Vale - St. George's College

SCR Mini Dinners
Each year, the Senior
Common Room (SCR)
organises a number of
events to facilitate the
communal life of the
College. Mini Dinners,
Wine & Cheese Nights
and Careers Evenings
are some of the events
designed to achieve this.
A Mini Dinner is an opportunity for all members of the
College to attend a formal occasion at which a guest
speaker will present an address. Our residents benefi t from
the content of that address as well as the context in which
it’s presented. Residents are also welcome to invite their
parents and guardians to attend the evening.
Senior Academic Tutor Sarah Gador-Whyte organised this
year’s Mini Dinners, the fi rst of which was held in August.
The guest speaker was the CEO of Teach For Australia,
Melodie Potts Rosevear. The primary objective of Teach
for Australia is to improve student outcomes in areas
of educational disadvantage. They do this by recruiting,
training and supporting university graduates to teach in
disadvantaged high schools for two years. Over time, a
network of alumni will form, who are interested in and
knowledgeable about schools and education, committed
to educational equity and destined to become exceptional
leaders. Georgian Sara Peet (2003) is moving to Victoria
in January to take part in the Teach For Australia program,
see page 20 for her story.
The second SCR Mini Dinner was held in October and
Professor Stephan Lewandowsky was the guest speaker.
Professor Lewandowsky is a Professorial Fellow at the
School of Psychology at UWA, and he spoke to dinner
guests about the psychology of climate change denial.
Georgians who assisted with the Annual Giving Programme
by signing letters were also invited to attend, and enjoyed
the opportunity to chat to current residents.
JE
10 The Georgian | December 2010
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