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The previous month has been one of great pride and achievement for us here at Bond University.
On Monday of this week, we were honoured to welcome Acting Prime Minister and Minister for Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, the Hon. Julia Gillard MP, to campus for the official opening of the Bond University Mirvac School of Sustainable Development building.
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AUSTRALIA'S GREENEST EDUCATIONAL BUILDING UNVEILED
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 Acting Prime Minister and Minister for Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, the Hon. Julia Gillard MP, officially opened Australia’s first 6 Star, Green Star designed educational building at Bond on August 11.
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BOND QUEENSLAND'S HIGHEST RATED UNIVERSITY
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 Bond University is the highest rated university in Queensland after earning the maximum five-star rating across an impressive ten key performance indicators in the 2009 Good Universities Guide.
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OUR TEACHING STAFF AMONG NATION'S BEST
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 Following our state-topping performance in the Good Universities Guide, Bond’s quality teaching and learning practices have again been recognised by an independent body, this time, by the prestigious Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC- formerly the Carrick Institute).
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BOND TAKES ON SYDNEY POSTGRAD MARKET
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 The Bond University Postgraduate Centre, located in the heart of Sydney’s central business district, was officially launched on August 7.
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TOP FAMILY BUSINESS RESEARCHERS CONVENE AT BOND
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 Leading family business researchers from around the nation and the world gathered at Bond University on Monday, August 4, for the First Annual Australian Family Business Researchers’ Summit.
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BOND TEAMS UP WITH IBM TO LAUNCH NEW MASTER OF SERVICE MANAGEMENT
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 Bond University has teamed up with IBM to launch a new Master of Service Management, designed to address the critical shortage of service management professionals.
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FACULTIES REACH OUT TO COMMUNITY
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 All four of Bond’s Faculties were kept busy over the past month, hosting various events that gave the public, school groups and industry professionals a chance to share in the quality learning experience that our students experience on a daily basis.
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ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACCOLADES
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 This month we recognise Senior Teaching Fellow Tina Hunter from the Law Faculty (pictured), and Rugby League gun, Bond student Nuku Hifo. Plus, find out how you can nominate your favourite lecturer for the National Lecturer of the Year Competition.
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DON'T MISS OPEN DAY THIS SUNDAY!
 Bond University will go public this Sunday (August 17), with hundreds of students, their family, friends and the wider Gold Coast public set to enjoy the University’s Open Day festivities from 10am – 3pm.
For students considering tertiary study, Open Day provides the opportunity to talk to current students, graduates, staff, academics and professionals to plan their ideal career path and see why Bond is Queensland’s highest rated university in the 2009 Good Universities Guide. 
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| UPCOMING EVENTS |
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Australian Doctors' Orchestra - August 24
For the first time, The Australian Doctors' Orchestra (ADO) presents a charity performance for the Australian Lung Foundation (ALF) at the close of the Australian Lung Cancer Conference on Sunday 24 August 2.30 – 5.30pm at Bond University, Sports Hall, Level 2, Recreation Centre, Bond University University Drive, Robina on the Gold Coast.
The ADO comprises of GPs, undergraduates, graduates and specialists who come together each year at their own expense to play music and fundraise for charity. Comprising of more than 130 muscians, the orchestra will rehearse intensely for two days and then presents a three hour recital of classical music.
The ADO is conducted by Keith Crellin and features soloist Clemens Leske. Concert program includes Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto, Beethoven’s Egmont Overture and Holst’s The Planets.
Local performers include Bond University’s own Dean of Medicine, Professor Chris Del Mar, who plays the viola and Bond medical student and percussionist, Philip Wong.
Cost is $40 for Adults, $30 for Pensioner/ Concession; $20 for Child/ Student; $85 for Family (2 adults, 2 children). Group discounts for groups of 20 or more are also available.
To book, please contact Ph 07 3357 6388 or 1800 654 301 or go to www.lungnet.com.au.
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| IN PROFILE |
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ANIMATION GOOROO CAMERON EDSER
 In his first year out of university, Film and Television graduate and now co-Director of GooRoo Animation, Cameron Edser has certainly made his presence felt on the international film circuit.
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