WA pole vault sensation Nina Kennedy will compete at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in April. Photo: UNDA. By Matthew Lau Newly-crowned national pole vault champion Nina Kennedy has set the bar for her participation in next month’s prestigious Commonwealth Games. The 20-year-old Perth athlete is a Bachelor of Behavioural Science student at the University of Notre Dam...

Professor Celia Hammond, Terence O’Connor and Peter Prendiville. Photo: Supplied. The University of Notre Dame Australia has conferred a Doctor of Laws on Terence O’Connor AM QC, one of Western Australia’s most prominent members of the legal profession. Mr O’Connor, who was the University’s Chancellor from 1990-2004, was conferred the honorary degree at a graduation ceremony at the Univer...

Emeritus Professor Michael Gillooly, Professor Doug Hodgson, The Honourable Justice Neville Owen, Professor Jane Power, Professor Joan Squelch and Professor Celia Hammond celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Notre Dame School of Law, Fremantle. Photo: Supplied. The University of Notre Dame Australia celebrated the 20th anniversary of its School of Law, Fremantle, with a Gala event on We...

The University of Notre Dame Australia’s Chancellor, Peter Prendiville, has been named Australia’s 2017 Champion of Entrepreneurship.

NATIONAL – Notre Dame to acquire iconic building in Fremantle’s West End
The University of Notre Dame Australia has this week announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase the iconic Customs House in Fremantle’s West End. The property comprises of three separate buildings, with a total floor area of 8,000 square metres and street frontage on Packenham, Phillimore and Henry Streets. The agreement is expected to be finalised by the end of November.

The University of Notre Dame Australia has acquired the vacant site next to its Broadway Sydney campus, located in the inner-city suburb of Chippendale, paving the way for strong long-term growth in the national tertiary education sector. Purchased at auction on 2 November, the 520m2 site is located at 142-152 Broadways. Vice Chancellor Professor Celia Hammond, said the acquisition of the site is an exciting step towards expanding UNDA’s presence within Sydney’s premier educational precinct. “The University will develop this site to further its strategic goal of providing students and staff with the highest quality teaching spaces and facilities,” she said.

In addition to being the ‘father’ of three monotheistic faiths – Judaism, Christianity and Islam – Abraham is also a model of the welcoming behaviour that we should show to others, including strangers and outsiders. This message was the focal point of Abraham Day, celebrated last week at the University of Notre Dame Australia (UNDA), with keynote speakers from each of the three communities: Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, Rabbi Dovid Freilich from Perth Hebrew Congregation, and Sheikh Muhammad Agherdien, Teacher at Langford Islamic College. The event, held on Thursday 14 September, carried the theme ‘Abraham: Welcoming and Standing Up for the Other’, and was the second Abraham Day hosted at UNDA, following its launch last year. Addressing attendees in the Drill Hall in Fremantle, Archbishop Costelloe said people of faith should challenge themselves to welcome others in a genuine and caring fashion. By Caroline Smith.

Graduate nurses are turning to the University of Notre Dame Australia’s specialised program in Burn and Trauma Rehabilitation.

The University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle announced the appointment of Dr Gervase Chaney as the new Dean of Medicine.

From 1 to 28 June this year, Dr Lawrence Pang, who teaches Old Testament Theology at the University of Notre Dame Australia Fremantle campus, visited the Tantur Ecumenical Institute as part of his being a 2017 BJ Hickey Scholarship recipient. By Caroline Smith.