Some key milestones 1989 The University of Western Sydney is officially formed, bringing together Hawkesbury Agricultural College and Nepean College of Advanced Education. Later in the year, Macarthur Institute of Higher Education is also brought into the fold. 1992 UWS produces its first PhD graduate, Sharyn Armstrong. 1995 As enrolments pass 22,000 students, the new Parramatta campus is announced and Nirimba campus is handed over to UWS. 1998 Professor Janice Reid takes up the role of Vice-Chancellor, a post she will hold for the next 15 years. 2000 The Sydney Graduate School of Management is established. 2007 The first intake of medical students begins studying at UWS, ahead of the opening of a brand-new School of Medicine facility on the UWS Campbelltown campus in 2008. 2009 UWS receives a $40 million grant from the Federal Government to develop cutting edge facilities at the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment. 2013 Professor Barney Glover is appointed as the next Vice-Chancellor of UWS.
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