Vice Chancellor
On 5 August 2008, Notre Dame appointed the third Vice Chancellor of the university's history, Professor Celia Hammond who will continue the work of the former Vice Chancellor Dr Peter Tannock. Professor Hammond is a qualified lawyer and was previously the Head of the University's Fremantle School of Law.
Professor Hammond's goal is to ensure Notre Dame's vision continues of promoting humanity and humility in their graduates. She stated in her inauguration speech that knowledge and learning must be within a framework of humanity in order to ensure that students have love and respect for the world; not just wisdom. She also stated:
"At Notre Dame we are not simply transmitters of information, creators of knowledge. Our mission will always be to teach and to educate in an environment that encourages people to seek understanding, to seek wisdom, to seek to serve, to seek to live in a way that fulfils everyone’s higher purpose."
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