Reunion Day is taking place on 3 December at our Footscray Park Campus. This is an opportunity for you to come back to campus, reconnect with teachers and colleagues and reunite with classmates.
 
Register your reunion group at the Centenary website and you’ll go into the draw to win a 12 month full gym membership to the VU Sport and Aquatic Centre, valued at over $700. And don’t forget to sign up to the Facebook event page for event updates.
 

Victoria University’s Graduate Research Centre is hosting a special event to commemorate 25 years of doctoral research at VU.
 
This event offers you the opportunity to reconnect with other doctoral candidates and graduates and current and former VU supervisors in your field. Participate in a plenary session hosted by the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research and Research Training). Your input will contribute to shaping the future of research at VU.
 

In an article by Lonely Planet, VU’s Kindred Studios has been listed as one of the top 10 shared workspaces in the world.
 
Kindred Studios has been home to our VU Music students since 2010 and features a range of studios and co-working spaces. It also features a bar, yoga classes and TV studio.
 

Professor Gary Foley of VU’s Moondani Balluk Unit will lead a team of renowned Indigenous researchers in a $475,000 project to create an online archive of records about Aboriginal self-determination, the land rights’ movement and Aboriginal community survival programs.
 
A discovery grant worth $239,000 was awarded to a project that will provide ways to recover valuable products from current waste water. Professor Mikel Duke of VU’s Institute of Sustainability and Innovation is Chief Investigator of this project which will be conducted in partnership with Singapore’s Nanyang Technical University.

Meet up-and-coming entrepreneurs emerging from the ASRC innovation hub, be inspired by Footscray’s rich history, and sample some fine cuisine along the way.

Proud member of the legendary 'Class of 1938' and The University's No. 1 ticket holder, Wal Hopkins spoke to the Maribyrnong Star Weekly about his annual reunion with former classmates from Footscray Technical School.

Now the olderst is 94, the youngest is 90.

In this special Game Changers conversation, Jamie Durie speaks with Cassie Duncan about the power of nature to console, guide and inspire our lives.

What can the lives of the plants and animals around us teach us about sustainable design in our urban lives? How can we better integrate the natural world into our busy lives? How can the sheer scale of our natural world lend perspective to our everyday concerns?

Victoria University proudly celebrated the outstanding achievements of our Alumni and students at the annual Alumni Awards presentation on the 19 October at Sofitel on Collins.

Distinguished Alumni Award
Tan Sri Dr Jeffrey Cheah AO

Outstanding Leadership Alumni Award
Mr Paul Booth

Outstanding Service Alumni Award
Mr Nasir Sobhani

Young Achiever Alumni Award
Mr Christian Williams

Outstanding Student Alumni Award
Dr Ancy Ramasamy
Mr James Sorensen