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7 unusual facts about Victoria University


Collected Works of Northrop Frye

The project of producing a scholarly, uniform edition of the Collected Works of Northrop Frye (1912–1991) grew from modest beginnings in 1993; the project has been funded by grants from the Michael G. DeGroote family through McMaster University, from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and from Victoria University, University of Toronto.

James McConvill

He is the editor of the international corporate governance journal, The Corporate Governance Law Review. Currently he works at Victoria University, Australia, Melbourne, Australia.

Katrin Aladjova

She has a Bachelor of Business from Victoria University, Australia, and is the co-founder and Director of "All Australia Imports" and "StreetStar Cosmetics".

Leigh Robert Davis

Davis was born in Raetihi, completed an M.A. Honours degree in English at Auckland University (including a thesis on the poetry of Allen Curnow), then studied Commerce subjects towards an M.B.A. at Victoria University.

Sunway University

Sunway University operates in collaboration with its sister institution, Sunway College which offers pre-university programmes, as well as twinning degrees at the undergraduate and MBA level with Victoria University in Australia.

Terry Magaoa Chapman

Born in the village of Hakupu and educated at the Victoria University in Wellington New Zealand from which he graduated with Diploma in Public Administration, Chapman was leading architect of the modern Niue and in the formulation of the Niue Constitution, creating a pathway for Niu to become self-governing on 19 October 1974.

Volunteer Service Abroad

She also chaired the Asia Pacific Alliance and the New Zealand NGO-Ministry of Health Forum, and spent a term as Assistant Vice Chancellor at Victoria University.


Charles Tibingana

Born in Mbarara, Uganda, Tibingana has played club football in Uganda for Proline and Victoria University.

City of Maribyrnong

Maribyrnong’s key employers include Victoria University, Western Health, Lonely Planet, Highpoint Shopping Centre, Western Bulldogs Football Club, Mobil Australia and Sugar Australia (CSR).

John Harrison O'Donnell

He was born in Simcoe, Upper Canada, the son of John O'Donnell, a native of Ireland, and was educated at Victoria University and Trinity Medical College.

Katie Wolfe

In 1986 she enrolled at Victoria University and graduated with a BA in English.

Lyell Cresswell

In 2002, Victoria University of Wellington awarded him an honorary D. Mus degree and the inaugural Elgar Bursary.

Mary J. Hickman

She has been Visiting Professor at: New York University, Columbia University and Victoria University, Melbourne.

Master of Counselling

A number of Australian universities, including La Trobe University, The University of Queensland, Victoria University, Monash University, and Curtin University, offer a Master of Counselling degree.

Maurice Samuel

Born in Măcin, Tulcea County, Romania, to Isaac Samuel and Fanny Acker, Maurice moved to Paris with his family at the age of five and about a year later to Victoria University.

Maurits van Rooijen

He taught by invitation for extended periods at several universities worldwide, such as University of Pennsylvania, Cambridge University, University of Hull, University College London, Bergen University Norway, University of Hanover Germany, Vienna University of Technology Austria, and has held professorships at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Beijing Union University, Victoria University, Australia, Nyenrode Business University.

Mike Minogue

He attended Timaru Boys' High School, Silverstream College, and Victoria University.

Penny Jamieson

She worked at the Wellington Inner City Mission while completing her doctoral thesis at Victoria University.

Pyne Glacier

Named after Alex Pyne, recipient of the Polar Medal for services in Antarctic geological and in particular glacial research since 1977; currently works at Victoria University's Antarctic Research Centre in Wellington.


see also

George Hughes

George Edward Hughes (1918–1994), professor of philosophy at the Victoria University of Wellington

Michael Kruse

Michael Kruse (F. Michael) (born 1948), LL.B (Victoria University of Wellington), MCL (George Washington) is the Chief Justice of the High Court of American Samoa.

Steve Oh

Born in Penang, Malaysia, Oh studied at Penang Free School and graduated with a Business degree major in Accountancy from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.

Terence Arnold

He taught criminal law at Victoria University of Wellington as well as at several Canadian universities, including Dalhousie University and the University of Calgary.