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 Leave your mark

Leave your mark

In our Jubilee year, Macquarie is offering you the unique opportunity to leave your mark on the university by having your name – or the name of a loved one – immortalised on a plaque in the Macquarie Theatre. Hundreds of students wander in and out of the Macquarie Theatre each week and with a donation of just $500, your contribution to the life of the University will be recognised with ...

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 PACE Prizes awarded to outstanding students for great experiences

PACE Prizes awarded to outstanding students for great experiences

Eleven prizes were awarded to exemplary individuals and groups at the 2013 Professor Judyth Sachs Participation and Community Engagement (PACE) Prizes ceremony. The awards, held in May, celebrated the mutually beneficial outcomes achieved for our partners and students, and were given to students for outstanding achievement in their PACE activities. Recipients included social sciences studen...

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 Macquarie celebrates 50 years of being different

Macquarie celebrates 50 years of being different

Fifty years after the proclamation of the Macquarie University Act in the NSW State Parliament on 12 June 1964, more than 500 staff celebrated the launch of our Golden Jubilee, reflecting on highlights of our first 50 years and sharing ideas for the 50 to come. “Governor Macquarie would be proud,” said Deputy Chancellor Elizabeth Crouch, speaking at the event. “His legacy and the visi...

ALUMNI FOCUS
 More than a university, a matchmaking service as well: Joanna Wheatley’s story

More than a university, a matchmaking service as well: Joanna Wheatley’s story

Joanna Wheatley (nee Fellows) has an extensive connection with Macquarie, with six family members and a network of family friends studying at the University. Her parents met while studying education in the late 1970s, a story that was repeated for Jo: she met her husband – then law and media student – Andrew while studying for a Bachelor in International Communication in the mid-2000s. ...

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 Fulfilling long-held ambitions: The Rush family story

Fulfilling long-held ambitions: The Rush family story

Margaret Rush’s ambition to undertake university study was finally fulfilled in 1968, when she enrolled to study history at the new university. She joined her son, Chris, who had started a year earlier, with her other three children ultimately also studying at Macquarie. “I grew up in the 1920s and 30s, which included the depression years. As we were relatively untouched by these events...

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 Generations at Macquarie

Generations at Macquarie

As part of Jubilee celebrations, Macquarie has dug deep to learn more about the history not only of the University but also of the people that have brought it to life. We have discovered that for many families, studying at Macquarie has become a tradition, with children growing up with tales of their parents’ experiences, and wanting to follow in their footsteps. Margaret Rush and her son...