28 July 2011
Honours for RMIT staff
A wide range of RMIT University staff have been recognised for their research and learning and teaching in recent weeks.
RMIT staff are winning national and global recognition for their work.
Related links
- School of Media and Communication
- School of Global Studies, Social Science and Planning
- School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- School of Business IT and Logistics
- School of Medical Sciences
- School of Property Construction and Project Management
- School of Management
- Australian Centre for Human Rights Education
- Global Cities Research Institute
- School of Health Sciences
- School of Art
ALTC citations
Five academics gained for Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning from the Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC).
- Associate Professor Lisa French (School of Media and Communication) for sustained leadership in research-led cinema studies and media curricula
- Dr Kerry Mullan (School of Global Studies, Social Science and Planning) for awakening a love of French language and culture in students
- Dr Peterjohn Radcliffe (School of Electrical and Computer Engineering) for engineering teaching innovation, spanning 25 years
- Dr Joan Richardson (School of Business IT and Logistics) for embedding new technologies in end-user computing curriculum
- Associate Professor Laurene Vaughan (School of Media and Communication) for a sustained contribution to postgraduate student education
ALTC discipline award
The ALTC has allocated more than $1.5 million to fund new and existing networks across 16 discipline areas.
Professor Philip Poronnik (School of Medical Sciences) is the lead for the Collaborative University Biomedical Education Network (CUBENET), representing the biomedical discipline.
Library award
The American Library Association's Library History Round Table has awarded the Phyllis Dain Library History Award to Dr Sue Reynolds (School of Business IT and Logistics), whose PhD thesis describes the first three decades of the Library of the Supreme Court of Victoria in Melbourne. This is the first time the award has been won by someone outside the USA.
Women in executive leadership
Associate Professor Jennie Carroll (School of Property Construction and Project Management), Dr Cathy Brigden (School of Management) and Dr Liz Branigan (Australian Centre for Human Rights Education) have been chosen to participate in the Australian Technology Network of universities' "Women in Executive Leadership Development Program".
Sustainable cities
Professor Paul James (Global Cities Research Institute) has been named as co-Chair of the Sustainable Cities Summit, to be held in Singapore in September.
Global studies
Professor Manfred Steger (Global Cities Research Institute) has been elected Chair of the Steering Committee of the Global Studies Consortium, a prestigious international association of globalisation researchers. The association's 2012 annual meeting will be held at RMIT.
Chinese medicine
Professor Charlie Xue (School of Health Sciences) has been appointed Inaugural Chair of the Chinese Medicine Board of Australia by the Australia Health Workforce Ministerial Council (AHWMC).
He has also been reappointed a member of the Expert Advisory Panel on Traditional Medicine by the World Health Organization in Geneva.
TV treasures
Guosheng Chen (School of Global Studies, Social Science and Planning) hosted a program on "Chinese Treasures" on Channel 31. She interviewed Mable Wang, 87, a graduate from the School of Art.
