Class of 2018 – North America Bound

The Class of 2018 has really embraced international study with five Old Boys accepting offers at American and Canadian universities. We wish them all the very best for their studies.

Brandon Freire (ON 2018) has been awarded a Basketball Scholarship to St Martin’s University, Lacey, WA.  Whilst at St Martin’s Brandon intends studying Exercise Science and Kinesiology.

Matur Maluach (ON 2018) has signed a Letter of Intent with the University of New Brunswick, Canada to play Basketball in their team, the “Reds”.

Darcy McDonald (ON 2018) has been awarded a scholarship to New School University, New York, NY to study music specialising in jazz guitar.

Reed Nottage (ON 2018) has accepted an offer of a full Basketball Scholarship at California Baptist University (CBU) a Division 1 NCAA College.

Alexander Potter (ON 2018) is off to Yale.  Alexander chose Yale because of it’s outstanding rowing programme.  Alexander is still considering his area of study, it could possibly be Economics.

Additionally, three 2018 Old Boys are off to England to study.  Nolan Whitcomb, William Mai and Jeno Suh have all been offered places at Oxford University. This is a fantastic achievement and comes after a rigorous selection process.  Jeno will study Computer Science and Philosophy, Nolan will study History and Economics, and William will study a Bachelor of Arts in Jurisprudence.  Likewise, we wish them all the best with their studies.

USA ONU Contact

Introducing the US East Coast Vice President of the ONU – Nicholas Roach (ON 2007) In his own words…

I currently live in Boston, MA and am on the precipice of completing my MBA at Northeastern University, D’Amore-McKim School of Business. The experience of both living and studying abroad has been deeply rewarding thus far, and to anyone, possibly newly graduated from Newington, I highly recommend it. It’s incredible how many doors a friendly Australian accent can open for you.

The role I will look to play for the ONU in the coming months and years, hopefully, is that of an informational checkpoint and optimistically, a guide of sorts for any other alumni looking to transition their skills and talents to the US. Without going into the details of it, the process of having one’s education equivalized for an American school, the various bureaucratic circles and the endless extra hoops a foreign person has to jump through to either study or work, without a corporate sponsorship, can be truly daunting and possibly insurmountable without the right planning. I hope that the process I underwent is not as hard as it has to be for anyone who comes next, and my goal would be to offer my experience as a tool for the next wave of ambitious individuals.

I will seek to make myself available to current students and alum who may be looking at international opportunities. I would suggest the College is the first port of call for information, but as I found, each individual has a very unique set of circumstances, challenges and advantages which will come into play through the process. Please, feel free to reach out to me, I am always happy to connect, chat and offer whatever I can to drive growth for those seeking it.

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/nicholas-roach/
Gmail: nikolas.roach@gmail.com

All the best moving forward,

Nicholas Roach (ON 2007)

US East Coast Vice President

ONU at the United Nations

In February 2019, ONU President, Alex Baykitch AM (ON 1982) was working with the United Nations in New York, he was able to have Angus Mackie Williams (ON 2018) and Daniel Baykitch (ON 2018) join him as his guests on the floor of the General Assembly.  

Educational opportunities changing lives… Chris Wild (ON 1991) Indigenous Bursary

On 31 March 2019, our community lost a great mate with the passing of Rob Wild (ON 1965). We also lost the strongest advocate for the Chris Wild (ON 1991) Indigenous Bursary.

Rob was inspired by his son Chris (ON 1991) and his passion for supporting young Indigenous people in gaining a great education. And Rob was inspired by Newington. Like his late father Owen (ON 1934) before him and his late son, Rob was greatly enriched by both the education received and the ongoing positive association throughout his life.

Rob was so inspired that only weeks before his passing, as the 2018 Newington Medallist, with both delight and determination he stood and spoke to the boys as part of the Newington Medallist Assembly and gave his inspiration clear voice. He spoke passionately about the Wild Indigenous Bursary…

“This bursary is not charity. Far from it. It is much more an opportunity – one that cuts two ways – an educational opportunity for indigenous boys but also and importantly, an educational opportunity for non-indigenous boys and families to learn and understand more about the oldest living community on this planet and to show them the respect that they so fully deserve. Changing lives!”  

You can read Rob’s full speech HERE

And now, with Rob’s passing, we have been pledged up to $1 million in matching funding, matching dollar for dollar up to $1 million every donation received between April and 30 June. So every dollar you donate will be worth $2; $100 becomes $200; $500 becomes $1,000; $10,000 becomes $20,000 and so on. With an additional $2 million added to the Bursary and with earnings on top, we can reach our goal of $5 million by year’s end. And the vision of funding for an Indigenous boy to start a Newington College education, every year, year after year, forever, will be made reality.

I invite you now to consider the part that you could play in turning this important vision into reality. All donations large or small play a significant part and are gratefully received.

Every donation small or large makes a difference. We look forward to your support.

To donate via the AIS USA Foundation please click here 

Join us, now is the time. Let’s turn Rob Wild’s vision on behalf of his son, into reality.

Founders Society – Giving students hope for the future

The Founders Society is Newington’s Bequest program and was established to recognise, honour and cherish, during their lifetime, those who have left a bequest to Newington in their Will.  

Some members of the Founders Society support the Colleges’ Endowment Found via the Phillip Davis OAM Mathematics Bursary. Phil Davis OAM was Newingtons’ third longest serving teacher and passed away in 2017, aged 92. He was also the founding co-patron of the Founders Society and left a substantial bequest to seed fund the bursary in his name.

The annual Founders Society Day Lunch was held on Friday, 19 May. Guest speakers this year were Richard Zhang (ON 2017) and Patron of the Phillip Davis OAM Mathematics Bursary and Kenny Chen (ON 2018) who both reflected on their journey as recipients of the Phillip Davis OAM Mathematics Bursary. 
 
Richard Zhang (ON 2017) spoke about the impact that the Bursary had on him and the impact on future recipients

 “Phil’s selfless nature really, really inspired me to give what little I earn back to the bursary and in doing that it taught me a very, very important lesson, by giving back to Newington to the Davis fund, I have learnt that giving is better than receiving, is better than having, is better than using”

Richard continued by saying

“The Bursary is about giving, it gives talented and deserving students a chance to attend Newington who couldn’t before… more importantly it gives those students hope and gives them encouragement and gives them all the right conditions to turn into a man of substance….”

Your legacy, large or small, will make a difference that will benefit generations of boys, forever.

If you would like to join the Founders Society or have a confidential chat about the College’s Bequest program with the Director of Community and Development Rod Bosman (ON 1978), you can contact Rod by phone 612 9568 9540 or email at rbosman@newington.nsw.edu.au

Good News

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