Emmanuel College

Last Saturday, we celebrated our Annual Parents’ Cocktail Party!🥂

It was a beautiful afternoon spent welcoming our residents’ families and friends to Emman, with plenty of beverages, canapés, and good company!🏡

Check out our favourite snapshots from the party!💙

ICC Netball is underway! 💙

Our girls took to the court for their first game against Kings last week, kicking off the 2026 season! 🎉

Good luck for the rest of the season, girls — we’re cheering you on! 🙌

THEATRE R***E 2026 🎭🧞‍♂️

A huge congratulations to everyone involved in this year’s Theatre R***e, Twisted! From our incredible cast and everyone working behind the scenes, it was amazing to see so much talent and hard work come together💙

A very special congratulations and thank you to our Cultural Executives and Directors, Chloe Cornelissen and Daniel O’Donnell, for the incredible amount of dedication and heart they poured into bringing Twisted to life. Your hard work certainly paid off, and you should both be so proud of what you created👏

And finally, thank you to everyone who came along, cheered loudly and supported the show❤️

That’s a wrap on Twisted and Theatre R***e 2026🎭✨

💙🐶 BLUE DOG WEEK 🐶💙

Over the weekend, our residents wrapped up an incredible Blue Dog Week with a final round of mini games in the quad! 🎉

It has been a week filled with energy, enthusiasm, and most importantly, community. We couldn’t be prouder of the way our residents continued to show up for one another and embraced the Blue Dog spirit! 👏🏽

Congratulations to Martin for taking home the 2026 Blue Dog Week Trophy! 🏆

The ICC Rugby season has begun! 🏉

Last night, our Emman boys secured a win against Cromwell College UQ, 45-0, in Round 1 of the ICC competition, marking the start of what promises to be a spirited and determined season! 👏🏽💙

💙🐶 BLUE DOG WEEK 🐶💙

Semester 2 is off to a great start with the very best of the Emmanuel spirit on full display!

Blue Dog Week is designed to bring our community together through an inter-wing competition across all elements of wellbeing, including culture, sporting and academics. 🏡

So far on this week’s agenda, we’ve seen amazing turnouts with Sign Painting, the World’s Greatest Shave, and Talent Show, with plenty more still to come! 🌟

A massive shoutout to Wing Leader Coordinator, Abbey Burton, for her work behind the scenes. 🙌🏽

We’re excited to see what the rest of the week has in store for our Blue Dogs!

That’s a wrap on Open Day for 2026! 💙
 
Our campus came alive as we welcomed hundreds of future students and their families to Emmanuel as part of UQ Open Day yesterday!

Our student led tours were a highlight of the day as well as a set from Underwater Martin, a sausage sizzle and coffees from Brew Dogs.

Thank you to everyone who joined us! It was lovely to meet so many new faces and chat all things Emman! ✨

THE 2026 EMMANUELIAN IS HERE ⭐️

Congratulations to our 2026 Publications Interns Zoe (Thorn), Melody (Power), and Carys (Keanu) on the release of the Emmanuelian! Your hard work and efforts have certainly payed off, and we’re all so excited to read the issue!

Special shout out to Poppy Simpson (Bow) who designed the poster and Lilianah Brownhall (Summer) who designed the front cover!

Last night we held our annual NAIDOC Week celebrations!

We started the evening with a moving Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony in the Quad by Tribal Experiences giving students the opportunity to reflect on the 2026 NAIDOC theme, 50 Years of Deadly.

We were fortunate to welcome back Emmanuel College alumnus, Lachlan Bon (EMC 2016-2017), who spoke about the importance of legacy, acknowledging the impact of those who have come before us and challenging us to think about the legacy we want to leave and the role we all play in building a more inclusive Australia. Lachlan met his wife Nia during his time at Emmanuel and it was wonderful to welcome back Nia (EMC 2015-2016) to take part in the celebrations as well. Since leaving Emmanuel, Lachlan has forged a successful career in marketing currently working as a Senior Marketing and Communications Officer within the Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Engagement) at the University of Queensland.

Marking the start of Semester 2, our NAIDOC Formal Dinner was a wonderful opportunity to bring our community together and start the semester together in celebration, reflection and respect.

A very warm welcome to our new Semester 2 residents💙

This semester, we’re excited to welcome a number of new residents to the Emmanuel community. From North Queensland to the UK and everywhere in between, we’re so glad you’ve chosen to call Emman home.

We can’t wait to see the friendships, memories and experiences you’ll create this semester. Welcome home🏡