Letters to the editor - Spring 2024
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We invited readers of our Autumn issue of Lumen to enter a special 150th University celebration competition by telling us about important relationships they formed during their time at Uni. Prizes were special commemorative wines, whisky and glasses.Ìý
Here we present some excerpts from the many warm and delightful responses we received, and name the winners.Ìý
Sue Franke
Jenelle and I met at Roseworthy Agricultural College in 1983. Two scared and nervous 17-year-olds knowing no other students, leaving our families and friends behind in ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø. We found each other cowering in the TV room debating with ourselves whether we were brave enough to venture to the dining room for dinner, we eventually did it together. Her discipline was agriculture, mine wine, but we still stuck together. Coincidently when we were meeting at RAC, our parents by chance met at the caravan and camping show, talking about their daughters who had just started at the college, totally unknown to each other. We were destined to meet. We have now been besties for 41 years, she was a bridesmaid in my wedding, I’m godmother to her two gorgeous now adult children, we have travelled together, laughed and cried and just had the greatest friendship over this time.
Ass Dip Wine Mkt, 1985, B Ag Sc (Oen) (Hons), 2000
Ambika Khatiwada, Nepal
I met my best friend while doing my degree. We met during a practical session and from there we became best friends. We spent nights discussing the tutorials and assignments and plans after study. We enjoyed eating crispy fries and chai latte in the University cafe on the ground floor during our break. We now invite each other to family functions, and we have become family more than friends which we cherish deeply.
M Clin Nursing, 2022
Middleback Field CentreÌý
I am sure there are many past students who attended the Middleback Field Centre at Whyalla, under the guidance of Dr Bob Lange and Dr Des Coleman, who may be interested and saddened to see what has happened to it with the Nicholsons moving off the site and the army taking over.Ìý
I have had a very long association with the site, being involved with many of the camps held there as a technical officer between Roseworthy and the University of ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø during my 27-year employment. This long association was the reason I recently made a trip to see how it had fared.Ìý
I found that the army (I presume) had completely cleared the site (it was taken over to extend their land holdings for tank trainings).Ìý
For many years it was used to study rangeland ecology, natural resource management and terrestrial ecology.
Keith Cowley, Gawler
Ben Turner - Winner
Five engineers, five friends and five very different careers. Yet we’ve stayed in touch, supported each other in our chosen fields, attended weddings, travelled as a group, celebrated births, and laughed a lot! We’ve experienced the good and the bad together. None of this would have been possible if we hadn’t met while studying engineering. We bonded over late night assignments, study sessions at home, and exam preparation in the library. I am forever grateful we met and remain friends. None of it would have been possible without the University of ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø.
B E (Mechatronic), 2004, M Proj Mgmt, 2013Ìý
Truong Nhat Vy NguyenÌý
The Covid-19 pandemic locked me out of ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Uni's halls, but it unlocked a virtual friendship with my bestie Andr