Dear Students, Alumni & families The opportunity to sit down and collect one’s thoughts at the end of the year seems to come by faster every year! However, it’s a welcome chance to reflect on the many and various goings-on at Emmanuel College that have happened since the beginning of the year. From the relative...Read More
Written by College Counsellor, Ali Mills “Leadership is not a rank or a position, it is a choice – a choice to look after the person to the left of us and the person to the right of us.” Simon Sinek. Emmanuel College proudly offers a robust leadership development program to our entire student leader...Read More
Written by third year student, Heidi Willis During the first week of August, Emmanuel college took part in a ‘Wellness Week’. The philosophy behind Wellness Week is to put the spotlight on the different aspects of living that contribute to overall ‘wellness’ – equipping students with tools to measure their own wellbeing, as well as...Read More
Emmanuel College has ‘made change’ in Reconciliation Week by officially launching our inaugural Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) on Friday 27 May. Endorsed by Reconciliation Australia, our Reflect RAP recognises and acknowledges Australia’s First Peoples and demonstrates our journey to continue to build inclusive and sustainable relationships which are mutually beneficial. We are very proud as...Read More
Written by Heidi Willis, third year student and Wing Leader Coordinator Despite many Emmanuel College students being directly impacted themselves by the flooding of the Brisbane River in the recent South-East Queensland and northern New South Wales floods, the student population came out in force to help the local St Lucia community. As the banks...Read More
M. St J. Surgeon (Retired) M.B.B.S (U.Qld.), M.S. (U.Qld.), F.R.C.S (Edin), F.R.A.C.S., M.C.I.C.D. (Rome). (EMC 1947 – 51) 22.02.28 – 02.08.21 We farewell former Emmanuel College alumnus and surgeon, Wylie D. Gibbons who passed away peacefully on 2 August 2021. Wylie was born in Townsville on 22 February 1928, a passionate and tenacious man who...Read More
