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Tabor Adelaide’s work in the online environment is being recently recognized through a major award and national publicity within the education sector. These achievements recognize the brilliant work being undertaken in this sector within Tabor.
Trudy Stoddard, Tabor Adelaide’s Online Manager is a Recipient of the Australian Learning & Teaching Council (ALTC) ‘Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning’. This is a prestigious national Award which acknowledges the quality contribution to student learning that Trudy has planned and achieved at Tabor Adelaide.
The Citation acknowledges Trudy:
For inspirational leadership and innovation in the conceptualisation, implementation and ongoing development of an institution-wide online learning environment to enhance student learning.
Trudy will receive her Award at the 2011 ALTC Awards and Citation ceremony which will be
held at the Sydney Opera House on the evening of Tuesday 16 August 2011.
This is a tremendous professional achievement for Trudy and Tabor Adelaide. Academic Board, staff, students and the Tabor Adelaide community congratulate Trudy! Her vision, leadership and collaborative contribution and support of online learning and teaching at Tabor Adelaide are truly appreciated.
Continuing to set the online learning agenda, Tabor Adelaide has been singled out in a recent national newsletter and also featured in various ‘good practice’ examples in a brochure relating to research into sustaining e-learning solutions within training organisations all over Australia.
A new resource to help organisations incorporate technology as a key training tool has been released. Produced by the Australian Flexible Learning Framework, a booklet www.flexiblelearning.net.au/files/Innovations_Booklet is now available online and includes reference to Tabor Adelaide and our e-learning programs.
The reference includes, “Tabor Adelaide only adopted e-learning in 2006 but has since developed an e-learning strategy and implementation plan which provides the foundation for a continued evolution of a workplace culture that supports their growth in e-learning.”
It is excellent for Tabor Adelaide to be recognized in this way. It represents outcomes of the hard work behind the scenes by the Online Learning Support Team, and all of the lecturers and staff that interact and develop Tabor Online every day. Congratulations everyone!
Dr Rose Mulraney
Academic Dean
Student News | Issue 6, 2011
In ThIs Issue:
Become a Friend of Tabor
Tabor Selected for International Library Award
Alumni News
2011 Alumni Annual Dinner
Did My Neurons Make Me Do It?
Tabor Hoodies available now!
Tabor-Faraday Conference 2011
Tabor Adelaide Open Day
Liberamente
Key dates to remember!
Remember to make note of the following dates:
20 August Tabor Adelaide Open Day
29 August Graeme Clark Research Institute Launch
30 Aug – 1 September Science and Faith: Conflict or Conversation Conference
8 September SA Prayer Breakfast
17 September Tabor Adelaide Alumni Dinner
26 – 30 September Tabor Post Graduate Intensive with Dr Graham Buxton
‘FReeLy, wITh LIBeRTy’
Tabor’s Online Learning National Award and Program Recognition
Like Tabor Adelaide on Facebook - www.facebook.com/TaborAdelaide
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Vocational Education at Tabor AdelaideAt Tabor we understand that not everyone wants or needs to
study at Degree level.
In 2009 we developed the Certificates III, IV and Diploma of Christian Life and Ministry (Govt Accredited) to suit people who wanted to extend their knowledge of Scripture, Theology and Ministry at VeT level.
Lucia Mudgway, was planning to study face to face with us in 2011 but the floods in Brisbane meant she had to relocate
from her Adelaide home to look after some property she had there. Rather than give up on her dreams to study, Lucia chose to do the program entirely online!
Lucia has been studying the course full time this year and she writes:
“I just want to write and tell you how much I am enjoying the course I am doing--Cert 4 in Christian Life and Ministry. I have loved exploring all the units included in this course, and have found it to be a wonderful and exciting journey, enabling me to grow spiritually and rediscover Jesus and myself.
Thank you for all your help. I thought it would be difficult doing it all on line, but thanks to all the wonderful lecturers and staff, it has been quite easy to understand and time manage.
As I am nearing the end of my course, I have been putting out some feelers about employment, and have found that there are a lot of opportunities for me to use this course, as a valuable credential, to further career opportunities and to serve the Lord as well. I am seriously considering doing further studies with you in the future, perhaps in a Diploma of Theology and eventually a Masters!
I have truly loved learning and studying this year and feel that I have achieved a lot in terms of personal growth and changing attitudes about life. I would recommend Tabor College to anyone interested in studying the Christian faith. Thank you so much for the privilege of accepting me as a student.”
we have loved being able to serve Lucia in this way as she continues her journey!
Tabor Selected for International Library Award
Tabor principal Dr Don Owers reports that Tabor has been awarded a major library gift from the International Society for Science and Religion.
The College’s application for the award was reviewed under a competitive judging process under which Tabor was selected as one of only 150 institutions worldwide to be awarded a full set of the Society’s Faith and Science library – some 224 volumes!
“This is another very positive outcome of the Graeme Clark Research Institute” Dr Owers said. he congratulated Dr Graham Buxton, the author of the application for the award.
The books should begin arriving at Tabor in the next month or so.
Did My Neurons Make Me Do It?Join Professor Nancey Murphy on wednesday 17 August 2011, 7.30 – 9.30 pm at the Tabor Adelaide Chapel for a spirited debate about Christian theology.
Nancey Murphy is Professor of Christian Philosophy at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA. She received the B.A. from Creighton University (philosophy and psychology) in 1973, the Ph.D. from U.C. Berkeley (philosophy of science) in 1980, and the Th.D. from the Graduate Theological Union (theology) in 1987.
She is the author of nine books and her first book; Theology in the Age of Scientific Reasoning (Cornell, 1990) won the American Academy of Religion award
for excellence.
her research interests focus on the role of modern and postmodern philosophy in shaping Christian theology, on relations between theology and science, and on relations among philosophy of mind, neuroscience, and Christian anthropology.
RSVP: wendy Newman on 0438 633 633 or [email protected]
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Graeme Clark Research Institute Launch
Tabor-Faraday Conference 2011Science and faith: conflict or conversation?
Tabor Adelaide and the prestigious Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, based at Cambridge University, UK will present the Tabor Faraday Conference, ‘Science & Faith: Conflict or Conversation? (30 August – 1 September 2011) and registrations are still open.
This three-day conference aims to develop a deeper understanding of the relationship between science and faith in today’s complex and fast-paced world.
The conference program has been organised under the auspices of Tabor’s new Graeme Clark Research Institute (GCRI), to be officially launched on the day prior to the conference.
Visit www.taboradelaide.edu.au to register now.
Invitation to participate in SA researchRobyn Lingard is studying a Masters of Clinical Counselling at Tabor College, Adelaide. Robyn has had Me/CFS for 22 years and is interested in hearing the experiences of other sufferers/survivors.
Myalgic Encephalopathy/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Building a long-term trusting relationship with your spouse or partner can be rewarding but also challenging. If you have a chronic illness such as Me/CFS, this relationship can become even more challenging.
This Masters Research Project asks participants to share their experiences of the influence of Me/CFS upon their marriage or defacto partnership.
would you be willing to confidentially share your experience so that together we can assist individuals and couples, just like you, who also live with this debilitating and baffling illness?
What will you be asked to do?
you and your partner will each be posted a short 5 minute questionnaire about what Me/CFS has meant for your relationship. you will then return the questionnaire in a supplied stamped self-addressed envelope within 1 week of receiving the questionnaire.
A small number of couples will be contacted at a later date for an optional 30 – 60 minute interview, depending upon your energy level. The interview will look at your answers to the questionnaire. The interview will be conducted at a location of your convenience, such as your home.
who is eligible to participate in the study?
If you are married or in a defacto relationship•
If you or your partner has Me/CFS•
If a diagnosis of Me/CFS can be confirmed by your doctor•
If you would like to participate in the research study or have any questions please contact:
Robyn Lingard on 0412 844 278 or email [email protected]
Dr John Court (Research Supervisor) on 0401 850 220
Advance Notice
Science and Faith: Conflict or Conversation?3 day conference30th Aug - 1st Sept 2011
Tabor will be collaborating with the UK’s Faraday Institute for Science and Religion in a special 3 day conference on the relationship between science and faith to be held at the Science Exchange in the city centre commencing on the day following the launch of the GCRI at Tabor Adelaide.
For more details visit www.taboradelaide.edu.au or contact Dr Graham Buxton | Director of GCRI [email protected]
Graeme Clark Research Institute Launch: 29th Aug 2011, 4pm at Tabor Adelaide
181 Goodwood Rd Millswood SA 5034 tel. 08 8373 8777 fax. 08373 1766 www.taboradelaide.edu.au | CRICOS 00946E
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Save the Date: Tabor Adelaide Open DayTabor Adelaide will hold its Open Day on Saturday 20 August 2011 from 10.00 am – 2.30 pm. we would like all students to support this initiative and spread the word, encouraging friends, family and potential students to come and see what is on offer.
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OPEN DAY Saturday August 20th 10.00 AM-2.30 PM
Teacher Education: Primary, Middle & Senior School
Social Science: Youth Work & Counselling Ministry, Theology & Culture
We offer fully accredited courses in:
Humanities: Creative Writing, History, Philosophy & English
Certificate IV in Training and Assessment TESOL
181 Goodwood Rd Millswood SA 5034 tel. 08 8373 8777 www.taboradelaide.edu.au
CRICOS Provider Code: 00946E | VET Provider Number 4452 Tertiary education with a Christian perspective
FEE-Help and HECS-Help available—call us to find out more.
Come along and explore your study options, meet the staff and get a feel for the campus.
Tabor Hoodies available now!wanting a nice warm snuggly comfortable smart hoodie to help you through the winter term? Look no further. Student Services have stocks of the Tabor hoodie, with a stylized Tabor design by a former student.
The navy blue hoodies are only $40 (plus postage if you need it sent out) and are available in sizes M, L, XL and XXL.
Contact Student Support Officer Shelley Alexander on [email protected] or 0403 825 248 for additional details or to place an order.
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Alumni News:
Become a Friend of TaborBecome a Friend of Tabor and support the education institution that has always supported you. Tabor Alumni and Friends (TAF) is an Incorporated Association comprising alumni (who automatically become members on graduation) and friends of Tabor Adelaide.
The Association aims to:
Provide benefits and services to Alumni and Friends of •Tabor Adelaide
encourage the ministry, mission and growth of Tabor •Adelaide
As a Friend of Tabor you will:
Be eligible for Associate Membership of the library at 50% •discount (normally $40 per annum)
Be able to audit, free of charge, one semester based lecture •series per year (subject to class size).
Be able to audit, at a 20% discount, intensive courses or •one day seminars with visiting international scholars (subject to class size).
Receive our College Newsletter ‘Liberamente’•
Receive advance notification of coming events and other •news
Friendship involves:
Friendship involves mutual support and encouragement rather than obligation – so there are no membership fees! we do ask that you:
Pray at least weekly for the College. From time to time, we •may email you with specific prayer requests.
Take opportunities to promote the College and to •encourage enrolments.
Prayerfully consider our Annual Appeal and other specific •needs we may bring before you (but we promise not to overdo it!).
To become a Friend, please email [email protected].
2011 Alumni Annual DinnerThe Great Eighties Reunion
All past students of Tabor Adelaide and their partners are welcome and invited to attend The Great eighties Reunion Dinner on Saturday 17 September 2011 in the Tabor Refectory 6.30 – 11.00 pm.
The night will be an evening held at the Tabor campus, sharing beautiful food, great fun and good memories. Tickets are $37 per person with drinks available for purchase on the night.
RSVP to Johann Manning by 26 August 2011 at [email protected] or 8373 8727.
Measure Twice, Cut OnceBy J Cooper
Tools to hand, select the timber,
True and square and all worked out.
Clamp it, plane, scrape yet remember:
Twice to measure, once to cut.
Craftsmen for perfection hunger
Though the shortcut will entice.
Long they labour, slow to anger.
Cut once, but first measure twice.
Blow by mallet blow your metre,
Rhyme and reason holding fast,
To ensure in double measure
every single cut’s made just.
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Intercultural Studies @ TaborTabor – making a world of a difference
All cross-cultural mission-minded people in the Tabor community are invited to converse with the following cross-cultural mission practitioners in Room 3 at 1.00pm on the following Thursdays (ByO Lunch)
10th August• - Rachel Litchfield (Tabor graduate now with Interserve in Allied health in Cambodia)
18th August • - Rev Dr Bryson Arthur (President and Professor of Systematic and Contextual Theology, Nazareth evangelical Theological Seminary, Nazareth)
Adelaide West Uniting Church Spring FairAdelaide west Uniting Church will hold their Spring Community Fair for 2011 on Saturday 22 October.
everyone is invited to join the celebration for pre-fair pancakes from 8.00 am.
The Fair officially opens at 8.30 am until 3.00 pm and will feature stalls selling bric-a-brac, cakes, books, garden and craft items.
There will be entertainment for all the family by local schools, the henley and Grange Concert Band, Adelaide west UC Men’s Choir and local artists and activities for children.
Free entry.
For further information contact 8234 1199.
Contact Us.Tabor Adelaide, located in South Australia, is a multi denominational Christian education Centre offering government accredited courses at tertiary level.
Newsletter Enquiries: [email protected] General Enquiries: [email protected] Enquiries: [email protected] Services: [email protected]: www.facebook.com/TaborAdelaide
181 Goodwood Rd Millswood SA 5034 PO Box 1777 Unley SA 5061tel. +61 8 8373 8777 fax. +61 8 8373 1766 www.taboradelaide.edu.au
Tertiary education with a Christian perspective.
