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 who was a Collegian and who is in genuine financial need. This bursary has been funded from the Association’s annual income, and will continue to be awarded.
The Association’s gift of $100,000 to the College will endow a second bursary, which will be awarded to a student of any year at St Mark’s who has a family member who was a Collegian and who is in genuine financial need. This endowment will be managed along with other College scholarship endowments with the aim of being able to make an annual award in perpetuity.
The Old Collegians’ Association Bursaries will be awarded (as the existing Old Colls’ bursary is) as part of the College’s usual scholarship award process. Details of College scholarships are here.
The generous Centenary gift to the College and creation of the second bursary were decided at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Old Collegians’ Association on 16 August. Reports on the bursaries will be made to future AGMs each year.
The President of the Old Collegians’ Association, Mr Riley Glynn, said that the Association was delighted to help celebrate the Centenary and to provide support to students from Old Collegians’ families to enable them to enjoy the many benefits of being at St Mark’s.
The Head of College, Professor Don Markwell AM, said, “Even with St Mark’s extensive scholarship program, the need for increased support for students is very real.”
Professor Markwell warmly welcomed the Association’s Centenary gift to the College and the creation of the second Old Colls’ bursary as “visionary, generous, and historic”.
Many thanks to the Old Collegians’ Association for this great initiative which will help St Mark’s students for generations to come!
If you would like to contribute to providing life-changing opportunities for students to be at St Mark’s, please click here to be taken to our Giving page.
Photo: The President of the Old Collegians’ Association, Mr Riley Glynn, with the Head of College, Professor Don Markwell AM.
