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.
William Wu and Sonia Lu's excellent skills ensured that they won the Inter-college Badminton Tournament on 11 July, ensuring that the trophy returned to the College for another year.
The Members' Executive hosted a fantastic ‘Olympics’ themed dinner on Sunday evening.
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).
The College's usual three Cs (Courtesy, Consideration for others and Common sense) have been temporarily enhanced by another set of Cs.
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.
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.
’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.
Three teams from St Margaret’s took part in the popular Inter-college Quiz Competition held on Sunday, evening, 1 March 2020 in the Business School Atrium.
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