Would you like to join our 70+ Table Captains for the Centenary Gala Dinner?
Over 70 alumni and friends of St Mark’s have already volunteered to be Table Captains for the Centenary Gala Dinner on 15 March 2025, organising tables of 10 for this historic night. The Centenary Gala Dinner, 100 years to the day from the official opening of the College on 15 March 1925, will be the highlight of our Centenary celebrations …
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A culture of service
Service, both within and external to our College, is and always will be one of the key values of St Mark’s. Indeed, one of the many heartening aspects of College life in 2024 has been the strong presence of the Charitable Foundation. 2024’s Charitable Foundation has been led by the elected executive members, Jacob Deeb, Jean-Philippe Soulie, and Nathan Rokebrand. …
Old Collegians’ Association marks College Centenary with new bursary fund
To commemorate St Mark’s Centenary in 2025, the Old Collegians’ Association has gifted $100,000 to the College. This gift will create a second bursary to support a student with a family member who was a Collegian to be at St Mark’s. For many years, the Old Collegians’ Association has provided a bursary for an incoming student with a family member …
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Have you seen the new Centenary logo?
In preparation for celebrating the College’s Centenary in 2025, a Centenary logo and flag have been designed, and were recently launched at the College in a remarkable way… It was a regular Tuesday morning until a painter arrived at the St Mark’s Tennis Courts with buckets of blue, gold, and red paint. First, he started marking out a grid, eight …
Library, rare books, and archive donations and developments
Recent years have seen many significant donations to the College Library, including to its significant rare books collection, and to the College Archives. We are deeply grateful to the generous donors. Thanks also to generous donors, the rare books collection is now housed in three purpose-built cabinets in the College Library. The College Archives are now located in a very …
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Academic achievements and adventures: Spring 2024
Stellar first semester results The St Mark’s College motto, spernit virtus humum, can be translated as “excellence reaches for the stars”, and this is exactly what our students did in semester 1! Our students undertook almost 1,000 subjects throughout the semester. Here’s how they fared: Almost 50% of grades received were Distinctions and High Distinctions. One fifth of our students …
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New Scholarship honours Dr Robert Craig OAM on his 90th birthday, creates life-changing opportunities for students
Today is the 90th birthday of Dr Robert J. Craig OAM (St Mark’s 1954-58), and in his honour his family have created the Craig Family Scholarship which will create life-changing opportunities for rural students at Adelaide University and St Mark’s College for generations to come. We are delighted and grateful to announce this outstandingly visionary and generous initiative today. Robert …
St Mark’s abroad – alumni and friends connect in US and Canada
Alumni and friends of St Mark’s enjoyed connecting with each other and with the Head of College, Professor Don Markwell AM, in several North American cities in late June and early July. Professor Markwell met with Old Collegians and friends of the College in Los Angeles, New York, Washington DC, Boston, Toronto, Chicago, Denver, and San Francisco. The photos below …
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Mark Hautop and Kathy Radoslovich win Ivan Shearer Scholarships to Oxford and Cambridge
Two Old Collegians, Mark Hautop and Kathy Radoslovich, have both been awarded Ivan Shearer Scholarships. These scholarships will support them to undertake postgraduate study at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, respectively. Many congratulations to Mark and Kathy on this significant award, and on their admission to Oxford and Cambridge! Kathy has also been awarded a Ramsay Scholarship, which will …
2024 Scholarship winners recognised, and thank donors in person
Life-changing opportunities celebrated at St Mark’s Winners of College scholarships for 2024 were recognised at the annual Scholarships Presentation Ceremonies held recently. These occasions gave Scholars the opportunity personally to thank the donors of the scholarships which help them live and learn at St Mark’s. On Thursday 30 May, many donors enjoyed presenting certificates to the students awarded their scholarships …
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“Thank you for believing in the potential of students and for investing in our future”
Scholarships with impact Over recent months, dozens of current St Mark’s Collegians have again been writing letters of thanks for the scholarships that have helped them be at St Mark’s this year. In many cases, scholarships have made the difference between their being able to return or come to the College for 2024, or not. The headline above is a …
Tim Brooks Scholarship to create life-changing opportunities for Agricultural Science students
A generous scholarship to help a rural student continue at St Mark’s while studying Agricultural Science, or Oenology and Viticulture, has been created by Old Collegian Tim Brooks (St Mark’s 1966-70). The Tim Brooks Scholarship, with a value of $12,000 per annum, will be awarded to an undergraduate student from a rural area who is enrolled at St Mark’s and …
