QUT Links Issue 10 June 1992 Graduate keeps North
Queensland tourism afloat Convocation, Foundation and
Alumni working together Kelvin Grove as Hill of Arcadia Grand opening for South Bank Management graduate leads
major food group
QUT takes ethics initiative
Convocation making a difference Alumni News
Calendar of Events Keep in Touch
Cover: Derek Trusler of DBI Design
Corporation, Master Architects for South Bank.
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A business administration graduate who runs a $4.5 million and still.,growing ad- ventm:e tourism business O'ut.;-0f Cairns, says the skills he learned at QUT have helped him to success.
Mr Fred Ariel runs a com- pany called Raging Thun- der. He graduated in 1974.
Describing Raging Thunder asthelargestadventuretour- ism company in Australia he said it also was the largest rafting tour company in the world.
Raging Thunder catered to 50 000 customers in 1991.
In February this year 4 500 adventure seekers enjoyed the excitement of north Queensland with the com- pany, 1 500 more than the same month last year.
Mr Ariel described adventure and eco-tourism as the big- gest growth area in Austral- ia's burgeoning tourism in- dustry. He said Raging Thunder's success was due to astute marketing, the growing popularity of Cairns as a tourism region and the demand for adventure.
He has a staff of 70, includ- ing 28 river guides.
"Tourists no longer want only to see the sights of Syd- ney and Melbourne to take pictures," he said.
"They want to get out in
t~ewilderness and get a bit dirty."
He described his customer base as a "healthy cross-sec- tion of markets".
"We have 25 percent backpackers, 25 percent young people from Japan and south east Asia, 25 per- cent domestic including New Zealanders, and the rest from the United Kingdom and Europe.
"We don't have so many Americans because they have good rafting of their own."
He said QUT's business ad- ministration course had provided him with excellent basic skills.
"The course was very 'out- side world' oriented," he said.
"We did a lot of financial management work which has proved very useful and we were also taught a lot about psychology, particu- larly business psychology."
Raging Thunder offers river and sea kayaking, white- water rafting, rainforest trekking and horse riding in north Queensland loca- tions. These include the Tully, Barron, Upper Mulgrave and North Johnstone Rivers and Great Barrier Reef islands. ,
The company also has ex- panded into Papua New Guinea with packages to some of the wildest and most untouched rivers and rain- forests in the world. In April seven- and nine-day treks along the famous Kokoda Trail were added to the grow- ing list of adventures.
Raging Thunder is a com- plete change from Mr Ariel's earlier business ventures.
After graduating from QUT he set up his own real estate company at Coorparoo on Brisbane's southside. He then bought an iceworks in the Brisbane bayside suburb of Capalaba, and later a sec- ond one in Townsville.
Mr Ariel said he bought into Raging Thunder because he was "sick and tired of indus- try". He decided if he had to work hard it should be doing something he enjoyed. He saw tourism as a growth area in general, adventure tour- ism in north Queensland in particular.
An offshoot of Raging Thun-
der is a training company
called Rescue Three which
holds the licence inAustralia
for the American-developed
Swift Water Rescue One and
Two systems. The company
trains people in rescue meth-
ods for such situations as
people trapped in fast-flow-
ing rivers, flood situations,
drain pipes and vehicles
trapped under water.
Convocation Foundation
Alumni
When the new QUT was formed many changes affected the institution 's size, structure and the way it was administered. One of these changes was the formal introduction of Convocation, a legal requirement under the University Act.
Convocation is made up of QUT graduates, graduates of predecessor institu- tions and others identified in the Act as having a special stake in QUT. Convoca- tion exists under the University Act and gives graduates a role in the operations of the Un. iversity.
The QUT Foundation was set up by QUT to foster the professional development of graduates, to network graduates with each other and the business community, and to keep graduates and the business community in touch with what is hap- pening at QUT.
Within the QUT Foundation are Alumni chapters for graduates of specific interest areas such as Science , Law and Education. These Alumni chapters also assist with professional development and networking.
Merline Muldoon
Convocation representative on OUT Council
Principal, State Special School, Royal Chil- dren's Hospital and graduate of Kelvin Grove Campus.
Telephone (07) 253 7457.
Paul McGahan
Convocation representative . on OUT Council and Convocation Warden
Warehouse and Distribution Manager, Castlemaine Perkins Ltd and a QUT graduate with a Bachelor of Applied Science (Industrial Chemistry) and a Graduate Diploma in Business Administration.
Telephone (07) 361 7586.
Paul sees his role on the QUT Council as one which helps protect the value of graduating from QUT. "We look at the governance of QUT and want to make sure what the University is doing now doesn't devalue what other graduates have done."
Suzanne Parker
Convocation member on Arts Faculty Academic Board
Corporate Media Adviser, Australian Taxation Office. A 1989 graduate of BCAE Kelvin Grove in Visual Arts. Telephone (07) 222 5147.
Leonie Hayes
Convocation member on Education Faculty Academic Board
Teacher, Jamboree Heights State School.
Graduate of BCAE Mount Gravatt with a Diploma of Reading, President, Education Alumni. Telephone (07) 376 5551.
Neil Baker
Convocation member on Science Faculty Academic Board
A consultant with Hines Management Consul- tancy and 1982 graduate - Bachelor in Applied Medical Laboratory Science.
Telephone (07) 221 2557.
Convocation member on Law Faculty Academic Board
James McCrea
Partner, McCrea and Jones Solicitors. Law graduate, 1981, President, Law Alumni.
Telephone (07) 236 1255.
Convocation member on Business Faculty Academic Board
Peter Hall
District Manager, Esanda Finance. Graduate of Business (Management) 1979.
Telephone (07) 228 3562.
Convocation member on Health Faculty Academic Board
Sonja Chandler
Occupational Health and Safety Adviser for the Metal Trades Industry. Member of the Brisbane South Regional Planning Authority. Twice graduate of QUT - Diploma of Applied Science (Community Nursing) 1984, Bachelor of Busi- ness Communication 1986.
Telephone (07) 831 2305.
Convocation member on Built Environment and Engineering Faculty Academic Board
Robin King-Cullen
Principal Town Planner, Brisbane City Council.
A graduate of Urban and Regional Planning, 1982. Telephone (07) 225 4235.
Convocation member on Information Technology Faculty Academic Board
Philip Roberts
Library Manager, Department of Family Services and Aboriginal and Island Affairs. Completed a Graduate Diploma in Library Services in 1977.
Telephone (07) 224 6075.
Kelvin Grove as Hillof Arcadia
The most used word around QUT during 1990 was amalgamation. It was used to describe the merging of QUT with Brisbane College of Advanced Education.
The Macquarie dictionary partly defines the word amalgamation as "the act of amalga- mating" and "the resulting state".
That "resulting state" in the case of QUT meant the creation of one of Australia's big- gest universities and a business entity with an annual budget now exceeding $200 million.
In the past year some $24 million has been poured into QUT's capital works with the construction of the new nursing and informa- tion technology/engi-
neering buildings.
But the future develop- ment of the university will not be haphazard or reac- tive so much as carefully planned to anticipate needs and meet them as they develop.
QUT's vice-chancellor Professor Dennis Gibson sees Kelvin Grove becom- ing what he describes as
"the Hill ofArcadia".
"Lord Kelvin was a Scot- tish mathematician, sci- entist and philosopher with a worldwide reputa-
"One is the problem of space - space for teaching, lecturing, staff, laboratories, re- search, studios ... and space for recreation, sports, community affairs and so on.
"The other problem is the one of geography.
How do you cope with living in a multi- campus university?"
These two problems were currently being addressed, Professor Gibson said.
The strategic development plan adopted last year would go a long way to solving both problems, provided it could be implemented.
"It is a matter of time and a matter of money,"
he said.
"Strategically, to solve
the problems of space and geography, the big issue for the next five years is to create at Kel- vin Grove a world-class university campus.
tion for his contribution
Kelvin Grove A Block- destined to be the centreto the ascent of man. A
ofQUT."It has to be our major objective. We have our plans. We are starting to see those major devel- opments now with the construction of the nursing building, the ad- ditional floor on the li- brary, the large teach- ing building which is about to start, the health building that will come on stream later this year, grove is a small wooded
area and Arcadia was a mountainous wooded district of Ancient Greece where the philoso- phers went to think great thoughts away from the hurly burly of Athens.
"Thus the Kelvin Grove campus, a wooded hilltop adjacent to a busy metropolis and at the centre of the south east Queensland megalopolis, provides powerful symbolism for a university campus in the groves of Arcadia, with an international reputation for its education and health facilities , its Acad- emy of the Arts and, in due course, other schools in arts and sciences. "
"Last year we talked a lot about vision, strate-
gic planning and the future of the University,"
Professor Gibson said.
"Now that we've gone through that stage we are starting to face the hard realities of this bigger University and I think that we have two major problems.
the sporting complex that will be the next project, then the develop- ment of a car park and campus facilities adja- cent to the community building.
"Next year the new administration building also will be started, after that the new building for the Academy of the Arts and then the relocation of information technology from Gardens Point to Kelvin Grove."
·professor Gibson said he hoped that all of these projects would be achieved within the next five years but the capital cost to QUT would be well in excess of $100 million.
So far there was only about $50 - 60 million commitment from the Commonwealth Gov- ernment towC;trds these developments.
"In order to be able to finish off the develop-
ment of Gardens Point, make some meaning-
ful expansion on the Sunshine Coast and at
Carseldine, and develop Kelvin Grove we need
to be able to find another $60 million from our own resources.
"And we need help from Alumni to do that," he said.
"We're not asking Alumni to find $60 million but we 'll need every dollar they can find, every substantial fund-raising concept the QUT Foundation can come up with to help our development. " ·
Professor Gibson described the Kelvin Grove concept as "a wonderful opportunity for a university". Strategically it is in the inner city in a particularly interesting part of the world.
"What we have is a relatively undeveloped campus on the outskirts of Brisbane's central business district," he said.
"It is a unique opportunity. "
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The South Bank Parklands opening on June 20th meant Brisbane residents have 16 hec- tares of new landscaped grounds in which to enjoy their leisure.
Architect, QUT graduate and QUT Founda- tion life member Derek Trusler, believes South Bank sets a new level for Brisbane recreation.
Derek designed one of the South Bank Parklands' few buildings, the Information Centre, and acknowledges that the South Bank project was more an exercise in land- scape architecture than building architec- ture.
"South Bank has something for everyone, offering a broad diversity of activity," says Derek referring to the opportunities to pic- nic, walk, float on the waterways, laze on the beach or be entertained at the piazza.
South Bank Parklands is in great contrast to World Expo '88 which covered the site four years ago. World Expo '88 had more than its share of buildings but rarely offered a place to sit down when one was needed. Now, Bris- bane's South Bank area has 16 hectares in which to sit and relax.
Although South Bank Parklands has no tall buildings and has few of the structures nor- mally thought of when we think of architects, architects have played
~major role in its development.
Members of the DBI South Bank team, Steven Langton (left) Graduate Diploma in Landscape Architecture QUT 1991, Derek Trusler (centre) Bachelor of Architecture QUT 1986 and Laurie Madden Graduate Diploma in Landscape Architecture QUT 1985.
Media Five was appointed Master Architects for South Bank three years ago. Now called DBI Design Corporation, the company earned the right to feel a great sense of achievement when the parklands opened on June 20th.
Of the 15 staff DBI has in its South Bank office, eight are QUT graduates. Not all have been working on South Bank for three years as has Derek Trusler, but all have been in- volved in its development in some way.
Derek believes South Bank has been a great exercise in the aspects of architecture you don't learn from a textbook such as the every- day influences oflegislation, building require- ments, client needs and social issues.
Handling these influences is part of the on- the-job training of this very broad-based pro- fession.
"Formal education doesn't create architects, it structures minds, provides skills and gives a broad base of ideas and theory which you use to become an architect," Derek said.
Derek believes architecture is a great oppor- tunity to put to work your creativity and flair.
"People think the architect designs (a build- ing) and everyone else makes it work. In reality the project works because the archi- tect designed it to work and liaised closely with others involved."
DBI will be liaising closely with the many companies involved in developing South Bank as it continues its ongoing master architec- ture responsibilities for the commercial, re- tail and residential areas of South Bank planned for the area behind the Parklands.
Proposed for the remainder of the South Bank site is an international hotel, a convention centre, a second hotel, an exhibition centre and numerous commercial, retail and resi- dential complexes.
As Master Architects, DBI will be responsible for ensuring these buildings meet the archi- tectural parameters of the South Bank Devel- opment Plan.
QUT has additional links with South
Bank. Mr Vic Pullar, Chancellor of QUT,
was the founding Chairman of the South
'- Bank Corporation.
K evin Perkins is modest and obvi- ously uncomfort- able when referred to as one of QUT's best suc- cess stories. But as the most senior person within one of Australia's most successful organisations, he deserves the title.
Kevin is managing director of Collins Foods Interna- tional, the company which holds the franchise for Ken- tucky Fried Food in Queens- land and owns Taco Den, Gullivers Cafes and its flag- ship chain, Sizzler.
Collins Foods opened its first Sizzler restaurant in 1985, the same year Kevin Perkins became managing director.
In the past seven years, Kevin has led Collins Foods through enormous expan- sion which has seen 67 new Sizzler stores open through- out Australia and Asia.
The Sizzler concept of casual dining was new to Australia in 1985 and filled a niche between takeaway food and dining in traditional restau- rants.
Sizzler opened the doors for many people to eat out more often, competing more with supermarkets than restau- rants. It offered customers variety and invited them to eat as much as they liked.
Helped by a change in life- styles which saw more two- income families eating out
Management graduate leads major food group
more often, Sizzler was a winning product.
As a business management graduate, Kevin acknowl- edges that the strategies were only going to work under good management, in par- ticular good staff manage- ment. He began implement- ing a program aimed at giv- ing the customer good qual- ity, value and customer serv- ice.
"Every meal (customer) you lose is a meal (customer) you don't get back."
"The OUT course was outstanding. When I did the MBA I found I was a long way ahead (of other students), especially in the hard mathematics skills."
Feeding between 300,000 and 400,000 people each week through its Sizzler chain alone , Collins Foods International can't be losing too many customers and to make sure it loses even less, Kevin is putting a lot of the company's resources into its people.
"The competition can copy our advertising and other aspects of the company but they can 't duplicate our peo- ple.
"We have an extensive pro- gram involving training, education and recruitment that sees us grow a lot of our people. We have a goal to develop a workforce that knows more and does more than the competitor' s (workforce)."
Intensive training and de- velopment pro·grams , achievement awards and an incentive -based payment system, mean working for Collins Foods International is more that just a job for many employees.
"The career path is open for those who
w~mtto work their way up in the company.
"We require little tertiary qualification from staff and provide the necessary train- ing," Kevin said.
Kevin believes education should be constant and is always looking for better ways to do things.
"This is a competitive indus- try. If you are doing what you did last year you are go- ing backwards," he said.
Kevin completed a Bachelor of Business Management at QUT in 1976 and was the first recipient of the Market- ing Trust Fund Grant ($1 000) which he used to help fund his MBA studies in Los Angeles. Whilst doing his MBA he began to dis- cover the value of his QUT training.
"The QUT course was out- .
standing. When I did the MBA I found I was a long way ahead (of other students) , especially in the hard math- ematics skills."
Kevin is receiving much of his current education from day-to-day experience, al- though he keeps up his study through courses and train- ing tapes.
Kevin is in his seventh year as managing director of Collins Foods International.
He may have been in the
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nomic relationship with Indonesia over East Timor?
Should politicians be sacked because they follow peer precedent in the use of travel allowances?
Should failed entrepreneurs be able to continue a life of luxury when many of their creditors are forced into bankruptcy?
These are some of the questions being confronted by the community in the wake of the "greed is good" philosophy of the '80s.
On a positive· note there is a growing accept- ance that "doing good is a good thing", says QUT humanities lecturer Dr Peter Isaacs.
In an interview for QUT Links magazine he said he believes community attitudes of the '90s are very different from the previous decade.
"People are better educated. There is a genuine urge to create good - in the envi- ronment, in the workplace, in the commu- nity," he said.
"Ethics are being put up front. It has been recognised that seeking to do good is part of what it is to !:>e human."
Answers were being sought to difficult ethical dilemmas but Dr Isaacs said QUT's particular contribution had been its quick response to community needs and demands.
"QUT has sought to seize the initiative. It has been sensitive to community needs and has responded quickly to them."
A focus of this thrust is the Unit for Applied Ethics and Human Change established within the Faculty of Arts. Added impetus came from a growing ethics network which drew together staff from most faculties across the university.
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The combination promises the most broad- based approach to ethics education of any Australian university.
Education lecturer Dr Noel Preston has joined Dr Isaacs and lecturer Mr David Massey to set up the ethics unit. They will be joined by Dr Gail Tulloch from Deakin University and Dr Trevor Jordan from Queensland University.
They are also supported by a team of quali- fied part-time lecturers and tutors. Further appointments will include adjunct profes- sorships, visiting lectureships, research fellows and assistantships.
Demonstrating QUT's quick response to community needs, an undergraduate degree will be offered by 1993. This year sees the introduction of Masters and PhD programs by research. Already the unit is offering ethics subjects in Nursing, Justice Studies and Education.
Two current research projects are aimed at establishing just what ethical perceptions Education and Justice Studies students bring with them to their courses. A further study this year will look at nurses and medical practi!ioners.
"If we are going to provide successful edu- cation programs to our students we have to know where they are coming from in order for us to respond to them," said Dr Isaacs.
One project is a collaborative study by QUT education lecturer Dr Carol Christensen, Dr Isaacs and Mr Massey. It is a longitudinal study looking at the way in which student teachers approach learning and teaching.
"What this research is highlighting is the interface between the beliefs, dispositions and attitudes students bring to the learning task and the kind of encounters they have at university," he explained.
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"Thus it raises significant questions such as 'Is it sufficient to concentrate on the kinds of things we teach or do we look at ways to challenge (students') understanding and the culture which shapes the way they respond?'"
He said the relevance of those findings could be applied to the findings of the Fitzgerald Commission which recom- mended that police studies be moved out of the "police culture" into the "independent, reflective, critical atmosphere of the univer- sity".
"We can start to see how critical the chal- lenge is for the university to provide an appropriate level of education for those police officers," he said.
As part of its consultancy and teaching agenda the unit plans to provide short-term courses for professional and community groups.
The ethics network's purpose is to encour- age the teaching and research of ethics at QUT. It also aims to foster strong multi- faculty cooperation to push the discussion of applied ethics beyond a narrow, humani- ties-based perspective.
Dr Isaacs said the whole ethics debate had been thrown into focus as part of a much broader agenda.
"The technological revolution is the most obvious dimension of this significant change but there are other dimensions as well," he explained.
"For example, the global village has meant that in real terms nations with cultural and values systems significantly different than our own are now literally our neighbours.
"There has been also a rebirth of spirituality ... and a growing consCiousness that we are part of an ecosystem. We have responsibility for that ecosystem.
"The environmental dilemma has raised a whole new dimension of ethical concerns.
How do we balance that with our desire to exploit and cultivate nature yet preserve that which is unique and beautiful?"
The ethics unit is playing a key role in organising the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science
(ANZMS) conference to be hosted by QUT in September.
Dr Jordan is a ·member of the organising committee for the high profile event, a focus of which will be recognition of the ethical dimensions of research practice.
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Convocation making a difference
More than ever Convocation is making a differ- ence to the quality of teaching programs at QUT.
In order to encourage closer contact between QUT and its graduates, The QUT Standing Com- mittee, which administers Convocation, is meeting more regularly with the Vice Chancel- lor, Convocation members elected to QUT Coun- cil and nominees to Academic Boards, to pro- vide a check on course content, levels of diffi- culty, assessment processes and other safe- guards of standards in QUT courses.
In consultation with the Development Office, through which Convocation outreach is cen- tralised, the Warden of Convocation and the Standing Committee are also working to:
• agree a regular calendar of contacts with graduates and other Convocation members,
• refine university procedures to reduce dupli- cate contacts,
• provide for regular feedback from Convoca- tion members to the QUT administration.
QUT's Development Manager, Rod Miller, said the university linkage with its graduates is perhaps its greatest long-term asset.
"Senior managers of the university are con- cerned to see that the quality of relationships among graduates, and between graduates and the university, continues to improve.
"So that these valuable relationships can con- tinue to be enhanced, the university is being widely involved in the development of better procedures for Convocation outreach," Mr Miller said .
Should graduates or other Convocation mem- bers wish to provide feedback to QUT about outreach issues, please contact Rod Miller on (07) 864 2149.
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same job for seven years but the job hasn't stayed the same.
From one store at Annerley in Brisbane, Siz-
zler is now operating in Japan, Bangkok,
Singapore, Taiwan, Korea, Jakarta and New
Zealand requiring Kevin to travel overseas
frequently to carry out a job which has rapidly
grown around him.
ALUMNI
Education Alumni The survey to Education Alumni members earlier this year was a worthwhile exercise and some quality responses were received - no less than we would expect from the profession!
If you have not yet returned your survey and would like to do so, it is never too late and we would love to hear from you.
The Alumni had a most successful function in May with the Director-General of Education, Professor Roger Scott, as guest speaker on the changes and trends in the UK education system.
Leonie Hayes, President Telephone (07) 379 1597
Engineering and Surveying Alumni The ESA held its TAFE dinner in March. Once again it was a great success and is now an event that is firmly entrenched in the social calendar. Our next major event is the com- bined 10- and 20-year reunion which will be held on 11 July at Gardens Point Campus Club. Even if you are not a 10- or 20-year graduate, you are welcome to join us. Planning is well under way for the Student Seminar Competition to be held on 14 August. This year will be the first time we will be inviting participation by all the Schools in the combined Faculty of Built
"French Model"
Purchased for the Friends of the Art Collection
Environment and Engineer- ing so it should be an excel- lent and hotly contested event. The evening will involve a seminar presenta- · tion by one student from each School. All QUT Foun- dation members and mem- bers of the public are in- vited to attend.
Brian Norris, President Telephone (07) 262 4300
Friends of The Art Collection
One of the strengths of the QUT Art Collection is its extensive representation of Queensland artists both past and present. Bessie Gibson (born Ipswich 1868-1961), who was one of the State's most important artists working during the first half of the twentieth cen- tury, is represented in the Collection by three major works.
Gibson received her early art training at the Queens- land School of Arts before embarking on further study in Paris. Her first success was with miniatures but the scope of her work broad- ened rapidly to include portraiture, landscape, still life and other subjects in oils and watercolours. These she exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy, London and the Paris Salon between 1905 and 1939.
As a painter in oil, Gibson produced several absorbing portraits, including the
composed and engaging three-quarter length seated study of a "French Model", painted in 1934 (pictured).
This work was 'purchased for the Collection through student donations in 1953.
The status of the painting was acknowledged by its inclusion in the major retrospective exhibition of the artist's work which toured Australian State and regional galleries during 1978-1979.
Stephen Rainbird, Curator For further information about the Art Collection call (07) 864 3240.
MBA Association The QUT MBA Association held its Annual General Meeting on Friday 27 March, at which the 1992 Committee was elected and plans for the year's activities were made.
Christine Tod was re-elected as the President for a sec- ond term and Tony Noon was elected as Secretary, taking over from Hugh Macintosh. Our thanks to Hugh for his time and efforts.
The Association plans to
produce two publications
for its members this year. A
directory of members will
be compiled and distributed
to facilitate the develop-
ment of the MBA network. A
handbook of past students'
opinions of electives will
also be produced tQ aid
present students in select- ing elective subjects.
The Association's next function will be the annual dinner at the end of first semester. It also plans to hold another breakfast in second semester, given the popularity of last year's breakfast series.
The final function of the year will be the Christmas party which will correspond with the end of exams in second semester.
Christine Tod, President Telephone (07) 834 6726
Home Economics
Alum~i
joins QUT Foundation
At the March meeting of the Home Economics Alumni Management Committee, and with the support of the membership, the decision was taken to join the QUT Foundation, along with other discipline alumni chapters. This marks the beginning of a new era for the Home Economics Alumni. From its inception in 1982, through the vision- ary efforts of founder Audrey Lawrie, the Home Economics Alumni has worked independently to secure and manage an investment which enables the fulfilment of its objec- tives. These are to:
• foster further develop- ment of Home Economics;
• provide grants/awards for
post graduate work in Home Economics;
• sponsor lectures in the field of Home Economics;
• provide specific resources for the Home Economics section of QUT; and
• facilitate opportunities for reunions of Home Econom- ics graduates.
So that the Alumni can continue to support and hopefully extend the present programs, Doug Brown, QUT Foundation Treasurer, has organised for our capi- tal to increase each year.
The Management Commit- tee acknowledges his sup- port and guidance in the management of our invest- ment.
This year our Annual Reun- ion dinner is for the gradu- ates of the decade years and half decade years. The 1967 graduates are celebrating their silver anniversary so 1992 will be a special year for them. Key people have been targeted to contact as many of the graduates as possible. We look forward to a bigger and better reunion this year.
Regrettably Irene Law has had to tender her resigna- tion from the Management Committee. She has been transferred from Rochedale High School to
Rockhampton. We thank her for her contribution to the committee and in par- ticular for her work in the
organisation of the annual reunion dinner.
Sylvia Napier, President Telephone (07) 864 3522
The Changing Face of Nursing - a graduate's view
Nursing graduate, Caroline Henzel!, shares her view on the changing face of nursing.
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Graduate nurses with terti- ary based training are the future of the nursing pro- fession.
However, as a member of one of the first groups to be tertiary trained, paving the way was not an easy task.
At 17, I was not aware of the difference between being hospital or college trained.
I just wanted to study full time and have a tertiary qualification like the rest of my peers.
Prior to starting my first year, a dentist friend made some sceptical comments about tertiary training for nurses. His words of doubt left me wondering if I had fully thought my decision through.
The students in my year
became a closely bonded
group. We had to believe
that what we were doing
was right and would change
the face of nursing. Lectur-
ers and clinical staff were
our pillars of strength,
always there to reinforce
our positive attitudes and
dissolve our doubts.
Occasionally I wondered about the credibility of the course and my future as a result of being a tertiary trained nurse. However, I was determined to prove the doubters wrong and demon- strate that I had the mak- ings of a worthy registered nurse, allowing me to be accepted into the hospital system, unnoticed.
Caroline Henzel! RN Wesley Hospital
Nursing Alumni The Nursing Alumni will hold a 10-year reunion for graduates who commenced at QUT in 1982.
Contact Leanne Raven (07) 234 0606.
Public Health - Proposed Alumni Chapter
With the growing number of courses being offered through the School of Public Health there has been a perceived need to establish an on-going net- work for graduates. With this in mind, graduates of the Graduate Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety approached the School of Public Health to discuss the establishment of a Public Health Alumni.
Professor Conor Reilly, Head of Public Health, and Course Coordinators sup- port the idea and initial steps are currently being taken. A letter will be sent to graduates inviting them
to attend the first general meeting at which time an Executive will be elected and aims identified.
If you would like further information contact Margaret Cook on (07) 8643190.
Science Alumni
The major event of the year for the Science Alumni members will be the 1992 ANZAAS Congress at QUT on 15-17 September. The theme will be "Science and Technology - The People Factor" (Real world ethical challenges and opportuni- ties). The benefits of attend- ing include the opportunity to listen to quality speakers and debates, science R & D spot-lighted, and govern- · ment and industry involve- ment.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
LUNCHTIME CONCERTS Jul 22 Visiting American Harpsichordist
Eiji Hashimoto Aug 19 Pianist Geoffrey Salsa
Both concerts will be held at 1. 10pm in the Music Concert Studio at Kelvin Grove Cam- pus and are free to the public.
QUT ACADEMY OF THE ARTS SEASON '92 Jun 9-Jun 20
"Dance Collections" (Thir.d Year Production)
Bpm Woodward Theatre Kelvin Grove Campus Jul 14 - Jul 25
"Outside In" (Third Year Graduation Production) Bpm Tuesday to Friday and 2pm Saturday
La Boite Theatre Aug 19-Aug 22
"No Exit'' (Third Year Graduation Production)
Bpm Woodward Theatre Kelvin Grove Campus Aug 25 - Aug 29
"Coralie Lansdowne Says No"
(Third Year Graduation Production)
Bpm Woodward Theatre Kelvin Grove Campus Aug 31-Sep5
"New Moves" (Third Year Dance Preduction)
Bpm Woodward Theatre Kelvin Grove Campus Sep 2-Sep 5
"Curse of the Starving Class"
(Second Year Acting Production), Bpm La Boite Theatre
Sep 6 Choir - End Semester 2 Production
lpm St John's Cathedral Sep 12 Music
Gala Concert (Third Year Graduation Concert) Bpm QPAC Concert Hall Nov 10- Nov 11
"Dance~2" (Third Year Gradua-
tion Production) Bpm QPAC Concert Hall
ALUMNI CALENDAR Jul 11 Engineering and Surveying
Alumni 10-and 20-year Reunion Dinner
Aug 14 Engineering and Surveying Alumni Student Seminar Competition
Sep 15-17
Science Alumni
1992 ANZAAS Congress at QUT Sep 26 Home Economics
Annual Reunion
Greg Anderson
Bachelor of Technology (Civil) 1975, Graduate Diploma Business Administra- tion 1979, Master of Business Administra- tion 1991
Greg is involved in marketingas the Queens- land representative ofBHP's Structural Steel Development Group. Greg is interested in making contact with ex-classmates who completed the final year of the part-time civil engineering degree in 1974. Tel (07) 834 7519.
Eric Appleyard
Associate Diploma in Applied Science (Bi- ology), Bachelor of Applied Science (Biol- ogy/Microbiology) 1990
Eric is currently studying at the Australian Maritime College doing a masters degree in science population genetics. He is enjoying his studies and his life in Tasmania, and suggests that all Queenslanders should go there to visit.
Meredith Bubb
Diploma in Teaching (ECE) 1988
Meredith is currently teaching at Aramac Campus, a small country school in central western Queensland. Tel (076) 51 3177.Barbara Flynn
Diploma of Teaching 1980, Bachelor of Education 1982, Graduate Diploma
-Religious Education 1985, Master of Edu- cation Studies 1991
Barbara has taken special leave from the Department of Education to work towards her PhD. Barbara has been a part-time lecturer at QUT since July 1990, within the School of Curriculum and Professional Studies. She is proud to be associated with QUT Foundation. Tel (07) 355 3888.
Alix Fortescue
Diploma in Education 1990
Alix runs her own training centre in Strathpine, offering courses to business and private students. Her courses involve personal development, and computer and office training. Tel (07) 881 2189.
Allyson Keane
Bachelor of Business (Marketing) 1988
In July 1991 Allyson joined Quest Newspa- pers and is enjoying desk research for ad- vertisers and agencies, and, to a lesser ex- tent, editorial. She is currently enrolled in a Graduate Diploma in Communication Practice at Gardens Point Campus. Tel (07) 352 0785.Stanley Y K Loh
Bachelor of Business (Computing) 1991
Stanley is currently working with a soft-ware house, Epro Systems (S) Pte Ltd in Singapore, as an Application Programmer specialising in Oracle-Based software solutions. The knowledge of systems analy- sis and design he gained using Oracle dur- ing his last semester with QUT provided him with the edge and confidence to get the job. He would like to hear from fellow graduates. Phone (65) 769 6008 or write to:
2 Hong San Walk, Singapore 2368.
Rosemary Loorham
Post Graduate Diploma of library Sci- ence 1990
Rosemary has recently read in
The Courier- Mail
andInside QUT
about the problems with enrolments and commented that simi- lar problems existed in previous years. In 1990, the excuse was, "we forgot to order the envelopes". Life and business in the country suits her well, although she does miss the shops and food in the ''Valley" (she has lost 15 kilograms, as a result). Tel (071) 27 7166.Averil Milne
Diploma in Teaching (ECE) 1979, Bach- elor of Teaching 1988, Graduate Diploma in Applied literature 1991
Averil is currently on maternity leave for 12 months awaiting the birth of twins !!!. Tel (07) 205 1597.
Susan Moriarty
Bachelor of Arts 1987, Bachelor of laws (Hons) 1989
Susan is Private Secretary to the Attorney- General, Dean Wells. She finds this richly rewarding. Susan thinks that work in the public name and for the public good is invariably a source of great satisfaction to those who negotiate and broker the finer details of its implementation in a pluralist society. She is becoming increasingly knowledgeable of the interrelationships between the office of the Attorney-General and other public sector departments.
Should any of her feliow Foundation mem- bers feel that she can assist them in some way, please contact her on (07) 239 3479.
Maria Mulcahy
Bachelor of Arts - Journalism 1987, Graduate Diploma Business Industrial Relations 1990
Maria is a freelance journalist who is cur- rently working as a researcher at the State Library of Queensland. She undertakes con- sulting work in industrial relations, re- searches in any field on a contract basis and freelances in journalism for special interest and general news publications. Tel (07) 808 5279.
Kim Raymond
Bachelor of Applied Science 19 77, Gradu- ate Diploma of Architecture 1980
Kim is studying for a Master of Divinity at Barrytown Seminary in New York.Phillip Shelton
Associate Diploma in Electrical Engineer- ing 1988
Phillip spent three years with Tower Aus- tralia (Queensland) as a Photocopies Tech- nician and last November started work for TWS Toowoomba. Tel (076) 39 1444.
Linda Shields
Bachelor of Applied Science (Nursing) 1989
Linda is currently working as a research nurse with the Department of Child Health at the University of Queensland and is en- rolled there in the Master of Medical Sci- ence by Research program. Tel (07) 365 5307.
Perry Swanborough
Bachelor of Applied Science (Biology) 1987
Since graduating from QUT, Perry did his honours at the Department of Botany, Uni- versity of Queensland, and subsequently stayed there to do a PhD, which he com- pleted in March 1992. He is now working with Professor Mark Westoby at the School ofBiological Sciences as a Research Fellow.Tel (02) 684 1514.
APPOINTMENTS IN THE NEWS
Mark Williams
Bachelor of Applied Science (Built Envi- ronment), Bachelor of Architecture
Since joining Thomson Adsett & Partners Architects in 1985, Mark has specialised in domestic architecture and worked on projects including the $20 million Cross- roads television studio in Canada.Andrew Masters
Bachelor of Applied Science (Built Envi- ronment), Bachelor of Architecture
As an Associate Director with Thomson Adsett & Partners Architects, Andrew is responsible for hospital planning and de- sign.Lisa Pendall and Gabrielle Reinhardt
Bachelor of Business (Communication)
Lisa and Gabrielle are Consultants with Bayly Willey Holt Public Relations in Bris- bane.ore
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