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MARKETING EXPERT TO CHARLES STURT Professor Steve D’ Alessandro has joined the school of marketing and management at Charles Sturt University. He has taught at several universities in Australia, has published many peer-reviewed papers and is a media commentator on marketing.“ My role at CSU is to mentor staff and develop industry links leading to high-impact research,” he said.“ I’ m also interested in how the university can add value to local business communities.” His research interests include the effect of country-of-origin information on consumer judgments, materialism and compulsive consumption, luxury consumption in China, brand switching in mobile phones, marketing and the environment, simulations and systems analysis, and diffusion of innovation.
MACQUARIE IN THE GLOBAL ARENA With the appointment of Professor Jim Lee( deputy vice-chancellor, international) and Nicole Brigg( director, Macquarie International), Macquarie University has a new leadership team for its international operations. Lee is vice-provost( international) at Queen’ s University in Ontario, Canada where he has held several administrative portfolios.“ Professor Lee’ s extensive academic and administrative experience made him the ideal candidate,” said Macquarie vice-chancellor Professor Bruce Dowton. Nicole Brigg leaves Griffith University, where she is director international, managing a big multi-functional team. She sits on various committees contributing to the strategic direction of the university.
MARTIN FERGUSON JOINS UWA BOARD Former federal minister for resources and energy Martin Ferguson has been appointed to the board of trustees at the University of Western Australia’ s Energy and Minerals Institute. UWA vice-chancellor Professor Paul Johnson said the incoming board members were a trusted group of industry and government representatives who had worked with UWA for many years and shared its vision of developing an international centre of excellence in resources and energy research.“ It is a privilege to have Martin Ferguson share his many years of parliamentary expertise with our board,” Johnson said.“ I look forward to developing our relationship further as we guide the institute to achieve our objectives.”
GRIFFITH’ S MAN ON NEW TRADE BOARD Griffith University vicechancellor Professor Ian O’ Connor has been appointed to a new investment and trade board. Queensland treasurer and minister for trade Tim Nicholls announced O’ Connor will be one of six members of the Trade and Investment Queensland( TIQ) board. It is to be chaired by Mark Stockwell, a businessman, property developer and former Olympian. The honorary trade representative for the state of Texas, Geoffrey Thomas, will be deputy chairman. O’ Connor was appointed vice-chancellor and president of Griffith University in January 2005. He holds a number of other board positions and visiting fellowships and is a member of the Q20, a peak group of Queensland business leaders set up to ensure the state reaps the maximum benefit from the G20 leaders’ meeting next year.
LANGOULANT TO ADVISE CURTIN Business leader John Langoulant has joined Curtin University in a strategic appointment to provide advice on major initiatives for the university’ s 2013- 17 strategic plan. Acting vice-chancellor Professor Colin Stirling said Curtin would benefit from Langoulant’ s network, business and strategic positioning skills as well as his knowledge of the public and private sectors.“ I’ m delighted to have John on board,” Stirling said.“ He is a respected and experienced member of the Western Australian business community.“ These are exciting times for Curtin. Our vision is to be a recognised international leader in research and education by 2030 and the projects John will advise on will be a significant part of that.” Langoulant said he was looking forward to making a contribution to Curtin’ s strategic direction.
NEW PRESIDENT FOR DASSH University of Newcastle Professor John Germov has been appointed president of the Australasian Council of Deans of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities. Representing 45 universities in Australia and New Zealand, DASSH is the peak body for research and education in those disciplines. Germov said it was an exciting and challenging time to be leading the group.“ My role as president is to ensure that the contribution and value of research and teaching in the disciplines of the arts, social sciences and humanities is clearly understood by the broader national and international communities,” he said.“ DASSH and its members will continue to advocate strongly so we can be central to conversations on issues that matter, and contribute to public policies and programs in Australia, New Zealand and beyond.”
STRICTLY SPEAKING: A WINE BY ANY OTHER NAME WOULD TASTE AS SWEET The sixth edition of the Macquarie Dictionary has just published and among the many new Australianisms featured is the word apera – derived from aperitif – now the official name for Australian sherry. Wine-naming has long caused controversy. While it’ s okay to identify a wine by its grape variety( e. g. riesling, merlot), certain regional names lend a stamp of authenticity and quality that their producers want to preserve – think of Champagne, Burgundy, Chianti. Sherry doesn’ t spring immediately to mind as a place name, but it’ s actually an English replication of the name of the Spanish town historically known as Xeres. Australia and the European Community signed an agreement that came into effect in September 2010, meaning that a new term had to be found for some wines produced in Australia. Another coinage is topaque, for the Australian version of the fortified wine from the Hungarian town of Tokay. According to the Macquarie, this label was inspired by the similarity between the dark yellow colour of the wine and the precious stone topaz. As with champagne, the words sherry and tokay are likely to linger in common usage, at least until their official names become more familiar – and less opaque.
Adam Smith is senior research assistant at the Centre for Language Sciences, Macquarie University.
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