Vice-Chancellor's Update | Wednesday 20 September

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Wed Sep 20 2023 12:00:00 GMT+1200 (New Zealand Standard Time)

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Yesterday we welcomed the Prime Minister, other Government Ministers and representatives of Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei for the official opening of the newly refurbished Building B201.

The building is a triumph of clever design, adaptation and sustainability, achieving a massive reduction in carbon emissions compared to a new-build project, and a 6 Green Star certification from the New Zealand Green Building Council, the highest possible.

It will become home to three faculties

Education and Social Work (EDSW)
Arts
Creative Arts and Industries (CAI)

You can read more about the building and opening ceremony on our News pages, as well as a poem dedicated to the building by Professor Selina Tusitala Marsh.

World-class building ready to welcome Education faculty to the City Campus [https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/-YkHCq71EMFKZl8YHZyNEI?domain=uoa.custhelp.com]

B201: a poem by Selina Tusitala Marsh [https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/n6BMCr81GMHPEo8QFzhVX3?domain=uoa.custhelp.com]

From Epsom to the City

The opening of B201 is a major milestone in EDSW's preparations to move from its current location in Epsom to the main City Campus. The move will begin in November and continue through to the start of teaching in Semester One 2024. We look forward to welcoming our EDSW students and staff to their new home.

For more information, see The Epsom move [https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/C_QdCvl1M9SpxK7wcz0trH?domain=uoa.custhelp.com].

Spring Graduation

This year's Spring Graduation truly lived up to its name, with glorious warm sunny weather and flowers everywhere. Congratulations to the 2,062 students who graduated in person this week, with a further 1,176 in absentia. Yesterday's ceremonies marked 130 years to the day since women in Aotearoa New Zealand won the right to vote; so it was particularly apt that, as part of the University's 140th anniversary, we conferred a posthumous honorary doctorate on Kate Edgar, the first woman in this country to gain a university degree.

Higher education pioneer given honorary doctorate [https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/Pk2HCwV1NRfJK9GlUKHIFA?domain=uoa.custhelp.com]

Thank you to all the staff and volunteers who helped make the ceremonies such a success.

Read about some of our graduating students on the news pages at Graduation [https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/WJMFCxng07Cnkw1ECRAnB5?domain=uoa.custhelp.com].

You can also watch the videos of the Spring Graduation ceremonies at Spring 2023 Graduation Live Stream [https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/I9AYCyoj4JiqZkrOtAmb1_?domain=uoa.custhelp.com].

Ngā mihi nui,

Dawn Freshwater Ihorangi | Vice-Chancellor Waipapa Taumata Rau | University of Auckland

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