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|motto_Latin = That Brotherhood May Prevail |motto_English = |named_for = International House organisation |established = 1965 |head_label = Director |head = Dr Carla Tromans |president = Zach Morris |location = (St Lucia Campus ) |residents = 238 |gender = Co-educational |website = (Homepage ) (Alumni Homepage ) }} International House (commonly abbreviated as IH) is a residential college situated on the St Lucia campus of the University of Queensland.〔International House, University of Queensland. Official Website http://www.internationalhouse.uq.edu.au/ accessed Nov 8, 2015〕 IH provides fully catered accommodation for 200 undergraduate students, and self catered accommodation for 38 post graduate and mature aged undergraduate students. International House's residents are 50% Australian and 50% International students from approximately 35 different countries. International House states that it provides a supportive and safe environment while offering opportunities that allow a broad and rich educational, social and cultural experience. The current director of International House is Dr. Carla Tromans & current student club President is Matthew Grant. == History == The vision of an International House was inspired by an address made in October 1954, by Frank TM White, foundation Professor of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, and also appointed Warden for Overseas Students.〔Basil Shaw. A History of International House, University of Queensland, 1955 to 1994. Chapter 1 The vision splendid. University of Queensland. 1995 ISBN 0 86776 604 2. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:349038/From_Many_Nations.pdf Accessed November 4, 2015.〕The following extract from Professor White's address, delivered in the socio-political context of Queensland in the mid-1950s, reveals the philosophy behind the vision that led to International House, a vision that remains relevant to the present. '' Planning commenced in 1955 through the Rotary Club of Brisbane, as part of the celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of Rotary International. Professor White stepped down as Warden in December 1960 (he later took up a post at Canada's McGill University Faculty of Engineering),〔Canadian Mineral Industry Education Foundation. F.T.M.White Award. http://cmief.ca/english/ftm_en_txt.html Accessed Nov 8, 2015〕 while planning continued under the auspices of a Committee led by Bert Martin, businessman and district governor of Rotary International. On 15 June 1963, the Administrator of Queensland, Sir Alan Mansfield, unveiled the foundation stone for the residential college. According to institutional biographer Basil Shaw’s authoritative account, ''“Eight years of erratic progress were over. They were years marked by expressions of racism and opposition in some quarters at the university; by bureaucratic red tape; by poor public recognition; and, despite the dedication of the fundraisers, by desultory financial responses and poor returns. (Yet it was)… determined that International House would open by March 1965. A lot had to be achieved in a short time."''〔Basil Shaw. Op cit page 12.〕 Bert Martin saw the project thorough to completion. As district governor of Rotary International District 35, he was president of the Council of International House for the period 1955 to 1962, and retained that position until the Committee was replaced by the Board of Governors as the executive body of Council in June 1962 following revision of the constitution. He became president of the Board of Governors in 1963, holding this office until 1986, thus completing thirty years of service to International House. When International House opened in 1965, Dr Ivor Cribb was appointed its first Warden. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「International House, University of Queensland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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