News

November 2008

Congratulations to the staff from The School of Arts & Social Sciences who received Inclusive Practice Awards.

These awards are presented annually to JCU staff members who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to assisting students studying with a disability. Inclusive practice is an objective of the University and acknowledges the support provided by staff to be flexible, consultative, proactive, and/or innovative in minimising the challenges for students’ studying with a disability. Staff are nominated by students registered with the Disability Resources Centre.

Staff who received awards were:
Dr Debra Miles - School of Arts and Social Science (Townsville)
Dr Chris Mann - School of Arts and Social Science (Townsville)
Dr David Mitchell - School of Arts and Social Science (Townsville)
Dr Rosita Henry - School of Arts and Social Science (Townsville)
Dr Allison Craven - School of Arts and Social Science (Townsville)
Dr Dosia Reichardt - School of Arts and Social Sciences (Cairns)

October 2008

Congratulations to Professor Ed Helmes who has been awarded the Alastair Heron Prize!
The prize was bestowed by the APS College of Clinical Psychologists and is awarded biannually to a member of the APS College of Clinical Psychologists for applied research of exceptional quality in the area of normal adult ageing or age-related dementias; or for excellence in the psychological treatment of problems among older people.

May 2008

New issue of Outskirts (Volume 18, May 2008) featuring articles on Virginia Woolf and Melanie Klein,Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party in Australia, Violence and Learning and Feminist pedagogy in musicology classrooms.

Available from: http://www.chloe.uwa.edu.au/outskirts

Enrol now for the Write in the Tropics: Winter Writing School

Write in the Tropics caters for students interested in a variety of genres: from memoir, to writing for newspapers or reading and writing the short story or writing for film. The program is also open to those wishing to enroll as non award students. The winter program includes a 2-day retreat on Magnetic Island.

DATES:

• JN5500 Writing for Newspapers TP 6 23-27 June (inclusive)

• EL5501 Creative Nonfiction TP7 7-11 July (inclusive)

• EL5502 Professional Editing TP7 14-18 July (inclusive)

• TH5012 Writing for Film TP7 July 3 & 4; July 8; July 22 & 23;29

April 2008

CONGRATULATIONS to Kevin Mayo

Last year Kevin, a Research Fellow for School of Indigenous Australian Studies and Sessional Lecturer for the Department of Anthropology, Archaeology and Sociology in Cairns, was commissioned to create a set of public art sculptures for Cairns Regional Council to be installed on the North Cairns Esplanade. The sculptures are now completed and there will be an official opening in June by Mayor Val Schier.

March 2008

CONGRATULATIONS to Dr Stephen Torre

Dr Torre has just been announced as one of the recipients of the 2008 Faculty of Arts, Education and Social Sciences Citations for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning. The citations are awarded annually to staff, who have demonstrated they have influenced student learning, student engagement or the overall student experience over a sustained period of time, and have gained recognition from fellow staff, the institution, and/or the broader community.

Dr Torre received the award for expanding student awareness of the significance of literary studies through the development of student-centred learning curricula incorporating cutting-edge methodologies in humanities and authentic assessment.

January 2008

CONGRATULATIONS to Catherine Jacoby,
recipient of the Aurora Anthropology Internship!

Catherine Jacoby, a JCU graduate with a Bachelor of Science Honours in Anthropology, has been placed for 6 weeks at the Central Desert Native Title Services. Following that, Catherine will be taking up a 12 week paid locum position at the Central Land Council.

Since the summer of 2003/04, the Program has provided law students with the opportunity to experience working in the area of native title through internships at Native Title Representative Bodies (NTRBs) and other organisations involved in Indigenous affairs. The program has recently expanded to include anthropology and other social science disciplines (including archaeology, environmental management, history, human geography and sociology). We placed our first anthropology student in the winter 2006 round. Overall, since the inception of the anthropology/social science internship program, we have received a total of 38 anthropology applications from 16 Australian universities and two overseas universities (from the Netherlands and the United States) and 9 social science applications from 6 Australian universities.

To date, 4 Aurora anthropology internship alumni have entered the NTRB system as anthropology or research staff, 2 of whom hold permanent positions. This amounts to around 4% of the 45 anthropologists in the NTRB system at present.

Go to www.auroraproject.com.au for information on the Aurora Project and Internship application details.