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Peninsula campus celebrates 50th

30 July 2008

Current and past staff, alumni, and community members will come together to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the University's Peninsula campus on Saturday 2 August.

The celebration will include the launch of a new book about the history of the campus, the dedication of a campus time capsule and new work of art, displays and tours, and an audience with Monash alumnus, satirist and impersonator, Max Gilles.

The Peninsula campus, in the Melbourne suburb of Frankston, has a teaching and research focus on health, development and wellbeing. The campus was originally a teachers college. Following initial talks with Caulfield Institute of Technology in the early 1980s, the college became the Frankston campus of the newly-formed Chisholm Institute of Technology in 1982.

On 1 July, 1990 the Peninsula and Caulfield campuses of the Chisholm Institute amalgamated with Monash. Since that time, the campus has developed into a thriving institution with a range of courses on offer including early childhood and primary education -- mainstays from its historic roots.

The opening of the new Eastlink freeway makes the Peninsula campus even more accessible to students and staff.

Past staff members from Peninsula, who haven't received an invitation to the anniversary celebration should contact Tanya O'Brien on +61 3 9904 4339.

Still Learning: A 50 Year History of Monash University Peninsula Campus will be available from Monash ePress in August.

For more information on the courses on offer at Peninsula visit the Monash University Peninsula campus website.