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Chance to travel back in time to a classroom of the 1880s September 22, 2006  

Oxford musicologist to present annual UNE lecture September 21, 2006 

Seminar on university residences

September 22, 2006

A seminar this afternoon will examine the trends and directions in residential college life at The University of New England within the wider context of other universities in Australia and overseas.

The seminar, from 3 pm to 5 pm in the Drysdale Room at UNE’s Wright Centre, has been organised as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations of Wright College, which begin today and continue throughout the weekend.

Wright College was the first residential college to be established at The University of New England. That was in 1956, two years after the University gained its independent status from the University of Sydney. Past members of Wright College are returning to UNE to recall their time in the University’s collegiate system and to renew the friendships forged during their time in Wright College.

An early resident of Wright College, Dr Iqbal Khan, will be a keynote speaker at today's seminar. Dr Khan has spent much of his professional life managing and developing residential colleges in Australian universities and is in high demand as a consultant. Dr K.R. (Joe) Massingham, a former Head of Wright College, and a member - and award recipient - of the Association of College and University Housing Officers (International), will be the second invited speaker at the seminar. He will be joined on the podium by Dr Angus Edmonds OAM, former President of the Association of Heads of Australian University Colleges and Halls of Residence Inc., who recently retired as Head of Emmanuel College at the University of Queensland after 21 years of service. Current academics, administrators and members of the residential colleges at UNE will also be present.

THE PHOTOGRAPH displayed here shows Wright College in the 1970s. (University of New England & Regional Archives.)

Posted by Jim Scanlan at September 22, 2006 10:12 AM

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