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It was with great pride that I joined around 150 fellow members of the Bond Community to celebrate the achievements of the previous year at the Chancellor’s annual Community Presentation last Friday.
The presentation followed an Annual General Meeting, where the 30 representative members of Bond University Limited were presented with the 2007 Annual Report.
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BOND APPOINTS DEPUTY VICE-CHANCELLOR AND PROVOST
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 Professor Garry Marchant has been appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost of Bond University.
Formerly the Dean of the Faculty of Business, Technology and Sustainable Development at Bond University, Professor Marchant took up the newly created position on Monday, 19 May. | |
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BRISBANE CITY TO LOOK TO NEW HOUSING AFFORDABILITY RESEARCH FOR ANSWERS
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 Deputy Dean of Bond University’s Faculty of Business, Technology and Sustainable Development, Professor George Earl, has presented the Queensland Local Government Association with new research that will help them improve affordable housing outcomes across inner city precincts.
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AUS-AID GRADUATE READY TO 'MAKE A DIFFERENCE'
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 Thushara Samaratunga and his family are getting ready to leave the Gold Coast and return home to Sri Lanka, after Thushara became the first Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) international student to graduate from the Bond University Mirvac School of Sustainable Development with a Master of Urban Planning.
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SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT HITS THE HEADLINES
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 Bond students hit the headlines recently when they staged a mock car crash at Lindisfarne Anglican School in Terranora to demonstrate the dangers of drink driving.
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AUSTRALIA COULD BE UNDERESTIMATING THE POPULARITY OF RETIREMENT VILLAGE LIVING
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 Australia could be grossly underestimating the popularity of retirement village living, according to new research.
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FAMILY BUSINESS LEARNING COMMUNITY LAUNCHES ON THE GOLD COAST
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 Family business owners can now benefit from a new Family Business Learning Community on the Gold Coast that allows members to share their knowledge and experiences in an open forum.
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ONLINE CAREERS HUB LAUNCHED
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 The Career Development Centre has launched CareerHub - a new online careers and employment portal for students, Alumni, staff and employers.
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ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACCOLADES
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 This month we celebrate the re-establishment of Bond University Press and the publication of Professor Boulle's book The Law of Globalisation. We also congratulate Lindisfarne Anglican School, Rachel Mansted, Christopher Piggott-McKellar, Ben Daley (pictured), Cameron Anderson and the regional round winners of the law Faculty's High School Mooting Competition.
If you know of a good success story, please share it with Public Relations Manager Kristie Welsh at kwelsh@bond.edu.au.
We were delighted to re-launch Bond University Press and introduce the latest published work of Professor Laurence Boulle (Acting Dean, Faculty of Law) at a cocktail event on May 13. Professor Boulle's book The Law of Globalisation is a welcome teaching resource in this new field and looks at the different forms of law which create the legal infrastructure of economic globalisation.
Congratulations to Lindisfarne Anglican School, who took out first and second place at the 15th Annual ‘Best on the Coast’ Quiz, hosted by Tom Betts on May 15. The quiz pits teams of six of the most knowledgeable year 12 students from Gold Coast High Schools against each other for fun and glory. Thank you to our sponsors, Dell and Ricoh, who provided the lucky winners with a Dell computer and Ricoh printer for their school.
Well done to Law Alumnus Rachel Manstead on being awarded the Una Prentice Award for 2008. The annual award celebrates the top female law graduate from each law school in Queensland.The Law Faculty’s High School Mooting Competition is well underway, with the regional round winners so far being as follows:
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Sydney - Presbyterian Ladies College & Newington College
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Brisbane - Brisbane Girls Grammar School & Somerville House
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Gold Coast - Nudgee College & St Hilda's School
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Canberra - St Clare's College
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Darling Downs - Ipswich Grammar School
(The Melbourne, North Queensland and Adelaide rounds are still yet to be decided). The finalists from the Malaysian rounds have also been confirmed, and we look forward to welcoming the teams from Lodge International School (Team A) and SM La Salle (Kota Kinabalu) for the final series in July.
Bond University student Christopher Piggott-McKellar, who will graduate with a Bachelor of Communications (Journalism) this weekend, has been appointed Youth Governor of the 13th YMCA Queensland Youth Parliament. Christopher has been involved in the YMCA Queensland Youth Parliament for four years. He participated as the Youth Member for Keppel in 2005 and as Youth Member for Robina and Youth Premier in 2006. We congratulate Christopher on his appointment.
Well done to 19-year-old Law student Ben Daley, who made a stellar Super 14 debut for the Queensland Reds in their match against the Crusaders on May 10.
Bond Alumnus Cameron Anderson has landed a plum job presenting for Travel China, filming five episodes across different provinces so far. You can check out one of his latest episodes at: http://www.chinaontv.com/index.php/video_play_new/E11438.
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| FROM THE CHANCELLOR |
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I recently had the pleasure of officially opening the Gold Coast office of Parsons Brinckerhoff.
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| IN PROFILE |
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JULIEN WELL SET UP FOR A CAREER IN THE U.N.
 Bachelor of International Relations Alumnus Julien Pellaux has all the right ingredients for a career with the United Nations: Born in Switzerland, he studied his Bachelor degree in Australia, undertook an internship with the Brazilian consulate, completed his final semester as an exchange student in the USA and, since graduating in May 2002, has lived in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and New York.
HARD WORK MAKES FOR MORE PLAY!
 Candice Dixon believes most things come down to the right time and right place, and for her, right now that means a Bachelor of Communications at Bond University.
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