The return of Percy

Image: UNE psychologist Gwen Schumack and support dog Percy, a Brittany spaniel, whose retriever ancestry is evident in his obsession with birds.   He’s been missing from campus due to COVID restrictions for a year – doggone it! – but Percy, UNE's resident...

A culture of safety

UNE has adopted the Safe Communities Strategic Framework as a guide to furthering the University's work in ensuring a safe campus for students and staff. Pulse put a few questions to Safe Communities Program Leader, Anne Hodson, pictured.   What is the Safer...

UNE’s FMD response

The announcement by Indonesia in early May 2022 that it was battling an outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth disease (FMD) has put Australian livestock producers, including UNE, on high alert. FMD is an exceptionally transmissible disease. There is a significant risk of FMD...

Setting the Grad scene with song

Music is vital to setting the scene of a graduation ceremony. For UNE's winter events, the task falls to singer-songwriter Hattie Oates, who says she’s very excited about being part of these momentous occasions.  “I can’t wait to sing the graduates into...

Behind the grad buzz: food prep

UNE head chef Chris Foldi reveals that in the past five-and-a-half years he’s worked on graduation days, “the kitchen has had ‘Sandstorm’ by Darude on repeat for 10+ hours”. “This may seem unbearable to some but has gracefully found its way to becoming a tradition...