St Ann's College is a co-residential

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. In its early decades, the college had only female boarders. Today it houses 197

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students, both sexes, in single rooms; rooms in the new buildings have ensuites and all rooms have airconditioning. Residents at St Ann's College have a diverse background with most coming from either rural Australia or overseas. Members of the College attend three universities in South Australia,

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, the

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and Flinders University. St Ann's College is privately owned and run, and is not funded by government, church or university.

Origin

The college was the brainchild of a group of women graduates of the University of Adelaide, notably Violet Plummer,

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, Constance Finlayson, and Pauline Grenfell Price, who in the 1930s saw the need for an equivalent of the residential St Mark's College to accommodate female students from the country and interstate. They approached Sidney Wilcox (1866–1942) of the woolbroking firm Wilcox, Mofflin, who donated £5000 and bequeathed his house on Brougham Place, North Adelaide, to the University for such a facility. St. Ann's College was officially opened with sixteen residential students in 1947, much of the delay being attributable to the War.

College sport

St Ann's College competes against Aquinas College, Lincoln College,

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and St. Mark's College for the Douglas Irving Cup (known to the students as the High Table Cup). Sports that count for cup points include: *

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* Football (Australian Rules) *

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College Club

The college

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and

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ing events are organised by the St Ann's College Club, which consists of members elected exclusively by College students. The college club consists of the following positions: *

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* SAAUCC Representative * Social Secretary *Sport Secretary (two are elected, usually 1 male and 1 female) * General Representatives (two are elected) * Technology Representative * First Year Representative

College tutors

Residential tutors

St Ann's has twelve residential

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s, each in charge of a corridor consisting of approximately 18 students. The tutors provide academic and social leadership, and pastoral care. They conduct academic monitoring of students in their corridor twice a year together with the Principal. Each year a Senior Tutor is appointed - usually a tutor from the previous year who has re-applied for tutorship. They coordinate the Tutor group, and take a leadership role within the College.

Academic tutors

Each year senior students are selected into various academic positions for the purpose of tutoring lower year levels in any difficulty they are having.Labrador Amber, 14 years visionary perspective at St Ann's College- 1990-2004 (2005) Brougham Press p.46

References

External links

College web siteUniversity of South AustraliaAdelaide UniversityFlinders University
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