University College (UniCol), founded in 1969, is the largest residential hall at the University of Otago. It houses approximately 550 residents during the academic year. Originally consisting of two towers, North Tower and South Tower, it has since been expanded with a set of flats and then in 2004 with the Northern and Southern Annexes. It is the most central hall on the campus, situated beside the university's original buildings. In early 2006 UniCol residents suffered from a in-hall epidemic of gastroentritis. While disgusting and probably painful for them, it prompted much hilarity for all other students at the university. Due to its large size, UniCol provides a somewhat substandard quality of food, however, that considered, the New Zealand Prime Minister - Helen Clark - recently partook of a meal in the UniCol dining hall alongside residents, and did not collapse on the spot. The UniCol 'conversation pit' had its 15 minutes of fame in a Nestle coffee advertisement in the mid 70s. Another important event in the UniCol history also occured in the 70s - an elaborate prank to spell out a certain 'F word' through the use of windows on both towers - a dark night with carefully placed lights left on or off accordingly. The current Master, Ashley Day is a constant source of amusement for the residents of UniCol - his unwavering sense of bow-tie fashion lives strong - not one day has passed for over 6 years without the necessary accessory. You have to be loose to go to this hall. Another infamous incident occured mid 2004 when some members of the hall allegedly flooded the hall after a night of heavy drinking. The incident occured in the North tower (lower floors) and involved putting plugs in all water fixtures and turing all water taps on. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The University of Otago in Dunedin is New Zealands oldest university with over 20,000 students enrolled during 2006. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... The University of Otago in Dunedin is New Zealands oldest university with over 20,000 students enrolled during 2006. ... For other people named Helen Clark, see Helen Clark (disambiguation). ...
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Otago graduates are known to be among the most dispersed alumni in the world, with many graduates ultimately settling in Australia, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, United States, China, India, Sri Lanka, Japan or elsewhere in New Zealand.
Otago's Residential Colleges are not as significant in the life of the University when compared with the Colleges and Halls of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge.
Arana College was founded in 1943 by the Rev. William Turner and the Stuart Residence Halls Council, the name 'Arana' perpetuated the Māori transliterated form of the name of Sir James Allen, a prominent New Zealand statesman and the Vice Chancellor 1903-1909 and Chancellor of the University of Otago from 1909-1912.
Examples are St John's College at the University of Sydney and Emmanuel College at the University of Queensland.
These institutions offered university level academic degrees and research from the start of their existence and were awarded university status in 1989 in recognition of this.
It is also used by tertiary institutions as either part of their names, such as Shue Yan College; to refer to a constituent part of the university, such as the colleges in the collegiate Chinese University of Hong Kong; or to a residence hall of a university, such as St.
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