Et Vetera Lunch 2022

Ormond College Master, Lara McKay welcomed over 60 alumni to the Dining Hall on Wednesday 18 May, 2022 to celebrate the Et Vetera lunch and introduce the class of 1972 freshers to the Et Vetera...

Mother’s Day Brunch 2022

Founders & Benefactors Service and Dinner 2022

Diana Puljic, Warwick Bisley and Andria Zanotto   Ormond College Master, Lara McKay welcomed over 150 students, alumni and guests to the College Chapel and Dining Hall on Sunday 10 April, 2022 to...

2021 Valedictory

The Valedictory Dinner is a unique and important moment in the journey of an Ormondian, a celebration of community, academic achievement and dedication. This year was made more special after what...

Jasmine Penman (2016) appointed to the Board of Friends for Good

While young alumni Jasmine Penman’s (2016) Ormond years are not so far behind her, she is already blazing a trail in the arts, and more recently, the not-for-profit sector. While she arrived at...

Alumni Profile: Vorapong Vadhanasindhu (2005)

Since leaving Ormond in 2009, Vorapong Vadhanasindhu (2005) has gone on to a life of diplomacy, working in a number of roles with the Thai Government which have taken him all over the world, and...

2021 Queen’s Birthday Honours

We extend our congratulations to the following members of the Ormond community who received 2021 Queen’s Birthday Honours for their outstanding contributions to society:   David Shaw OAM (1957)...

From debutantes to a leaky roof: A short history of Ormond Ball

Earlier in the semester the Students’ Club held its annual ball, an ‘Enchanted Forest’ themed event featuring ‘mist-covered groves’ and the ‘twinkling lights of fairies.’ Ormond Ball...

From Ormond Papers to Oxford – Martha Swift receives the Commonwealth Scholarship

Martha Swift (2014) has always had a passion for literature. From school through to University, where she studied a Bachelor of Arts while living at Ormond, and now Oxford, where she is completing...

Anzac Day 2021

War memorials are so ubiquitous that it’s easy to forget what they represent. At Ormond there are three on the ground floor of Main Building alone. As you walk past them this Anzac Day, imagine...