Alumni

Your Home away from Home

Celebrating Diversity, Community and Academic Success

Ways to Connect

We would love to be able to strengthen our ties to our alumni, check out some ways to connect with us below:

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Celebrating Our Alumni

We would love to share your stories and achievements with other members of the Arcady/Bishop Julius community via our Newsletters and Facebook Groups. Please Contact Sonia Mazey, our Principal at principal@arcadyhall.org.nz to tell us your stories about living in the Hall, and how those experiences influenced what you did next.

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Register as an Alumnus

We would love to keep in touch with you, please complete this form so that we can! That way, we'll be able to send you newsletters, event invitations and more!

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Get involved with Arcady

We are keen to connect previous residents with our current students, many of whom are keen to hear first-hand about career options from those who are now experts and leaders in their chosen fields. If you would like to visit the Hall, or talk our students about something you’re passionate about, please contact us at principal@arcadyhall.org.nz

Donate

We welcome donations of any value from alumni and friends of the Hall. Your generosity helps us to support current and future students to thrive and succeed.

We would gladly welcome any donation, particularly contributions toward the following current initiatives:

Arcady Hall first in Family Scholarships: Consistent with the Hall’s founding values (inclusiveness, diversity, and community), we are currently seeking donations to help fund our ‘First in Family’ entrance scholarships’ for residents, who are the first member of their immediate family to enroll in a degree level qualification.
Arcady Hall Alumni Scholarship: Part of moving forward includes celebrating our past. We are currently seeking donations to help fund our alumni scholarship to help strengthen our connection with alumni.

Arcady Hall is a registered Charitable Trust (cc 29575) which means that gifts over $5 are tax
deductible for New Zealand taxpayers. All donations will be acknowledged in our Annual Report and
on our website, unless you prefer to remain anonymous.

Bequests and Sponsorship
If you would like to make a bequest to Arcady Hall or sponsor a Hall event or activity please contact
Sonia Mazey, our Principal at principal@arcadyhall.org.nz.

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A Timeline of Events

1917

On August 23, “The Bishop’s Hostel” opened for young women studying teaching at the University. Originally, there were only 15 students and the experience was relatively formal. Students couldn't be out past 9pm and they were waited on by maids.

1974

The Hall moved to the Ilam campus close to the University. The first "guests" were Commonwealth games competitors who stayed in January 1974 for those games.

2022

With the ever-changing landscape of residential accommodation, the Hall rebrands itself as Arcady Hall. ‘Arcady’ comes from the word Arcadia, meaning 'rustic paradise'. We can’t think of a better way to describe the hall than a rustic paradise – a place that is caring, accepting and fun, with a mix of traditional and new and exciting events. Arcady is more than bricks and mortar, it’s home!

1924

The hostel moved to 10 Cranmer Square. Students began to help with cooking and cleaning since domestic staff were hard to come by during the Great Depression and WWII.

1993

The (almost) inevitable happened, it was found impossible to fill the Hall with women. So the Hall opened its doors to male residents, starting with just 12 men. Bishop Julius has been a co-ed Hall since 1993 and there is now an even mix of female and male students.