| Your all-new monthly snapshot of all things Griffith: WE ARE GRIFFITH. Direct from the desks of the alumni team: Jo (the boss), Nicole, Josh, Laura, Kate, Kai and Roxie |
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| | | Welcome to Griffith’s new alumni community channel, reflecting the richness of your lives and bringing you the latest news on our essential research and change-making projects. | | WE ARE GRIFFITH comes direct from the desks of the alumni team: Jo, Nicole, Josh, Laura, Kate, Kai and Roxie on the lands of the Yugarabul, Yuggera, Jagera, Turrbal, Yugambeh and Kombumerri peoples. We look forward to telling your stories and hearing what you think, so don’t hesitate to get in touch. |
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| | | | PRACTICAL. STUDENT-FOCUSED. FOR EVERYONE. THIS IS HOW YOU MAKE A UNIVERSITY. |
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| | It’s 1970 and Theodor Bray is about to start enjoying a well-deserved retirement, having spent decades as editor of the Courier-Mail, Brisbane’s principal newspaper. But he’s looking for something to occupy his time. And then, Queensland’s minister of education gets in touch: Might he be interested in… creating a new university? From scratch? Bray isn’t sure, but when the minister calls back, he accepts the deceptively simple brief: ‘To plan a second university institution in Brisbane.’ |
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| | | | THERE'S A CELL IN YOUR NOSE THAT COULD HELP PEOPLE WALK AGAIN |
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| | Racing across the sports field with your children. Strolling down the street for a coffee. Swimming free in the ocean. For those with spinal cord injuries, these everyday joys have seemed out of reach. But now, Professor James St John and his colleagues are working on a way to restore this most essential part of the central nervous system – and give new hope to those with these life-changing injuries. If their method works, it could be a game-changer. So far there’s no way to mend spinal cord damage, because those damaged nerves in the spine don’t regenerate. But nerves in another part of our body do – our noses. |
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| | | | | Snapped trees. Torn-up ground. Heavy machinery. Thanks to Alfred, we’re all sadly familiar with those sights. But on the day this picture is taken – 3 October 1972 – they are signs of hope, as a bulldozer trundles into 177 hectares of bushland to break ground on what will become Nathan campus. Keeping a close eye are the people behind this new university [pictured above L-R] – site planner Roger Johnson; council deputy chairman Leonard Butts; Vice Chancellor John Willett; and council chairman – and later Chancellor – Theodor Bray. They’re about to build a new university from the ground up, overcoming all the obstacles thrown at them. 50 years later, we’re harnessing that same spirit to rebuild and renew. And not even a cyclone will stand in our way. |
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| | | | SEE YOUR ARTWORK ON WE ARE GRIFFITH |
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| | This stunning piece is Together, created by Sid Domic. A proud Kalkadoon man, Sid passionately uses his art to express stories of his cultural heritage using bold colours and designs. He conceived the artwork while working for Griffith to show our engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the cultural diversity across our campuses. You can read about our commitment to Reconciliation in our Reconciliation Statement – and just scroll down that page to discover more about Sid and how he created Together. | | We’d love to continue the theme of togetherness which Sid’s work inspires. That’s why we’re now looking for an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artist (or artists) who is a Griffith grad or from the QLD area (or both!) to work with us on a paid commission – creating a unique artwork for WE ARE GRIFFITH. So if that’s you, please email Nicole on nicole.walker@griffith.edu.au with a bit about yourself and your work. We can’t wait to hear from you. |
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| | | | CELEBRATE OUR 50TH ANNIVERSARY WITH THE MAGIC OF OUR LIMITED EDITION THERMAL FOOD CONTAINERS! |
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| | Admit it, when you were thinking about how to celebrate our 50th anniversary (did we mention that it’s our 50th anniversary?), you were probably thinking: “Hopefully the university will have released a limited edition 50th-anniversary-themed food container. Or a travel mug. Or a tote bag. Or a brilliant history of Griffith.” Well, your wish is our command: you can now show your love for all things Griffith via the purchase of all these lovely artefacts. (Laura is a bit obsessed with the hoodie, while Jo particularly recommends Professor Patrick Weller’s fantastic new book, Doing Things Differently – a fascinating account of Griffith’s evolution.) |
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| | From your alumni team, | | Jo, Nicole, Josh, Laura, Kate, Kai and Roxie |
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| | | | ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY |
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