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Congratulations to our newest graduates | Office of the Vice-Chancellor — Fri, 16 May 2014 01:38:12 +0000

[…] Vice-Chancellor also wrote to the alumni community recently in the quarterly Macquarie Matters, encouraging graduates new and old to reflect on the […]

By: Pauline (Ann) Holbrook

Pauline (Ann) Holbrook — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 06:19:15 +0000

I will never forget my graduation. I gave the speech on behalf of the English faculty. It was Michael Kirby’s last day and the day we were told that we had been selected for the Olympics. It was very important to me as I had not been allowed to go to university when i left school, but spent two years at Oxford while my husband was studying for his M.A. It was hard to be a public servant whilst Harry and our friends were studying and I vowed one day I would do it too. The family supported me all the time i was at Macquarie and I had the joy of sharing a tutorial presentation with my daughter when she attended as a mature student. Now my granddaughter Zoe Tillett is studying English literature and I am hearing Macquarie gossip again. I hope one day she will make a good poet. I haven’t “done ” anything with my degree, but it has enriched my life in so many ways. There is still time for me to write – perhaps this year. Meantime I must be one of the oldest Australian citizens with a HECS debt!

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By: Congratulations to our newest graduates | Office of the Vice-Chancellor

By: Pauline (Ann) Holbrook