Increasing participation in sport
Associate Professor Sam Elliott spoke at the Northern Sport and Recreation Network series about all things to do with participation in sport. The Northern Network brings together six different local government areas Sport and Recreation Networks to increase participation. Associate Professor Elliott’s talk was entitled Attracting, retaining, and re-engaging players in community sport. Read more>
World’s best tackle MND
Associate Professor Mary-Louise Rogers was one of 40 MND researchers at the first Global MND Roundtable, held last week in Melbourne. Funded by the Big Freeze, the summit will begin to unravel some of the mysteries of the disease. Read more here>
‘High’ spirits at opening night triumph!
Flinders alumna Rachel High celebrated another momentous first, with a inspiring performance at the opening night of ‘High’.
The stage show, at the Space Theatre at the Adelaide Festival Centre, chronicles her life achievements, as she triumphed over discrimination and adversity to prove that people living with disability have rich and fulfilling lives.
From her earliest childhood memories, schoolyard experiences, the solace she took in writing poetry and her achievement as the first Australian living with Down syndrome to graduate with a university degree, Rachel shone on the stage, supported by cast members Fig Kershaw, Kathryn Hall and Quinn.
Slides of Rachel’s poems accompanied by her pre-recorded readings gave their rendering a larger-than-life quality, in contrast to the stage narrative. Rachel’s strength is her physical presence and facial expressiveness, with her wry smile and lifted eyebrow bringing the narrative to life and inviting the audience into her world view.
Writer Sharon Mascall-Dare deftly interwove poetry and performance with dance and fantasy puppetry , giving Director Lisa K Lanzi plenty of opportunity to create a play that’s quite unique. Kudos to set designer Nic Mollison and Stage Manager Grace Calabretto for their creativity and sensitivity, providing a sense of grandeur and affording the actors dignity.
With ”High” teasingly using the tagline “will others’ low expectations become her reality?” the answer is an emphatic NO!
Law grad becomes Senior Counsel
Flinders University law graduate Lisa Dunlop SC (BIntSt ’02, LLB/LP ’03) is one of three new Senior Counsel named by South Australia’s Chief Justice Chris Kourakis. Chief Justice Chris Kourakis announced the appointments on behalf of the Judges of the Supreme Court, saying they were made after “wide consultation with the judicial officers of the State, the senior law officers of the State, and the legal profession”. To read more about the announcement, click here.
A Flinders nursing first
Congratulations to Anita Lymn who has recently completed her PhD, the first of its kind to be sponsored by the Flinders Medical Centre Department of Cardiology and the College of Nursing and Health Sciences. Anita completed the achievement while also working as a clinical nurse researcher in the Cardiac Care Unit at FMC.