University of Wollongong

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University of Wollongong
Motto:	Excellence Innovation Diversity
Established:	1951
Type:	Public
Chancellor:	Mr Michael Codd, AC
Vice-Chancellor:	Professor Gerard Sutton
Faculty:	1477 (full-time staff)
Undergraduates:	14,904[1]
Postgraduates:	7,140
Location:	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Campus:	Urban, 82.4 ha (824,000 m²)
Colours:	Blue, Gold & Red
Affiliations:	ASAIHL
Website:	www.uow.edu.au

The University of Wollongong (UOW) is a large University with approximately 21,000 students in the city of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the coast about 80 kilometres south of Sydney.

UOW is the only Australian university ever to have been awarded the University of the Year award in two consecutive years by the Good Universities Guide: in 1999/2000 for "Outstanding Research and Development Partnerships" (joint winner), and 2000/2001 for "Preparing Graduates for the e-world" (joint winner).^[2]

Contents 1 History 1.1 Overseas expansion 2 Campuses 3 Faculties 4 Facilities 5 Publications 5.1 Tertangala 5.2 Tide 5.3 Paper, Rock 5.4 Rhizome Magazine 6 Residential colleges 7 Affiliations 8 Notable people 8.1 Alumni 8.2 Staff 9 Notes 10 External links

[edit] History

The University of Wollongong was founded in 1951 when a Division of the then New South Wales University of Technology (re-named the University of New South Wales in 1958) was established in Wollongong. After ten years the Division became the Wollongong University College.

In 1975, the University of Wollongong was incorporated by the New South Wales Parliament as an independent institution of higher learning. In 1978 the computer science faculty developed a version of Unix for the Interdata 7/32 called UNSW 01, this was the first non-PDP Unix. In 1982, the University amalgamated with the Wollongong Institute of Higher Education, which, in 1962, had originated as the Wollongong Teachers’ College. The merger formed the basis of the contemporary university.

[edit] Overseas expansion

In 1993, UOW opened what was to become the University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD) in the United Arab Emirates. Initially called the Institute of Australian Studies (IAS), this centre made UOW the first foreign university to open a campus in the UAE, and the first Australian tertiary institution represented in the Persian Gulf^[3]. IAS initially offered English language programs, before becoming a 'feeder college' by 1995, where students completed part of a degree in Business or IT in Dubai before coming to Australia to complete their studies^[4]. In 1999, it was the first foreign-owned institution in the world to be issued a licence from the Federal Government of the United Arab Emirates^[5], and was formally opened as University of Wollongong, Dubai Campus in October 2000. It was officially incorporated as University of Wollongong in Dubai in 2004^[6][7]

[edit] Campuses

The University comprises eight locations:

Campuses

• Wollongong Campus
• Shoalhaven Campus, West Nowra

Education Centres

• Batemans Bay Education Centre
• Bega Education Centre
• Loftus Education Centre
• Moss Vale Education Centre
  • The Moss Vale Education centre opened a new building designed by Australian architect Glenn Murcutt in May 2007^[8]

Other locations

• Innovation Campus (iC), Wollongong
• Sydney Business School, Sydney.

The University name is also shared by the independent University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD), Dubai Knowledge Village, United Arab Emirates.

[edit] Faculties

The University has nine faculties: Arts; Commerce; Creative Arts; Education; Engineering; Health & Behavioural Sciences; Informatics; Law; and Science.

[edit] Facilities

The Wollongong Undergraduate Students' Association produces the magazine Tertangala, and many other services including representation, advocacy and student support. Postgraduate representation is provided by the Wollongong University Postgraduate Association, a member of the Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations. Wollongong UniCentre, an on-campus organisation and controlled entity of the University, provides the social and commercial infrastructure on the campus, administering the UniBar, student clubs and interest groups, food outlets, entertainment and activities, a shop and other student services.

The geographical and social centre of the University is the Duck Pond Lawn, and its surrounding Unibar, eateries and other facilities.

The Unibar is an area where many students are able to share lunch, talk with friends, and listen to music. The UniBar building was opened by Colin Markham MP, Simon Zulian Student Rep, Nigel Pennington UniCentre GM and Gerard Sutton VC on 14 May 2001. The UniBar has since won numerous awards including the Major Award and the Public Building Award of the Architectural Design Awards held in Wollongong in 2003, the "ACUMA" award for Best New Campus Facility and the Master Builders Award for Excellence in Construction by Camarda and Cantril.^{[citation needed]}

A variety of transport options are available to reach the university. These include rail services, bus services, cycle-paths, access roads and parking. Parking is limited and subject to availability in which case the university recommends alternative transport options mentioned.

The University offers a range of accommodation options for students and academics.

[edit] Publications

[edit] Tertangala

WUSA produces the campus magazine, Tertangala. Tertangala has a 45 year history, making it older than the University of Wollongong itself. It began in 1962, when the University was an external campus of the University of New South Wales.

The magazine features student investigative and feature articles, news, artwork, opinion, film and music reviews, as well as interviews and editorials. Submissions from staff and students (including student association representatives) makes up the bulk of the magazines content, however submissions from other members of the community are also accepted.

Tertangala is produced 8 times a year.

[edit] Tide

Tide, an independent literary journal, showcases the works of emerging poets, prose writers, playwrights and visual artists. It is entirely produced by third-year editing students at the University of Wollongong. It aims to support local literary arts and reinstate its importance in the community by providing a platform for publication without censorship.^{[citation needed]}

Tide is published annually by the WRIT316 Advanced Editing class led by Dr. Shady Cosgrove. The journal has been published since May 2004, with an average 350 copies per edition. The students work as editors, fundraisers, designers and print officers in the space of thirteen weeks to produce the 100-page journal. Tide is also supported by Creative Arts Faculty design and journalism lecturers, businesses in the Illawarra and Sutherland Shire, community members, artists and writers.

[edit] Paper, Rock

Paper, Rock is a magazine created by the School of Journalism and Creative Writing at UOW. It incorporates features, sections on arts and entertainment, stories about university life, fashion, food and wine. It was first published in August 2007.

[edit] Rhizome Magazine

Rhizome Magazine is the magazine for postgraduate and research students at UOW. It features submissions from current postgraduate students at UOW, in many cases on the topic of the students' own research. It is produced by the Wollongong University Postgraduate Association (WUPA).

[edit] Residential colleges

The university has a number of residential college and halls of residence:

• Campus East
• Graduate House
• Gundi
• International House
• Kooloobong
• Keiraview
• Weerona College

[edit] Affiliations

UOW is a prominent member of the Apple University Consortium (AUC) hosting the AUC Australian website found at http://www.auc.edu.au or http://auc.uow.edu.au. Additionally, UOW has access to Apple Macintosh labs in SCSSE Faculty of Informatics Bdg 3 (3rd Year Labs), Faculty of Creative Arts (Multimedia Labs) and Apple computers in the ITS General computing labs in Building 17 (Jupiter, Orion and Endor Labs) at the Wollongong Campus.

[edit] Notable people

[edit] Alumni

• Jamie Peacock - England and Great Britain rugby league captain^[9]
• Prof. Omowunmi Sadik - author, inventor, and chemist ^[10]
• Estelle Asmodelle - model, writer and activist
• Julian McMahon - actor, son of former Australian Prime Minister Sir William McMahon
• Dr Karl Kruszelnicki - scientist, author and commentator
• Mez Breeze - internet/hypertext artist
• Ben Creagh - rugby league player for the St. George Illawarra Dragons
• Josh Morris- rugby league player for the St. George Illawarra Dragons
• Michael Jones - culture and technology commentator^{[citation needed]}
• John Tranter - poet
• Stephen Martin - former Federal Parliamentary Speaker
• Van Badham - playwright
• Wendy Richardson - playwright
• Drew Fairley - writer, performer and cabaret artist
• Kate Bell - actor, Blue Water High ^[11]
• Julienne Van Loon - novelist
• Bill Neskovski - playwright
• B. Sandhya - Indian police officer and author
• Bundit Ungrangsee - orchestral conductor
• Victoria Thaine - actor, Caterpillar Wish
• Glenn Barkley - curator
• Dan Ginnane -^{[citation needed]} Broadcaster on Triple M Radio and ESPN Television
• The Common Cold Poetry Collective - Performance poets ^[12]
• The Bracket Creeps - poetry boyband ^[13]
• Mikelangelo - from Mikelangelo and the Black Sea Gentlemen ^{[14] [15]}

[edit] Staff

• Dr Shady Cosgrove - Nominated for the The Australian/Vogel Literary Award 2007
• Richard Harland - author
• Rob Hood - author
• Dr Paul Nulsen - astronomer
• Jacky Redgate - artist
• Willy Susilo and Reihaneh Safavi-Naini - cryptographers
• Alan Wearne - poet
• Prof. Anatoly Rosenfeld - Director, Center for Medical Radiation Physics

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• Official Website of University of Wollongong
• Official Website of Wollongong College Australia

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