Wesley College, University of Sydney

Wesley College is a Protestant co-residential college of over 230 students within the University of Sydney. The College occupies a site on the main campus of the University of Sydney and was built on a sub-grant of Crown Land.

Academic profile

Wesley is a highly academic community, in which education and learning are always supported and encouraged. As a college full of University students, Wesley provides the experience, support and advice which can be necessary for new students to get the best start in their degrees. Wesley not only offers students the chance to live amongst their peers, many of whom may completing the same course, but also provides an evening tutorial program, in addition to the University itself, which is free ind$available to all college students. Wesley has a reputation for academic excellence, producing 6 Rhodes scholars in the last ten years, as well as 18 first class honours and 3 university medals in the last year alone.

Accommodation

Wesley is one of six on-campus colleges at the University of Sydney, which provide convenient and stress free accommodation. Offering fully furnished and catered accommodation, Wesley aims to take away many of the concerns of moving away from home and allow students to concentrate on their studies in their first years of Uni. Wesley is conveniently located, a few minutes walk from the centre of the University campus.

Rawson Cup

Every year, Wesley men compete for "The Rawson Cup", which was presented to the Sydney University Sports Union in 1906 by Admiral Sir Harry Rawson, and is the height of male intercollegiate sport. The cup is fought for throughout the year by men representing each of the University of Sydney Colleges accumulating points by competing in Cricket, Rowing, Swimming, Rugby, Tennis, Soccer, Basketball and Athletics. Wesley has won the Rawson Cup five times in the past seven years.

Rosebowl Cup

The female sporting trophy, the Rosebowl Cup, has been won by Wesley on more occasions than any other college.

ocial calendar

Students are also in charge of organising their own social calendar throughout the year, which is the envy of many non-college students, including sponsor bars, formal dinners, victory dinners, racing days, as well as the annual Informal (for 1200 people with live bands and DJs) and the annual Black Ball. Through regular social events and the rapid integration of new students through O-Week, in first semester, and Silly Season in second semester, Wesley is always an extremely tight community.

College Buildings

The Edwardian Gothic main wing of Wesley dates from 1917 and was designed by Byera Hadley (1872-1937), an English-born architect who had emigrated to Australia in 1887. The brown face brick and sandstone building originally consisted of the central wing, dining room, chapel and Master's residence. It has a steep slate roof and is topped with a copper flèche. The interiors are detailed in a neo-Gothic style with polished timber staircases and wainscotting, leadlight windows and quatrefoil plaster ceilings. In 1922 the building's original design by Hadley was completed with the opening of the Callaghan Wing. Alan Dwyer designed the Cecil Purser Wing in 1943 and in 1960 Brewster Murray added the Wylie Wing. Further extensions were added in 1965 when Fowell Mansfield & Maclurcan increased the capacity of the Chapel and in 1969 when the same firm designed the Tutors Wing. [Trevor Howells, University of Sydney Architecture (Syd, 2007) pp 142 ]

Notable Masters

* Rev Dr Michael Scott Fletcher
* Rev James Udy OAM

Notable Alumni

* Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, King of Tonga
* Marion Arnold, ABC Classic FM radio broadcaster
* Malcolm Brown, Sydney Morning Herald journalist and non-fiction writer
* John Dauth, Australian diplomat in New Zealand
* Libby Gleeson, Children's author
* Greg Urwin, Diplomat and Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum
* Frank Walker, Journalist and non-fiction writer

References

External links

* [http://www.wesleycollege-usyd.edu.au/ Wesley College Website]
* [http://www.sydneyarchitecture.com/UNI/UNI-077.htm Sydney Architecture Images]