News: Year 12
Georgia's interview with President and CEO of Arctic Canadian Diamond Mines
Congratulations to Georgia McLeod, Year 12 student at University Senior College, on her recent success in gaining an interview with Rory Moore, President and CEO of Arctic Canadian Diamond Mines, for her Earth and Environmental Science topic, 'Earth’s Resources.'
[Read more about Georgia's interview with President and CEO of Arctic Canadian Diamond Mines]
Paper Garden
University Senior College Year 11 Design student Isobel Kanev’s paper dress titled Paper Garden.
Climate Crisis and the Arts
Over the March long weekend University Senior College Year 12 student, Amber Brock-Fabel was a guest speaker in the opening address of the Adelaide Festival’s inaugural Climate Crisis and the Arts. In addition to this, Amber was on a panel at WOMAD Planet Talks, Meet the Change Makers, looking at ways to reimagine our relationship to the planet.
USC Music Performance
On May 5th, USC presented its first 2022 Stage 2 Music Performance Night. The night was broken into two halves, with contemporary pieces staged in our new Raw Space @ USC and culminating in classical performance in The University of Adelaide’s Elder Hall.
Earth and Environmental Science in the Science Olympiad
University Senior College Year 12 student, Samantha Vallance, who achieved a High Distinction in Earth and Environmental Science in the Science Olympiad in 2021 attended the Earth and Environmental Science Olympiad Summer School in January 2022. Samantha has completed Stage 1 competition and Stage 2 was the attendance in the Australian Science Olympiads Summer School.
[Read more about Earth and Environmental Science in the Science Olympiad]
USC students selected for the SACE Art Show!
Congratulations to Miles Potter, Hilary Swanson, Riordan Cassidy and a student’s name withheld, whose Art and Design work has been chosen for the SACE Art Show.
[Read more about USC students selected for the SACE Art Show!]
Remote Learning in Physics
University Senior College, Physics Teacher, Zahra Pirvali explained concepts in Projectile Motion to the Year 12 Physics cohort in a Zoom lecture. The main question in the Zoom lecture was, “In the absence of air resistance, which one hits the ground first? A fast bullet fired horizontally from a gun, or a bullet simply dropped from the same height simultaneously?”
Let us be the voice of our state’s future
Two Year 12 University Senior College students, Tabitha Stephenson-Jones and Qezia Baiq were pictured in the Advertiser on Monday 7 February 2022 promoting the state government’s ground-breaking
state-wide “super student representative council” for young people in
Years 10,11 and 12.
Year 12 Graduation 2021
University Senior College Year 12 Graduation Dinner was held on Friday 3 December at the Adelaide Convention Centre for our Graduating Class of 2021 and their families. It was a wonderful community celebration acknowledging our students achievements for 2021. Professor Peter Hoj AC, Vice-Chancellor of The University of Adelaide was our guest speaker, Sebastien Skubala delivered the Valedictory Speech and Zheng Yao (Alex) Cai &Yangyang (Yang) Zhong delivered the International Reflection. The Principal’s address was also memorable. Congratulations to the Graduating Class of 2021.
