I've been the Uniting Church Chaplain at UNE since 1 February, 2001 and have belonged to a range of University-based committees in that time. I have also produced three student support booklets and coordinated a student support project for the Student Support Advisory Committee. In 2006, as Vice President of UNEPA and Chair of its Constutional Working Party, I spent a large amount of time negotiating with Services UNE Ltd to ensure that postgraduate students will be as autonomous as possible, given the new funding structures under Voluntary Student Unionism and the new accountability that has been introduced with the advent of Services UNE. I was also, with Cathryn McCormack, a trustee responsible for overseeing the windup of UNEPA.
| 2007- | Editor, Dear Mother - Australians do things differently cultural awareness booklet for international students |
| 2006- | Postgraduate member, UNE Council |
| 2006 | Vice President, UNE Postgraduate Association and Chair, Constitutional Working Party |
| 2006 | Postgraduate Representative, Alcohol Awareness Advisory Committee |
| 2005 - | Coordinator - Religious Resources in Armidale booklet |
| 2004 - 07/2008 | Chair, Human Research Ethics Committee Panel on Research Involving Indigenous Australians (member since 2003) |
| 2004 - | Webmaker, "Don't Drop Out" Project |
| 2003-4 | Project Coordinator, "Don't Drop Out" Project |
| 2002 - 07/2008 | Minister of Religion, Human Research Ethics Committee |
| 2002 - | Chaplaincy Representative, Orientation Committee |
| 2002 - | Coordinator - Surviving Homesickness Guide |
| 2001 - 2006 | Member, Student Support Advisory Committee (member until the committee was disbanded) |
I was the inaugural Ecumenical Chaplain at Monash Gippsland from 1 January 1992 to 30 June 1997. During that time I worked closely with Counselling and Careers, the International Office and the Student Union to provide a range of services for Students. I negotiated for the campus to provide Muslim students with a prayer room, and then for the provision of successively more appropriate prayer facilities. As a postgraduate student of MCD, I was also involved as an Associate Member of the Gippland Association of Postgraduate Students from its inception in 1993. I was one of two Ministers of Religion on the Monash Human Research Ethics Committee from 1993 until I moved to Armidale in 2001.