Author: Richard Morgan

In another of our 2023 “firsts” St Paul’s has participated in Intercol Women’s Rugby Sevens. Coached by current Paulines Jack Sproats, Jonah O’sulivian and Edward Bell, the team attracted a great crowd (the largest group was from Paul’s!) for the tournament on Sunday 14 May at St John’s Oval. Our two teams were:

• Pauls 1: Tilly Wittenoom, Skye Kelton, Phoebe Langord, Sahara Elfar, Ami Natio, Maddy Freeman, Julliete Malcom, Sophie Lyne, Kate Brenner, Brooke Elliot, Allegra Flemming, Eleanor Campbell, Masie Reid and
• Pauls 2: Bella Deale, Lucy Eyres, Heidi O’Sullivian, Amelia Tabrary-Edwards, Aya-Lani Elias, Bis James, Gigi O’Rouke, Holly Whitaker, Olivia Thoma, Matilda Walker, Zoe Mchutchison.

Convenors Brooke Elliott and Sophie Lyne were delighted with the huge effort of both teams on the day, a result of three-day-a-week training over the last month and great camararderie. Most Valuable Players were Ami Natio, Sahara Elfar (Pauls 1) and Zoe Mchutchison (Pauls 2).

Well done to all involved. The participation rate of the women at Paul’s is amazing. They are the smallest cohort of women in any of the colleges and are playing in every USyd Intercol comp. They are being greatly supported by the men and women of St Paul’s.

Womens 7s Vid

Coronation night at the College was a festival of great music, great food, great wine and great company. A gathering of over 180 people helped with some much-needed fundraising for the Chapel Choir all centred on the Coronation of King Charles III. The evening began with splendid music taken from many of the Coronation Services (ie. the best of the best) sung by the choir so ably supported by David Drury on organ and members of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra brass. The roof of the Chapel reverberated in the grand sounds of Bullock’s Entrance Fanfare (1953). Parry’s I was Glad (1902) , Handel’s Zadok the Priest (1727) and Vaughan Williams All People that on Earth do Dwell (1953) and psalms and other famous anthems.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgC6DKuKcU0

Following the chapel concert everyone moved to the Dining Hall, where TWG put on a a fine meal which included some Victoriana numbers Where did you get that hat?, The Road to Mandalay and Land of Hope and Glory.

Then it was to the Quad so the gathering, joined by other residents, watched the Coronation Service on the big screen. The festivities continued with refreshments including ice creams and joining in the Homage of the People God Save King Charles!

Mia Baggett, one of our 2023 Freshers, has been selected in the 19/U Netball Australia National Pathway Squad for 2023-24. Mia, from Mudgee NSW, was one of the stars of the history-making Paul’s netball team in Semester 1 and Mia will be joining an elite group of 28 players from around Australia in her age group. Netball Australia refers to the “impressive skill to react under pressure” of the women in the 19/U and 17/U squads. Mia’s goal is to be selected as a training partner in the Suncorp Super Netball clubs and aspires to play in the Origin Australian Diamonds, the Australian National Netball Team.

The College community congratulates Mia on her contribution to the life of the College and her recent selection to the national training quad programme this year.

From Katie Newcombe, Senior Tutor

Our annual undergraduate Academic Dinner for 2023 was once again a wonderful night full of celebrations, congratulations, and comradery. It was a great pleasure to recognise and celebrate the hard work and academic talent of our students.

The guest of honour this year was The Honourable Chief Justice Andrew Bell. An Old Pauline and distinguished jurist and Rhodes Scholar, Chief Justice Bell addressed our students at dinner, giving us a powerful reminder of the importance of community, listening to each other, and that learning communities such as St Paul’s can be a wonderful antidote to social and intellectual isolation. Together with the Warden, Chief Justice Bell presented prizes to some of our highest achieving students.

Prizes were awarded for high achievement in specific subject areas, as well as service to the College, and excellent academic achievement overall. It was particularly fantastic to welcome back Paulines whose valedictory was last year and congratulate them on their achievements in their final year of College. A special mention must also go to Ed Taylor (BE(Hons)/BA) for achieving not only the highest Fresher marks last year but the highest in the College overall!

Also awarded at our Academic Dinner was the St Paul’s College Teaching Excellence Award, given to the tutor, nominated by their peers, who most embodies the Pauline values of excellence and supporting others. We had over 10 nominations this year and the prize went, with raucous applause, to Mathu Pushpakumar (BE(Aero-Space)(Hons)/BComm). 2022 was a particularly successful year for our tutorial programme with over 1100 tutorials taking place throughout the year.

We are incredibly proud of our prize winners and high achievers honoured at our Academic Dinner and also proud of the friends, tutors, and peers that encourage all students to do their best and aim high at St Paul’s College.

Prizes were awarded to:

• Ed Taylor Prize for the Highest Annual Average Mark in College
• Jack Holt McWilliam Prize for law and service to College
• Jackson Rogers Uther Prize for three years’ distinguished examination results and service to College
• Bryson Constable Sir Ian McFarlane Prize for exceptional results in economics/commerce and for service to college
• Hayden Fleming Portus Prize for exceptional examination results in History, Economic History of Philosophy
• Mathu Pushpakumar Prize for Most Outstanding Tutor – nominated by his peers

Those gaining a High Distinction average in 2022 were:

• Bryson Constable
• Nicholas Jones
• Riley Jones
• Tommy Lu
• Austin Markwick
• Luka Mattani
• Alessandro Petagna
• Joseph Scopas
• Aakash Singh
• Alexander Siu
• Harsh Talathi
• Joshua Taleb
• Edward Taylor
• Julian Visalli
• Tylor Wessels

Those gaining Distinction average in 2022 were:

• Harry Algar
• Wiley Anderson
• Oliver Andronicus
• Mitchell Arcus
• Luke Arnold
• Henry Blackwell
• Jack Bouvier
• Lachlan Bowen
• Lachlan Brewer
• Lachlan Brown
• Thomas Burge
• Oscar Carr-Middleton
• Samuel Choi
• Charles Dight
• Lachlan Donaldson
• Nicholas Dower
• Joe Dyson
• James Feetham
• Hayden Fleming
• Thomas Follett
• Oliver Freeman
• Auxence Gide
• Nathaniel Gleeson
• Thomas Green
• Joshua Hall-Johnston
• Sebastian Hodge
• Walter (Jack) Holt
• Nicholas Horne
• John Houstone
• Marcus Howes
• Alan Huang
• Henry Hughes
• Archibald Hyles
• Thomas Jarvis
• Joshua Jones
• Nicholas Laforest
• Matthew Leijer
• Henry Lewis-Thorpe
• Leo Li
• Benjamin Locke
• Hunter McAuliffe
• Isander Mesimeris
• Michael Mingay
• Nicholas Moroni
• Isaac Morse
• Theodore Mower
• Finnegan Murdoch
• Cooper Nagy
• William Nicholas
• Jonah O’Sullivan
• Thomas Phelps
• Maximilian Philips
• Max Prince
• Mathu Pushpakumar
• Alexander Ranson
• Samuel Richards
• Aidan Riethmuller
• Jackson Rogers
• Alexander Rosic
• Charles Rutledge
• Jack Sandelin
• Oliver Schnitker
• Sebastian Shanahan
• Toby Smith
• Kyle Soepono
• Joska Steinbusch
• Zinzan Still
• William Studdert
• Simon Toscan
• Nicholas Trotter
• Joshua Turner
• Hugo Walker
• Harry Whitehead
• Lachlan Whitehead
• Connor Whiteley
• Devon Wilson
• David Zhang
• Jason Zhu He

The College community congratulates all these Paulines on their achievements.

Rhodes Scholars of St Paul’s who gathered in 1996 – Andrew Bell 2nd from right

Here is a pdf copy of the May Boomalakka which can be viewed on screen or downloaded to your computer and printed.

Click HERE

Rehearsing in the Quad will be a thing of the past when the Waddy Performance Centre is complete! Always a tough competition, the Paul’s Intercol Palladian Dance team were having fun rehearsing and the wonderfully skilled women student leaders have given dance a lot of momentum this Semester.

Palladian Dance is on tonight at 7pm at the Seymour Centre.

A significant part of the Waddy Centre will be a multi-purpose studio, welcoming individuals and groups to use it as a rehearsal space. This facility will also be used for a range of workout activities such as pilates, cardio, strength training, fusion, barre and yoga.

If you are interested in supporting this project, please donate today.

We truly appreciate your support.

The educational offerings at St Paul’s College are complementary to the University’s courses and teaching programs and include our broad-based and effective tutorial programme. To help students in specific disciplines facing the next step in their development a ‘St Paul’s education’ includes career advice.

On 1 May College welcomed a panel of experts from diverse and interesting areas of the engineering sector to address students about opportunities after tertiary study. On the panel were Pauline and Chair of the College Council Mark Elliott, Chantelle Malacco, Project Manager at Cochlear and Mark Waterworth, Managing Director at Shock and Vibrations Technology.

Over 20 students participated in the wide-ranging discussion about careers in this diverse industry. The Senior tutor, Katie Newcombe, makes herself available to undergraduates and post graduates across disciplines to provide practical advice on course choice, progression and after uni options with the support of the associate deans.

280 current students attended the Sydney Dawn Service on Anzac Day. This was followed by the College Service of Remembrance at 10 am when Senior Student Simon Toscan and Students Club Treasurer Jack Holt read the names of Paulines fallen during war. Part of the Anzac tradition at College is to organise ‘vertical’ groups of undergraduates bringing seniors and freshers together for a visit to the city to join post-parade celebrations.

The Annual Anzac Commemoration Dinner was held on 19 April when 260 members of the undergraduate community heard from Rev’d David Hastie who has served for many years as a naval officer, and soon to return as a naval chaplain. He was our guest speaker at the Anzac Service as well. The dinner speech from the Alex Back (Lord of Yore) reminded the College of the extraordinary sacrifice of its men in world conflicts.

Alex Back addresses the Anzac Commemorative Dinner