Newman College (University of Melbourne)
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Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...
, co-educational
Coeducation
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residential college
Residential college
A residential college is an organisational pattern for a division of a university that places academic activity in a community setting of students and faculty, usually at a residence and with shared meals, the college having a degree of autonomy and a federated relationship with the overall...
affiliated with the University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1853, it is the second oldest university in Australia and the oldest in Victoria...
. During the university year it houses about 235 undergraduate students and about 55 postgraduate students and tutors. The college was named after Cardinal John Henry Newman, a former Anglican and major figure in the Oxford Movement
Oxford Movement
The Oxford Movement was a movement of High Church Anglicans, eventually developing into Anglo-Catholicism. The movement, whose members were often associated with the University of Oxford, argued for the reinstatement of lost Christian traditions of faith and their inclusion into Anglican liturgy...
who became a Roman Catholic in the 19th century. The college continues to commemorate the life of Newman through events such as the Cardinal Newman Dinner and the prominent positioning of his portrait in the dining hall. Although most strongly affiliated with the University of Melbourne, a small number of undergraduate students attend RMIT University, Australian Catholic University or the Melbourne Pharmacy School (part of Monash University) located on Royal Parade.
The collegiate system spawned from the secular nature of the university, as each of the major Christian churches were given land to the north of the main campus to establish institutions in which to teach religion. The college motto is Luceat Lux Vestra, translating from Latin as "Let Your Light Shine".
The original set of buildings were built during 1916 to 1918 and were designed by renowned architect
Architect
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Walter Burley Griffin
Walter Burley Griffin
Walter Burley Griffin was an American architect and landscape architect, who is best known for his role in designing Canberra, Australia's capital city...
and are considered to be some of his best work. Burley Griffin also designed furniture for the college, including distinctive chairs, tables and bookshelves for the dining room and the original bedrooms of the college. Much of this furniture remains in day to day use at the college, but some of it has found its way into various art galleries and private collections. This was recognised by its inclusion on the Australian National Heritage List
Australian National Heritage List
The Australian National Heritage List is a list of places deemed to be of outstanding heritage significance to Australia. The list includes natural, historic and indigenous places...
on 21 September 2005, citing "one of the best examples of Griffin’s architecture in Australia" and "Newman College is significant as an outstanding expression of Griffin’s architectural style". The stonework is currently receiving substantial renovation to repair over 80 years of damage through exposure and natural degradation of the original stone.
At its opening the administration of the college was entrusted to the Society of Jesus
Society of Jesus
The Society of Jesus is a Catholic male religious order that follows the teachings of the Catholic Church. The members are called Jesuits, and are also known colloquially as "God's Army" and as "The Company," these being references to founder Ignatius of Loyola's military background and a...
(Jesuits) who continue its administration to the present day. As of 2011 the rector of the college is Father Bill Uren SJ, a former chaplain
and rector (1987–1990) of Newman. He replaced the Very Reverend Peter L'Estrange
Peter L'Estrange
Peter John L'Estrange, AO, is an Australian Jesuit priest and historian. He was the Master of Campion Hall at the University of Oxford in England until 2008.-Career:...
SJ, who held the position from 1991, before moving to Campion Hall, Oxford
Campion Hall, Oxford
Campion Hall is one of the Permanent Private Halls of the University of Oxford in England. It is one of the smallest constituent institutions of the university, consisting of under forty members....
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Undergraduate Student Life (Junior Common Room)
Newman College Students' ClubSuch a structure provides a number of benefits, including giving students the autonomy to plan and run their own functions either in partnership with the administration (should the function be on college grounds) or separate to it, as well as contributing to a sense of tradition and belonging. All undergraduate members of Newman College are accepted into the Newman College Students' Club (NCSC), a self-governing incorporated organisation which runs day-to-day and special events in the college. An executive committee (the General Committee) is elected annually. The President and Treasurer are elected directly to their positions. The President then allocates various portfolios to the elected members of the General Committee. The portfolios include Vice-President, Secretary, Community Service, Culture, Functions and Male and Female Sports.
The members of the 2012 NCSC General Committee are:
- President: Alexander Eastwood
- Vice-president: Milly Harrison
- Treasurer: Patrick Burke
- Secretary: Sophia McQuillan
- Community Service: Paul King
- Culture: Catherine Buckley
- Functions Head: Humphrey Riordan
- Sports: James Lenehan
- Sports: Ben Buckingham
The general committee-elect duly appoints members of the Students' Club to chair the following year's various sub-committees with specific responsibilities. These committees include:
- Adventures
- Assets
- Ball
- Blue Ribbon
- Daniel MannixDaniel MannixDaniel Mannix was an Irish-born Australian Catholic bishop. Mannix was the Archbishop of Melbourne for 46 years and one of the most influential public figures in 20th century Australia....
Memorial Lecture - Dining Room
- Drama
- International
- Music
- The Niffirg (Student Publication)
- Orientation
- Pool Room
- Public Speaking & Debating
- School Liaisons
- Spiritual
- Sustainability
- Supporters
- The Vestra (Yearbook)
Co-curricular activities:
Apart from a reputation for academic excellence, the college places a strong emphasis on participation in co-curricular activities, with music, sport and the dramatic arts playing a large role in life at Newman. The 2011 college production was A Chorus of Disapproval
A Chorus of Disapproval
A Chorus of Disapproval is a 1988 British film adapted from the Alan Ayckbourn play of the same title, directed by Michael Winner. Among the movie's cast are Anthony Hopkins, Jeremy Irons, Richard Briers, and Alexandra Pigg....
by Alan Ayckbourn
Alan Ayckbourn
Sir Alan Ayckbourn CBE is a prolific English playwright. He has written and produced seventy-three full-length plays in Scarborough and London and was, between 1972 and 2009, the artistic director of the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, where all but four of his plays have received their...
. Inter-collegiate soirées are held many times throughout the year, showcasing the many talents of the students, with the Very Reverend Peter L'Estrange
Peter L'Estrange
Peter John L'Estrange, AO, is an Australian Jesuit priest and historian. He was the Master of Campion Hall at the University of Oxford in England until 2008.-Career:...
SJ Prize, awarded at the end of the year to the best performing artist in college. The Very Reverend Michael Scott SJ Prize is the annual art competition and the college is a strong participant in all inter-college sporting endeavours, especially in football, netball
Netball
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, softball
Softball
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and tennis
Tennis
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Newman students also have a strong sporting culture, having won more than half of the intercollegiate football premierships ever played. In 2011 the college won the men's hockey, football and basketball inter-collegiate premierships.
Newman students also organise "fresher" initiations
Hazing
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for first-years, a College tradition for many years.
Daniel Mannix Memorial Lecture:
The Archbishop Daniel Mannix
Daniel Mannix
Daniel Mannix was an Irish-born Australian Catholic bishop. Mannix was the Archbishop of Melbourne for 46 years and one of the most influential public figures in 20th century Australia....
Memorial Lecture started in 1977 and is a highlight of both the university and college academic calendar. It was named in honour of the third Archbishop of Melbounrne, who was a driving force behind the formation of the college and for improving the opportunities of Catholic students. It has been delivered in the past by such prominent people as the Rt Hon. Malcolm Fraser
Malcolm Fraser
John Malcolm Fraser AC, CH, GCL, PC is a former Australian Liberal Party politician who was the 22nd Prime Minister of Australia. He came to power in the 1975 election following the dismissal of the Whitlam Labor government, in which he played a key role...
, the Hon. Kim Beazley
Kim Beazley
In the October 1998 election, Labor polled a majority of the two-party vote and received the largest swing to a first-term opposition since 1934. However, due to the uneven nature of the swing, Labor came up eight seats short of making Beazley Prime Minister....
, the Hon. Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Patrick Dodson
Patrick Dodson
Patrick Dodson is a Yawuru man from Broome, Western Australia, he is a former Chairman of the "Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation", a former Commissioner into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody and former Roman Catholic priest. He was the winner of the 2008 Sydney Peace Prize...
, Ita Buttrose
Ita Buttrose
Ita Clare Buttrose, AO, OBE is an Australian journalist and businesswoman. She was the founding editor of Cleo, a high-circulation magazine aimed at women aged 20 to 40 that was ground-breakingly frank about sexuality , and later as the editor of the more sedate Australian Women's Weekly...
, Sir Gustav Nossal, the Hon. Alexander Downer
Alexander Downer
Alexander John Gosse Downer is a former Australian Liberal Party politician who was Foreign Minister of Australia from March 1996 to December 2007, the longest-serving in Australian history...
, Professor Manning Clark
Manning Clark
Charles Manning Hope Clark, AC , an Australian historian, was the author of the best-known general history of Australia, his six-volume A History of Australia, published between 1962 and 1987...
and the Hon. Justice Alastair Nicholson
Alastair Nicholson
Alastair Bothwick Nicholson AO RFD QC was the Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia from 1988 until 2004.Nicholson was born in 1938 in Melbourne returning with his mother Jean to Papua New Guinea , where his parents owned a rubber and coconut plantation...
. In 2011 it was delivered by Christine Nixon APM
Christine Nixon
Christine Nixon APM was the Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police between 23 April 2001 and 27 February 2009. After leaving Victoria Police, she was appointed chair of the Victorian Bushfire Reconstruction and Recovery Authority in February 2009 until she stood down from the position in July...
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Formal dinners:
Formal dinners are held at 6.30 pm on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays throughout the academic year. Attendance is not mandatory, however, all members of the college must wear an academic gown and international standard business attire. There are ample occasions during the academic year with a black tie or morning dress code, including the Students' Club, Valete and Commencement dinners. At formal dinners, traditional formalities are observed. Students enter the hall and stand in place prior to the arrival of the members of high table - the rector, members of the senior common room and other invited guests - who process in and after the bell has been sounded, grace is then said. It is considered discourteous to leave the hall before the final grace. Formal dinner are followed by students' club meetings in the coffee lounge adjacent to the dining room.
Postgraduate Student Life (Senior Common Room)
All members of the College Administration, as well as tutors, academics in residence and postgraduate students (and some older Undergraduate students), comprise the Senior Common Room (SCR). Like the Junior Common Room, the SCR annually elect a President, Secretary and treasurer, among other portfolios, to organise several events throughout the year. The SCR is responsible for the organisation of the Michael Scott Art Prize an the Newman Tracts Publication.Rectors
- The Very Very Rev. James O'Dwyer SJ (1918–1919)
- The Very Very Rev. Albert Power SJ (1919–1923)
- The Very Very Rev. Jeremiah Murphy SJ (1923–1954)
- The Very Very Rev. Philip Gleeson SJ (1954–1961)
- The Very Very Rev. Michael Scott SJ (1961–1968)
- The Very Very Rev. Gerald Daly SJ (1968–1977)
- The Very Very Rev. Brian Fleming SJ (1977–1986)
- The Very Rev. William Uren SJ (1987–1990)
- The Very Very Rev. Peter L'EstrangePeter L'EstrangePeter John L'Estrange, AO, is an Australian Jesuit priest and historian. He was the Master of Campion Hall at the University of Oxford in England until 2008.-Career:...
SJ (1991–2005) - The Very Rev. William Uren SJ (2006–present)
Current administration
The current administration is headed by the Very Reverend William Uren SJ and comprises the rector, deputy rector, dean of studies and the chaplain.Notable alumni
The college's notable alumni include:- Kevin AndrewsKevin Andrews (Australian politician)Kevin James Andrews is an Australian politician and member of the Liberal Party of Australia. He is a member of the House of Representatives and was Minister for Immigration and Citizenship in the Howard Government, having previously been Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations from 7...
- Current Federal Liberal frontbencher and former Minister for Employment and Workplace RelationsMinister for Employment and Workplace Relations (Australia)The Australian Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations is currently the Hon Senator Chris Evans.The Minister administers this portfolio, through the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations....
and Minister for Immigration and CitizenshipMinister for Immigration and Citizenship (Australia)In the Government of Australia, the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship is responsible for overseeing the Department of Immigration and Citizenship.... - James P. GormanJames P. GormanJames P. Gorman has been CEO of Morgan Stanley since 1 January 2010. He was formerly Co-President and Co-Head of Strategic Planning at the firm.- Business career :...
- Current CEO and President of Morgan StanleyMorgan StanleyMorgan Stanley is a global financial services firm headquartered in New York City serving a diversified group of corporations, governments, financial institutions, and individuals. Morgan Stanley also operates in 36 countries around the world, with over 600 offices and a workforce of over 60,000.... - Jack HibberdJack HibberdDr Jack Hibberd is an Australian playwright.-Biography:Hibberd studied medicine at the University of Melbourne, where he resided at Newman College and practised as a clinical immunologist in Melbourne from 1964 until 1973...
- Australian playwright - Sir James GobboJames GobboSir James Augustine Gobbo, AC, CVO, KStJ, QC was an Australian jurist and was the 25th Governor of Victoria.-Family:...
- 25th Governor of Victoria and former Victorian Supreme Court Judge - Justice Charles Augustine Sweeney QCQueen's CounselQueen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male sovereign, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law...
- Federal Court of AustraliaFederal Court of AustraliaThe Federal Court of Australia is an Australian superior court of record which has jurisdiction to deal with most civil disputes governed by federal law , along with some summary criminal matters. Cases are heard at first instance by single Judges...
Judge - Justice Richard TraceyRichard TraceyRichard Patrick Tracey JP is a leading British Conservative politician from London. He is a Member of the Greater London Assembly representing Merton & Wandsworth,and is Deputy Leader of the Conservative Group, Vice-Chairman of the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority, and previously...
- Federal Court of AustraliaFederal Court of AustraliaThe Federal Court of Australia is an Australian superior court of record which has jurisdiction to deal with most civil disputes governed by federal law , along with some summary criminal matters. Cases are heard at first instance by single Judges...
Judge - Allan Myers QCQueen's CounselQueen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male sovereign, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law...
- Prominent Australian barrister and member of the BRWBusiness Review WeeklyBRW is an Australian weekly business magazine published by the Fairfax Media group. It regularly compiles lists which rank corporations and individuals according to various criteria, similar to Fortune magazine in the United States.BRW provides news and commentary on the economy, business and...
's top 200 wealthiest Australians