No 11 July 18 2002 - Communications - University of Canterbury

History Foundation lecture and award
Does New Zealand have a day
that it could call Independence
Day?
And “When, if Ever, did New
Zealand become Independent?” –
that is the topic Emeritus
Professor David McIntyre
(pictured right) has researched
for this year’s Jim Gardner
lecture.
He will give his findings in the
auditorium of Christchurch Girls’
High School on Sunday July 21.
The free public lecture sponsored
by the Canterbury History
Foundation begins at 3pm.
Professor McIntyre’s long study
of Commonwealth affairs and of
defence and foreign relations
lends itself to this review of how
New Zealand has found and
declared its place in the world.
Recent discussion of the
monarch’s role, past mentions of
republicanism, debates over
globalisation and about links with
other countries make this a
topical subject for a historian
with David McIntyre’s interests.
Before the annual lecture begins,
Canterbury graduate John
Wilson (BA 1964 and MA 1966) is
to be honoured by the
Canterbury History Foundation
for his long-applied energy in
raising public interest in history.
John completed a PhD at
Harvard University with a thesis
on the early 19th century
relationship between Britain and
China – a task for which he
learned to read the documentary
Chinese then employed by the
Imperial Court.
But it is for his local history
work, assistance to other writers,
inspiring support for preserving
historic buildings and sites,
lectures, articles and for his
publishing enterprise that Dr
Wilson is being awarded the
Foundation’s A C Rhodes History
Search for new vice-chancellor under way
p. 1 Council’s appreciation of the work
Canterbury Tertiary Alliance he has done at Canterbury and wish
initiative has been particularly timely him well in his new position.”
in view of the Government’s new
Dame Phyllis reaffirmed the
emphasis on collaboration and cooperation.
financial recovery plan and the
Council’s commitment to the
“He has also been a strong advocate initiatives being undertaken to ready
for the international dimension of a the University for changes such as
modern university, forging teaching the establishment of the Tertiary
and research relationships with Education Commission, the new
universities throughout the world, charters and profiles exercise and
developing links with our
the implementing of the
international alumni and leading the Government’s new funding regime
internationalisation of our
and performance-based research
curriculum and student body. funding.
“On behalf of the University Council Professor Le Grew said his time at
I would like to place on record the Canterbury had been the most
Medal. Dr Wilson is also the
author of books on the Cheviot
estate, the Christchurch
Drainage Board, lost
Christchurch buildings and of
Waikakahi: Fulfilling the Promise
(1999). For the past 19 years he
has edited the national magazine
of the Historic Places Trust and
its Canterbury regional
newsletter.
– continued
stimulating of his career to date. His
departure was tinged with regret but
also pleasure at the achievements of
the past four years.
“Canterbury is now much better
structured and positioned for the
future. The University is more
outward-looking, more aware of its
strengths and its stakeholders, and
better able to take up the many
opportunities that will become
obvious.
“Being a catalyst and shifting a longentrenched
university culture has
been exciting and demanding. I feel
certain that my successor will find a
dynamic force at work here.”
Structure paper
deadline extended
The deadline for submissions on
the proposed academic
structure paper has been
extended until Friday July 26.
Committee for the Review of
University Structures (CRUST)
Chair, Chancellor Dame Phyllis
Guthardt, said the extension was to
provide more time for comment and
enable better co-ordination by the
Academic Administration
Committee of the faculties’
comments on the proposal.
The Academic Board will consider
the faculty and AAC’s comments at
its meeting, which has been
rescheduled for Wednesday July 24.
Dame Phyllis said she had received
a number of submissions from
individuals, departments and
groups, and was looking forward to
receiving more before the extended
deadline.
AFIS 123
clarification
The previous issue of the
Chronicle reported the
University Council’s approval
of the full semesterisation of
AFIS 123 and referred to the
existing 12-point course. In fact,
AFIS is a six-point course
currently taught over the full
year. The change will see the
course compressed and
delivered in both the first and
second semester.
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