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VIEW | EXIT4Tara Swansborough, Hennim Lee, Lisette Knight, Aicha Leclercq, Jemma Spinks and Ashleigh Maynard model nursing uniforms from the past.Uniforms highlight nursing historyNursing uniforms from the past 125years were paraded at the University ofthe Sunshine Coast’s annual celebration ofInternational Nurses Day on Saturday 8 May.Nursing Science students modelled morethan a dozen nursing uniforms—dating backto 1885, the Boer War, World War I and II,from the early 1900s, and throughout the1960s and 1970s—that had been made bySenior Lecturer in Nursing Dr Leonie Williams.The parade was part of USC’s “In MyDay: Celebrating International Nurses Day”event that attracted past, present andfuture nurses, and other members of thecommunity.A highlight of the event was a keynoteaddress by the Director of the UnitedKingdom’s Centre for the History of Nursingand Midwifery Dr Christine Hallett.She discussed “Containing Trauma in aworld of chaos: nursing work in the FirstWorld War”.The nursing celebration also featuredother activities, including tours of USC’sstate-of-the-art teaching facilities and videointerviews to record nurses’ memories andaspirations about nursing.USC’s Professor in Nursing Dr MargaretMcAllister said collecting and passingon stories about nursing was vital to theprofession’s future.“It’s about narrative pedagogy—the powerof story-telling to engage nursing students,”she said. “When a story is told well, you learnits lessons. And stories about nursing oftenconsider professional values and what makesnursing a fulfilling career.“If we tell our stories, we can gain a senseof how far the profession has come.”Thousands attend majorcommunity events at USCPrimary students check out the science expo.Annual expo inspiresbudding scientistsFrom extracting the DNA of peas tosolving a cattle duffing case, more than 260students from across the Coast put scienceinto practice at an expo at USC in June.Year 5 and Year 9 students testedtheir skills over two days in USC’s sciencelaboratories as part of the annual PICSEScience and Technology Expo.PICSE—the Primary Industry Centre forScience Education—is a national partnershipof universities, schools, industry andgovernment.Crowds of more than 4,000 peopleattended two major community eventshosted by the University of the SunshineCoast in early June.The 30th annual Sunshine Coast WorldEnvironment Day Festival on Sunday 6June attracted an estimated 4,500 peoplewho celebrated along the theme of “Manyspecies, one planet, one future”.This event was jointly organised bythe Sunshine Coast Environment Council,SEQ Catchments, Sunshine Coast RegionalCouncil and USC.The following two days of June saw4,000 students from across the region visitthe University campus for the 15th annualVoices on the Coast festival, held jointlyby Immanuel Lutheran College and USC.The festival featured presentations bytop authors, illustrators and performanceartists.Annemarie Van Hees and her daughter, Angie, have funat the World Environment Day Festival at USC.VIEW | EXIT
University appointsnew Vice-ChancellorThe University of the Sunshine Coast hasappointed Professor Greg Hill as its newVice-Chancellor and President.A special meeting of the USC Councilin late May approved the appointment ofProfessor Hill, who has been the University’sDeputy Vice-Chancellor since 2005.Chancellor John Dobson said theselection panel received more than 20high-quality applications for the position,with applications from as far away as GreatBritain and the United States.He said the panel was impressed byProfessor Hill’s strong vision for the future ofthe University and his commitment to USC’skey goals like sustainability, research and theeducational advancement of the region.Chancellor Dobson said he and the USCCouncil expressed complete confidence inProfessor Hill’s ability to lead USC to anexciting future in this great region.Professor Hill, whose career has includedplacements at the University of Queenslandand at Charles Darwin University, said hisappointment was a “dream come true”.“After working here for five years, I thinkI’ve become part of this institution and partof the region as well,” he said.“The opportunity to move the Universityforward is pretty exciting stuff. The growthrate in student numbers and research hasProfessor Greg Hill.been quite extraordinary. We’re the fastestgrowingcampus in the country, but we can’tafford to rest on our laurels.”Professor Hill said he plans to developfurther research concentrations at USC,particularly in areas like health andeducation which support the largest teachingprograms.He will also encourage the communityto become business partners with USC byco-investing in research, education andcommunity development.VIEW | EXITEcology a key issuefor Professor Greg HillProtecting the environment andboosting education have long beenpassions for USC’s new Vice-ChancellorProfessor Greg Hill.Professor Hill began his careeras a primary school teacher, beforecompleting a Bachelor of Arts (Honours)in Geography and his PhD in Wildlife/Statistical Ecology at the University ofQueensland (UQ).He then taught at UQ for 15 yearsand gained national recognition for histeaching innovation and technologytransfer to developing countries.He was appointed as Reader inGeographical Sciences and UQ’sDirector of the (ARC) Key Centre in LandInformation Studies. He established andmaintains research interests in remotesensing, wildlife ecology, environmentalplanning and education.In 1995, Professor Hill acceptedthe Foundation Chair in TropicalEnvironmental Science at Charles DarwinUniversity and was a Dean from 1997.At CDU, he was actively involved inthe establishment, management andgovernance of University and nationalresearch centres, and held variousgovernment appointments includingChair Northern Territory Board of Studiesand membership Kakadu National ParkResearch Advisory Committee.Professor Hill has been USC’s DeputyVice-Chancellor since 2005.5Fond farewellto foundingVice-ChancellorThe retirement of Professor Paul Thomas AMas USC’s founding Vice-Chancelloron 11 June was suitably marked asthe end of an era for the University.Community representatives andstaff members gathered at twospecial send-off events in earlyJune to thank Professor Thomas forhis work in guiding USC through itsestablishment and rapid growth overthe past 16 years.A community send-off at USC’sInnovation Centre auditorium on 4 Junewas attended by the region’s civic, business,education and community leaders, a dozenof whom made short speeches aboutProfessor Thomas’s achievements.And hundreds of University staff gatheredat the same venue on 9 June to say farewellProfessor Paul Thomas, above, enjoys a humorous speech during a farewell event.Left: USC staff line up to say goodbye to Professor Paul Thomas.to Professor Thomas and pay tribute to hisenergy, vision and leadership.Professor Thomas said his final week atUSC had been an emotional roller-coasterand he described it as a “real wrench” to letgo of the University he has led since initialplanning in 1994.USC opened as a University College in1996 with only 524 students, two buildingsand a choice of only two degrees.It gained full University status in 1999,and now has more than 7,000 students, 16buildings and more than 100 undergraduateand postgraduate study programs.VIEW | EXIT
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