St Margaret's College, Otago
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Saint Margaret's College, Otago is a residential college affiliated to the University of Otago
in Dunedin
, New Zealand
. The current Master (Head of the College) is the Rev Dr Peter Norris and the Deputy Master is Jan Burton.
The college is preparing for its 2011 centenary, with a college history planned for publication in 2010 and a weekend of celebrations scheduled for January, 2011.
in Leith Street, St Margaret's moved to its present site in 1915 following construction of the building in 1914. New wings were added in 1946 and 1967.
St Margaret's was the first women's college in Dunedin to accept male students, which it did for the first time in 1981.
In early 2006 the college kitchen and dining hall were renovated and repainted. In early 2007, the entrance hall was renovated, with the addition of leather couches.
In summer 2007/8 a new floor was added to Clyde Wing.
In 2008 the ground floor of main wing was refurbished with rooms getting new wallpaper and carpet and more light fittings amongst other things
University of Otago
The University of Otago in Dunedin is New Zealand's oldest university with over 22,000 students enrolled during 2010.The university has New Zealand's highest average research quality and in New Zealand is second only to the University of Auckland in the number of A rated academic researchers it...
in Dunedin
Dunedin
Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. The current Master (Head of the College) is the Rev Dr Peter Norris and the Deputy Master is Jan Burton.
The college is preparing for its 2011 centenary, with a college history planned for publication in 2010 and a weekend of celebrations scheduled for January, 2011.
History
The college was founded in 1911 as the University's third college and was the first to be designated specifically as a women's college anywhere in Oceania. Otago University was the first university in New Zealand - or anywhere in the British Empire - to allow women to attend all lectures. As a result it had a high proportion of female students. By 1909 between a quarter and a third of Otago university's students were women. Originally located in the former Presbyterian manseManse
A manse is a house inhabited by, or formerly inhabited by, a minister, usually used in the context of a Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist or United Church...
in Leith Street, St Margaret's moved to its present site in 1915 following construction of the building in 1914. New wings were added in 1946 and 1967.
St Margaret's was the first women's college in Dunedin to accept male students, which it did for the first time in 1981.
In early 2006 the college kitchen and dining hall were renovated and repainted. In early 2007, the entrance hall was renovated, with the addition of leather couches.
In summer 2007/8 a new floor was added to Clyde Wing.
In 2008 the ground floor of main wing was refurbished with rooms getting new wallpaper and carpet and more light fittings amongst other things