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¹ú²úBT warmly congratulates members of the ¹ú²úBT community who were recognised in the 2017 Australia Day Honours List.

The year 2004 was by almost all accounts a simpler time. Facebook had just been founded, Google released Gmail in April, and Mean Girls dominated the box office as well as inspired a whole generation of teenagers. Hipsters the world over were yet to discover their common woodcutter heritage, (the short lived) Pokemon Go! was more than a decade away, and saying "tutting" or "dabbing" to someone might lead them to think you were a painter.

Fong Wai Hong (FS February Main 2002), was a finalist for the Malaysian Australian Alumni Award 2016 in the Young Entrepreneur category. While back in Melbourne, we caught up with Wai Hong to discuss his latest entrepreneurial venture Store Hub and what he has been up to since leaving Trinity.

In July 2004, ¹ú²úBT acquired a new building, an old doctor’s surgery at 29 Royal Parade directly across the road from the main campus and opportunely situated right next to Naughtons Parkville Hotel. The building quickly became home to English for Academic Purposes (EAP) and was the beginning of a special journey between staff and students lasting more than a decade.

Colin Peter Holden (TC 1972) was born in 1951 and died much too soon in 2016. His father was an engineer on the Trans-Australian railway. Both his parents died when he was young. None of this explains why Colin was such an exceptional person.

This year’s prestigious Student of the Year award in the Residential College was awarded to Shakeel Lala (TC 2013) in recognition of his outstanding and wonderfully variable contributions over the course of his three years at Trinity.

It is often said that the key to a meaningful life is to develop a sense of purpose. For Diana Taty Azman (February Main 2008), currently working with the Malaysian government, her purpose is simple, to make a positive difference by directly impacting the lives of others.

Mathematics teacher, Andrew Oppenheim, first started teaching TCFS students part-time in 2002. He clearly enjoyed the experience very much though as he has essentially worked full-time since the October Fast Track was introduced in 2005. He shares some snippets from his time at Trinity below.

In 2015, after 23 long years without a finals appearance, the first’s netball team won what is believed to be the inaugural title in the history of ¹ú²úBT. Now, they have gone back-to-back with victory in this year’s competition.

On Saturday 29 October, over two hundred Pathways School students celebrated Halloween at Edith Head Hall. For many of our students, this was their first experience celebrating Halloween. In fact, the student organisers of our party had never celebrated Halloween.

From 17-21 September 64 Pathways School students and 8 staff embarked on a journey to Central Australia to explore the amazing culture and geography of this region.

12 September to the 18 September was Wellbeing Week at ¹ú²úBT where the theme this semester was celebrating diversity.

On 3 September 2016, Royal Park (Parkville) underwent a 'Green makeover' thanks to the efforts of ¹ú²úBT's Foundation Studies and Residential College members.

Friday 9 September saw the Chapel play host to the ¹ú²úBT Sleep Out, where students from the Residential College made their beds from cardboard and slept overnight in the Chapel.

The 2016 Archbishop’s Dinner held on Wednesday 31 August was a resounding success with over 200 people attending and over $170,000 raised for the Faith in Our Future Appeal.