Networking at Faculty Dinners

By Amy Papasergio

St Catherine’s College hosts four faculty dinners each year; two Science and two Arts. All residents are invited and welcome to attend.

Faculty dinners offer an opportunity hear about the interesting lives of academics and professionals from the industries that interest our residents. Residents are encouraged to invite their lecturer, tutor, boss or someone they know to the three-course meal and a conversation alongside them.

The Arts, Business, Law and Design faculty dinner held earlier this semester had many engaging guests such as Professor David Hill, the Emeritus Professor of Southeast Asian studies at Murdoch, Kate Hulett, the founder of local Fremantle business Kate and Able, and St Catherine’s alumnus Jordin Payne, who is a senior consultant at Cannings Purple (a strategic communications firm).

The recent Science faculty dinner invited guests from UWA which included Sarah Dunlop, Annette George and Charlene Kahler, the Heads of School of Biological Sciences, Earth Sciences and Infection and Immunity respectively. Industry guests included Anas Ghadouani, an environmental engineer, Adrian Keating, a mechanical engineer and Carmela Pestell, who is a clinical psychologist and the Director of the Robin Winkler Institute.

After the formal dinner and inspirational presentations from the special guests, coffee and tea are served, allowing residents to sit and enjoy a conversation with any guest that inspired them. This is a great way for our residents to practice networking skills and create amazing connections that will further their career, wherever they may choose to go.