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ALUMNI
COUNCIL UPDATE
Louisa Rose
In recent months the Alumni Council and
the Alumni Relations team have been hard at
work developing an updated Alumni Relations
strategy and implementation plan.
We have also reviewed the Alumni Council’s
Terms of Reference, finalising a number
of recommendations that will go to the
University Council for approval later
in the year.
We are also looking forward to the many
reunion and back to campus programs that
will see many alumni return to the University
to reunite with their former classmates,
professors and friends.
Expanding the University’s reach to alumni
of all ages, living in all parts of the world, has
been the primary focus of our discussions
and strategy development.
To conclude, on behalf of the Alumni
Council I would like to congratulate all those
alumni who were honoured with awards
over the past months, please see page 28
for details.
We now have 14 formal alumni networks
in Australia and overseas, including our
newest – the Young Alumni Network. We are
keen to identify as many ways as possible to
support and enhance their activities and to
strengthen their links with each other and
with the greater University community. One
exciting initiative is a workshop for networks
that we will host later in the year.
We also have been considering ways to
engage with what we call our ‘alumni in
waiting’ – the students who will become
alumni. One idea involves looking
at networks that could be formed by
keeping student social groups together
after graduation.
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If you would like to provide feedback
or you simply want more information
about the Council’s activities, please
contact us via the University website:
adelaide.edu.au/alumni/council
Louisa Rose
Chair, Alumni Council
NOMINATE FOR
UNIVERSITY COUNCIL
Be part of the exciting future of the University
of Adelaide by becoming a member of the
University Council.
Nominations will open on 2 July for the
election of a graduate to the Council of
the University of Adelaide for a term
of two years from 6 September 2018
to 5 September 2020. The retiring
graduate members are Mr Robin Day
and Dr Ian Watson AM RFD; both are
eligible for re-election.
Nomination forms may be downloaded
from the University’s website at
adelaide.edu.au/governance/elections/
council/graduates
or obtained from the office of
the Council Secretariat
(council.elections@adelaide.edu.au).
Completed forms must reach the
Returning Officer, Council Secretariat,
The University of Adelaide, SA 5005
before noon on 16 July 2018.
