Alumni Council
Background and Membership
In 2011 the University of Melbourne established a new Alumni Council through Statute 3.1 - Alumni Council: The University of Melbourne.
The Alumni Council reports to the University Council and is comprised of sixteen members who represent the many cultural, academic and professional attributes of your international alumni community. Six members are elected by alumni, two representatives of the University serve on the Council as non-voting members and the remaining members are recommended by the Vice-Chancellor and appointed by the University Council.
Objectives
By drawing on the expertise of its members, the Council will:
- Support institutional excellence at the University
- Enable greater communication between the University and alumni
- Develop and implement outreach activities that support University of Melbourne students; and
- Encourage among alumni a culture of giving to the University
Membership of the alumni council
- Dr Ros Otzen (BA(Hons) 1967, GDipEd 1969, PhD 1987) Arts and Education
- Mr James Brooks (BE 2005) Architecture Building Planning and Engineering
- Ms Clare Cummins (BCom 1985) Business and Economics
- Ms Niki Calastas (MA 2004) Arts
- Dr Joseph Doyle (MBBS 2002) Medicine Dentistry & Health Sciences
- Dr David Hill, AO (BA 1964, MA 1975, PhD - Arts 1985) Arts and VCA & Music
- Dr Misty Jenkins (BSc(Hons) 2001, PhD 2007) Science
- Mr David Laidlaw (LLB 1975) Law
- Dr Jennifer Stillman (BVSc (Hons) 1984, MVSc 1992) Vet Science and Land and Environment
- Mr Michael Symons (LLB(Hons), BCom, DipArts(Hist) 2006, LLM 2011) Law and Education
- Ms Rachel K Teo (BCom 1991, PGDipEco 1992) Business and Economics
- Mr Mike Yang (BCom 2005) Business and Economics
Meetings and Activities
Monday June 4th
Tuesday August 7th
Saturday August 11th
Monday October 8th
Monday December 3rd
Contacting the Council
Members of the Alumni Council can be contacted through the Alumni Relations Team on +61 3 8344 1751 or alumni-office@unimelb.edu.au
