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S enior C o mmon Ro om

With David Morrison

From the

Vice-Principal

2016 was rich in events that
celebrated Janet Clarke Hall’s
strong sense of community.

In O Week we welcomed our
returning students and began the
year with a ‘Welcome to Country’ ceremony with Wurundjeri
Elder, Aunty Di Kerr. The ceremony gave everyone the
opportunity to pause, to reflect on the cultural heritage of
the land on which Janet Clarke Hall is built and to gather as
a community to celebrate the beginning of the year. Another
highlight of the year was the intercollegiate rowing regatta,
as we gathered on the banks of the Yarra River to support Nadia Mazarakis, Brian Kennedy, Xavier Cadorel, Richard Liu
the women’s and men’s first eight rowing crews. The rowers
showed great determination, courage and bounteous other members of the THRIVE Research hub received a grant
JCH spirit. for The Living Well Project from the Green City Innovation
Fund, a sub-fund of Australians Communities Foundation. The
We also chose to screen the documentary film, The Hunting research will focus on modelling the resilience of Melbourne’s
Ground, generating important and ongoing discussion around social housing during a heatwave event, while proposing
the prevention of sexual assault on and off campus. I was most retrofitting solutions and policy reform. Xavier also received
impressed by the mature and thoughtful manner in which the 2016 Enid Joske Scholarship for his contribution to the
our students approached the discussions and suggested ways life of Janet Clarke Hall and the wider community. After
to empower young people to ensure the safety of male and five years as a residential tutor, Xavier has decided to focus
female university students and to support victims of sexual on his lecturing and research in the School of Design at the
violence. University of Melbourne.

In 2016, Janet Clarke Hall welcomed three new residential As I reflect on the events of 2016, I would like to congratulate
tutors, Ms Caroline Hart, Ms Shan Windscript and Mr Brian the students of the College on a wonderful year and to thank
Kennedy, who brought teaching and professional skills gained them for their contribution to the College community and for
from secondary, and tertiary education, and from the Bar. The their endless JCH spirit.
residential tutor team engaged wholeheartedly in the life of the
College, participating in intercollegiate sporting events, College Ms Fiona Cadorel
dinners and special events. They played a dynamic role in the Vice-Principal
mentoring of our students both academically and pastorally,
demonstrating great care which undoubtedly contributed to
the outstanding academic success of our students.

Some of the achievements of Dr Richard Liu, Ms Julia Hastings,
Ms Shan Windscript and Mr Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston are
covered elsewhere. Nadia Mazarakis gained confirmation of
her PHD research on a possible new treatment for asthma
and allergy sufferers. Nadia conducted her research at the
Australian Synchrotron using FTIR microspectroscopy.

Among other achievements, Shan Windscript attended and
presented at the 2016 AAS-in-Asia Conference at Doshisha
University, Kyoto, Japan. She also coordinated a conference,
‘Bombard the Headquarters - China’s Cultural Revolution:
Perspectives After Fifty Years’, curating an exhibition of
material from the Baillieu Library. Her efforts led to Shan
participating in the documentary The Cultural Revolution:
50 Years After produced by Radio Television Hong Kong.

In 2016 Xavier Cadorel was awarded the Architecture Building
and Planning (ABP) award for Teaching Excellence and his
teaching team was also awarded the ABP award for the most
Innovative Teaching Program. In July, Xavier was invited by
the Australian Sustainable Building Environment Council to
participate in a two-day conference in Adelaide to discuss
the future of Australian Building Codes. In August Xavier and At the College Ball

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