University College (University of Melbourne)

University College
University of Melbourne
Location 40 College Crescent, Parkville, Victoria, Melbourne
Coordinates 37°47′30″S 144°57′34″E / 37.79167°S 144.95944°E / -37.79167; 144.95944Coordinates: 37°47′30″S 144°57′34″E / 37.79167°S 144.95944°E / -37.79167; 144.95944
Motto French: Frappe Fort
Motto in English "What you do, do with a will."
Established 1937
Colours Blue, Black and Maroon
Head of College Jennifer McDonald
Undergraduates 230
Postgraduates 22
Mascot Boar
Website unicol.unimelb.edu.au

University College (UC) is a residential college affiliated to the University of Melbourne in Australia. It was formerly known as University Women's College. The college is situated in the suburb of Parkville.

The college is located on its own plot of land, north of Ormond College and bounded by College Crescent to the southeast, Royal Parade to the west and Cemetery Road West to the northeast.

The college houses 260 students each year, from the University of Melbourne, RMIT University, Monash University Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Victorian College of the Arts.

University College was renovated between 2007 and 2008 to include new recreation complex with indoor sporting and other facilities including a spacious Junior Common Room, a design studio, TV room, gym, band room and a multi-purpose area with billiard and table tennis tables. The college is currently undergoing a transformative project which will result in an expansion of the community to accommodate 320 students from 2019.[1] The renovations will include the building of new student rooms with ensuite bathrooms and full-size beds.[2] The first part of the project to be completed was the Syme Dining Hall, which opened in 2017 and features an innovative and energy efficient design reflective of the German 'Passivhaus' concept.

The college's colours (such as worn on the sporting field) are maroon, pale blue and black. The mascot is the boar. Its motto is Frappe Fort which translates to 'what you do, do with a will'.

The college was created by a statute of the University of Melbourne in 1937 to be an affiliated college of the university for women.[3] In 1975 the college became co-residential.[4]

Heads of College

  • Jennifer McDonald (2008-present)
  • Deborah Seifert (2002-2008)
  • Susanne Pearce (1999-2002)
  • Heather Hewitt (1979-1999)
  • Margaret Russell-Smith (1967-1979)
  • Angela Milne (1960-1967)
  • Myra Roper (1947-1960)
  • Greta Hort (1938-1947)
  • Susie Williams (1937-1938)

References

  1. ↑ "Enhancing the future of UC", University College website.
  2. ↑ University College website: Prospective Students page
  3. ↑ Statutes and Regulations : Statute 9.5 - University College : The University of Melbourne
  4. ↑ University College History
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