The Class of 1953 is honouring Mabel Hale as its citation recipient at Homecoming 2023 for her lifetime commitment to early childhood education and pastoral care.
The pastor who never retired
Sunday, August 20, 2023The Class of 1963 is honouring Roger Nixon as its citation recipient at Homecoming 2023 for quiet commitment to a loving and faithful service that has ministered to young and old.
The first students
Friday, August 11, 2023Take a step back to the late 1800s for an understanding of what a typical day looked like for Avondale’s first students. In a word, or four: they had it tough.
Master of Nursing
Friday, July 28, 2023Amelia Archer is now a Master of Nursing, graduating from the degree this past year. As a Clinical Nurse Specialist and Clinical Midwifery Specialist at Sydney Adventist Hospital, she was already in a senior position as provider of acute and maternal care, but completing the course has provided experience in a new area—education.
Educator at heart
Thursday, June 8, 2023Professor Kerri-Lee Krause led and learnt from the brightest and best at Australia’s largest universities but has returned to her alma mater to give back. Not just in the boardroom but the classroom, too.
A dream job
Friday, May 12, 2023A community that cares. This is how alumna Margaret Graham describes her new workplace and her experience at Avondale. Her lecturers and classroom mentor made time for me, she says. Now this teacher is doing the same for her students.