UA31316 Lumen Spring 2024 Final Digital - Flipbook - Page 30
Letters to the Editor
Donna Beaty
I was studying science in the
mid-1990s and would often meet
up with classmates at the Uni cafe
between lectures. We’d all gather round in
a big group socialising and meeting new
people. One day, a classmate invited a guy
she worked with to join us. He was studying
anthropology and we started chatting and
got along well. Before long, he became a
regular in our group.
Little did I know - but this man would go
on to become my best friend of over
30 years!
We’ve shared houses together, had
holidays together... and we often can tell
what the other is thinking.
While we live in different states now
and have our own lives and partners - the
friendship has stayed strong.
Meeting my best friend at Adelaide Uni
was a pivotal moment of my life.
BSc, 1998
Sarantuya Tumurtogoo, Mongolia
Claire Hale
After losing close touch while
pursuing our specialist
qualifications and raising our
families, five of us from Medical School
(1968 -1973) have now been meeting for
regular dinner dates for 16 years. Enjoying
fine wines and supporting various Adelaide
eateries is a shared joy. Celebrating special
birthdays together actually dates back to
our twenty-first birthdays when we were
students together - the friendships are warm
and enduring despite those years when we
were following individual paths, and now
the birthdays remind us that regardless of
how many years have passed and how few
may remain, we will always be “there” for
each other. Reunions with the class cohort
have been organised on a five-yearly basis
since 1978 and last year we celebrated 50
years since our final year at school. We call
ourselves Arcadians after the ground floor
common room in the old Medical
School building.
MBBS, 1974, Dip Psych, 1983
Michael Page
David (Matthew) Linn OAM
60 years after we met at an SCM state
conference held at Zinc Corp campsite,
Largs Bay, she's sitting by my side as I write.
She, a trainee teacher, me in fourth year
engineering, we have travelled the world,
raised two kids, now with six of their own,
it can only be said to be a successful chance
meeting, long ago. We keep in touch with
many of our UofA contemporaries which
helps us stay young.
The best part about my long association at
UofA is my continuous affiliation with AU
Boat Club since 1968. I am still an active
Masters competitor and my friends there
are both family and ‘returned veterans’.
A great group of people.
B Ag Sc, 1989
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I’m alumna of 2013-1015 and made
many friends.
M Ed, 2015
Kelsi Carman
On the first week of lectures I met this girl
who was sitting next to me and we started
talking. She mentioned she was not into
coffee but was willing to try it. I took her to
the coffee shop on campus, as the HUB was
not built yet and told her to try a mocha.
From there we decided to try the wedges
at Unibar and every week after a lecture
together we catch up for lunch and wedges.
After 12 years I was one of her bridesmaids
and now she is going to be mine later this
year. An amazing friendship which started
with a simple conversation about coffee.
BSc Biochem Micro & Immun, 2013
