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Hi there,

As a dynamic grassroots network, the WPDN is run by professional staff women, for professional staff women.

With some new faces joining our Executive Steering Committee this year, I’d like to introduce you to the passionate individuals who bring the events, programs and opportunities available through the WPDN to life. 

While we come from different areas of the University and are at different stages of our career, we are all deeply committed to empowering professional staff women to achieve their full potential. I look forward to introducing you to each Committee member in more detail in upcoming editions of our newsletter! 

I’d also like to take this opportunity to thank and farewell Alexis McKay, much-loved and valued member of the WPDN Executive Steering Committee and Diversity Coordinator for SET, who is leaving the University to embark on her next career adventure. 

In her time with the Committee, Alexis has played a foundational role in transforming the WPDN’s highly-popular Mentoring Program, for which we are incredibly grateful. 

Ash Mercury
Convenor of the WPDN Executive Steering Committee

Register now: Purpose, People and Performance with Kate Rush 

In collaboration with the Transforming Culture program at the University of Adelaide, registrations are now open for our upcoming workshop, ‘Purpose, People & Performance with Kate Rush’. 

Kate Rush is the Program Director of Transforming Culture at the University of Adelaide, an awarded public speaker, and is a recently completed Ironman. 

This interactive workshop will include a panel discussion comprising women from diverse professional and personal backgrounds who have demonstrated remarkable resilience and integrate health, performance, triathlons, and the challenges of life with real strength and grit.

Date: Wednesday, 25 October 2023
Time: 10am-1pm 
Location: Room 7.03, Level 7, Nexus 10, 10 Pulteney Street

Secure your place today! For more information and to register, head to Eventbrite. 

Mentoring Program reaches halfway mark

On Tuesday, 19 September, we were pleased to host a mid-point check-in for mentees taking part in our 2023 Mentoring Program at the SA Art Gallery Café. 

Thank you to all the mentees who attended – we hope it provided a valuable opportunity to re-connect with one another and discuss your progress and experience in the Program so far. 

This year, our Mentoring Program recorded its highest number of participants, with 27 new partnerships being formed across the University! If you’d like to learn more about the WPDN Mentoring Program, or check out all the photos from the event, head to our website. 

Get involved in the WPDN 

The WPDN Executive Steering Committee has a full calendar of events planned for the remainder of 2023, but if you have any ideas or offers you would like to bring to the network, please contact us at wpdn@adelaide.edu.au or email Convenor Ash Mercury.