Massey
News Article | 4 June, 2001
New
Zealands youngest ever University graduate
Shona Yu, B.Sc, aged 14: Shona
Yu is set to achieve a PhD before she turns 20, a very rare feat.
Press
Releases
29/05/2001
College
of Business in line for international accreditation
It appears that the University’s
College of Business could become the first business school in Australasia
to gain accreditation to the prestigious American Assembly of Collegiate
Schools of Business.
25/05/2001
Universities
united in opposition to funding offer
Universities have slammed
the tertiary education funding "offer" in today’s
Budget as "woefully inadequate" and are seeking to engage
Government in further dialogue over the issue.
25/05/2001
Building
skills for the knowledge society
"The Government will plough
an extra $56 million over the next four years to buy an estimated
17,400 additional industry training places, Associate Minister of
Education [Tertiary Education] Steve Maharey said today.
25/05/2001
Access
to quality learning for the knowledge society
Increased funding for tertiary
institutions to freeze their fees again next year and a package of
measures to ensure teaching and research quality are funded in Budget
2001.
25/05/2001
Government
to establish Tertiary Education Commission
The Government will set up a new Tertiary Education
Commission to improve the quality, relevance and cost effectiveness
of the tertiary education sector, Associate Education [Tertiary Education]
Minister Steve Maharey said today.
22/05/2001
Massey
University experts to comment on the Budget will be available after
the Budget is read and on Friday morning:
22/05/2001
Massey
staff and management united on funding
In a ground-breaking show of solidarity, Massey University
management and the Massey Branch of the Association of University
Staff have joined forces to try to improve funding to the tertiary
sector. Campus News
$1.2
million for Public Health Research Centre
Massey’s new Centre for
Public Health Research has received $1.2 million worth of new funding
from the Health Research Council.
Food
technology leads APEC
The University will act as
New Zealand’s “domestic champion” for the implementation
of the food technology component of the APEC Food System proposals
agreed at the 1999 Auckland APEC meeting. Minister of Agriculture
and Trade Negotiations Jim Sutton announced the news recently and
Professor Paul Moughan, Head of the Institute of Food, Nutrition
and Human Health, will lead the project.
Computer
ransom happily resolved
Losing your laptop containing
several years’ work and current projects is bad enough.
But having the finder call and demand a king’s ransom for its return adds
to the disaster, and dents your faith in human nature somewhat.
Our
College of Business in line for international accreditation
It appears that the University’s
College of Business could become the first business school in Australasia
to gain accreditation to the prestigious American Assembly of Collegiate
Schools of Business.
Albany
rec centre in step
The Albany campus’ newly extended recreation
centre is in full swing with a new aerobics room and extra weights
and cardio
and weights machines.
Chaplaincy
grant helps all believers
The Albany campus Chaplaincy
Service received a $10,000 grant from the Auckland Northern Ecumenical
Tertiary Chaplaincy Trust Board.
 Features
Chic
Bogan chick
It probably wasn’t her
primary objective, but Massey Scholar Genevieve Packer has managed
to make Bogan fashion cool on Wellington’s Cuba Street. Graduating
last week with a four-year Bachelor of Design (Textiles) degree,
Genevieve spent her final year developing a line of Bogan-chic clothing,
selling through Jive Junkies in the Capital. Graduation
Watch
A graduation procession: Requires Quicktime
Grad
celebrations balloon
Town and gown came together to create a week of graduation
celebrations the scale of which has never been seen before in Palmerston
North.
What
the speakers said
Massey
on show in Wellington
It was the University’s
second graduation ceremony in the Capital, and this year the procession
took a longer route through the city, from Parliament Buildings to
Civic Square.
Celebrating
Maori teachers
Graduation at Wellington was highly significant for
Mäori, with 22 mature students graduating with the Bachelor
of Education (Adult Education) degree. About half are now going on
to Masters.
Creative
talents combine
Jamie Hitchcock and Josh Lancaster
formed their creative partnership while completing their Bachelor
of Design (Visual Communications) degrees at Massey University in
Wellington.
Flying
start to business
Preston Lansdell has had something
of a dream run over the past few years – skipping seventh form,
completing the Bachelor of Business Information, then stepping into
an exciting job at Caltex as a card marketing analyst - and he’s
still only 20 years old.
Bass and all that jazz
Bass player and Massey Scholar
Nick Tipping missed graduation – he was on his way to Las Vegas
to begin masterate studies at the University of Nevada.
Nerves
and cells
Dr Fluer François graduated Doctor of Philosophy
in Biochemistry, having completed her BSc in biochemistry and genetics
and a BSc (Honours) at Massey as well.
Sun
on the clover
Rainer Hofmann graduated with a Doctor of Philosophy
in Plant Biology. Dr Hofmann is from Vienna, where he worked for
10 years for the environmental organisation Global 2000
Design
totally absorbing
Massey Scholar and graphic
designer Natalie Gray finds she can’t go to a movie these days
without thinking about the quality of the typography in the credits.
Education
PhD for Bourke
Roseanna Bourke is delighted
to be graduating from Massey University with her PhD in Education,
because of her strong family links with the University
Sandbar
movements
Roger Shand graduated from
Massey with his Doctor of Philosophy in Coastal Geomorphology
More
PhDs – and more women PhDs
A record number of PhDs were completed at the University
in the year 2000. Just over 90 students completed doctorates during
2000, compared with 72 in 1999. Events
Discounts
for the Royal Ballet
The Royal New Zealand Ballet will join forces with
Rotorua’s
Te Matarae I Orehu for the Meridian Season of Ihi FrENZy at the
Regent on Broadway Theatre in Palmerston North on 19 and 20 June.
Preserving
our place - WEA lectures
Sustainability of the Earth’s
resources is a universal issue. Get the balance wrong, and every
living thing suffers. Starting last week, the University and the
WEA (Workers’ Education Association) began the annual Massey
in the City lecture series - four free public lectures in Palmerston
North that explore issues of sustainability.
American
agricultural students visit
Thirtyfive agriculture students
from Michigan State University visited Massey recently, on what has
become an annual trip for MSU.
International
soil conference
Scientists from India’s
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) have been on campus learning
about soil science as part of the World Bank-funded Agricultural
Human Resource Development Programme (AHRDP). Awards
and Appointments
Massey
academics honoured
Medals conferred on four Massey
scientists by the Royal Society Academy were presented by Mayor Jill
White at a special meeting of the Manawatu Branch on the evening
of Tuesday, 15 May.
Opus
contributes to VC scholars scheme
Opus International Consultants Ltd has pledged $30,000
over the next four years as funding support for students at Porirua
College participating in the Massey University College of Education
Vice-Chancellor’s Bursary Award Programme.
The
right environment
Helen Schafer’s not exactly
an eco-warrior, but she is a self-confessed environmentalist from
way back.
Management
prizegiving
The Department of Management
held its annual prizegiving ceremony during graduation week. More
than 60 prize recipients and guests attended the function in the
College of Business common room, along with staff and a number of
prize sponsors. Research
and Development
Dementia
studied
New Zealand could do a better
job in looking after people with dementia, says nursing lecturer
Jean Gilmour.
Safety
harness in demand
A new comfortable safety harness
and overalls system for construction workers developed in the Institute
of Technology and Engineering is attracting international attention.
Food
industry breakthrough
Resistance Temperature Devices (RTDs) are crucial in
the food industry to ensure food products are kept at safe temperatures.
Cardboard,
glue and ingenuity
Corrugated carboard, glue and
good old Kiwi ingenuity stuck out of the entries in the Institute
of Technology and Engineering’s recent One-Day Product Development
Challenge.
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