ACU alum - issue 2, Spring 2012

Check out the latest alumni profiles, plus news and events, in the Spring issue of ACU alum - coming online soon!

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ACU Alumni Movie Gift Card Giveaway

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Alumni Postgraduate Fee Rebate

Have you considered furthering your career? Perhaps you are wanting to change career paths? If so, why not consider the advantages of returning to postgraduate study at ACU?

New Associate Vice-Chancellor for Brisbane Campus

Professor Jim Nyland is the new Associate Vice-Chancellor at ACU's Brisbane Campus.

ACU alumnus wins sports safety award

ACU alumnus Dr David Greene (BHM, ’95 PhD, ’05) has been awarded the FE Johnson Memorial Fellowship in this year’s NSW Sports Safety Awards.

ACU signs nursing exchange agreement

As of next year, nursing students from Australian Catholic University (ACU) will have the opportunity to study at the prestigious Georgetown University in Washington D.C.

ACU wins gender equality award

Australian Catholic University (ACU) has been announced as a winner in the 2011 Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA) Business Achievement awards.

Report reveals parental contributions to education

Parents provide the majority of the resources of independent schools in Australia, a new report by the ACU Public Policy Institute (PPI) has found.

ACU researchers scoop project grants

ACU academics Professor Sandy Middleton and Professor Sue Kildea have received substantial National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Project Grants.

Homeless children let down by patchy services and lack of reforms

Last year in Australia 84,000 children tried to get help from a homeless service- but more than half of them were turned away, a snapshot report on child homelessness has revealed.

Anti-depression drug research wins ACU ethics prize

Dr Paul Biegler has been awarded the Australian Catholic University Eureka Prize for Research in Ethics, for his work on how clinicians should deal with the growing problem of depression.

Deputy Prime Minister visits ACU Brisbane

Federal Treasurer and Deputy Prime Minister Wayne Swan visited the ACU Brisbane Campus recently to tour the facilities and meet with staff and students.

ACU staff recognised for learning and teaching excellence

Seven Australian Catholic University (ACU) staff members have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to student learning with a 2011 Australian Learning and Teaching Council citation.

ACU TAFE partnership to improve uni access

Access to a university accounting degree is now easier thanks to a new agreement signed by ACU and TAFE NSW.

Professor Michelle Campbell appointed Dean of Health Sciences

Professor Michelle Campbell was this month appointed Executive Dean of Health Sciences at Australian Catholic University (ACU).

Professor Pauline Nugent appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic)

Professor Pauline Nugent, Dean of Health Sciences and former Victorian Businesswoman of the Year, has been appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) at Australian Catholic University (ACU).

General Peter Cosgrove inaugurated as ACU Chancellor

Former Defence Force chief, General Peter Cosgrove AC, MC, was installed as the new Chancellor of Australian Catholic University (ACU), during a ceremony at St Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney.

First visit to ACU for new Chair in Philosophy

Professor Kevin Hart FAHA, chairman of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia, has made his first visit to Australian Catholic University (ACU) since taking up the role of the Eric D’Arcy Chair in Philosophy.

ACU scoops national fundraising award

Australian Catholic University (ACU) was recently awarded the Fundraising Institute Australia (FIA) national award in the Capital Campaigns/Major Gifts category.