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Welcome to the second edition of Bond's Community Newsletter – keeping you up-to-date with the latest Bond University news and events.
Thank you to all of you who provided me with your feedback on our inaugural newsletter, which was very well received. If you would like to submit story ideas for future editions of this newsletter, please email details to kristie_robinson@bond.edu.au.
Kristie Robinson
Public Relations Manager
FROM THE VICE-CHANCELLOR
Professor Robert Stable
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 Welcome, or welcome back as the case may be, to a new semester and a new year. I would like to extend a special welcome to the new Bondies who are commencing their studies with us.
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FROM THE CHANCELLOR
Trevor C Rowe AM
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In Remembrance, Dr Kerry Packer AC: 1937 – 2005
On behalf of the Bond University Council and the wider Bond Community, I would like to offer my condolences to the family of Dr Kerry Packer AC and acknowledge his enormous contribution to the University and more broadly, the Australian community at large.
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VIPs TO VISIT BOND
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 Premier Peter Beattie, The Hon. Alexander Downer MP and Mr Paul Ramsay AO are among several VIPs who will be visiting Bond University in the coming weeks. Bond University is increasingly becoming a destination for VIPs of this calibre, which is a tribute to the rising profile of the University.
The Honourable Dr Peter Beattie MP, Premier of Queensland and Treasurer and Doctor of Bond University honoris causa will make his inaugural visit to Bond’s new Health Sciences and Medicine Building on Friday, 27 January. He will meet with medical students and take part in a question and answer session to discuss the issues relevant to their futures within the health industry.
MBBS student David Morgan will also address the Premier on the formation of the Rural Health Club – an initiative of Bond medical students – and will invite the Premier to comment on the health issues facing rural Queensland.
 The 48th Graduation Ceremony will be held on Saturday, 4 February with The Honourable Alexander Downer MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs (pictured left) offering the Occasional Address for the Undergraduate Ceremony in the morning and Mr Paul Ramsay AO (pictured right), Chairman of Ramsay Health Care Ltd and Prime Television Ltd. addressing the Postgraduate Ceremony in the afternoon.
If you are interested in attending either of the Graduation sessions, please contact Ms Katie Gordon on +61 7 5595 1113 or email katie_gordon@bond.edu.au.
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$2.2 MILLION GRANT TO BENEFIT BOND MEDICAL STUDENTS
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 Bond University is proud to have played a part in securing a $2.2 million Sustainable Regions grant for the construction of a new Clinical Education and Research Institute in the Tweed region.
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BOND PROFESSOR UNCOVERS RECORD ICE-AGE FOOTPRINTS
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 Bond University Professor Steve Webb has made international headlines thanks to his role in uncovering of hundreds of human footprints dating back to about 20,000BC.
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INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS WELCOMED TO BOND
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 Last week, Bond welcomed the arrival of almost 600 international students from over 20 different countries who have chosen to study this semester abroad, or are on an exchange program with a partner university.
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BOND'S LIBRARY NAMED AN INTERNATIONAL EXAMPLE OF GOOD PRACTICE
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 Bond University Library’s dedication to providing excellent customer service and support has earned it a place in the prestigious AUQA* Good Practice Database (AGPD) - an international database of good practices in higher education.
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| ALUMNI IN PROFILE |
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 As CEO of Virgin Management Asia Pacific, David Baxby is responsible for managing Virgin’s investment portfolio in the region and reports directly to Richard Branson. At 32, he is also the youngest person on the BRW list of the top 20 expatriates aged 45 and younger.
 At age 27, Bond graduate Chelsea McLean decided she wanted to be her own boss, and set about beginning a new venture as a freelance writer and publicist specialising in the growing health and wellbeing industry.
 As a Res Fellow looking out the window of his Res B Block home, Murray Bruce never imagined that his own law firm would be operating in the swamp lands next to the University. But today that is exactly where it stands, although that swamp land is now home to the burgeoning Varsity Lakes Community.
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For enquiries regarding this email or other Bond University Alumni Network activities, contact:
Alumni Relations Office
BOND UNIVERSITY, GOLD COAST, QUEENSLAND 4229 AUSTRALIA
Telephone: +61 7 5595 1093
Fax: +61 7 5595 1025
Email: alumni@bond.edu.au
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