From Monitor Online, the official newspaper of the University of Canberra

UC re-dedicates Foundation Stone

27 October 2008: The University of Canberra 40th anniversary celebrations will culminate this week. Tomorrow, the University will host the re-dedication of the University Foundation Stone and the 2008 Don Aitkin Lecture. On Friday and Saturday the world’s longest running campus music festival; Stonefest will bring to a close the 40th anniversary celebrations.

Stone Fairy returns to UC

24 October 2008: Thirty four years after she surprised a former Prime Minister and started a legend, the ‘Stone Fairy’ has returned to the University of Canberra to re-enact her involvement in the Re-dedication of the Foundation stone.

300 return to UC for 40th anniversary reunion dinner

21 October 2008: More than 300 alumni along with current and former staff attended the University of Canberra’s 40th Anniversary Reunion Dinner on Saturday 18 October. The guests included former Vice-Chancellor, Emeritus Professor Don Aitkin, former Principal, Emeritus Professor Roger Scott and current University of Canberra Chancellor, Professor Ingrid Moses.

Former Chief of Army heads new institute at UC

7 October 2008: The University of Canberra is to establish a National Security Institute under the directorship of the former Chief of Army, Lieutenant General Peter Leahy.

Nominations called for Alumni Awards

27 August 2008: Recently appointed University of Canberra Alumni Manager, Leigh Watson has called on staff to participate in the 2008 - Distinguished Alumni Awards.

Planning course to shape the future

11 August 2008: The University of Canberra’s new Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning will give graduates the skills to balance social, environmental and economic issues as Australia plans its future development.

UC graduate achieves world championship

6 August 2008: University of Canberra graduate Michelle Wu has claimed the 2008 World Age Group Triathlon title. Ms Wu took the title with a win in Vancouver following wins at the Canberra Capital Triathlon, Hobart International Triathlon and a second in the Olympic distance championships in Perth.

UC graduate named nurse of the year

23 July 2008: Barbara Harvie has been awarded the honour of Nurse of the Year at the ACT Nursing and Midwifery Awards and was also named as an Operation Angel during Kidney Health Week 2008.

Graduate watches over ‘National Happiness’

15 May 2008: In the small Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, progress is measured in terms of the Gross National Happiness (GNH) rather than the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and responsibility for directing and monitoring this Happiness sits with a University of Canberra MBA graduate.

UC graduate awarded $10,000 scholarship

28 April 2008: University of Canberra researcher and Honours student Amanda Choo is one of only two graduates in the ACT, to be awarded the inaugural Medical Advances Without Animals Trust MAWA Quinn Honours Scholarship.

UC: Strengthening its links to government and community

07 April 2008:The University of Canberra has strengthened its ties between the University, government and community with the appointment of Dr John Howard as Director of Innovation and Engagement.

Lecturer exposes Melbourne's Underbelly

20 March 2008: Gangsters and academics don’t tend to move in the same social circles, but a University of Canberra lecturer has been immersed in the murky underworld of Melbourne’s gangland for her latest project.

Graduate invests in Canberra's newest mag

17 March 2008: A free quarterly magazine produced entirely by UC graduates, twenty600, launched its debut issue this summer.