Deakin University will celebrate its 50th anniversary later this month with a free, family-friendly festival event for the whole community.
The university will welcome alumni, students, staff and the broader Geelong community to its Waurn Ponds campus from 4pm to 7pm on Friday, November 29.
The festival will feature music, children’s entertainment, food trucks and a bar, market stalls, free activities and a fireworks display for the outdoor festival on the campus’ Union Green.
Deakin was established in 1974 as the state’s fourth university and the first in regional Victoria.
Since the first students enrolled in 1977 at the Waurn Ponds campus the university has seen more than 350,000 graduates pass through its four faculties.
Deakin Vice-Chancellor Professor Iain Martin said he was delighted to host the family friendly festival at Waurn Ponds, encouraging people with connections to Deakin as well as the broader community to join the festivities.
“We warmly invite members of our community together with students, staff, alumni, their family and friends,” Professor Martin said.
“Deakin owes much of its great success as an internationally recognised University to the people of Geelong who campaigned over many years to bring to life the idea of a fourth university for Victoria and the first regional university in the state.
“Our growth and development from a small campus in a paddock to a global leader in education and research with four campuses across Victoria is testament to all those people who have made remarkable contributions to our University over the decades.”
Visit 50years.deakin.edu.au/celebrate-with-us to book free tickets.
