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From the Vice-Chancellor
EBOP to fund major University role
Environment Bay of Plenty has committed to fund $1.5 million over 10 years for a University of Waikato Chair in Coastal Science. A memorandum of agreement between the Council and the University was signed on February 11 in Tauranga between the University's Vice-Chancellor Professor Roy Crawford and John Cronin, the Chairman of Environment Bay of Plenty. Click here to view full article. Generous Gift - Flower Fellowship
"I had to leave school when I was 12 because of the Depression. My parents couldn’t afford to send me to boarding school. My father went bankrupt during the Depression and I knew I didn’t want that to happen to me." Click here to view full article. Alumni giving back
“We wanted a tangible way to say ‘thank you Waikato for what you have done for us’.” “We studied management from 1978 -1981, the early years of the School of Management...the days of Mac Forbes and Professor Schmitt. As BMS graduates we were equipped for interesting and challenging careers in New Zealand and abroad. We were also fortunate to be part of the generation when bursaries and grants for tertiary education covered the bulk of a student’s financial needs - sure you had to work to supplement this financial support but nothing like the students of today". Click here to view full article. Welcome Intercoast
The Bremen University and Waikato University project, driven mainly by Waikato's Professor Terry Healy and Bremen's Professor Dr Gerold Wefer, began on February 9 with a pōwhiri at the Hamilton campus. That was followed by a pōwhiri at Whareroa Marae in Mount Maunganui and a function in Tauranga hosted by the German Embassy. The Bay of Plenty region will benefit hugely from the research work that will be done by the Intercoast project. Click here to view full article. Dedication for new partnership building
The Maharaia building was named after the distinguished educator and community leader Dr Maharaia Winiata (Ngati Ranginui, Bay of Plenty). His work with Māori in the Waikato region saw him form lasting bonds with the Kīngitanga movement, including joining the council of the then Māori King Koroki. Maharaia Paki, King Tuheitia’s brother, is a member of the University of Waikato Council. Click here to view full article. 2010 Distinguished Alumni Awards - call for nominationsThe Distinguished Alumni Awards are focused specifically on graduates of the University of Waikato. The awards celebrate alumni who have made outstanding contributions in their careers or communities. Only graduates of the University holding a degree or diploma are eligible for nomination. All nominations are confidential and use the broad criteria of excellence and achievement. Nominations from alumni, current or former staff and friends of the University are welcome. Please refer to the nomination guidelines and the official Distinguished Alumni Award nomination form for further details. The 2010 awards will be presented at a formal dinner hosted by Chancellor Rt Hon. Jim Bolger and Vice-Chancellor Professor Roy Crawford at the University on Friday 27 August. Confidential Nominations close April 30. Enquiries to: Christine Brabender Development Office: 07 838 4446 Foundation Trustee Focus
Adrienne is a principal of McKinlay Douglas Ltd in Tauranga, a public policy consulting company that advises on strategy and governance issues mainly for central and local government and associated agencies. She has masters degrees in economics and public policy from Canterbury and Victoria universities respectively, and has a long and varied career in governance and leadership roles in the public and private sectors. She cares about her community. Click here to view full article. Investing in scientists of the future
Click here to view full article. University Merchandise now at Bennetts BookstoreThe University has been working on an exciting range of modern clothing with new branding for staff, students and the community. Corporate options are available, with new T Shirt and Hoodie ranges arriving weekly. A percentage of profit from all sales will go to the University of Waikato Foundation for student scholarships. The new store within Bennetts Campus Bookshop means branded
merchandise will now be available 8.30am to 5pm, five days per week in
a central easy to find location. A new range of branded memorabilia will follow
shortly. Once this process is complete the merchandise website will be
updated. Farewell to Alan Neilson
His first degree was a Bachelor of Social Science majoring in Economics and Maths. He spent two years teaching at Taumarunui High School before FASS’ founding dean John Ward lured him back to Hamilton with the offer of a masters and some teaching time. Click here to view full article. Waikato Management School - Executive Education The Centre for Corporate & Executive Education at the Waikato Management School is geared to meet the educational needs of working professionals in a fast-changing global economy, providing a range of programmes for individual business people as well as customised executive development for some of New Zealand's biggest organisations including Telecom New Zealand, Gen-i, Westpac Banking Corporation, Bank of New Zealand and AgResearch. For further information visit: www.execed.ac.nz Waikato Graduate Women 2010 ProgrammeWaikato Graduate Women is a branch of the New Zealand Federation of Graduate Women. It works to empower women by offering a range of scholarships and providing opportunities to engage in advocacy at local, national and international levels. For more information visit: www.nzfgw.org.nz School of Education NewsletterEdline is published twice a year in April and October. Alumni who want to keep current on School of Ed news and events should send their postal details to ewest@waikato.ac.nz Waikato University Events CalendarClick here to view the Official Uni Events. |
Welcome
to the first E-News of 2010. This issue highlights recent success
stories that underscore our excellence and impact in New Zealand and
around the world. Support from Environment Bay of Plenty will
enable us to establish a Coastal Science research capability in the Bay
of Plenty that will have international reach thanks to our Intercoast
partnership with Germany’s Bremen University. A generous gift
from Bill and Joan Flower will enable a talented doctoral student to
study the economic issues affecting the future of agriculture in the
Waikato and beyond. And a gift for scholarships from Management
School alumni Christine and Matthew Boyd will help lighten the
financial load for a bright young BMS student.
Marine research in
the Bay of Plenty has been given a huge boost with
the announcement that the regional council will fund an important
University of Waikato role.
A man who
had little formal education himself has made a generous donation to
Waikato
University. Bill Flower, farmer and property developer has made
available
$30,000 a year for three years for a doctoral fellowship in economics.
In January of this year Waikato Alumni Christine and
Matthew
Boyd sent in a contribution in response to the Jim Bolger Appeal. This is their story.
A major
international research project has officially started, with welcomes
for the Intercoast team at the University of Waikato in Hamilton, and
in the Bay of Plenty.
A new
building used by the University of Waikato and Bay of Plenty
Polytechnic was officially opened by King Tuheitia on February
11.
When
Adrienne von Tunzelmann was invited to become a trustee of the
Students
Jonathan Mayo from Mount Maunganui College and Liza Bolton from Te Awamutu
College experience Biochemical Engineering in the Waikato University
labs during the Science Summer School.
The former Director of the
University of Waikato in Tauranga
was one of the first Waikato students ever to be arrested.
Alan Neilson and a couple of other first year
students got a little too keen helping the University in a fundraising
drive. Police decided to take them in after they
scaled the side of a building to hang a University banner in Garden
Place. “We were also called into the VC’s office and
asked to ‘please explain’ by Don Llewellyn.
We gave him our version of events and he supported us when we went to
court.” The young men were discharged
without conviction. That was in 1967 and Alan Neilson
scarcely left the University until his retirement in February this year.
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