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J OSKE S CH OLARS

The Enid Joske Centenary Scholars: where are they now?

The Enid Joske Centenary Scholarship (the ‘Joske Scholar’) was established through the good offices of the Janet Clarke
Hall Society in commemoration of the College’s centenary in 1986. It honours the memory of Miss Joske and her dedicated
service as Principal of the College over 25 years from 1928 to 1952. It is now just over a quarter of a century since the first
Joske Scholarship was awarded to an outstanding member of the Senior Common Room. College Records Officer Jack Tan
asked: ‘Where are the Joske Scholars now and what do they remember from their time at JCH?’ He found out that for many
of the Joske Scholars, the College changed their lives in ways they didn’t expect when they arrived in College – and that the
bonds that tie our Joske Scholars to the College are still strong and varied.

Stephen James Leng Lee (Joske
(Joske Scholar 1993) Scholar 2006)
is currently Legal Rhodes Scholar for
Writer and Editor 2007, Leng now
for the Victoria resides in New York
Law Foundation, City, where he works
Melbourne. As a for an Internet startup
political scientist and company, Codecademy. He remembers
legal scholar, Stephen taught at Princeton fondly how students and tutors grew as
University and various universities in Gregoria and Chris (foreground) at their people during their formative time in
Australia. He has also edited books wedding. residence at JCH. Leng was a genial and
for such publishing houses as Oxford Gregoria Manzin (Joske Scholar 2004) friendly presence in College, performing
University Press, Cambridge University Gregoria is currently an academic at the stand-ups for students and also holding
Press and Allen & Unwin. A Fellow of the University of Melbourne with the School “floor gatherings” for his mentees where
Centre for Dialogue, and the Institute for of Languages and Linguistics. Her best everybody literally “sat down” and
Human Security at La Trobe University, memory of JCH is meeting her (now) interacted on their corridor floor.
Stephen remembers the two years he husband Chris here. They were both part
spent at College fondly - especially of the Senior Common Room. The JCH
the friendships and socialising around experience had a certain dream quality for
good food, including afternoon teas and her. She had never studied in an English-
suppers. speaking institution before and was not
familiar with the many traditions that are
Ania Brzezinski part of daily life at JCH, such as dressing in
(Joske Scholar academic gowns at formal dinners.
1995) is currently
Vice-President of Avril Hannah-Jones
Legal Services for (Joske Scholar 2005)
Domtar Corporation Avril is currently
based in Montreal, living and working in
Canada. Domtar Williamstown, where
designs, manufactures, markets and she is the Minister
distributes a wide variety of fibre-based at the Williamstown Alice and Nick in the SCR
products, with sales of US$5.4 billion from Uniting Church – Alice Pung (Joske Scholar 2007) is
some 50 countries. The Company employs Electra Street. During her time at JCH, Cranbourne Artist-in-Residence at Janet
approximately 10,000 people. she completed her PhD and also studied Clarke Hall. She is an author of non-
theology. Immediately after leaving JCH fiction books about growing up Asian
Ania has fond memories of her time in she spent six months in Switzerland at the in Australia, and an Ambassador for the
College including High Table dinners and World Council of Churches’ Ecumenical 100 Story Building. She also writes for the
student club river cruises - a world away Institute at the Chateau de Bossey, and Good Weekend, the Age, and the Monthly
- she notes, from ‘the management of the then spent six years in the Macedon magazine. Alice is also a qualified legal
Law Department, including overseeing the Ranges as the Minister to four small practitioner, and she currently works part-
work of in-house lawyers’. congregations around Mount Macedon. time in the area of the minimum wage.
She remembers fondly the friendships she Her fondest memory of College is getting
made with staff and students at JCH. She married to her husband Nick in 2013 and
is still in touch with dozens of JCHers; she taking their wedding photos in the very
is very impressed with what JCH students place they met, which was at College ten
have gone on to do! One of the highlights years earlier. Alice’s website is
of 2013 was her role as celebrant at the www.alicepung.com
wedding of Alice Pung and Nick Cadle.

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