25 July 2008

Kimbo to be ANU Chancellor

25 July 2008 | By johnboy

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The ABC reports that ANU has chosen Bush Week to name Kim Beazley their chancellor.

A nice way to push for extra funding methinks.

Remember that it’s the Vice-Chancellor who actually runs the uni.

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G-Fresh2:41 pm 28 Jul 08

Glad I graduated before a Laborite got the post!

Granny1:39 pm 26 Jul 08

Even I have a soft spot for Bomber.

: )

gun street girl1:02 pm 26 Jul 08

Ah, come on. Own up to it. Everyone has a soft spot for Bomber, the man who would be king.

I’m quite open about being fond of Bomber; I don’t care how uncool it is to say so. Good luck to him.

el1:01 pm 26 Jul 08

Pretty sure it’s the V-C’s place NickD.

NickD10:45 am 26 Jul 08

Just to refresh my memory, is it the Chancellor or Vice-Chancellor who gets the very nice house on ANU grounds near the lake? (accross the road from the rather odd underground document storage centre).

Granny1:19 am 26 Jul 08

Ceremonial, huh? That sounds like my kind of job!

DJ10:46 pm 25 Jul 08

I guess the local fast food joints will be cheering when he is in town

bd849:54 pm 25 Jul 08

Only a ceremonial role, probably as ceremonial as his PhD!

NickD8:06 pm 25 Jul 08

Seems like a good choice to me. I’m suprised that Kim would want a largely ceremonial role like this though given he’s not that old.

New Yeah6:26 pm 25 Jul 08

Too bad he doesn’t start until 2009. It would nice to shake Bomber’s hand when I graduate at the end of the year. The current chancellor is so short that he needs to stand on a small stool when giving PhD students their degrees otherwise he can’t reach far enough to bestow their doctoral drapery. No stool will be required for the big fella!