Lincoln University (New Zealand) Explained

Lincoln University
Former Name:	Canterbury Agricultural College
Motto:	Scientia et industria cum probitate (Latin)
Mottoeng:	Science and industry with integrity
Established:	1878 1990 (university status)
Endowment:	(31 December 2021)^[1]
Chancellor:	Bruce Gemmell^[2]
Vice Chancellor:	Grant Edwards^[3]
Country:	New Zealand
Campus:	University town 58 ha (143 acres)
Total Staff:	576 (EFTE, 2023)
Students:	3,123 (EFTS, 2023)^[4]
Doctoral:	167 (EFTS, 2023)
Postgrad:	1,346 (EFTS, 2023)
Undergrad:	1,479 (EFTS, 2023)
Academic Staff:	191 (EFTE, 2023)
Administrative Staff:	252 (EFTE, 2023)

Lincoln University (Māori: Te Whare Wānaka o Aoraki) is a public university in New Zealand that was formed in 1990 when Lincoln College, Canterbury was made independent of the University of Canterbury. Founded in 1878, it is the oldest agricultural teaching institution in the Southern Hemisphere. It remains the smallest university in New Zealand (by enrolment) and one of the eight public universities. The campus is situated on 50ha of land located about 15km (09miles) outside the city of Christchurch, in Lincoln, Canterbury.

In 2018 Lincoln University had 2695 Equivalent Full Time Students (EFTS) and 633 full-time equivalent staff (188 Academic, 135 Administration and Support, 65 Research and Technical, 273 Farms and Operational).^[5]

Lincoln University is a member of the Euroleague for Life Sciences.

History

School of Agriculture of Canterbury University College

Lincoln University began life in 1878 as the School of Agriculture of Canterbury University College, opening in July 1880.^[6] By 1885 it had 56 students, 32 of them in residence, and all classes were held in the main building (later known as Ivey Hall). The teaching staff included the head of the school William Ivey (who taught agriculture), George Gray (Chemistry and Physics), who remained on staff until 1915, Eric Manley Clarke (mathematics, surveying, and book-keeping; son of the English geodesist Alexander Ross Clarke),^[7] and part-time lecturer Thomas Hill (Veterinary Science).^[8]

The 660acres college farm was worked by the students, who took part in ploughing, milking, and stock management, as well as taking lectures on agricultural science and chemistry.

Canterbury Agricultural College

From 1896 to 1961 it served students under the name Canterbury Agricultural College, and offered qualifications of the University of New Zealand until that institution's demise.

Lincoln University

From 1961 to 1990, it was known as Lincoln College, a constituent college of the University of Canterbury, until achieving autonomy in 1990 as Lincoln University.^[9] It is the oldest agricultural teaching institution in the Southern Hemisphere. It remains the smallest university in New Zealand.^[10]

In March 2009, the Crown Research Institute AgResearch announced that it planned to merge with Lincoln University.^[11] However, Lincoln University rejected the plan later that year over financial concerns.^[12] On 18 November 2010, after a period of consultation,^[13] it was confirmed that a merger between Lincoln University and Telford Rural Polytechnic would go ahead, with the merger taking effect on 1 January 2011.^[14]

On 18 June 2013, a new blueprint for the Selwyn campus was announced^[15] which included the "Lincoln Hub" concept previously announced by the Government on 29 April 2013.^[16]

Management and governance

List of directors, principals, and vice-chancellors

The School of Agriculture, followed by the Canterbury Agricultural College, was under the leadership of a director. From 1962, Lincoln College was headed by a principal, and after becoming Lincoln University in 1990, the role became that of vice-chancellor.^[17]

	Name	Portrait	Term
Director
align=center	1			align=center	1879–1892†
align=center	–	George Gray (acting)		align=center	1892–1893
align=center	2	John Bayne		align=center	1894–1901
align=center	–	George Gray (acting)		align=center	1901
align=center	3			align=center	1901–1908
align=center	–	George Gray (acting)		align=center	1908
align=center	4	Robert Edward Alexander		align=center	1908–1935
align=center	–	Frederick Hilgendorf (acting)		align=center	1936
align=center	5	Eric Raymond Hudson		align=center	1936–1952
align=center	6			align=center	1952–1961
Principal of Lincoln College
align=center	1			align=center	1962–1974
align=center	2			align=center	1974–1984
align=center	3			align=center	1985–1989
Vice-chancellor of Lincoln University
align=center	1			align=center	1990–1996
align=center	2	Frank Wood		align=center	1997–2003
align=center	3			align=center	2004–2012
align=center	4			align=center	2012–2015
align=center	5			align=center	2016–2018
align=center	6			align=center	2018
align=center	–	Bruce McKenzie (acting)		align=center	2019–2021
align=center	7			align=center	2022–present

List of chairs of the board of governors and college council, and chancellors

There was a board of governors from 1896 and a college council from 1962. Since full autonomy in 1990, the head of the university council has been the chancellor. The following chairmen and chancellors have served:

	Name	Portrait	Term
Chair of the Board of Governors
align=center	1	Henry Overton		align=center	1896–1899
align=center	2			align=center	1899–1915
align=center	3			align=center	1915–1926
align=center	4	Charles Chilton		align=center	1927
align=center	5	John Deans		align=center	1928–1929
align=center	6			align=center	1930
align=center	7			align=center	1931–1935
align=center	8	Charles Howard Hewlett		align=center	1936†
align=center	9	William Osborne Rennie		align=center	1936–1944
align=center	10			align=center	1945–1948
align=center	11	Christopher Thomas Aschman		align=center	1948–1950
align=center	12			align=center	1951–1960
align=center	13	Jim Holderness		align=center	1961
Chair of the Lincoln College Council
align=center	1	Jim Holderness		align=center	1962–1967
align=center	2			align=center	1968–1974
align=center	3	Donald Bain		align=center	1974–1979
align=center	4			align=center	1980–1985
align=center	5			align=center	1986–1989
Chancellor of Lincoln University
align=center	1			align=center	1990–1994
align=center	2			align=center	1995–1999
align=center	3			align=center	2000–2004
align=center	4	Tom Lambie		align=center	2005–2016
align=center	5			align=center	2016–2017
align=center	6	Steve Smith		align=center	2017–2018
align=center	7	Bruce Gemmell		align=center	2019–present

† denotes that the person died in office

Student life

Lincoln University Students' Association (LUSA) has been active on campus since 1919.^[18] LUSA acts as a representative for students on university policy, as well as providing advocacy services to students and running campus events such as the annual Garden Party and O-Week.

LUSA is central in organising, supporting and funding the clubs on campus. These clubs include but are not limited to; Lincoln Soils Society, Tramping and Climbing Club, Wine Appreciation Club, LSD (Lincoln Snowboarding Department), Alpine Club, LEO (Lincoln Environmental Organisation), Food Appreciation Club, The Lincoln University Campus Choir, Bunch Rides (cycling), Lincoln University Rugby Club, Lincoln Malaysian Students Society (LMSS), International Rugby Club, SPACE (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students on campus), Boxing Club, Young Farmers Club, and Lincoln Christian Fellowship.^[19]

In 2018 Lincoln University has 1369 international students (up 10% from the previous year) from 75 countries.

Campus buildings

• The oldest building on campus is Ivey Hall, built in 1878 as the main teaching, administration, and residential building. It was designed in the Jacobethan style by Christchurch architect Frederick Strouts. As well as lecture theatres, laboratories, and a museum, the College Director William Ivey, his family, and the students resided here. A "West Wing" was added in 1881 for additional student accommodation and study rooms (West Ivey was damaged in the 2010 Canterbury earthquake and remains closed). Extensively remodelled and expanded in 1989, Ivey Hall now houses the George Forbes Memorial Library.
• Memorial Hall, designed by Cecil Wood, was built in 1923–24 to commemorate the loss of former Lincoln students who died in World War I; two thirds of the costs were raised by the Old Boy's Students' Association. It later commemorated the dead of World War II. Extensively damaged along with Ivey West in the 2010 Canterbury earthquake, it is now closed to the public and awaiting repair.
• The Laboratories were built in 1929, and became the McCaskill Building, before being replaced by the School of Landscape Architecture Building in 2009.
• The Lodge, a residence for the College Principal, was built in 1945. Until this time the Principal and his family had lived in Ivey Hall.

• The first major hall of residence on campus was Hudson Hall, named after College Principal Eric Hudson: its foundation stone was laid by Prime Minister Peter Fraser in July 1949, and it opened in 1953. Hudson Hall had bed and study accommodation for 184 students. It is now largely an administration building.
• Lincoln University has six halls of residence, of which Hudson Hall is the oldest. Colombo Hall, Lowrie Hall and Stevens Hall all opened in 1970, with Centennial Hall opening in 1978, Lincoln University's centenary year. The newest hall of residence is Southland Hall, built in 1993.
• The George Forbes Building, named after former Prime Minister George Forbes, began construction in 1957 and opened in 1960. This was the college's first purpose-built library, housing 10,000 books. Over the years the library expanded, and the present high-rise building was constructed in 1975. The library eventually outgrew the Forbes Building, and the George Forbes Memorial Library has been housed in Ivey Hall since 1989.
• Gillespie Hall, also known as the Student Union or Lincoln Union, consists of three buildings (Union, Annex, and Link) designed and built between 1962 and 1988. It was named after former Chairman William Gillespie, who had died in 1960. After the 2010 earthquake it was considered earthquake prone, and has been closed since 2010.

• The Hilgendorf Building, constructed in 1968, was designed by Trengrove, Trengrove and Marshall Architects (now Totem Studio Architects) to cater to 550 full-time students. Named after early Lincoln lecturer Frederick William Hilgendorf, it was a concrete brutalist building, and was badly damaged in the 2010 earthquake and closed for repair. After engineering testing it was deemed unsalvageable and was demolished in 2015.
• The Hilgendorf's companion, the Burns Building, was constructed in a similar style, and the complex of two buildings with their lecture theatres and computer centre were often referred to as the Hilgendorf Wing and Burns Wing. Named after past Principal Malcolm Burns, Burns opened in 1976.
• The Stewart Building, which opened in 1990, is named after another past Principal, James D. Stewart. With two large lecture theatres each seating several hundred, its computerised teaching aids and audiovisual capacity were considered cutting-edge for New Zealand in 1990.
• Built in 1990 to provide lecture and seminar space for a rapidly-increasing intake of Commerce students, the Commerce Building sits on what was the Ivey Hall gardens.
• The cafe and dining hall Mrs O's was built in 2011 to incorporate the original dining hall building, then redesigned for earthquake safety and reopened in 2014. It is named after Mrs Joan O'Loughlin, one of Lincoln College's longest-serving staff (1966–1998), a cleaner and tea attendant much-loved by students.

Academic units

• Faculty of Agribusiness and Commerce: accounting, business management, economics, farm management, finance, marketing and property studies.^[20]
• Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences: agronomy, plant science, crop physiology, pasture production, animal science, systems biology, computational modelling, food and wine science, entomology; plant pathology and crop protection; ecology, conservation and wildlife management; evolution, molecular genetics and biodiversity.^[21]
• Faculty of Environment, Society and Design: natural resources and complex systems engineering, environmental design, resource planning, transport studies, landscape architecture, Māori and indigenous planning and development, recreation management, social sciences, tourism, communication and exercise science.^[22]

Research

See main article: Lincoln University Entomology Research Collection. Lincoln University has had an Entomology Research Collection since the late 1960s, which is now the third-largest entomology collection in New Zealand, containing approximately 500,000 specimens and about 60 types.

Rankings

Arwu W:	801–900
Arwu W Year:	2023
Arwu W Ref:	^[23]
Qs W:	371
Qs W Year:	2025
Qs W Ref:	^[24]
The W:	401–500
The W Year:	2024
The W Ref:	^[25]
Usnwr W:	=1032
Usnwr W Year:	2023
Usnwr W Ref:	^[26]

The New Zealand Tertiary Education Commission's first Performance Based Research Fund ranking exercise in 2003—equivalent to the United Kingdom's Research Assessment Exercise—ranked the quality of Lincoln University's research at sixth place. It also received the highest percentage increase in research funding.

For 2017/18 Lincoln's ranking is 319, released by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings. Lincoln also has QS Five Stars rating. Lincoln ranks in the top 50 in the fields of Agriculture and Forestry (39th), and also Hospitality and Leisure Management (48th).^[27] Lincoln is ranked in the 401–500th bracket according to the 2017 Times Higher Education (THE) world university rankings.^[28]

Notable people

Alumni

• Richie McCaw – former All Blacks Captain
• Sam Whitelock – All Black
• Andy Ellis – former All Black
• Maggie Barry – National MP
• Col Campbell (1933–2012), TV/radio presenter
• Turi Carroll – President of the New Zealand Māori Council
• David Carter (born 1952), National MP and former Speaker of the House of Parliament
• Andy Dalton – former All Black captain
• Robbie Deans – former All Black and former Wallabies coach
• Jonathan Elworthy (1936–2005), former National MP
• John Hayes (born 1948), former diplomat and current National MP
• Rodney Hide (born 1956), former ACT MP
• Mark Inglis – mountaineer
• Annabel Langbein – cook and author
• Don McKinnon (born 1939), former National MP
• Jeremy Rockliff – Deputy Premier of Tasmania
• Toni Street – television host
• Reuben Thorne – former All Blacks Captain
• Charles Upham VC & Bar – most highly decorated Commonwealth soldier of WWII
• Wilson Whineray – former All Blacks Captain

Honorary degrees

See main article: List of honorary doctors of Lincoln University (New Zealand). Lincoln University has since 1993 been conferring honorary doctorates.

Faculty

• Margaret Austin
• Roger Field
• Thomas Kirk
• Bianca van Rangelrooy
• Kerry-Jayne Wilson
• Roslyn Kerr, sports sociologist

Rhodes Scholars from Lincoln

• 1940 Henry Garrett
• 1951 Lloyd Evans
• 1986 Forbes Elworthy
• 1991 Grant Edwards
• 2019 James Ranstead

See also

• Lincoln University Art Collection

References

• Book: Blair . Ian Douglas . The Seed They Sowed: Centennial Story of Lincoln College . 1978 . Lincoln College . Lincoln, New Zealand . PDF . 11 December 2019.
• Book: Gustafson, Barry . Barry Gustafson . The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party . 1986 . Reed Methuen . Auckland . 0-474-00177-6 .

External links

• Lincoln University
  • History
• George Forbes Memorial Library, Lincoln University
• Lincoln University Research Archive
• Lincoln University Living Heritage
• Lincoln University Students' Association

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Lincoln University Foundation Anuual Report 2021. 1 December 2022.
2. Web site: Incoming Chancellor Bruce Gemmell. 13 Dec 2018. Lincoln University.
3. Web site: Grant Edwards appointed vice-chancellor of Te Whare Wānaka o Aoraki Lincoln University . 4 October 2021 . Lincoln University . 8 July 2024.
4. Web site: https://www.lincoln.ac.nz/assets/Publications/Lincoln-University-Annual-Report-2023_web.pdf . Lincoln University . 15 August 2024.
5. Book: Lincoln University Annual Report 2018. Lincoln University. 2019. Lincoln, New Zealand.
6. Book: Mosley, M.. Illustrated Guide to Christchurch and Neighbourhood. J. T. Smith and Co.. 1885.
7. News: Obituary: Mr E. M. Clarke . 11 December 2019 . . LXVIII . 20459 . 1 February 1932 . 11.
8. News: Obituary: Mr Thomas Hill . 11 December 2019 . . LIII . 16006 . 14 September 1917 . 5.
9. Web site: Lincoln University profile. 4 July 2007. Lincoln University. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140625104201/http://www.lincoln.ac.nz/About-Lincoln-University/Lincoln-University-profile/. 25 June 2014. dmy-all.
10. Web site: Lincoln University – Supply Chain Management Education . Edumaritime.net . 13 Dec 2018.
11. News: AgResearch, Lincoln University merger planned. 10 March 2009. The New Zealand Herald. 8 Nov 2019.
12. News: Redmond . Adele . Lincoln University rejects merger proposal . 10 July 2020 . . 9 June 2017 . en . 2009: Plans to merge with AgResearch scrapped over financial concerns.
13. News: Lincoln-Telford merger consultation document. Lincoln University. 20 August 2010. 22 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151017215422/http://www.lincoln.ac.nz/PageFiles/10256/CONSULTATION-DOCUMENT-100820.pdf. 17 October 2015. dead.
14. News: Lincoln-Telford media release. 18 November 2010. 22 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924114106/http://www.telford.ac.nz/Documents/Telford/Merger_Media_Announcement_FINAL_.pdf. 24 September 2015. dead.
15. News: Lincoln University Selwyn Campus Master-Plan. Lincoln University. 18 June 2013. 22 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151017215423/http://www.lincoln.ac.nz/News--Events/News/Current/Lincoln-University-Selwyn-Campus-Master-Plan-/. 17 October 2015. dead.
16. News: Lincoln Uni global 'hub' planned. 29 April 2013. Stuff. 22 May 2015.
17. Web site: Principals, Directors and Vice-Chancellors. Lincoln University Living Heritage: Tikaka Tuku Iho. 2019-12-11.
18. Web site: A Brief History of LUSA. https://web.archive.org/web/20090327165603/http://www.lusa.org.nz/site/story.asp?bid=16&storyid=21684. Lincoln University Students' Association. 27 March 2009.
19. Web site: Clubs and Societies. 8 February 2019. Lincoln University Students' Association.
20. Web site: Agribusiness and Commerce. lincoln.ac.nz. Lincoln University. 18 December 2015.
21. Web site: Agriculture and Life Sciences. lincoln.ac.nz. Lincoln University. 18 December 2015.
22. Web site: Environmental Society and Design. lincoln.ac.nz. Lincoln University. 18 December 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151222141223/http://www.lincoln.ac.nz/About-Lincoln/Faculties-and-Divisions/Faculty-of-Environment-Society-and-Design1. 22 December 2015. dead.
23. Web site: ARWU World University Rankings 2023. www.shanghairanking.com. 26 August 2022.
24. Web site: QS World University Rankings 2024. 19 June 2023. topuniversities.com. 26 August 2023.
25. Web site: World University Rankings. 6 August 2023. timeshighereducation.com. 26 August 2023.
26. Web site: U.S. News Education: Best Global Universities 2022–23. 23 November 2023.
27. Web site: Lincoln University. Quacquarelli Symonds. QS World University Rankings . 2017. 16 August 2017.
28. Web site: Lincoln University. Times Higher Education. 16 August 2017.