College Member Samuel Dannenberg's three-minute speech on the topic "Overcoming silence" was awarded first prize in the Communication Cup competition held at the College on Saturday, 13 August 2022.
The Master, Dr Charles Tustin, is often asked by prospective students and their parents when they tour the College about what makes the College special. Here are some of the aspects he highlights when answering the question.
Kai for Octacan is the Presbyterian Support Otago’s major winter food drive.
Dr Rachael Hart, currently Chief Executive of the Otago Southland Cancer Society, has a wide work experience, including in the Australian Diplomatic Corps, with spells in Afghanistan and Fiji, which served to illustrate her comments on several topics, including what students should keep in mind, leadership, and being a woman in leadership.
College alumna Anne Lim (2013 to 2014) paid a reminiscing visit to St Margaret's last Friday before she leaves for the UK to take up a Master's degree at the University of Oxford.
From his impressively wide experience Dr Walker described a number of strategies and guiding principles for dealing with the vicissitudes and opportunities encountered by students, whatever discipline they elect to follow.
As in Part 1, Prof Dearden talked about many significant issues in Part 2, which includes commentary on Genetic Modification, Treaty obligations, Genomics in Medicine, Ethical Issues and more, in a lucid, readily understood way.
In a lively, informative, and frequently amusing talk, largely guided by excellent questions from Members, Prof Dearden discussed a wide range of topics ranging from Cambrian times to future developments involving Genomics.
The College’s second theme dinner of the year was very ably organised by the Exec’s first-year reps, Esme Hewitt and Yuki Yoshiyasu.
The College sported two cricket teams in last weekend's Cricket Festival with the Mixed Competitive team taking out the 2022 Inter-college Cricket trophy for the first time!
The Inter-college chess trophy returned to the College on the weekend thanks to the wonderful efforts of our two participating teams.
For the fourth consecutive year, ever since the start of the Inter-college badminton competition, St Margaret's again won the trophy!
A visit to the beach is a must before the arrival of the cooler months...
Elections for the two first-year representatives on the Members’ Executive Committee occurred over the weekend with Esme Hewitt and Yuki Yoshiyasu being voted in by Members.
There is a constantly expanding range of resources online that can help with whatever you are studying as an adjunct to your course at Otago - or simply to expand your horizons. This article touches on just some of them you may not have encountered. - I’m assuming everyone knows about Youtube, etc!
The chips are down, casino chicken, blackjack beef burgers and croupier's surprise dessert. What do these all have in common?
On behalf of the College’s Council, Staff and Fellows, it is my great pleasure as the Master of St Margaret’s College to welcome you – whether a new or returning Member – to the St Margaret’s College community for 2022.
The College warmly welcomes Jill Spencer as its new Dean of Students who took up her appointment on 18 October.
The College's much anticipated Valedictory Celebration took place on Saturday evening, 9 October 2021.
At the College's recent Valedictory Dinner, 51 trophies were awarded in recognition of their respective achievements and contributions to the College during 2021.
Member Chelsea Laing produced and entered a wonderful short film in the College's recent Art Competition with the title Bear with Me.
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