From the Principal
Hello, and welcome to your first edition of The Jacaranda Post for this year. We hope that wherever you are in the world, you and your loved ones are safe and well.
It was wonderful to welcome several Pymble alumni back to the College in February for our 108th birthday celebrations, also known as our annual Foundation Day Ceremony. Thank you to our special guests, Mrs Margaret Coleman OAM (1945), whose mother was one of the first 60 students to commence at the College on that first day back in 1916, Mrs Carolyn Hum (White, 1962), and Mrs Felicity McVay (Carr, 1995) for taking the time to reconnect with Pymble and remind our girls that we stand on the shoulders of those who came before us.
If you haven’t already seen our Foundation Day video on our social media, please enjoy this short clip.
You’re warmly invited to two very special events
Alumni Networking Event at KPMG Sydney (Barangaroo), from 6.00pm to 8.30pm on Thursday 16 May 2024
Now in its fourth successful year, our flagship alumni event is designed to provide mentoring and networking opportunities for Pymble graduates at key points in their careers: starting out, mid-point, and at executive and Board level.
Based on feedback from prior events, this year’s format has been thoughtfully refined to provide even greater value for you. The program of events includes:
- Keynote address Vanessa Hudson (1987), Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Qantas Airways Ltd
- Q&A session with Vanessa Hudson and, Eve Clark (1997)
- An opportunity to hear from several of our incredible female Board members, including commercial and public law barrister, Dr Fiona Roughley SC (2001), and global technology executive, Suzi Nicoletti, as well as our ESU President, career coach and university lecturer, Rowena Ditzell (1986).
- The opportunity for you to book three one-on-one 10-minute speed-mentoring sessions with industry professionals from our list of 78 mentors.
- Professional development workshops on how to get a foot in the door at top tier organisations (early career); online resources to supercharge your career (mid-career); and preparing for board level positions (late career).
Thank you to all our wonderful alumni who have already signed up to attend this event as mentors. We warmly invite our younger Alumni to tap into the professional support and expertise of our Pymble community by signing up to attend here by Monday 6 May.
Inaugural Pymble Foundation Annual Update at Pymble, from 5.45pm to 7.45pm on Wednesday 1 May 2024
We are also delighted to invite you to our first ever Pymble Foundation update. You may be aware the Foundation was launched in 2022 to guide philanthropy within our generous community. In addition to supporting our Building Fund and our fabulous program of Master Plan works around the campus, this generosity subsidises the education of four refugee students (three from Afghanistan, who commenced at Pymble this year) and one from Ukraine, who joined our Pymble family last year.
This event will include a site tour of the Grey House Precinct development, which is now officially in construction phase, an update from our Foundation Chair, Mr Simon Rothery, and reflections from one of our new students from Afghanistan and one of our First Nations Scholarship graduates.
We would love you to join us at this wonderful celebration of how our community is working together to change the world of learning for current and future generations of Pymble girls.
Click here to RSVP by Tuesday 30 April 2024.
Signing off with all best wishes, until we meet again.
Dr Kate Hadwen