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Spencer Bequest a Classic The full funding of a highly productive lectureship and curatorship is one of the many ways the Centre for Classics and Archaeology will benefit from a bequest that established the Spencer/Pappas Trust. In 2008, the Centre will enjoy its second year of funding from this generous bequest, by Dr Gertrude Spencer (MA 1992) (photo left), a psychiatrist who was deeply engaged with ancient Near Eastern studies. From 2009 the Spencer/Pappas Trust will assume the full funding of a lectureship-curatorship, shared between the Centre and the Ian Potter Museum of Art. The position, currently funded by the R E Ross Trust and Miegunyah Fund, is held by Dr Andrew Jamieson, who has revitalised interest in the University’s Classics and Archaeology Collection and mounted exhibitions that have been very well attended. In 2007, the Centre’s bequest-related activities included the teaching of ancient languages (Syriac and Akkadian), and the funding of overseas research travel by its postgraduates. In 2008 the Centre will continue these activities and in addition will host the first Spencer/Pappas Fellow, the internationally recognised expert in the archaeology, history and culture of the Near East, Professor Norman Yoffee, from the University of Michigan.
BINDING THE stRANDS TOGETHER Key Project Funding Strategic Priority > Make at least major submissions to major international philanthropic bodies for key University projects Achievements Submissions for amounts of $1 million each were made to six major philanthropic foundations in Australian and abroad. In an encouraging result, the Baker Foundation’s Board of Trustees has announced that it will provide $2.5 million to endow a Chair in Physical Biosciences. Many other major gifts will be acknowledged in the 2007 Report to Donors, due for release in March 2008. Increase Advancement Expertise Strategic Priority > Develop staff plan to embed advancement expertise across the University Achievements Finding enough experienced staff for the expanding advancement operations across the campus has made ongoing staff training a priority, and the Advancement Office now regularly engages leading international advancement specialists to visit and run training sessions. The former Chair of the Board of Governors at the University of Toronto during its major campaign, led advancement training at the Heads and Deans Conference early in the year. The Fund Raising School from the Centre of Philanthropy, Indiana University, again conducted intensive training for advancement staff, while the President of CASE, the world’s peak advancement body, addressed deans and senior management. Expert external counsel, including from the leading fundraising consultants Marts & Lundy, New York, contributed to mentoring of advancement staff, and advancement staff were sent to fund raising seminars in Australia, the UK and USA. Strengthen Alumni Relations With the expanded Advancement Office, considerable progress was made in 2007 to reconnect with our alumni around the world. Contact increased through an active program of events, new alumni branches, and improved communications. Maintaining Contact Strategic Priorities > Coordinate a ‘transitioning out’ process for graduating students > Develop, in conjunction with the Marketing and Communications unit, a communications program for alumni > Develop two new alumni associations in the USA and China and consolidate existing associations > Increase engagement with domestic alumni through at least four alumni functions and one new state branch > Convene five meetings of decade-based reference groups to advise on strategies for effective engagement Achievements From March, every graduand attending a graduation received the Alumni Resource Guide and instructions on how to join the Alumni Web Community, registering for their lifelong @alumni.unimelb.edu.au email address without charge. More than 4500 alumni are now registered. In 2007 the audience for GradNet, the email newsletter to alumni, was expanded to over 40,000. Ways of transitioning to more regular and chiefly paperless communication with alumni were developed for implementation in early 2008. This will involve a change to the Melbourne University Magazine currently provided to all graduates. The University has continued to strengthen its contact with international alumni. A new alumni association was launched in China following the visit of the Vice-Chancellor and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International) to Beijing and events hosted by the University in Shanghai and Beijing. A new alumni committee was formed in the USA in conjunction with events hosted by the Pro Vice-Chancellor (University Relations) in San Francisco and New York. A revived Indonesian Alumni Association was also formed with the support of the University’s Jakarta office. Support for alumni in Asia was further enhanced by the opening of new international offices in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Bangalore. In the UK, events have now resumed through the revived UK Alumni Association. During the year the Chancellor and former alumni chairs gathered for a twentieth Anniversary Dinner for the Hong Kong Alumni Association, while alumni in India and Taiwan also reunited at Friends of the University receptions. Within Australia, highlights included a wellattended forum hosted by the Provost on the Melbourne Model, and an oration by the Vice-Chancellor on the role of universities in federal elections. Interstate alumni functions with prominent alumni speakers were held in Canberra, Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne. A new state branch is forming in Queensland. Other local alumni events were delivered in collaboration with the Ian Potter Museum of Art, Asialink and the Confucius Institute. To help formulate strategies for effective engagement in the future, alumni participated in meetings of decade-based alumni reference groups. A report on the outcomes will inform plans for 2008. Volunteers StRAtegic Priority > Increase number of alumni on University boards and committees by 50 per cent Achievements An Alumni Volunteer Opportunities website was launched in December to introduce alumni to board and committee vacancies, as well as to alert alumni to a much wider range of volunteer opportunities available at the University. Resourcing Achieve a student profile and teaching revenue position that best prepares the University for the launch of the Melbourne Model in 2008 Strategic PrioRIties > Support faculty transition to Growing Esteem through student profile planning, workplace, management and business planning > Ensure that funding exists in the University budget for a comprehensive scholarships scheme that promotes the University’s aim to attract the best and brightest students regardless of financial disadvantage > Implement changes to University budget model to support the strategic priorities of Growing Esteem Continued pressure for self reliance-fee income Achievements Financial self-reliance continues to be core to achievement of the Growing Esteem Strategy. Critical to this is the University’s capacity to continue to recruit national and international fee-paying undergraduate and postgraduate students. The University of Melbourne Annual Report 2007 65
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