| Earle Page College / Austin Page College | |
| University: | University of New England |
| Full Name: | Earle Page College/ Austin and Earle Page College |
| Motto English: | "Each Prove Yourself" |
| Master: | Mr Luke Fowler |
| Location: | Meredith Road, Armidale, New South Wales |
| Residents: | 290 |
| Homepage: | Homepage Alumni Homepage |
Earle Page College is a residential college of the University of New England located in Armidale, New South Wales, Australia. The college accommodates roughly 300 students.
The college is named after former prime minister Earle Page, who was the first Chancellor of the University of New England in 1954.[1] [2] It originated in 1963 as an all-male set of houses in town. Most Page students who were living in town had to travel to the campus for all meals by public transport. After its opening, students slowly moved into the current buildings. EPC began as an all-male college; however, females have been admitted since 1973. In 2021, EPC merged with Austin College, moving into the buildings at Austin College. Since the merge it has been called Austin and Earle Page College or simply as Austin Page.
The college is made up of 4 blocks, A, B, C & D blocks, with a total 10 floors. There is a Bot, Mid & Top floor on each block. There is not Bot B however, as this space is taken up by the laundries and other facilities. Bot D and Mid D are combined into one conglomerate floor known as MOD (Middle Od D). Each floor has its own bathrooms. Attached to the blocks include 2 laundries and drying rooms, an I.T. room, a gallery, a library, an exercise room and 2 music rooms. The college also has a dining hall, with a capacity for around 400, a BBQ area, a Junior Common Room, a Senior Common Room and a college shop run by students of the college.
When women were allowed into Page, all bathroom troughs were to be filled in, however, the men of Top D protested and placed their mattresses over the door to the bathroom, preventing the work from being completed. This is the last physical attribute of the college's all male heritage.
Each floor on the college is run by a Resident Fellow, who is in charge of pastoral care, these Resident Fellows are there to help guide and care for all residents on the floor and the college. These Resident Fellows are selected by a Panel of Senior Residents and College Leaders.
There is also an Academic Mentor on each floor as well. Academic Mentors are there to help the floor with any academic issues that may arise, also to provide study workshops and insightful guides to a wide range of academic disciplines.
These two Committees are run by the Senior Resident Fellow and Senior Academic Mentor, along with the President of the Junior Common Room and the three main leaders of the College.
There are two main Inter-College competitions. The "Sir Frank Kitto" competition has events such as Debating, Public Speaking, Small Music Ensemble, Arts & Craft, Performance and Theatre Sports. The "Mary Bagnall" and "Presidents Trophy" competitions are the Inter-College sporting competitions. These competitions hold a range of spots throughout the year such as Rugby 7s, Swimming Carnival, Tennis, Netball, Football, Lawn Bowls, and Hockey.
In 2006, Earle Page came 2nd in the Sir Frank Kitto competition and received respectable placings in both the males' Presidents Trophy and females' Mary Bagnall Trophy. In 2008, Page came 1st in the Sir Frank Kitto competition and achieved 1st in the Mary Bagnall Trophy and 3rd in the Presidents Trophy. In 2012, Page achieved the trifecta taking out 1st place in the Sir Frank Kitto competition, President Trophy and Mary Bagnall Trophy.Earle Page College has achieved 1st place in the Sir Frank Kitto competition for the previous 5 years.
The members of the Senior Common Room comprise non-resident academics, University employees, towns folk and Earle Page College Alumni who support the life of the college as a whole in a variety of ways, including academic, material, social and personal.
The Junior Common Room Committee is the peak student body, elected directly by the college residents. The committee operates through the payment of a subscription fee paid by most students, which subsidises college functions, pays for PT and MB sports, SFK competitions and an annual major project.
Positions held on the JCR committee are, President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Media and Publications Officer, Health and Well-being Officer, Events Officer, External Officer, JCR Officer, Sound Officer. As well as two Fresher representatives.
Yearly formal dinners include:
Guests at the Politics Lecture have included several prime ministers, senators, MPS and political authorities, People such as Hon. Bob Hawke, John Howard, Julia Gillard, Tony Abbott, Penny Wong, Peter Garrett, Amanda Vanstone, Philip Ruddock, Natasha Stott Despoja, and Sarah Hanson-Young have all spoken at the lecture.
Functions run by the Junior Common Room Committee include:
The Junior Common Room Committee runs several events in O-Week which include: Aussie Night, Games Night, Trivia Night, Toga Party, Bush Dance and Surf Carnival.
Every year since 1973, EPC has produced a musical over a 3 night period during Parents Weekend. The musical is completely run by the residents and the elected Musical Committee.
Past 18 years of Earle Page College/Austin Page Productions
Every year since 1980 the college has conducted a charity run from Armidale to Coffs Harbour (220 km) to raise funds for charity, the Children's Medical Research Institute (CMRI). The Fundraising activities include the sale of a Discount Card for use within Armidale, an Annual Fashion Extravaganza, Charity Auction, Inter-floor sports, Coast Run Goes Bush a fun run around the UNE campus, and the run itself. In 2005, the group raised over $23,500 with the introduction of the Charity Discount Card.[3] In 2006, its 27th year, the group raised over $25,000, which was a record for the event. In 2007 this record was broken, with over $30,000 raised over the entire year, and again broken in 2008 with over $35, 000 raised. In 2010, the committee raised $45,000.
In all over $400,000 has been raised for Children's Medical Research by this means.[4] In 2023, Coast Run merge with the Austin College Charities, taking over the following events CHARTs dinner and the Rainbow run.