Alumni Newsletter – Q1 2023

Alumni Newsletter – Q1 2023

With planning well and truly underway now for our 60th Anniversary, the Community Engagement Team is keen to make 2023 a year where we can focus on reconnecting with our alumni. With this in mind, we want to create opportunities to keep you all up to date with what is...
St Hilda’s College Handbook – 2023

St Hilda’s College Handbook – 2023

As members of our College, all students are expected to be familiar with the contents of the College’s handbook. The 2023 Handbook is now available for your perusal below. This is a good reference point for all of our current students and is also useful for...
The Whitby 2022

The Whitby 2022

The second annual edition St Hilda’s College’s Academic Journal is now published. Why not relax with a cuppa over the Summer break and enjoy the various essays, research papers, poetry and art that have been submitted by our talented community. You can...
How ‘feeling sale’ is essential to a community welcome

How ‘feeling sale’ is essential to a community welcome

In my last blog, I explored some aspects of living in a community, leaning heavily on Hugh Mackay’s book, The Art of Belonging.  I agree with Mackay’s assertion that in order to experience community we need security—both physical (‘I’m safe here’) and...
What does it mean to live in a community?

What does it mean to live in a community?

I love the end of February because it contains several of my favourite things:  the end of bushfire season; the beginning of glorious Autumn in Melbourne; and Orientation Week for University Colleges.  Orientation Week is designed to welcome new...