UFT E-news 2011 #39 (2 December)

This week at the UFT

1. Second Semester Results Online
2. 2012 Enrolment
3. 2012 Units requiring early enrolments
4. Opening hours for the Dalton McCaughey Library

UFT news
5. Sean Winter, Biblical Studies NT Professor
6. Mary Ward Grant 2012
7. Ordinations and Placements for UFT students


Other items of interests
8. Melbourne Book Launch 'Sing a new song'
9. Uniting CPE – The John Paver Centre
10. The Carmelite Centre Melbourne

This week at the UFT

1. Second Semester Results
Second semester results will be released to students online on Thursday, December 8.
Instructions on how to access results online will be sent to UFT students by email early next week.

Remember you can check your details when you check your results. Please advise the UFT registrar Margaret Tropea by emailing a Change of Personal Details form (available on www.mcd.edu.au/forms) to registrar@uft.edu.au if your contact details have changed or if you experience any difficulties accessing your online results.

2. 2012 Enrolment
Please consult enrolment information for New students and Existing students, Timetables and Enrolment forms.

Forms are available from CTM/UFT reception, the UFT office, and the MCD website at http://www.mcd.edu.au/formsprospective.

Students seeking course advice are advised to contact the Dean by email on dean@uft.edu.au, or to telephone the UFT office on 9340 8890 for a phone or personal appointment. Re-enrolling students should complete 2012 re-enrolment forms by Thursday 15 December 2011.

If you know anyone thinking of commencing theological study at the UFT in 2012, please encourage them to make a time to see the Dean or contact the Registrar and should be directed to the UFT website or go to http://www.uft.edu.au/content/enrolment

The 2012 UFT timetable (printable) and units are available online at www.uft.edu.au/timetable. Information on courses can be found at http://www.uft.edu.au/courses.

3. 2012 Units requiring early enrolments
Students are reminded that some units in first semester 2012 have an earlier closing date as classes begin prior to the 27 February 2012. The enrolment date for the following units must completed by 5pm on the specified dates.

- Secular & Sacred: enrolments for this unit must be completed by Monday 9 January 2012
- Caring and Teaching in Church and Community by Monday 30 January 2012
and
- New Testament Greek A by 13 February 2012.

4. Opening hours for the Dalton McCaughey Library for the end of the semester are as follows
Monday 14th November - Thursday 22nd December - 9am to 5 pm.

UFT news
5. Sean Winter, UCTC New Testament Professor with UFT just received the news that their application for a permanent resident visa has been approved.

Sean and his family left Melbourne at short notice in the middle of the year in order to follow due processes to obtain a visa which would allow permanent residence in Australia. While he has been away, he has taken study
leave, much of it located in Italy, and continued some UFT teaching commitments. He has just returned from the SBL meeting where he presented two papers.

Sean and his family plan to arrive back in Melbourne in the latter part of January, in preparation for the children to begin school and for Sean to resume his classroom teaching commitments in February.

The UFT community will be very pleased, and relieved, to have them back again.

6. Mary Ward Grant 2012
Congratulations to UFT student Alicia Deak who has received a Mary Ward Grant for 2012. The Mary Ward Grants are awarded by the Loreto Sisters Australia to support students of theology, spirituality and pastoral ministry. They honour the vision of Mary Ward, who believed passionately in the education of women to their full potential and to the highest contemporary standards. We wish Alicia all the best in her continuing studies at UFT next year.

7. Ordinations and Placements for UFT students

The UFT congratulates all its graduates who are preparing for ordination and placements in the coming months. Please let us know details of your ministries so we can pray for you and show our support.


Other items of interests
8. Melbourne Book Launch - Sing a new song
Australian hymnody and the renewal of the Church since the 1960s. Author Brian H Fletcher.
Wednesday 7th December at 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Wyselaskie Auditorium, Centre for Theology and Ministry
29 College Crescent Parkville Vic 3052. Enquiries: 0437 777 133 - The Australian Hymn Book.
All Welcome

9. Uniting CPE – The John Paver Centre
Clinical Pastoral Education Unit – May/September 2012
The Centre for Theology and Ministry will be the venue for seminar sessions. Closing date for applications – March 23, 2012. Inquiries to Andy Calder Centre Director Uniting CPE The John Paver Centre T: 03 9251 5489 or E: andy.calder@victas.uca.org.au

10. The Carmelite Centre Melbourne
214 Richardson St, Middle Park Vic 3206. Mel Ref 2K C10.
- Advent Prayer – Take A Moment To Pray This Advent – The Malone Room, Carmelite Hall Thursday Evening Prayer during Advent - 1 December to 22 December, 5.30pm - 6.15pm in The Malone Room

For more information and events or how to register: www.thecarmelitecentremelbourne.org
e: registration@thecarmelitecentremelbourne.org or t: (03) 9690 5430 (leave brief message if phone unattended).