UTC eNews Mid Session Break Week 2

FROM THE ACADEMIC DESK

CSU registrations for second session close on Friday 15 June. As the Admin office will be closed on Friday 15^th for training, please finalise your enrolments today. The College is formulating class rolls and need to know class numbers for any timetable changes. If you require help with subject selection, please see Renee, who can direct you to the relevant subject coordinator.

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

We were pleased to host a “last supper” for the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ross Chambers, who visited to discuss the CSU/UTC agreement and to say farewell. This was Professor Chambers’ last visit in his capacity as Deputy Vice-Chancellor, as he retires shortly. Ross, a member of the Uniting Church (in both Wagga Wagga and Port Macquarie) has served the College admirably over many years, most recently securing an increase of $25,000 in funding for the Camden Library. Ross presented the College with a beautifully potted communion goblet and plate, crafted by international artist, Peter Wilson of Bathurst. A gift of books was given to Ross to express the College’s appreciation and to congratulate him on his retirement.

CSU has announced the appointment of two new Deputy Vice-Chancellors. Professor Garry Marchant will join CSU as Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) and Professor Ken Dillon will take up the role of Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration). Professor Marchant holds a PhD in Business Administration and Master of Arts in Psychology from the University of Michigan and a Bachelor of Commerce with First Class Honours in Accounting, Finance and Systems from the University of New South Wales. Professor Dillon holds a PhD in Education from the University of Southern Queensland, a Master of Education (Hons) from Charles Sturt University, a Graduate Diploma in School Librarianship from Riverina College of Advanced Education and a Bachelor of Arts and Diploma of Education from Macquarie University.

FROM THE FACULTY

Texts the faculty will be using in second session:

• Homiletics (Peter Davis) – The Witness of Preaching, Thomas G Long, 2nd edition, WJK 2005.
• More details in future newsletters.

Jione is attending the Society of Asian Biblical Studies conference this week at Sabah Theological Seminary, Kota Kinabalu (Malaysia), and will present a paper titled "Myths of Belonging: A native, a musing, a Genesis".

FROM STUDENT ADMINISTRATION

Itu, Joanne and Renee visited the Manly campus on Friday 8 June to meet the staff there, exchange ideas and toured the campus.

EVENTS

The Climate Commission Forum held on Wednesday 6 June with Climate Commissioners Tim Flannery and Lesley Hughes was a most informative evening. Tim and Lesley unpacked many of the recent initiatives being undertaken by the 90 countries who have committed to combating global warming. One highlight was the production of renewable energy being developed in China, as they develop solar energy technology which has consistently seen a 10% reduction each quarter in the cost of developing solar panels. Consequently, renewable energy may outstrip other energy sources if this trajectory continues. There are free copies of the Climate Commission’s reports available outside the student admin office. If you would like a recorded copy of the evening, please contact the College Secretary.

Book Launch of Professor Bruce Mansfield’s Summer is Almost Over at the Centre for Ministry on Sunday 8 July 2012, 3pm. Internationally acclaimed literary and television critic Clive James, once said that Bruce Mansfield’s famed lectures on Reformation History to Sydney University first-year students were “so condensed that to miss one was to write off a month’s work”. Summer is almost over is a highly personal account of the ideas that stood behind that course and its successor at Macquarie University, spanning a quarter of a century (1952-76). His lifelong research interest in the Dutch humanist scholar, Erasmus, has resulted in three internationally acclaimed works. Professor Mansfield’s wise counsel was much appreciated when he was a member, and later Chairperson, of the Council of the United Theological College from 1989 to 2002.

Professor Paul Dafydd Jones will speak on “Patience and passion – Christian theology after Karl Barth” at the Centre for Ministry on Wednesday 11 July 2012, 7.30pm. Associate Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia, Paul is the author of The Humanity of Christ: Christology in Karl Barth's Church Dogmatics (T&T Clark) and the recipient of a Templeton Award for Theological Promise. Paul has also written numerous articles and essays on systematic, political, and constructive theology. He is currently working on two books – one about Protestant views of the atonement, the other about divine and human patience. Paul’s lecture will be followed by a response by Matthew Wilcoxen and the evening will be chaired by Ben Myers.

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