Introducing Edith Cowan University’s new Chancellor

The investiture ceremony of Ms Denise Goldsworthy AO to the position of Chancellor of Edith Cowan University was quite the affair.

Prior to the event, the Governor met the new Chancellor and the current Vice-Chancellor, the outgoing Chancellor the Honourable Kerry Sanderson AC CVO and the Minister for Education and Training the Honourable Sue Ellery MLC at the university for a brief pre-ceremony function, also attended by VIP guests and the ECU executive team.

The group were then escorted to the Lecture Theatre where WAAPA musicians performed for those gathered. A Welcome to Country was given by Corroboree for Life and the Official Party were led in by a small pipe band.

In his speech, the Governor spoke of the illustrious history of the university and acknowledged its ranking in the world’s top 100 young universities of the world. He also congratulated the outgoing Chancellor the Honourable Kerry Sanderson AC CVO.

“Kerry is a person of vision and enormous capacity that I have no doubt has been of major importance to Edith Cowan University during her time as Chancellor.”

 

Ms Goldsworthy is the second woman to hold this position at ECU – Australia’s first and only university named after a woman.

“The position of Chancellor is one that requires leadership, resourcefulness, innovation, and imagination in meeting the increasing challenges that universities face,”

the Governor stated in his address,

“The role requires someone who can inspire excellence at all levels of a university’s operations and foster cohesiveness. With Denise’s reputation for excellence, and for bringing organisations and people together to collaborate for better outcomes, I know she will steer a steady course in this very exciting period for the university.”

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