Overview

Prizes

Memorial grants and medals

Dianne Feeney Memorial

A grant and medal have been established by the Council of the Sydney College of Divinity.  It is to be awarded each year to the candidate of the college who has gained the highest level of achievement in the Bachelor of Theology and who is proceeding to further theological study as a graduate student in the college.

The grant and medal is a memorial to honour the life and work of Dianne Feeney, who was a member of the teaching faculty in the Churches of Christ in NSW Theological College as an anthropologist and missiologist. She played a constructive part in the development of the Sydney College of Divinity until her tragic death in New Guinea on 28 November 1985.  The award will be paid from a fund that was set up in 1987 with donations from some of her colleagues and from Teaching Bodies of the Sydney College of Divinity.

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Beth Blackall Memorial

Council in April 1997 established a fund from which a grant and medal would be awarded to the student presenting a thesis of excellence which was also the best at the graduate level that year.

The Prize marks the contribution to the Sydney College of Divinity made by Dr Bettina (Beth) Blackall who died on 7 June 1996.  Dr Blackall’s understanding of the processes of higher education was invaluable when advising on the development of an appropriate infrastructure for the Sydney College of Divinity.  Her involvement with all of our Member Institutions and her sensitivity to their histories, their traditions, and their confessional stances, reflected her ecumenical approach to theological education.

The award is a mark of excellence and is not always granted in a given year.

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Brian Murray Memorial

Through a generous donation received from the Marist Fathers a fund was established from which a grant and a medal would be awarded annually to the student with the highest level of achievement in the discipline of Theology who is graduating BTh.

The Prize marks the contribution of the Rev Dr Brian Murray SM to theological education generally and to the Sydney College of Divinity in particular.  Dr Murray was principal and lecturer at the Catholic Theological Union from 1975 until the end of 1982.  During that time he played a significant role in the establishment of the Sydney College of Divinity (being a member of the initial working party) and was involved in the early submissions to the Higher Education Board.  He later served as Superior to the Marist Fathers’ General House in Rome, as Vicar Provincial for the Australian Province, and in parish ministry in Brisbane until his death on 8 September 1994.

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Award from the Council of Christians and Jews

This award is granted to the student who has shown excellence in biblical Hebrew.

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Sydney College of Divinity Centre for Gospels and Acts Research Essay Award

The SCD Centre for Gospels Research Essay Prize will be awarded for

• an excellent essay on a Gospels or Acts topic;
• submitted as an assessment item towards any SCD Course in the calendar year of the award; and
• receiving a Distinction or High Distinction.

The Prize will be presented at the SCD Graduation Ceremony and the recipient of the Prize will also be invited to present a version of the essay in a forum of the SCD Centre for Gospels and Acts Research

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