Somerset Lifetimes 2019 Semester 2

Contents 3 From the Headmaster 6 Somerset College Expands 7 The Collective 8 Celebration of Entrepreneurship 10 Senior Musical Students 12 Day of Dance 14 Outdoor Education 16 Young Leaders’ Conference 18 USA Business Trip 19 B3 Returns to Baramabah 20 Kristen Honoured for Service 21 Clare Hong is Number 1 22 Staff Updates 24 Alumni Staff – Bronwyn Lee INSIDE THIS ISSUE

26 Alumni – A Few Years Down the Track 28 The Alumni Chapter – Volume 1, 2019 32 The Somerset Gift 34 Junior School Art Show

Information Somerset Lifetimes is published twice a year by Somerset College to share items of topical interest relating to overall activities of College life and the greater Somerset community. Cover Photo: Our Design Centre was officially opened on Founders’ Day, 2019. Read about the developments at the College in ‘Somerset College Expands’ on page 6.

Editor: Narelle Higgs Design and Layout: Somersault Group Contributing Writers: Craig Bassingthwaighte, David Thornton, Josie Kay, Dane Oman, Craig Sayer, Lilliana Swainson, Naomi Gray, Brad Walker, Andrew Wrigley, Bronwyn Lee, Dean Marais, Damian Flint

Contributing Photographers: Paul Broben, Belinda Turner

Somerset Alumni Association All students become life members of the Somerset Alumni Association, founded in shared experience and comradery. The Association seeks to create,

All College alumni can access the Association, simply visit us on any of our networks. This network is your network, so come and join us! For further information regarding the Association, please contact our Community Relations Office: Instagram: @ReturnToSomerset | www.instagram.com/ReturnToSomerset Facebook: /ReturnToSomerset | www.facebook.com/ReturnToSomerset Linkedin: /in/ReturnToSomerset | www.linkedin.com/in/ReturnToSomerset Web: SomerNet.com.au | www.SomerNet.com.au Email: alumni@somerset.qld.edu.au Phone: 07 5559 7100 Mail: Community Relations Office Somerset College Somerset Drive Mudgeeraba Qld 4213

nurture, and grow positive and mutually beneficial associations within the College community. The Association also provides all members with a copy of the College’s annual Somerset Lifetimes publication, and works to contact our many Association members with information about upcoming events and engagement opportunities.

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