A very special group of Macquarie staff were celebrated last week for having completed 25 or 40 years of service at the University.

In paying tribute to the group’s commitment, Vice-Chancellor Professor S Bruce Dowton noted that today’s graduates are more likely to accrue 40 employers than 40 years with one employer.

“These staff have been mentors to this University, helping to guide, advise and shape it,” Professor Dowton said. “They are the stalwarts of ensuring that our institutional memory stays alive and that we hold true to the ideals Macquarie was founded on.”

The Vice-Chancellor added that the group was a reminder to all of us that an institution is its people.

“We are a wonderful campus, but transcending what we are as a physical place, is a community of people who are incredibly loyal, who are enthusiastic about being part of this University, and who care deeply not only about the history of this place, but also its purpose, its mission, its future.”

Congratulations to all our long-serving staff – we’re in awe!

40 years of service

• Professor David Christian
  Distinguished Professor of Modern History
• Maureen Fegan
  Director, Kids and Traffic Early Childhood Road Education Program
• Rob Roy
  Mechanical Services Officer, Faculty of Science
• Phil Hunt
  Electrical Projects Manager, Property

25 years of service

• Associate Professor Paul Beggs
• Pierre Bleiker
• Dr Fran Byrnes
• Associate Professor Mark Carter
• Matt Cowdery
• Professor Linda Cupples
• Janna Enger
• Associate Professor Patricia Fanning
• Jim Farmer
• Professor Julie Fitness
• Dr Christopher Forbes
• Dr Hilary Green
• Michele Harris
• Associate Professor Judi Homewood
• Professor Lesley Hughes
• Professor Rafiqul Islam
• Dr Egon Kalotay
• Marion Kellenbach
• Associate Professor Sachiko Kinoshita
• Dr Catherine Martin
• Pat McDonald
• Associate Professor Rich Mildren
• Professor Martina Mollering
• Associate Professor Sujatha Perera
• Associate Professor Stuart Piggin
• Chandera Rajah
• Kylie Shorrock
• Sue Spinks
• Associate Professor Peter Tuchin
• Associate Professor Sean Turnell
• Karl Van Dyke
• Professor Michael Withford

We’ll be sharing reflections from some of these staff in future issues of This Week.