Tributes to Ian Baker Wall AM
DR IAN BAKER WALL AM 15 May 1931 – 26 October 2022 A service in celebration of the life of Dr Ian Baker Wall AM was held in St Peter’s Cathedral, Adelaide, on Friday 11 November 2022, followed by a reception at St Mark’s College, The service may be viewed here. The Order of Service is here. The eulogy by …
St Mark’s College remembers Ian Baker Wall AM with profound admiration, gratitude, and love
DR IAN BAKER WALL AM 15 May 1931 – 26 October 2022 A service in celebration of the life of Dr Ian Baker Wall AM was held in St Peter’s Cathedral, Adelaide, on Friday 11 November 2022, followed by a reception at St Mark’s College, The service may be viewed here. The Order of Service is here. The eulogy by …
Congratulations on winning the High Table Cup!
Many congratulations to all the St Mark’s teams whose efforts this year have contributed to the College winning the Douglas-Irving Cup, also known as the High Table Cup. The results throughout the year were: Tennis – 1st Swimming – 1st Women’s Netball – 2nd Men’s Netball – 3rd Debating – 2nd Women’s Football – 2nd Men’s Football – 3rd Women’s …
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Release of Catharine Lumby Report: “a gold standard approach”
The College has this week received a Report from Professor Catharine Lumby on what we do and what we can do better to prevent and respond to sexual misconduct, and the College Board has announced its commitment to implementing all of the Report’s recommendations. As reported in May 2022, St Mark’s commissioned Professor Lumby, from the University of Sydney, to …
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Experienced student counsellor Sally Cassidy appointed Director of Wellbeing
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Ms Sally Cassidy as Director of Wellbeing at St Mark’s College. Sally has worked for the past 7 years as Student Counsellor (Complex Cases) at the University of Adelaide’s Counselling Support service, where she has recently served as Acting Team Manager. We are very much looking forward to her joining the St …
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Visionary initiative by Antony Simpson creates major new scholarship
A most generous endowment by Mr Antony Simpson (St Mark’s 1958-62), Honorary Fellow of the College, is creating a very significant new scholarship to support outstanding students who could not otherwise be at St Mark’s. The A. Simpson & Sons Scholarship will be awarded annually by the College on the basis of excellence in intellect, character, leadership, and service, and …
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Remembering Dr Warren Rogers OAM RFD, Distinguished Collegian
The College community mourns the passing of Warren McIntosh Rogers (31 May 1935 – 28 August 2022), a member of the College Council for over 27 years, who was recognised in 2007 as a Distinguished Collegian. Warren Rogers was a resident student at St Mark’s from 1955 to 1958. Having commenced his studies at the University of Adelaide in 1953, …
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A bold vision for our second century
As the College heads to its Centenary in 2025, a bold vision for St Mark’s to offer our students the best all-round university educational experience possible in Australia, in line with the vision of the College’s founders nearly 100 years ago, was discussed by the Head of College, Professor Don Markwell, at the recent annual dinner of the Old Collegians’ …
New committee elected for Old Collegians’ Association
The recent Annual General Meeting of the Old Collegians’ Association warmly thanked members of the retiring Old Colls’ Committee, led by Michael van Dissel, as a new Committee was elected for 2022-23 with Riley Glynn as President. Standing down as President after serving for the maximum term permitted under the Old Colls’ Constitution, Michael van Dissel was thanked by the …
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Governor speaks on leadership, culture, values, and service
The Governor of South Australia, the Hon. Frances Adamson AC, recently spoke to students at St Mark’s about the “tremendous opportunities” of College life, and her six pillars as Governor – leadership, civics and schools, international engagement, gender equality, Indigenous issues and reconciliation, and business. It was, she said, the first time she had spoken as Governor about these six …
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Inaugural off-site Student Leadership Retreat: ‘Leadership in Action’
Last month we held our first off-site Student Leadership Retreat for students across our leadership teams – the College Club Committee, the Wellbeing Team, and the Academic Team. The Retreat took as its focus ‘Leadership in Action’, and its purpose was to give our student leaders the opportunity to explore (1) what leadership looks like for them, both at College …
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Rebecca Keeley awarded inaugural Ivan Shearer Scholarship
Ms Rebecca Keeley (St Mark’s 2012-14) has been awarded the inaugural Ivan Shearer Scholarship, which will help to enable her to study for a Masters of Business Administration at the University of Oxford. The Ivan Shearer Scholarship is made possible by a generous bequest by the late Professor Ivan Shearer AM RFD (1938-2019), a distinguished international lawyer who was Dean …
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