As exams are in full force, ten lovely doggos and four lambs visited the College on Friday and Monday respectively to provide Members with a break from their studies.
The College is the very proud owner of its very first Mural, the brainchild of Member Ella Green. The recently completed Mural is just wonderful and the College is so grateful to Ella, her mother (for specialist advice from a distance!) and Ella's group of College friends who helped with the painting. Here is Ella's story of the Mural...
At the College's recent Valedictory Dinner, 48 trophies were awarded to 52 Members in recognition of their respective achievements during 2020.
The College's much anticipated Valedictory Celebration took place on Sunday evening, 4 October 2020.
A huge congratulations on your acceptance to St. Margaret’s College! On behalf of the Members' Executive, I warmly welcome you to your home away from home. We are all patiently waiting for your arrival and are excited to meet you.
The St Margaret's College debating team has placed third in the Inter-college Debating Competition.
St Margaret's College has a proud reputation of community service and Daffodil Day this year was no exception.
Dr Erickson treated us to another outstanding talk in what has so far been a series of excellent Wednesday morning sessions this semester, with an insight into his cardiac research, his Health Science teaching and some very useful tips on how to get the best out of one's time at University.
Last Sunday (9 August 2020), the College celebrated our amazing international community at a special Formal Dinner in the Norris Dining Hall.
Due to the Covid-19 lockdown during the first half of the year, the annual Fellows’ Dinner took place three months later, on Wednesday, 5 August 2020.
College Member Krishna Ponnuchetty’s three-minute speech on the topic "Deus et Machina” was awarded first prize in the Communication Cup competition held at the College on Saturday, 8 August 2020.
An inspiring talk on the activities of the Otago Rescue Helicopters, and of the sterling efforts of those who work to provide them with funds to bolster the Government funding and provide some very interesting medical equipment.
Three of the College's accomplished dancers participated last Sunday evening in the University's Inter-college Cultural Performance evening.
Life in a residential college such as St Margaret's is more than just about academic studies. For example, take a look at the following list of activities that Members participated in over just the last week or so, including a bunch of photos and two videos below.
Prof Bilkey described the somewhat circuitous route by which he arrived at this present position, then discussed memory, schizophrenia, Kanye West, and a number of other interesting phenomena.
Norcombe Barker was born the year after his parents bought Larnach Castle and has since played a major role in rescuing it from a ruin to a very successful and still developing enterprise employing many people, but along came Covid-19.
Two St Margaret's teams took part in the Inter-college Netball Tournament over this past weekend.
Two teams from the College participated in the weekend's Inter-college Chess Competition with one team taking second place.
The University's Inter-college Competition is in full swing this semester and St Margaret's Members are getting right behind it.
As is tradition, the College celebrated mid-Winter Christmas on the first weekend of the second semester.
The College congratulates the Executive President, Remin (Remy) Reji Mathew, in winning second place in both the painting and other sections of the 2020 Inter-college Art Competition today.
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