One of the very unique aspects to St. Margaret’s College is its Sunday Dinners. The Dining room is set elegantly with table cloths and adorned with flowers. It is a beautiful occasion. Most Sundays of the year, the students dress formally for a meal that makes even Mum’s cooking look below par. (Former students who leave to go flatting remember Sunday dinners with particular fondness and envy). The meal ends with a full cheeseboard, and voluntary Post-Dinner drinks with the guests.
Each week a selection of people from the University (Administrative Staff, Professors, Visiting Academics, Archbishops, Members of the Navy, The Dean of the Med School, etc.) join us for the Dinner. A group of students meet the guests at pre-dinner drinks, and then a general invitation is extended to post-dinner drinks where the guests answer the question “How did you get to where you are today”. It is a fantastic opportunity for students to meet favourite professors in a more social environment, and for them to have one-on-one conversations with some very interesting people from the University community and the community at large.
The following guests attended Sunday Formal Dinners between February 28th and September 26th 2010
- Justin Geddes - Partner in WHK Accounting Firm
- Dr Ruth Empson - Senior Lecturer in Physiology
- Richard Allen - Former US National Security Advisor
- Professor Colin Campbell-Hunt - Management Department
- Dr Maree Thyne - Senior Lecturer in Marketing
- Nik Devlin - Structural engineer and National Manager for NWH
- Professor Ian Tucker - Dean of School of Pharmacy
- Professor Robin Taylor - Associate Dean on the Dunedin School of Medicine
- Rev Greg Hughson - The University Ecumenical Chaplain
- Professor Don Roberton - Dean of the Medical School and Pro-Vice Chancellor, Health Sciences
- Dr Gayle Roberton - Paediatric Anaesthetist
- Dr John Reynolds - Senior Lecturer in Anatomy
- Jane Reynolds - Former ODT journalist
- Dr Peter Fennessey - Runs Abbacus Bio and Chairman of Blis and other companies.
- Phil Davison - Architect and Artist
- Professor John Sullivan - Physiotherapy
- Dr Darryl Tong - Maxillofacial Surgeon
- Anita Chan - Lawyer
- Neil Harraway - Producer with NZ Natural History Film Unit
- Professor Greg Seymour - Dean of School of Dentistry
- Dr Charles Tustin - Director of Graduate Research Services
- Gordon Sanderson - Optometrist with the Hospital Board
- Dr John Canton - Psychiatrist with the Medical School and Hospital Board
- Dr Patrick Lyall - Plastic Surgeon
- Karen Coleman - Director of Medical Radiation Training
- Professor Tom Brooking - History Department>
- Dr Alison Belton - Associate Dean of Admissions for the Medical School
- Lieutenant Sophie Reed - Navigation Officer on the new 'Otago'
- Wanda Symon - Pharmacist
- Dr Susannah Grant - College Historian
- Associate Professor Michael Williams - Cardiologist
- Dr Fiona Partridge - Clinical Psychologist
- Osman Ahmed - School of Physiotherapy, Physiotherapist in 2008 Paralympic Games in Bejing