Bulletin

Issue: June 2006

News

Chaffey Building at Mildura

A new home for the Faculty of Law and Management in Mildura - the George and William Chaffey Building - was opened in late June by the Chancellor, Mrs Sylvia Walton. The Faculty conducts Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Business undergraduate degree courses in Mildura for more than 70 students.

Outside the Chaffey Building, from left,
Vice-Chancellor, Professor Brian
Stoddart; Council member and Chair
ofthe University's Mildura Regional
Advisory Board, Mr Stefano de Pieri;
Chancellor Walton and Mildura Pro
Vice-Chancellor, Professor Frost.

The new building, in Deakin Avenue, Mildura's central business district, provides a lecture hall and seminar room, state of the art audio visual equipment as well as offices for lecturers and administrative staff.

Head of Business, Professor Malcolm Rimmer, says the University will also conduct postgraduate courses, short courses and professional update courses at the new premises.

He says links have already been forged with local industry groups. The Sunraysia Branch of Certified Practicing Accountants (Australia) was launched at the new building in May and the Victorian Law Institute conducted workshops there for Mildura members in April.

Head of the Mildura campus, Professor Alan Frost, said the new building reduces pressure on teaching facilities at the main campus where new Nursing and Social Work courses were introduced this year.

The building is named in honour of local pioneering industrialists, George and William Chaffey.