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Apart from the excellent mud baths for Orientation Week, the annual painting of the eyes on the tower near the engineering block, performers such as Frankie Holden and Ol 55, Renee Geyer, Ross Ryan, Mark … (senior moment - cannot remember his last name and band ... a NZ guy, big gap in front teeth, died from throat cancer perhaps), the Ruthven Rush was the highlight of the mid 1970s. Young Engineering student, John Loxton had a fine pedigree for the task but slowed down on the track when he met his future wife, Nanette MacIntyre, the filly from Texas. Not long after Gough Whitlam got the sack on 11 November 1975, we enjoyed long glasses of whisky with Bob Hawke.
Steve Noakes
DipTeaching(Primary) 1978
DDIAE Union President 1975
In February 1978 I first started working for DDIAE in Distance Education which was accommodated in a temporary demountable building where the Arts Theatre now stands.
Distance Education had grown dramatically and I was one of five new staff starting on the same day. I still remember having to wait (sometimes days) to borrow the one and only symbol golf-ball for the electric typewriters!
PS: That "temporary" demountable is now, and has been for quite a few years - K5, which is also the new home for the ICT Training Labs. So I will be back nearly 30 years later!
Anne Woodroffe
Division of ICT Services
In 1977 I moved from Brisbane to McGregor College to start a Diploma of Teaching. This was a big deal for a migrant family where no one had ever been to college. I remember the red dirt path between McGregor and the campus, the freezing winds, being attacked by magpies between McGregor and Davis College after PE lessons, and the Ruthven Rush!
I remember the chicken and champagne orientation day lunch in the main court yard, the employment scheme run by Marie Fair. I was very grateful for the money I earned cleaning the Refec and gardening. Hosing the bushes behind the RMC was always nerve racking as it scared the feral cats!
I remember the public meeting in town to confront Royna Joiner and her supporters over MACOS and being inspired by Bob Lingard.
Dr Deborah Peach
DipTeach(Primary) 1980
A story...
‘The RLO network has been one of the most successful elements of USQ's efforts to support distance education students over the past 25 years. The work of the individuals who have contributed to the network over this period should not be underestimated. The number of positive letters, emails and phone calls I have had over the past seven years from USQ students praising the work of the RLOs and of Outreach staff generally only serve to confirm the important role they continue to play in the lives of USQ students.’ Alan Smith, Executive Director, Division of Academic Information Services, 2006. Read more
Michelle Phillis
RLO Network, Outreach Services DeC
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