Celebrate with former staff members and students 65 years of science at Avondale College of Higher Education.
Walks now a fun run
Friday, May 4, 2018Hunter students competing in cross-country championships at Avondale today can thank a lecturer’s 10-year commitment to bush regeneration on the Lake Macquarie campus.
NASA sent me to space camp
Thursday, February 15, 2018It’s an invitation no child can refuse. “Let’s blow something up, let’s break something.” No wonder Jacob Windle’s students enjoy learning about science. “You talk to kids,” says the Avondale alumnus. “‘What’s your favourite subject?’ ‘Love sport.’ Not at the school where I teach.”
What the soils have told me
Thursday, December 1, 2016Graham has studied New Zealand soils for 40 years, during which he has encountered data that does not sit easily with the recent chronology of his upbringing. Presented by Sydney Adventist Forum and Avondale College Seventh-day Adventist Church.
A scientific church?
Wednesday, November 30, 2016When it comes to health, the Seventh-day Adventist Church has been consistently on the forefront, but the church’s relationship with modern science has not always been so favourable.
Changing attitudes to science: health and medical practice within Seventh-day Adventism (1864-2015)
Friday, March 13, 2015Health and wellness are the “right arm” of Seventh-day Adventism, but how has the church viewed the “science” of conventional medicine over its 150-year journey?