Emmanuel College Alumni

📣 We're Retiring This page

After much consideration, we've decided to retire the Emmanuel College Alumni page. Thank you for your support, likes, shares, and memories over the years. It's been a fabulous journey, and we're grateful to have had this space to connect with you.

For future alumni updates, news and information, please follow us on our main Emmanuel College page and on Instagram . You can also sign up to our quarterly alumni newsletter FIAT LUX by emailing us at [email protected].

From 30 June 2025, this page will no longer be active, but the memories will remain.

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Attention recent grads and third- or fourth-year Journalism, PR, Communications or Marketing students. A well-respected Brisbane communication and PR agency has an internship (unpaid) available working on a campaign for one of their not-for-profit clients. The one-day-per-week internship involves writing content, engaging with media and working on events. If you’re interested, please message this page and Advancement Manager Michelle James will provide further details.

Tonight is EMC At Home. In honour of this decades-long tradition, our Friday flashback! is the 1996 At Home in the dining hall. That's alumnus Bruce Pearce (EMC 1962-65), who has served on the Emmanuel Council for 31 years, and his wife Jennifer in the photo. Thank you to Bruce and Jennifer for their tireless support of the College community.

UQ Young Professional Series - Mentoring for career success. Helpful tips to build a successful and meaningful mentoring experience in a one-hour webinar on 24 Sept, 6-7pm, for UQ students, alums and friends.

UQ Young Professional Series - Mentoring for career success [Webinar] Have you ever wished you had someone to bounce an idea about work? A mentor to coach you through a salary negotiation, seek advice on your CV or to help navigate the next step of your career as a young professional? Join us in this one-hour webinar where you will hear from UQ mentoring experts.

On Sunday 13 September 2020 we hosted “Emmanuel: appreciates”. This adaptation of our traditional Founders’ Day service was a way for us to appreciate the people who have come before us in the history of Emmanuel College and celebrate their achievements. We also celebrated and expressed our thanks to immediate past Principal Dr Jane Thomson, and unveiled the wonderful portrait of Dr Thomson by artist Judith Sinnamon. Thank you to everyone who came to celebrate, particularly our students and young alumni, part of our collective future.

On Sunday 13 September 2020, 109 years, to the day, after the first meeting of the Emmanuel College Council with Rev Dr Ernest Northcroft Merrington as inaugural Chairman in 1911, we hosted “Emmanuel: appreciates”. This adaptation of our traditional Founders’ Day service was a way for us to appreciate the people who have come before us in the history of Emmanuel College and celebrate their achievements. We also celebrated and expressed our thanks to immediate past Principal Dr Jane Thomson, and unveiled the wonderful portrait of Dr Thomson by artist Judith Sinnamon. Thank you to everyone who came to celebrate, particularly our students and young alumni, part of our collective future.

The GradConnection Top100 Future Leader Awards recognise Australia’s top university students and give them a career a head start before graduation. Applications now open to penultimate year students - https://top100grademployers.com.au/future-leaders/

Friday flash-WAY-back! We've unearthed from our archives the 109-year-old Emmanuel College Common Seal stamper, which was used to affix the College seal to official documents 🦭. It's now on display in Principal Peake’s office.

Friday flash-WAY-back! This 109-year-old object has been stored in our archives and is now in Principal Peake’s office. What is it? Free Brew Dogs coffee to the first person who guesses correctly. (hint: it's a homonym for a 🐶 of the sea)

Calling Emmanuel College alumni – Would you like to lead by example and become a positive role model for students and young alumni? Whether through mentoring, work experience or internship, talking with students at a careers evening, or paid employment, your professional advice and careers help will be invaluable to our students.

A number of businesses are unable to participate in our mentoring and work experience program at the present time due to COVID-19 restrictions, so we’re asking alumni to register their interest to ensure so that our students don’t miss out on this vital aspect of the Emmanuel College experience. Contact can be through an online platform.

If you’re interested in giving back to the Emmanuel College community in this way, please complete the EOI form https://forms.gle/vP7ZQaxixngoh7479 or contact Advancement Manager Michelle James. Thank you.

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Emmanuel Updates August 2020

Welcome back Professor Terry! Professor Deborah Terry AO is UQ’s new Vice-Chancellor. Professor Terry is well known to the Emmanuel and UQ communities, as an Honorary Fellow of Emmanuel College since 2012 and having previously worked at UQ for 24 years.

UQ welcomes back Professor Deborah Terry The university sector will be vital in the state’s recovery from COVID-19, according to incoming University of Queensland Vice-Chancellor, Professor Deborah Terry.