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The QUT Alumni Chapter, BKTC G&F, promotes networking among graduates and friends who value the contributions that BKTC made to education in Queensland. This Newsletter publishes oral histories that honour the work of graduates and shares information about those involved in current events offered by the Chapter. Future directions? Have your say Jean Ferguson Scholarship Fund Graduates Remember - Centenary Coffee TableBook QUT Alumni - Special Recognition 2013 Executive MembersThis Chapter evolved from the early efforts of a small group of graduates who met in 2000. Their motivation was to create events and publications that brought together graduates and others who valued what BKTC had contributed to education in Queensland. This was a time when political, academic and administrative players were bringing diverse views into debates about future directions for early childhood programs. The group encouraged BKTC graduates, teachers who were at work when care and education programs for young children were evolving in collaboration with families throughout Queensland, to share their experiences. In 2011 the Chapter celebrated the centenary of the opening of BKTC in 1911. After a very busy year, the Chapter Executive is now considering directions for the next few years. Tasks underway are:
2013 Membership FormJoin or renew your membership. - Download the Membership form Future directions? Have your say - send an email or a letter - join the Chapter.
Who among our contacts and membership is ready to volunteer assistance to the 2012 Executive? ? ? Email us -alumni@qut.edu.au (with BKTC in the subject line) Jean Ferguson Scholarship FundThis scholarship fund held a little over $11,000 in May 2011. At our centenary dinner held on the 1st June, we were surprised and absolutely delighted when the Vice Chancellor, Peter Coaldrake, announced that QUT would match $ for $ the moneys in the Fund. Suddenly our fund held over $22,000 and the goal of achieving a viable amount to establish a scholarship now seems achievable. Graduates Remember - Centenary Coffee TableBookSpecial Offer! - order your book today! Use the order form to obtain your copies at $20 each (RRP $35) plus postage ((Postage is $12 for up to 3 copies). Download an order form (PDF,392KB). Graduates Remember - An Oral History of BKTC Graduates from 1911-1981 in this our Centenary Year. Over one hundred graduates tell tales about living and learning at the Brisbane Kindergarten Teachers College. View the images, read the stories, relive the memories. Laugh with our graduates as they reminisce about dress codes, soirees, trams and much more... "This is more than a history of one of Queensland's significant educational institutions. The rich context in which the impressions of past students and staff have been placed explains vividly the changing social and political experiences and expectations of broader Queensland.."
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