Tim Corney,
Dean of Student Wellbeing
Ms Nicole Crook,
Director of Development
Ms Alisha Maclean,
Student representative
24 Queen’s College Annual Report 2015
David J Habersberger BA (Hons) LLB
(Hons), Justice of the Supreme Court
of Victoria (2001–2013). President of
Queen’s College Council (1996–2002).
2.2 Senior Fellows
Raymond L Martin AO MSc PhD
ScD(Cantab) DSc FAA FRSC FRACI,
Emeritus Professor of Chemistry,
and former Vice-Chancellor, Monash
University.
John (Jack) W Clarke OAM BA DipEd
DipSocStud DipPsych, Vice-Master of
Queen’s from 1964 to 1989.
Donald G Macleish AO MBBS MS
FRCS FRACS FACS, Honorary Consultant
Surgeon at Royal Melbourne Hospital.
David G Penington AC MA DM BCh
FRCP FRACP FRCPA, Former ViceChancellor, University of Melbourne
and former Professor of Medicine.
Geoffrey N Blainey AC MA FAHA FASSA,
Author and Historian. Emeritus Professor
of History, University of Melbourne. Former
Chancellor of Ballarat University. Former
President of Queen’s College Council.
Norman J Young BA BD (Drew) PhD
(Drew) Emeritus Professor of Systematic
Theology in the Uniting Church
Theological Hall. Fellow of the
Melbourne College of Divinity.
Ronald W Farren-Price AM DipMus
DMus (Hon Melb), Principal Fellow and
former Dean of the Faculty of Music,
University of Melbourne. A concert
pianist of international distinction.
Brian L Howe AO BA DipCrim (Melb) MA
(Chicago), Professorial Associate, Centre
of Public Policy, University of Melbourne.
Deputy Prime Minister of Australia
1991-95.
2.3 Fellows
Frà Professor Richard S B Divall AO
OBE OStJ PhD (UnivDivinity) DLett (Hon
Mon) Doc Univ (Hon ACU) FRAS FRNS,
Formerly Music Director, Victoria State
Opera. Knight of Malta in Solemn Religious
Profession. Vice-Chancellor’s Professorial
Fellow, Monash University; Assoc Professor
of Music, The University of Melbourne;
and Visiting Professor, The University of
Malta. Post-Doctoral Research Fellow,
The University of Divinity and at the
Catholic Theological College, Melbourne.
Ross A Williams AM BCom MSc (Econ)
(Lond) PhD (Lond) FASSA, Professorial
Fellow, University of Melbourne and
former Dean of the Faculty of Economics
and Commerce. Member of the
Commonwealth Grants Commission.
President of Queen’s College Council.
John S Castles AM BArch(Hons)
LFRAIA RIBA FAICD, Past President of the
Royal Australian Institute of Architects.
Chairman Standards Australia. Practising
architect. Past President of Queen’s
College Council.
Edward W Shann BA(Hons) PhD
(Cantab), Director Prime Value Asset
Management and former Director Access
Economics.
David L Copolov OAM MB BS & DPM
(Melb) PhD & MPM (Monash), Pro ViceChancellor, Office of the Vice Chancellor,
Monash University, Professor of Psychiatry
at Monash University and the University
of Melbourne.
John A Henley BA (Melb) BD (MCD) PhD
(Glas) DTheol (Hon MCD), Sixth Master of
Queen’s College (1993-2001).
Jaynie L Anderson BA (Hons) (Melb) PhD
(Bryn Mawr) FAHA, Herald Professor of
Fine Arts, The University of Melbourne,
President of the International Committee
for the History of Art (CIHA).
John E Harris MBBS (Melb) FRACS,
Senior Orthopaedic Surgeon, Royal
Melbourne Hospital.
Ivan W Caple AM BVSci (Hons) PhD
(NSW) MACVSc, Professor and former
Dean of Veterinary Science, University
of Melbourne.
Marcia A Neave AO LLB (Hons) FASSA,
Justice of the Court of Appeal, Supreme
Court of Victoria. Former Victorian Law
Reform Commissioner.
Rodney G Sims BCom(Hons),
MEcon(ANU), Economist and expert in
Public policy. Chairman of the Australian
Competition and Consumer Commission.
Robert S Osborn BA (Hons) LLB (Hons)
LLM (Hons), Justice of the Victorian
Supreme Court. (Principal Judge of the
Common Law Division).
Merlin Crossley BSc DPhil (Oxon),
Molecular biologist. Dean of Science at
the University of New South Wales.
Field W Rickards BSc (Hons) MEd PhD,
Dean of Education, The University of
Melbourne.
Robert W Gribben BA (Melb) MA
(Cantab) MTheol (MCD) DD (Hon
Shenandoah), Professor of Worship
and Mission, Theological College of the
Uniting Church. Leading Theologian,
liturgist and ecumenist.
Loane Skene LLB (Hons) LLM (Monash)
LL.D, Professor of Law, University of
Melbourne
David L Vaux BMedSci MB BS PhD FAA
NHMRC, Australia Fellow and Professor,
Department of Biochemistry, La Trobe
University, Melbourne.
Megan S Robertson MB BS FANZCA
FFICANZCA FRACP FJFICM, Medical
Director, Epworth Hospital, Senior
Specialist Intensive Care, Epworth
Freemasons Hospital, Melbourne.
Douglas J. Coster AO MB BS (Melb)
FRACS FRCS FRACO FCOphth, Lions
Professor of Ophthalmology, Flinders
University of South Australia.
Wilfrid R Prest BA (Hons) DPhil (Oxon)
FRHistS FASSA FAHA, Professor Emeritus
in Law and History, University of Adelaide.
Trevor S Bird BApplSc MApplSc PhD
FTSE, Chief Scientist, CSIRO ICT Centre,
Sydney, Adjunct Professor Macquarie
University, Sydney.
Stephen R Morton BSc (Hons) PhD
DSc (Hon Adel), Group Executive
Manufacturing, Materials & Minerals,
CSIRO, Melbourne/Canberra.
Christopher D Cordner BA(Hons) BPhil
DPhil (Oxon), Academic philosopher
specializing in ethics.
2.4 Honorary Fellows
Mustapa Mohamed BA (Melb) MA
(Boston) DCom (Melb), Minister for Higher
Education, Government of Malaysia.
Lady Primrose Potter AC DLJ DocUniv
(Hon ACU), Life Governor of Ian Potter
Foundation.
Geoffrey C. Harcourt AO BCom (Hons)
MCom (Melb) PhD LittD (Cantab) LittD
(Hon DeMont) FASSA DCom (Hon Melb)
DPolEcon (Hon Fribourg) AcSS, Professor
Emeritus, University of Adelaide. Emeritus
Reader in the History of Economic Theory,
University of Cambridge. Fellow and
College Lecturer in Economics, Jesus
College, Cambridge.
Joseph E Isaac AO BCom BA (Melb)
PhD (Lond) Hon DEcon (Monash) Hon
DCom (Melb) Hon LLD (Macquarie) FASSA,
Emeritus Professor of Economics and
former Deputy Chancellor of Monash
University; Professorial Fellow, University
of Melbourne; Deputy President of
Australian Conciliation and Arbitration
Commission 1974-87.
3. Academic Associates
David J Karoly BSc(Hons) (Monash)
PhD Reading, Professor of Meteorology,
School of Earth Sciences, University of
Melbourne. Leading expert on climate
change and climate variation.
John Polesel BA (Hons) MEd PhD,
Professor in the School of Graduate
Education, University of Melbourne.
Leading expert on Education policy,
particularly at the secondary level.
Philomena B Murray BA (Dublin),
PGradDipEurStud (Bruges) PhD, (Florence),
Professor in the School of Social and
Political Science, University of Melbourne.
Leading expert on International Relations,
and in particular the European Union.
Andrew F Christie BSc LLB LLM (London)
PhD (Cantab), Professor of Intellectual
property in the Faculty of Law, University
of Melbourne. Leading expert on
intellectual property law.
David J Manton BDSc MDSc PhD, Eldon
Storey Chair of Child Dental Health
in the Melbourne Dental School, The
University of Melbourne. Leading and very
experienced expert in paediatric dentistry.
W Max Corden AC BCom MCom
PhD (Lond) DCom (Hon Melb) FASSA
FBA, Emeritus Professor of International
Economics of the School of Advanced
International Studies of The Johns Hopkins
University. Professorial Fellow, Department
of Economics, University of Melbourne.
Lawrence D McIntosh BA BD (Hons)
(Drew) MSc (Hons) (Columbia) PhD (Drew)
STD (Hon-MCD), Former University and
Theological Librarian.
Richard G Pestell MB BS (UWA) PhD MD
MD (Hon UWA), Director of Kimmel Cancer
Center, Thomas Jefferson University,
Philadelphia, USA. Internationally
renowned authority on the treatment
of cancer in the areas of research,
administration and policy.
Queen’s College Annual Report 2015 25
4. Senior Common
Room Members
Mr Derek Chan
Mr Hector Sharp
Dr Helen Chan
Mr Sze-Beng Tang
Mr Derek Chan
Mr Ian Chapman
Ms Christine Thompson
Mr Ian Chapman
Ms Sarah Chapman
Ms Margaret Webb
Mrs Sarah Chapman
Mrs Helen Corney
Mr Clarence Wong
Mrs Helen Corney
Mr Matthew Daly
Mr Mark Wood
Rev. Prof. Dr Tim Corney
Ms Alyssa Dixon
Mr Ed Wormald
8. Staff List
Dr Anna Corrias
Ms Christine Ellem
Ms Eider Yarritu Inoriza
Prof. Craig Jeffrey
Mr Nick Felstead
Mr Peter Yoo
Ms Nicole Crook
Mr Ross Gales
Mr Hualin Zhan
Dr Jane Dyson
Mr Andrea Gatti
Ms Mika Zollner
Master
Prof. David T. Runia
BA(Hons) MA DipEd LittD
DLitt (VU Amsterdam) FAH
Ms. Christine Ellem
Ms Katy Greenland
Ms. Katy Greenland
Mr Alexandre Guerin
Rev. Sharon Hollis
Ms Ellie Hamill
Dr Brenda Holt
Mr Mark Johnson
Ms Sophie Lawes, President
Rev. Dr Simon Holt
Mr Jake Jun
Mr Mark Johnson
Ms Jordan Kahn
Mr Jake Jun, Vice-President
(Academic Life)
Ms Katherine Jones
Mr Chris Kaias
Mr Sandeep Kirpalani
Ms Kylie King
Ms Robin McComiskey
Mr Sandeep Kirpalani
Dr Kathleen McGuire
Ms Felicitas Krettek
Mr Kenneth Moore
Mr Ade Kurniawan
Ms Emma Parker
Ms Sophie Lawes
Prof. David Runia
Dr Melissa Lee
Mrs Gonni Runia
Ms Vivien Li
Rev. Geoff Thompson
Mr Callum Maltby
Ms Linda Thompson
Mr Jeff Manangquil
Ms Margaret Webb
Mr Simon Matthews
Mr John Weretka
Mr Angus McGeoch
Prof. Mark Williams
Dr Kathleen McGuire
Assoc. Prof. Rev. Dr Sean
Winter
Mr Lachlan McIntosh
5. Academic Tutors
Dr Thomas McNamara
Mr Eddie Aitken
Mr Arjuna Anura
Ms Jimena Aviles Dominguez
Ms Natasha Ballis
Ms Tanya Banagala
Mr Lachlan Brennan
Ms Rose Burnfield
Dr Sarah Burr
Mr Chris Butler
Mr Joshua McLeod
Ms Katherine Murray
Mr Robert Murray
Mr Hasan Nasir
Dr Freya O’Loughlin
Ms Emma Parker
Ms Rachel Pascoe
Mr Michael Rathjen
Ms Olivia Salthouse
Mr Kevin Schroeder
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6. Middle Common
Room Executive
Ms Jess Bonaddio, VicePresident (Student Life)
Ms Emma-Leigh Ruddock,
Secretary
Ms Ellie Richards, Treasurer
Mr Tim Liu, Academic
Affairs Committee Chair
Ms Natasha Maria Zloty,
Welfare Committee Chair
Mr Alexandre Guerin,
Social Committee Chair
7. Sports and Social
Club General
Committee
Ms Erin McGann, General
Member (Head of Social
Activities)
Mr Nick Baker, General
Member (Head of
Laboratories)
Dean of Studies
Dr Brenda Holt BA, Dip Ed,
MA, PhD (Melb)
Dean of Student Wellbeing
Prof. Dr Tim Corney BA, BA,
Dip Soc Sci, Dip Min, Dip
Training, Dip Management,
MA, PhD
Manager Finance &
Administration
Mr Elias Kambouropoulos
FCPA
Accountant
Mrs Trish Lamb BBus
(Swinburne)
Catering Manager
Mr Ross Rufford-Sharpe
[until December]
Mr Pascal Berthelemy
[commenced December]
Mr Rodney Brown, President
Conference & Events
Coordinator
Ms Athina Goutzamanis
Mr Daniel Lindholm,
Vice-President
Chefs
Mr Stephen Diamond
Ms Celest Dines Muntaner,
Secretary
Mr James Jennison
[until June]
Ms Afra Cader, Treasurer
Ms Maria Reardon
[commenced July]
Mr David Coates, Arts
Representative
Ms Elizabeth Tonkin, Female
Sports Representative
Mr Ryan Ward, Male Sports
Representative
Kitchen Leading Hands
Mr Chirag Saini
Mr Sid Panday
Ms Sharon Stekelenburg
IT Manager
Mr Benjamin Ristic BA
(La Trobe)
Web Developer
Mr Ed Wormald BA, Masters
of Computing, MA (Oxon.)
Systems Administrator
Mr Tim Tisdall BEng
(Communication) (RMIT)
Property Manager
Mr Ivan Tudor
Gardener
Ms Michelle Harvey
Maintenance Officer
Mr David Tillin BA,
BConstrMan (Newcastle)
House Supervisor
Ms Lisa Turner
House Staff
Ms Jeanette Thompson
Mrs Pam Dimitrou
Ms Carol Lambert
Ms Jenny Purton
Ms Dianne Phee
Director of Development
Ms Nicole Crook BBus
(Deakin) CertIV Arts (IntDes)
(RMIT)
Donor Stewardship and
Alumni Advisor
Ms Jessica Beca Adv Dip
Bus Stud [commenced
November]
Librarian
Ms Robin McComiskey BA,
Dip Ed, MDiv, GDIM, MB(IT)
(RMIT)
Assistant Librarians
Ms Bernadette Wright
BSc (Hons), GDIM, Dip
LIS (Swinburne) [until
November]
Ms Daria FedewytschDickson BA (Hons), MA
(Monash)
Archivist & Curator of
the Sugden Heritage
Collections
Dr Jennifer Bars BA (Hons),
MA, GDIMS, DPhil (Oxon.)
Director of Music
Dr Kathleen McGuire BMus,
GradDipA, GradDipEd,
MMus, DMA (CU-Boulder)
Choir Director
Mr John Weretka BA (Hons),
Dip (Art History), PGCA
(Art History)
Dean of Chapel
Associate Professor Rev.
Dr Sean Winter BA (Hons),
DPhil (Oxon)
Associate Chaplain
Mr Ian Chapman BA, MTS
(UD)
Master’s Personal
Assistant/Admissions
Mrs Christine Spong Dip Bus
Marketing &
Communications Officer
Mr Mark Johnson
BComm(Media) MCreatWrit
Academic & Wellbeing
Coordinator
Ms Christine Ellem BA
(Hons) (LTU)
Alumni Relations &
Communications
Co-ordinator
Ms Debbie Barnes BA (Hons)
[until January]
Admissions Coordinator
Ms Kim Ohanessian Dip
Marketing, Dip Bus
Administration Officer
Miss Elly Herbert
9. Visiting Scholars
Dr Helmut Aust, Senior
Research Fellow, Faculty of
Law, Humboldt University
Berlin, Germany
Professor David Baum,
Department of Botany,
University of Wisconsin, USA
Dr Anna Corrias, Hannah
Seeger Davis Postdoctoral
Fellow, Hellenic Studies, The
University of Princeton, USA
Professor Robert Cousland,
Associate Professor of Early
Christianity and Greek
Religion & Mythology,
The University of British
Columbia, Canada
Dr Zajj Daugherty,
Department of
Mathematics, The City
College of New York,
New York, USA
Dr Jane Dyson, Lecturer,
Faculty of Science, School
of Geography, University
of Melbourne
Associate Professor Yuan
Hong, Shaanxi Provincial
Institute of Archaeology,
China
Professor Malwina Luczak,
Professor of Mathematics,
Queen Mary, University
of London, UK
Dr Marco Mackaay,
Department of
Mathematics, University
of the Algarve, Portugal
Associate Professor Sarah
Maddison, School of Social
and Political Sciences,
University of Melbourne
Professor Widjaja
Martokusumo, Dean
of Architecture, Institut
Teknologi Bandung,
Indonesia and Melbourne
Asia Visiting Fellow,
Melbourne School of Design
Professor Stuart Milner,
Research Professor,
Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering,
Director, Center for
Networking of Infrastructure
Sensors, Associate Director,
Maryland Optics Group,
University of Maryland, USA
Professor John Murray,
Department of Biology,
Indiana University, USA
Professor Ke Hu,
Department of Biology,
Indiana University, USA
Professor Mark Williams,
Professor of Law, Law
School, University of
Melbourne
Professor Craig Jeffery,
Director, Australia India
Institute, Melbourne
Ms Yongjian Zhang,
Shaanxi Provincial Institute
of Archaeology, China
Professor Binod Khadria,
Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi, India
Professor Ruth Litovsky,
Department of
Communication Sciences &
Disorders and Department
of Surgery, Division of
Otolaryngology, University
of Wisconsin, USA
Development &
Administration Officer
Ms Ann Wegner [until
October]
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10. Donors
Queen’s College acknowledges with gratitude the following individuals, organisations, charitable foundations and trusts
for their generous support of our Bequest Program, Master’s Discretionary Fund, Dean’s Discretionary Fund, and funds
for Scholarships and Bursaries, Indigenous Education, Sugden Heritage, Featonby Library, The College Chapel and
College Choir (including the renovation of the College Organ), The Music Program, Student Facilities, Art and Archives
and other special projects.
Gifts recorded date from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015. Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy.
If an error has occurred, please accept our apologies and contact the Development office on +61 3 9349 0754 or
[email protected] so we can amend our records.
David Agg
Arthur & Kym Cassidy
Hans Envall
Bronwen Haywood
Bruce Allen
Lee Centra
Equity Trustees Limited
Brian Head
Geoff Allen AM
Len Champness
Max Ervin
Sandra Heaney-Banks
Peter Andriske
Judy Chan
Barry Fagg
Geoffrey Heard
Jan Arriens
Takahiro Chikashima
Valerie Falconer
John Henley
Valerie Asche AM
Andrew Christie
Norm Fary
Harry Herdian
Maureen Ashcroft
Mary Churchward
Peter Faull
Kevin Azo
Jack Clarke OAM
Wayne Fitzherbert
Scott Herne &
Kay Ehrenberg
Joe Badr
Hawton Clarnette
Benny Foo OAM
John Hicks
Joanna & Martin Baker
Michael & Margaret Coates
Rob Francis
Peter Hoadley
David Bakewell
Don Cochrane
Emily Frawley
Brenda Holt
Christopher Bantick
(Wordlines P/L)
Jim Colville AM
John Frazer
Glen & Brenda Hornsby
Deborah Connell
Fred J Cato Charitable Fund
Suzanne Howarth
William Barnard
David Copolov AO
Rob Gallacher
Frank Barnes
Max Corden AC
James Garde
Brian Howe AO &
Renate Howe AM
John Besley
Andrew Cronyn
Jimmy Ghaswala
David Beswick
Nicole Crook
Don Glasson
Katie Hudson
Geoffrey & Betty Betts
Andrea & Barry Crouch
David & Charlene Golding
Roly Hung
Michael Betts
Philip Crutchfield QC
Julian Gooi
Tom & Belinda Hutchinson
Rhys Bezzant
Ian Darling
Kerrie Graham
Ken Inglis AO
Trevor Bird
John Dawes
Bob Gray
Gerald Irvine
Geoffrey Blainey AC
Michael Dean
Stewart & Del Gray
Joe Isaac AO
Peter Boag
Dean Dell’oro
Philip Grey
Mark & Susan Jalland
Leslie Bolitho AM
Bill Denholm AM
Robert Gribben
Brian James
John Bonwick
Clinton Dines
Geoffrey Grinton
Leigh & Andrea Jasper
Alan Boxer, Estate of
Alan Dixon
David Habersberger
Rebecca Johanson
Warwick Bray
Terry Dohnt
Peter Habersberger AM RFD
David Johnson
John Brennan
Roger Douglas
Beth Haigh
Deb Johnson
Peter Brereton
Denis Dowty
Bill Hamilton
Peter Johnson
Ian Breward
Ruth Drake
Scott Hargreaves
Ian Johnston
Callum Burns
Graeme Duke
Alison Harness
Muriel Johnstone-Need
Frank Burns
Len Dyall
Graeme Harris
Chris Jones
Russell Byard
Ben & Fiona Dyer
Gavin Harrison
Nicholas Jones
Robert Cameron
Ken Eckersall
John Harrison
Trevor Jones
Elizabeth Carr
Ken Ehrenberg
Leslie Harrison
Louise Joy
Ken Carroll
Michael Elligate
George Hastings
Anantha Kasinather
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Richard & Jill Hudson
Geoff Keegan &
Helen Frania
Katherine Murray
Anthony Robinson
Stewart & Jan Thwaites
Cedric Naylor
Janet Robinson
Stephen Kidd
John Tinney
Max Neagle
Mimi Roennfeldt
Morrie Kiefel
Craig Tonkes
Marcia Neave AO
Rotary Club of Melbourne
Ben Killerby
Merv Trease
Mark Nelson
Annette Rowe
Norah Killip OAM &
John Killip
David Tredinnick
Os Nelson
David & Gonni Runia
Alex Tyrrell
Bob Newman OAM
Allen Russell
Jonathan Ng
Paul Ryan & Allison Bruce
University of Melbourne USA
Foundation
Bill Norton
M’Lis Scott
David Vaux
James Nott
Ann Scudamore
Dr C.S. Vear, Estate of
Vas Novelli
Glenn Sedgwick
Tony Vigano AM
Richard Oakley
Majid & Diana Shaik
Anne Wallace
Tony Oakley
Allan Shallcross
Andrew Walpole
Christopher Olsen
ShareGift Australia
Philip O’Malley
Rod Sims
Garry Warne AM &
Elaine Warne
Frank Opray
Loane Skene
George Warne
Raymond Outhred
Peter Skillington
Debra Watson
Edward Smelt
Brian Watts
Kate Smith
Alex Webster
Noel Smith
Ian Webster AO
Os Smyth
Andrew Weickhardt
Barry & Adrienne Solomon
Philip Weickhardt
Lynette Squires
Sarah Whinney
Michael Kirk OAM
Arthur Knee
Philip Knight
Arthur Koelle
Robert Krones
Paul Lau
Don & Felicity Lawson
Christopher Leach
Anthony Lee
Eunice Leong
Keith Lethlean
Richard Lightfoot &
Elizabeth Lightfoot
Margaret Peel
David Penington AC
Don Linforth
Richard Pestell
Peter & Michelle Little
Bill & Pauline Pick
Katrina Liu
Sam Pisar AO (Dec.)
Jodie Livermore
Alexander Poore
John Loveridge
Lady Potter AC
Christopher Lusink
Wilf Prest
Roger MacCallum
Edna Primoratz
Ian Manning
Cameron Profitt
Neil Mathison
Peter Prouse
Betty Matthews
John Prowse
Edna McCarty
Bill Pryor AO
Derek McDougall
Ian & Eleanor Pugsley
Arthur & Winsome
Sunderland
Malcolm & Ilonka McInnes
QCS&SC
Ron Sunderland
Lawrence McIntosh
Isaac Raiter
Roderick Sutton
John McLean
Emma Reed
Peter Swain OAM RFD
Malcolm McLennan
Leeanne Reeves
Carol Sykes
D’Arcy Wood
Lee-Wuen Meakin
Jane Richards
Judy Taylor
John Wood
Susan Melbourne
Jim Richardson
Matthew Taylor
John Woodhouse
Graham Morrison
Bronwyn Richter
Ronald Taylor
Lady Wright
Richard Morrow
Anne Rickards
Betty Terrell
Jacqueline Young
Steve Morton
Ralph Riegelhuth
The Hassett Group
Bing Zhang
Keith Mountain
Edward Roberts
The Trust Company
Dan Ziffer
David Munro RFD
Malcolm & Sherri Robertson
Ray Thomas
13 Anonymous Donors
James Munro
Megan Robertson
Daniel Thornbury
State Trustees Limited
Kathryn Steel
Peter & Rhonda Steele
Ian Still
Neil Strathmore
Trevor Street
Michelle Su
Alison Whish
Bob White
Ion Whykes OAM
Paul Wiegard
Julie Wilkinson
Ross Williams AM &
Lynne Williams
David Williamson
George Willox
Su-Ming & Lily Wong
Boris Wood
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