Photos from our 20th Anniversary Reunion
The South West Campus 20th Anniversary Reunion was held on March 18th, 2006. Several hundred current and former staff and students attended, along with community members who have connections to the campus. Below are photos from the event. If you wish to have a copy of the photo below emailed to you, please note the coordinates and email your request to southwest@ecu.edu.au. Thanks to Wayne, Mike and Nathalie for taking the photos.

Sharelle Potter, a current Social Work student, gave one of the most moving speeches of the event. To read her speech, please click here.

Thank you to the people who came to the event and helped make it a success.

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Anne was one of the students from the first cohort at the South West Campus.	Helen and Ann were both former staff members at the campus.	1
Prof Andrew Taggart is the Dean of the Faculty.	Blues Band Homebrew was a joy to listen to.	2
Barbara is a current library staff member.	Mike, Barb, Judith, Sue and Richard.	3
Bert, Kaye and Mark, the former Faculty Manager.	Brian, a current staff member.	4
Carol is the Chair of the SOuth West Advisory Board and Ken is a past staff member at the campus.	Carrie travelled from the Office of Marketing and Development at ECU in Perth to volunteer at the event.	5
Colleen is a former student at the campus.	Several hundred people attended.	6
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Davis, an accountant in Narrogin, is a graduate from the campus.	Terry and Linda have a look at the displays which featured the 20 year history of the campus.	12
Displays were coordinated by Mike Bandurski.	Doreen is a former student from the campus.	13
Judith is graduating with her PhD in 2006.	Current and past South West staff reminisce.	14
Tara, Trish and Helen.	Janet, a current staff member	15
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Current and former Social Work staff: Lynelle, Dyann, Marilyn and Sue.	Umile is the current president of the ECU Student Guild.	18
Umile (right), Professor Patrick Garnett, Professor John Wood, and a member of UNiversity Council.	Trish, Marilyn and Nicole were all students at the South West Campus.	19
Trish is a former student of the campus.	Tom, current student, with staff member Nathalie.	20
Terry and Linda with Jackie and Chelsey enjoying the music and a picnic.	Sharelle, a Social Work student, spoke about her experiences on the campus.	21
Samar, Anne and Trish.	Robyn, a current staff member.	22
Rita Piparo, a former student.	Kerry, the new ECU Vice Chancellor.	23
The new Professorial Chair in the SOuth West Brian with his wife Terry.	Andrew from the South West Campus and Paula from Mt Lawley, both current ECU staff members.	24
Neville, a former staff member.	A group of students from the early days of the campus.	25
Lynelle, a staff member and Helen a current student.	Linda, a current staff member and her husband Terry.	26
Larry, a South West Board member and Lorna a current staff member.	Jane Boothy a former student at the South West Campus.	27
Jill, a current PhD student with Judith a graduating PhD student.	Janet, a former student and current staff member with Marilyn, a former student.	28
Current staff members Glenn Trigg and Robyn McCarron helped make the day happen.	Jackie John and Mary--all former students of ECU's SOuth West Campus,	29
The food on the day was organised by the Student Guild.	Students from Newton Moore SHS helped the Guild.	30
Prof Cox and Dr Roche	Speakers at the event included Gloria Dan, Judith Roche, Hendy Cowan, Kerry Cox, Andrew Taggart, Sharelle Potter and Robyn McCarron	31

Who attended?

Sharelle Potter's speech from the reunion:
As I was walking to my car from classes just this week I had to make a short cut across our oval and I unwittingly disturbed a young family of kangaroos who were grazing there, but who were nonetheless pretty much totally unfazed by my presence. I took a moment to reflect on this sight, and wondered where the students would be, if any place at all, in Australia, or indeed the world, who would be so fortunate as to experience a moment such as this on their university campus.

This is just one of the small experiences that have made Bunbury ECU such a superb campus to embark on one's tertiary education. The atmosphere of being surrounded by nature, of tranquility, and dare I say it, how's the serenity, is one that is conducive to a student life that is harmonious and fruitful.

This is my third year as a student studying as ECU Bunbury, across two different degrees, neither one finished yet, or even really that close. After my first year of studying I transferred my studies to ECU Mt Lawley to do "the Perth thing" quite the trendy thing to do. Whilst I enjoyed some of the social benefits the some ten times larger campus had to offer, I couldn't believe how much we had taken for granted how good we have it here at Bunbury ECU. The rapport and relationships you are able to establish with lecturers and tutors, the gorgeous surroundings and the support, respect and friendliness that as a student you are able to receive from every person associated with the university are qualities that are not necessarily inherent in university life as I had assumed, but cultivated and nurtured. The quality of the education offered at Bunbury ECU and the opportunities that abound for students in spite, and probably because of, our small numbers compared to our city cousins are first rate. Needless to say, I returned very quickly to life here at Bunbury ECU. And whilst I'm definitely not dragging my feet to get my degree finished, I love that I will get to continue my education in an environment that is as professional as it is pleasurable.

Twenty years of serving as a tertiary institution in a regionally based environment really is a fabulous achievement. There undoubtedly will have been times of turbulence, times of success, times of difficulty and times of triumph across that double decade. I am so pleased that I am getting the opportunity to formally acknowledge the faces behind such times; the staff at Bunbury ECU. I cannot commend enough the wonderful people who put in so much time, effort, hard work and commitment into keeping Bunbury ECU the lovely place it is to be and providing such quality education to every student here. From administration to the library, from faculty services to the bookshop, from the guild to the teaching staff, as a student, it is so appreciated to be able to be treated with so much respect, consideration and responsiveness in what can, at stages, be very trying times. And I can't forget the IT crew, Bless your hearts boys, you're life savers. But on a serious note, the contribution of all of the staff to our lives at university is immeasurable and treasured. For you guys to know our names, genuinely care about our welfare and see us as valuable contributors to tertiary education may be small tasks to you but are of enormous worth to us and I thank all of you on behalf of the students here.

In summation, I would just like to say a big congratulations to ECU Bunbury on their twentieth anniversary celebrations and everyone who has contributed to the past twenty years in order to make ECU Bunbury the wonderful place it is today.