Thanksgiving Service and Dinner
On the 20th of June, 2025, over 100 members of the AUT community attended a Thanksgiving Service held at St Andrew’s Cathedral, Sydney to celebrate the AUT becoming a University, followed by a celebration dinner. The service was led by Bishop Paul Barker, Acting Chancellor of the AUT.
A partial recording of the service (part of the sermon and prayers) is available at https://youtube.com/live/jN-E7-7IpoE?feature=share
The text of the sermon by the Rev’d Dr Ian Smith is available here.
The text of the after dinner speech given by the Rev’d Professor Roger Lewis (former Chair of the ACT Board) is available here.
Many current and former members of the AUT community, including the Board, attended the event. This included two past Deans/CEOs (Rev’d Dr Mark Harding and Rev’d Dr Martin Sutherland) seen here with the current Vice-Chancellor, Prof James Dalziel.
