Music student Russell Kunz meets Dean Edmund Dawe and President and Vice-Chancellor David Barnard at a reception the President hosted to honour students' generosity through the referenda process.

• FMSA (Faculty of Music Students Association) held first ever referendum in March 1993
• Voted for a three year term; $35 per student; allocated to the Endowment Fund
• Votes held:
  • 1996 – $35 – Endowment Fund
  • 1999 – $35 – Endowment Fund
  • 2002 – $50 – Endowment Fund
  • 2005 – $50 – Endowment Fund
  • 2006 – $50 – Endowment Fund
  • 2008 – $50 – Endowment Fund
  • 2009 – $50 – Endowment Fund
  • 2010 – $60 – Endowment Fund (90%), Student Initiative Fund (10%
  • 2013 – $60 – Endowment Fund (90%), Student Initiative (10%)
• A total of $168,860 since 1993