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St Margaret's or the Olympic Village?

The Members' Executive hosted a fantastic Olympics themed dinner on Sunday evening.

'Unbubbling' brings much joy

What a difference a day makes! Immediately upon the country moving from Alert Level 3 to 2 on 14 May, it was if the College re-awakened, and chattering and laughter returned to the hallways after a rather sombre and long lockdown of 49 days (33 days in Level 4 and 16 in Level 3).

Covid-19 Crisis Creativity

The College's usual three Cs (Courtesy, Consideration for others and Common sense) have been temporarily enhanced by another set of Cs.

Expert Breakfast Report for 11 March 2020: Vicki Jopson, Kings High School

Vicki Jopson is Head of Science at Kings High School Dunedin. After describing her university days in Oregon, she gave us some very useful life pointers based mainly on her experience.

Proud of our gamers

The College's Gaming Team did very well in the Inter-college Gaming Competition held on Sunday, 8 March 2020 by coming third in a field of 14 Colleges.

Expert Breakfast Report for 4 March 2020: TastyTwinsss

TastyTwinsss is the Instagram site of non-identical twin sisters Emily and Sophie Martin, both students at Otago, who gave us several tips on how live a successful life as a student.

Chasing the quiz

Three teams from St Margarets took part in the popular Inter-college Quiz Competition held on Sunday, evening, 1 March 2020 in the Business School Atrium.

Cricket festival in the sun

Our Members enjoyed an excellent day of friendly collegial competition on the cricket pitch last weekend.

Wonderful volunteering effort

St Margaret's College has a proud reputation of community service and within the first two weeks of the academic year the Members' efforts have already been most impressive.

Sports Day Photo Collage

Sporting their new College T-shirts, Members participated in Orientation Week's Sports Day with much enthusiasm and energy as can be seen from this photo collage.

Scarf of belonging

On arrival for the 2020 academic year and to signify their membership of the College, all Members were gifted a brand new St Margaret's scarf.

Welcome, Class of 2020

Our Members have now arrived and the academic year is off to a wonderful start!

Togas at St Margaret's

Wellbeing is critical for success

On Thursday evening during Orientation Week, the College hosted wellbeing expert Adrienne Buckingham who presented an informative and interactive session to College Members on practical strategies to protect and support wellbeing.

Impressive speech by Executive President

At a special function held at the College on Sunday afternoon (16 February 2020), to welcome all our new Members and their families, the 2020 President of the Member's Association, Remin Reji Mathew gave a most impressive speech. This is what he said to an audience of around 400 people ...

Ready to go!

The 13 College Leaders and 9 Members of this years Executive Committee have been hard at work getting ready for the arrival of the Colleges Members on Saturday, 15 February.

Dean of Students honoured with scholarship

The College is extremely proud of its Dean of Students, George Connolly, on being awarded a New Professional Scholarship worth US$1,500 by the New Zealand Association of Tertiary Education Accommodation Professionals (NZATEAP).

Farewell to retiring staff members

The College farewells two long-serving staff this month, namely Jenny Pilgrim (Administrator) and Eddie Blower (Accountant) who are both retiring in mid-December after 13 and 8 years of service respectively.

Farewell to our College Leaders

What a wonderful job the 2019 team of College Leaders has done this year. And how sad it is to farewell this amazing group of young people.

Congratulations to the trophy winners!

At the College's recent Valedictory Dinner, trophies were awarded to 49 Members in recognition of their respective achievements during 2019.