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St Ann's College is a co-residential
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. In its early decades, the college had only female boarders, but later took students of any gender. Members of the college attend three universities in South Australia,
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. St Ann's College is privately owned and run as a
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, and is not funded by government, church or university.


History

In 1924, lawyer and politician Sir Josiah Symon suggested South Australia should have a women’s college to ensure women who have been admitted to the University of Adelaide are given somewhere to live. By the 1930s a group of women graduates of the University of Adelaide, notably Violet Plummer, Helen Mayo, Constance Finlayson, and Pauline Grenfell Price, began lobbying for an equivalent of the residential St Mark's College to accommodate female students from the country and interstate. They approached Sidney Wilcox (1866–1942) of the woolbroking firm Wilcox, Mofflin, who donated £5000 and bequeathed his house on Brougham Place, North Adelaide, to the university for such a facility. St. Ann's College was officially opened with 16 residential students in 1947, much of the delay being attributable to World War II. It was named for Ann Wilcox, mother of Sidney Wilcox, donor of the first building. As of 2007 the college housed 197
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students, both sexes, in single rooms. Rooms in the new buildings have ensuites, and all rooms have air conditioning. Residents at St Ann's College have a diverse background with most coming from either rural Australia or overseas.


Governance and description

The college council, along with the executive and finance committee, form the governing body. There is a chair, 13 governors and two
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s. the principal and CEO is Wendy Fleming. The
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motto is ''Per Litteras Lumen'', meaning "light through letters" or "Illumination through Learning".


Tutors


Residential advisors

St Ann's has twelve residential
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s, each in charge of a corridor consisting of approximately 18 students. The RAs provide academic and social leadership, and pastoral care. Each year a senior residential advisor is appointed, usually a RA from the previous year who has re-applied to be a residential advisor. They coordinate the RA group and take a leadership role within the college.


Academic tutors

Each year senior students are selected into various academic positions for the purpose of tutoring lower year levels in any difficulty they are having.


College Club

The college
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and sporting events are organised by the St Ann's College Club, which consists of members elected exclusively by college students. The college club consists of the following positions: *
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* SAAUCC Representative * Social Secretary *Sport Secretary (two are elected, usually 1 male and 1 female) * General Representatives (two are elected) * Technology Representative * First Year Representative


College sport

St Ann's College competes against Aquinas College, Lincoln College, Flinders University Hall and St. Mark's College for the Douglas Irving Cup (known to the students as the High Table Cup). Sports that count for cup points include: *
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The college also competes in a Battle of the Bands competition which does not contribute to High Table Cup points. Furthermore, St Ann's College also competes against Aquinas College in
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College location
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Ann's College, University of Adelaide Residential colleges of the University of Adelaide North Adelaide