News & Stories

On Wednesday 7 March, Trinity College Foundation Studies (TCFS) hosted their biannual Fair Dinkum Clubs and Activities expo, its largest to date.

My name is Caryn Ng and I am from the 2003 February program at Trinity. I went on to study law and media and communications at the University of Melbourne. During that time, I worked as a Student Host for new Trinity students (it’s always great welcoming new faces!) - all the way up until my graduation. 
 

Hong Kong is a well-known financial hub with many of our alumni living and working in this cosmopolitan city. However, there are also many Trinity alumni from Hong Kong who are exploring alternate career paths to banking and finance. We caught up with Yuki Fung, Zoe Mau and Grace Ng to find out about life in Hong Kong outside of the banking sector.
 

‘There’s over 63 cultures [countries] that have come through the Foundation Studies program, and they’ve all done drama. It’s a regular United Nations; I think it should be on Australian Story. It would be really interesting to share because it’s a very happy story.’ Dr Rosemary Blight, Subject Leader for Drama Studies.

The third edition of the FS Buddy Program hosted by the Student Welfare Office was a huge success.

Between 16-27 September, 58 Pathways School students and nine staff embarked on a journey to Central Australia to explore the region’s amazing culture and geography.

When Helen Flint, English for Academic Purposes (EAP) Lecturer, asked her students what they had been doing in the semester break, she was surprised and delighted to hear Jiang, Ziying (Fred) and fellow student Sinze, Mo (Mason) are currently part of and regularly performing with the Melbourne Youth Orchestra. We caught up with Fred, Mason, and Helen to hear all about the Orchestra and life at Trinity.

For over two decades, Glen Jennings has been working at Trinity College Foundation Studies, provided lectures and tutorials in History of Ideas and Literature and has also taken on a number of administrative roles, including Subject Leader of Literature and Associate Dean for Teaching and Learning. Some people have asked Glen why he has stayed at Trinity for so long, to Glen the answer is simple.

On Sunday 25 June, alumni, former and current staff of the Foundation Studies (FS) program were invited back to the College for the inaugural 20 year plus FS alumni reunion held in the Gateway building.

Rohan Ramakrishnan (TCFS 2005), has announced the official launch of The ASEAN Post (TAP) for the third quarter of 2017, a digital newspaper devoted to covering news from across the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region.

In February 2017, Jessica Tan (February Main Intake 2017), daughter of Madam Choong Wai Lan (TCFS 1994), created history by becoming the first offspring of any Foundation Studies alumni to study at Trinity College.

The Buddy Program assists new Foundation Studies students with an easy transition to living and studying in Melbourne.

One of the highlights of the student’s calendar year is the Fair Dinkum Festival that takes place on Trinity’s scenic Bulpadock.

On Friday 17 February 2017, over 450 new Trinity College Foundation Studies students came to a Brazilian Carnival themed welcome party.

The year 2004 was by almost all accounts a simpler time. Facebook had just been founded, Google released Gmail in April, and Mean Girls dominated the box office as well as inspired a whole generation of teenagers. Hipsters the world over were yet to discover their common woodcutter heritage, (the short lived) Pokemon Go! was more than a decade away, and saying "tutting" or "dabbing" to someone might lead them to think you were a painter.