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From the Vice-Principal

From the

Vice-Principal

2013 saw a great expansion in the Senior
Common Room at Janet Clarke Hall.
With support of Council, we welcomed
five new tutors to the established team of
Xavier Cadoral (Senior Duty Tutor), Fiona
Cadorel, Jack Tan, Julia Lai Kwon and
Paul Peng. We were proud to appoint two
JCH alumnae; Julia Hastings, music tutor
and recipient of a number of scholarships
including the May Dunn Scholarship
at Janet Clarke Hall in 2011 and 2012, Mrs Davies visits Oxford SCR members gather on the river bank
and Dr Jenny Tran, resident doctor at St
Vincent’s hospital and the recipient of an Katherine St John, Freddy Woodhouse being among the first women to obtain a
Australia-at-Large Rhodes Scholarship. and Lucilla Ronai to join returning William leading professional position, or achieve
Angliss Scholar Erin Mathews. In addition, that which has never been accomplished
Our newest and youngest member of the the College continued to offer a small by someone of their gender.
team Abhi Ganugapati arrived on our number of students the opportunity to join
shores from New Zealand and quickly our successful non-resident programme. Our Open Day in August saw record
adapted to College life, tutoring students in Towards the end of 2013, we sadly said numbers come through the doors of the
engineering and establishing himself as a farewell and good luck to our chef, College which translated to large numbers
skilled cricketer, soccer player and theatre Sam Colligan. Sam’s lovely personality of applications for 2014. In addition, the
sports performer. In addition Dr Catherine and exceptional food will be fondly College also hosted career practitioners
Hart and Jamie Hart joined us from the remembered. Two new staff members the following day as part of the University
UK. Catherine, a clinical psychologist and joined us; our new chef Rob Redfern and of Melbourne Open Day programme.
Jamie, a sports scientist, added wonderful new Librarian, Julia Ulyannikova. Rob
vitality and support to the tutor team. and Julia settled themselves very quickly Our students continued to impress with
Catherine tutored our psychology students into their respective roles and we are very another year of outstanding results; 39% of
and Jamie was appointed as our first grateful for their professional approach in our students received First Class Honours
Sports Mentor. Jamie assisted students meeting the needs of our students in the and 88% of all subjects were of an
with training and well-being programmes vital areas of food and learning resources. Honours Grade.
whilst mentoring our Student Club Sports
Representatives. In the middle of the year, I took the In addition we enjoyed sporting success
opportunity to travel to the UK and in with the women’s swim team, we were
We were also delighted to welcome Mr particular to Oxford. I greatly enjoyed amazed to be awarded second place in
Nick Cadle into the Senior Common as the touring the individual colleges and was the Intercollegiate Arts Competition and
husband of our Artist-in-Residence, Alice fortunate to stay at St Hugh’s College in winner of the ‘Vampire Cup’ for the largest
Pung. We also continued our association Oxford. St Hugh’s shares a number of number of blood donations per capita.
with Dr Anna Goldsworthy through similarities with JCH; founded in 1886 as a
musical performances throughout the year, women’s college, the education provided In summary, I am very proud to be a part
including the Port Fairy Music Festival by St Hugh’s encouraged the students of the Janet Clarke Hall community. A
Launch and the JCH end of year concert. to have academic and professional place where students continue to impress,
aspirations that were not limited by their outperform and shine.
Our Graduate students added a wonderful gender. As in the case of St Hugh’s, Janet
dimension to our Senior Common Room Clarke Hall students have continued to Mrs Donna Davies
and we warmly welcomed new members, challenge convention, in some instances Vice-Principal

Donna Davies, Virginia Glenn and O Week Murder Mystery - Jack Tan, Catherine Hart, Abhi Ganugapati, Julia Lai Kwon,
Joy Freier Jamie Hart, Paul Peng, Xavier Cadorel, Julia Hastings, Fiona Cadorel, Jenny Tran

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