Getting Involved
Picking up PACE
Since it began six years ago, PACE has become a signature feature of undergraduate learning at Macquarie. PACE, which connects students with partner organisations to gain real-life experience that prepares them for work and life beyond the campus, was the brainchild of former Vice-Chancellor, Judyth Sachs. She wanted to rethink the way undergraduates were taught and what the curriculum was ...
Macquarie moments
While learning is a serious business, life away from the lecture theatre is a different story. One of Macquarie’s first students (and now Professor in Management) John Croucher recalls the tent city built by impoverished students to draw attention to the lack of student housing in the early days, and the washing lines that greeted visitors to the University’s grounds. “The students th...
Share your memories
With preparations for Macquarie University’s 50 year Jubilee celebrations now in full swing, we are inviting alumni to share their stories, videos and pictures of Macquarie. “The story of Macquarie’s first 50 years is best told through the eyes of its almost 150,000 alumni,” says Alumni Relations online community specialist Martine Balit. “Many alumni have already submitted the...
A year at a glance
2014 is shaping up as Macquarie’s biggest ever: it is our 50th anniversary and a range of events and activities will be held throughout the year to mark our Jubilee. “We invite all of our alumni to get involved in the celebrations,” says Bruce Mortimer, Director Alumni Relations. “You can help celebrate our past by sharing your stories and images as part of the 50 Stories of Macquarie p...
A University of service and engagement
In August, the University community gathered together in the Campus Hub building for the official launch of our strategic framework, Our University: A Framing of Futures. In conversation with Richard Morecroft, I set out for the university the results of a long, deep consultative process that asked the question: who are we, and where do we see ourselves in the future. The long-term vision f...
New Alumni Relations Director has big plans
Macquarie has a new Director of Alumni Relations, Bruce Mortimer. He joined the university in mid-October, and brings more than a decade’s experience managing alumni programs at the University of Melbourne and Victoria University. Professor David Wilkinson has brought him on board with a mandate to make Macquarie’s alumni program truly world class. “We would like to extend our alum...