Former Western Australian Senator, the Hon Chris Ellison has this week been appointed as the new Chancellor of the University of Notre Dame Australia from January 2018. Former politician Michael L’Estrange AO has been appointed Deputy Chancellor from April 2018. Current UNDA Chancellor, Mr Peter Prendiville, who will step down from the position on 31 December 2017, said he is delighted with the appointments of Mr Ellison and Mr L’Estrange. “Both men are widely respected and bring with them a shared commitment to Notre Dame and a wealth of exceptional public, private and educational experience,” Mr Prendiville said. “It is this experience, underpinned by a passion for Notre Dame, that will prove vital in shaping the University…,” he said.
Pope Francis’ exhortation for young people to ‘put faith in action’ was the theme at the second annual Catholic School Youth Summit (CSYS), held recently at the University of Notre Dame Australia (UNDA).
An award that recognises exceptional progress in Aboriginal health education has been presented to a team at UNDA’s Australia’s School of Medicine, who are committed to closing the health gap between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people.
A new health training hub at Notre Dame’s Broome Campus is set to transform health in the Kimberley, addressing the growing shortage of health care professionals in the region by substantially increasing training opportunities for nursing, midwifery, and allied health students and professionals.
Notre Dame University graduate Amy Wallace has been named Western Australia’s top Registered Nurse.
Dearbhla Curtin-Tully, a Master of Teaching student at the University of Notre Dame, Fremantle has received this year’s Helen Lombard Award for her outstanding service to the university and the wider community.
The University of Notre Dame Australia’s Vice Chancellor, Professor Celia Hammond has received an honorary degree from The University of Portland in the USA.
The University of Notre Dame Australia Fremantle Campus’ famous walking tours of the historic West End are back.
The University of Notre Dame Australia’s Fremantle Campus has excelled for the second year running in a nationwide survey of students commissioned by the Federal Government, achieving #1 in five key indicators – Overall Quality of Education Experience, Teaching Quality, Skills Development, Learner Engagement and Student Support.
Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has last week outlined the importance of the Catholic world view and its relationship between faith and reason at an interfaith event at the University of Notre Dame Australia’s Fremantle Campus.