Creatively promoting community during the pandemic
Our students and staff have been working together in creative and energetic ways to promote community and connectedness – and to help others – during the pandemic. It has, as we all know, been a strange and unsettling few months. Our normal ways of doing things, which ordinarily form part of our way of life and of belonging – eating …
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Honouring the fallen and the vision of our founders
Last weekend, in marking Anzac Day and Founders’ Day, our College community paid tribute to those who helped make us who we are today. Honouring the fallen this Anzac Day, well over 50 students (over half those in residence during the pandemic) woke up early to “light up the dawn” in small groups at different vigil locations around College. During …
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Can we help you?
Current students in residence in the College have volunteered to help elderly, vulnerable or needy Old Collegians and friends of the College, and our neighbours in North Adelaide, with tasks that may otherwise be difficult for them during the pandemic – for example, with shopping, or household or garden jobs, or family responsibilities. Already several students have spent many hours …
Marking Anzac Day and Founders’ Day 2020
A cross of poppies made in College and research on the lives of St Mark’s Collegians killed in World War II are among the ways that College students will mark Anzac Day and Founders’ Day this weekend. The founders of the College nearly a century ago had all in some way been affected, in many cases very deeply, by World …
The late Georgia Blain, Dr James Muecke AM, and Prof George Murrell recognised as Distinguished Collegians
The late novelist Georgia Blain, the current Australian of the Year Dr James Muecke AM, and distinguished orthopaedic surgeon Professor George Murrell have been recognised by the College Board as Distinguished Collegians. Since 2007, the College has from time to time recognised a small number of old Collegians of particular distinction (academic or non-academic) as Distinguished Collegians. Their names are …
College fund helps students in need due to the COVID-19 pandemic
St Mark’s College has established a Student Support Fund to support resident students whose financial circumstances have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. Because of the pandemic, many students have lost casual employment on which they depended to pay their College fees, and many parents of students have also lost their jobs or had incomes slashed. Students already in …
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Ms Cecilia White and Mr Darren Pitt join College Board
Human resources adviser and lawyer Ms Cecilia White and educational leader and former Acting Head of College Mr Darren Pitt have today joined the College Board. In announcing their appointments, the Chair of the Board, Ms Linda Matthews, said that Ms White and Mr Pitt would bring very valuable skills to the Board, together with a deep commitment to ensuring …
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FAQs and new requirements in relation to COVID-19 pandemic
The College has today published “Frequently Asked Questions” about the COVID-19 pandemic, providing information and requirements both for students staying in College and for those suspending residence. As Government requirements evolve rapidly to try to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the FAQs below (also available in PDF at this link) include important new specific requirements for students in College …
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Update on COVID-19 Pandemic
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the College has been taking many measures to help prevent the spread of the virus, and is grateful to everyone who has been doing everything possible to help with this. The College’s top priority is the health and safety of our students, staff, and the wider community. Everyone is encouraged to do what is …
COVID-19 Pandemic Student Support Fund – first round
Applications due by: Thursday 26 March 2020, 4pm St Mark’s College students whose financial circumstances have been significantly adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic (e.g. through losing casual employment, or through parents losing their jobs) are invited to apply for financial support from the College. The College has reallocated a substantial sum of money which will be used for student …
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College response to COVID-19: next steps
During the current coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, as at all times, the College’s top priority is the safety and well-being of our students, staff, and members of the wider community. We have throughout been following expert advice, including in the steps already taken to prevent the spread of the virus, and we will continue to do so. Today the Head of …
Commencement Service and Commissioning of Head of College
The St Mark’s College community marked the beginning of the 2020 academic year with a Commencement Service held at St Peter’s Cathedral on Friday 28 February 2020. The Service provided an opportunity for students to prepare themselves for living and learning together in the year ahead and to reflect on the mission they have set themselves in embracing a college …
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