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100

In what year was ACU founded?

1991

100

Which ACU campus has the highest number of student enrolments?

Melbourne

100

How many days of time release are available to ACU staff for Community Engagement activities per year?

5 days 

100

On which street and in which suburb was St Mary of the Cross (Mary Mackillop) born?

Brunswick St, Fitzroy

100

Apart from support animals, on what day can pet animals be brought on campus at ACU?

The annual ‘Blessing of the Animals’ service.

200

When was ACU's Rome campus established?

2016

200

On which ACU campus can you find the the Mary Aikenhead Clinic?

Strathfield

200

Which ACU building was designed to achieve a 5-Star Green Star rating, for excellence in sustainable design?

St Teresa of Kolkata Building.

200

According to legend, what object did St Patrick use to illustrate the doctrine of the Holy Trinity to the Irish?

Shamrock (three-leaf clover).

200

Who is the mascot of the St Patrick's Student Association (Melbourne Campus)?

Moosey (the Moose)

300

Who was the first Vice-Chancellor of ACU?

Professor Peter Drake

300

In what building is the library at the North Sydney campus located?

James Carroll Building

300

Which ACU program aims to break the cycle of poverty, inequality and social injustice through access to university education?

Clemente

300

Who is the patron saint of the Faculty of Law and Business?

Saint (Sir) Thomas More

300

Which ACU faculty had the highest number of enrolments in 2022?

Health Sciences

400

Name one of the four colleges that merged to form ACU?

Catholic College of Education Sydney in New South Wales
Institute of Catholic Education in Victoria
McAuley College of Queensland
Signadou College of Education in the Australian Capital Territory.

400

On which ACU campus will I find the Uncle Duncan Johnson sports court?

Brisbane campus

400

Which intellectual tradition is the basis of the Core Curriculum at ACU? 

Catholic Social Teaching

400

ACU's Blacktown Campus is named after which saint? 

Saint Josephine Bakhita

400

At which campus of ACU is the Vatican flag flown?

North Sydney Campus, Vice Chancellery (Rockleigh Grange)

500

In which year did Cathedral Hall (ACU Melbourne Campus) first open?

1904

500

On which level of the St Teresa of Kolkata Building can you find the sculpture Pastel Pools?

Level 6

500

What are the three core values aligned to ACU's mission?

Truth, excellence and service

500

What nickname, used by the media, was given to Blessed Carlo Acutis - ACU's patron saint of professional staff for Education?

God's influencer

500

Which breakout teen novel was written by ACU alumna Melina Marchetta in 1992?

Looking for Alibrandi

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