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law, and got as much work experience Former Chair After a career break to raise the Marita Cheng
as I could while studying – spending two of Council Prof children, Sharelle returned to the (2007) was
summers in Canberra working on the Ruth Fincher University of Melbourne to work as named in the
global climate change treaty, and doing AM (1969) has a study co-ordinator in bowel cancer 2018 Forbes Top
a lot of research work, including for Prof been appointed research within the Faculty of Medicine, 50 for Women
Gillian Triggs (1964) who was at that Deputy Vice- Dentistry and Health Sciences and is in the World in
time Director of Melbourne’s Institute Chancellor currently based at the new Victorian Tech, having
for International and Comparative (International) by Comprehensive Cancer Centre – less founded Aubot
Law. A project between the Institute the University of than one kilometre from JCH. When she – a telepresence
and the Cancer Council led me to the Melbourne. enjoys a work lunch at Naughton’s she robot for children
World Health Organization Framework reflects on how she has not travelled with cancer – and Airpoly, an app that Kelsey Hayes, Dr Powell, Ruby Jacobs
Convention on Tobacco Control, the first very far in life (and also how much recognises and relays objects in real time
treaty negotiated under the auspices of Naughtons has changed since College for the visually impaired. JCH alumnae Kelsey Hayes (2014) and
WHO – and from there I took my first A creative days!). Ruby Jacobs (2015) visited the College
‘real’ job as Legal Policy Adviser to a collaboration Allan Joseland (1988) and Sharelle Congratulations to speak on ‘Embrace Education’, a non-
global alliance of NGOs supporting the between Joseland (Dann 1988) spent three years Upon returning to Melbourne, Allan to Kim Ho (2014), profit, university student-run organisation
new treaty. Headlam and in JCH whilst completing their respective worked in ethanol distillation and Melbourne-based that offers free educational support
Wallace-Crabbe degrees, Bachelor of Engineering and the fertiliser industry. He is currently playwright, actor, to high school students from refugee,
This work cemented my love of In 2012, JCH Bachelor of Science. Sharelle organised working for the RACV in the role of and the 2017 new migrant and low socio-economic
multilateral problem-solving, and after alumna, the the ‘Masquerade’ College Ball in 1989 General Manager - Safety, Property & recipient of the backgrounds in Melbourne.
a couple of years in the job I was lucky distinguished and became Student Club Secretary Capital Works. Allan has very recently Sydney Theatre
enough to be awarded a scholarship to artist Kristin the following year. Allan enjoyed joined the JCH College Council where Company’s ‘Embrace Education’ runs three
undertake my Master of Laws at New Headlam (1972) playing College sport and was Male he hopes his facilities management prestigious Patrick educational support programs:
York University, an amazing place to was commissioned by the University Sportsperson of the Year in 1988 and and capital works experience will be White Playwrights’ Award for his Homework Clubs, In-School Tutoring
study international law. There I worked of Melbourne’s Rare Books Collection 1989, before becoming Student Club of assistance to the College. Allan and play Mirror’s Edge, which explores the and Individual Tutoring, while
to support another prominent Australian, to create a work to accompany an epic President in 1990. This was a big Sharelle look back very fondly at their interplay of Anglo-European, Chinese, conducting the ongoing mentorship of
Philip Alston, in his mandate as UN poem by her partner, the acclaimed sporting year for the College when JCH time at JCH, in what truly was a life- and Indigenous cultures in Australia tutors.
Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial poet, Chris Wallace-Crabbe. The won the W.K.Tickner Trophy for the first changing experience! across three centuries.
Executions – while also continuing Universe Looks Down was written by time, with both our female and male The organisation was started in 2006
consulting work on the WHO treaty. Wallace-Crabbe over the period sporting teams punching well above Dr Madeline Mitchell (2005) (seen Kim explains that his play is ‘based on the by Emil Kogan, with a group of other
This led to a year in Canberra in the 1988-2005. their weight in competition with the here on a recent visit to the College joys and complexities of cross-cultural Monash University students. After ten
Department of Health, strengthening larger colleges. with her partner Ross Dennis) has been interaction and how sharing cultures is a years of success, ‘Embrace Education’
international cooperation on tobacco Kristin’s response was a suite of 32 a proponent for advances in synthetic way of sharing knowledge, and the more established the University of Melbourne
control as we worked towards etchings with aquatint and hand Allan started working life as a Chemical biology, seeking ways to mirror the cultural collaboration we can have, the chapter. Recently, the University of
implementation of ground-breaking colouring, and 32 photo etchings of Engineer for Exxon/Mobil and Sharelle benefits of synthetic fibres in the more we can know our environment and Melbourne chapter hosted ‘Creating
plain packaging laws (recommended as selected texts from the poem. The completed a Diploma of Education production of natural fibres such as the world’. Change in Education’, a panel discussion
a means of implementing the treaty). suite is an imaginative commentary before returning home to Shepparton cotton. with experts from the education
on the poem and was exhibited at the to start work in the food industry, The first time Mirror’s Edge was sector, including representatives from
From Canberra, I was sent to Geneva Baillieu Library’s Noel Shaw Gallery developing new products for S.P.C. Two performed was when an excerpt of it Macpherson Smith Rural Foundation,
as World Trade Organisation (WTO) between August 2018 and March 2019. years later she returned to Melbourne was presented as part of the Melbourne Centre for Multicultural Youth, Teach
challenges to the plain packaging laws Six complete, boxed editions of all 64 and was soon co-ordinating the Product Theatre Company’s ‘Cybec Electric’ for Australia, and Maths Pathway. The
got underway – and six years later, prints and a copy of the poem were Development team for Peters Ice Cream, rehearsed readings in 2017. The whole goal was to broaden the discourse
I’m still here… As Counsellor (Health) made available in 2018 and one set was whilst completing a Graduate Diploma play was then produced by the University surrounding educational inequality and
for Australia’s Permanent Mission to swiftly acquired by the National Library in Marketing. of Melbourne’s Union House Theatre. to offer a variety of ways university
the UN, as well as the Mission to the of Australia. students, teachers and the general public
OECD in Paris, I cover matters as Allan and Sharelle married in Kim’s short film, The Language of can contribute towards bridging the gap
broad-ranging as Ebola, pandemic flu Castlemaine in 1997 and relocated Love, has screened at over 30 film in education.
preparedness and global health security, to London in 2000. Allan worked festivals worldwide. He composes
antimicrobial resistance, development of as a Production Manager for UK film music, plays the clarinet, and is At a university level, the work of
and access to medicines and vaccines, sugar manufacturer Tate and Lyle, currently working on a play about the ‘Embrace Education’ is promoted
prevention and control of diseases like whilst Sharelle used her marketing 1930s Lasseter’s Reef hoax as a VCA through various events on campus.
cancer and diabetes, promoting mental qualifications to move into the area of Master of Writing for Performance Fortnightly coffee catch-ups at ‘House
health, addressing violence and injuries, marketing research. student. of Cards’ are open to tutors and
managing food security and nutrition, members to get to know each other
and health system reform as well as After several years of work and a lot of Kim appeared at the Melbourne’s over a free coffee. Everyone is welcome
cross-cutting UN reform efforts. The job travel, the lure of returning to Melbourne Emerging Writers Festival together with – and invited to visit the organisation’s
is challenging, sometimes frustrating, grew strong after the couple welcomed Rhea Bhagat (2012), who has also Facebook page for more information.
but always rewarding – and I’m glad to identical twin girls, Neve and Emily, into developed a growing reputation as a
say there are very few days when I don’t the world. Sharelle and Allan moved to writer of fiction and non-fiction. Kelsey is the current President of the
learn something. Our former female sports representative Williamstown shortly after the girls were Melbourne University chapter, ably
Jacqui Street (2003) has reported for born and a few years later a third child, supported by Ruby (a former chapter
ABC News on radio, television and Rhys, was added to the family. Vice-President) and Olympia Sarris
online for more than a decade, covering (2015), her current chapter Vice-
politics, courts and general news. President.

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