Knox College, Otago

Knox College
University of Otago Residential College
University of Otago
Knox facade
Knox College Coat of Arms
Location	9 Arden St, North East Valley, Dunedin
Motto	Gratia et Veritas (Latin)
Motto in English	Grace and Truth
Founders	Rev Andrew Cameron and John Ross[1]
Established	1909
Status	Affiliated
Head	Caroline Hepburn-Doole
KCSC President	Hadley van Rij
Undergraduates	~255
Postgraduates	~5
Website	knoxcollege.ac.nz

Knox College is a selective^[2] residential college, founded and run by the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand and affiliated with University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. The college is set in a 4.57 hectares (11.3 acres) landscaped site in Opoho on the opposite side of the Dunedin Botanic Gardens from the university. It is named after John Knox, a sixteenth century leader of the Scottish Reformation, whose efforts in establishing a universal system of free education comprising both academic learning and character formation had a profound influence, not just in Scotland, but internationally, as subsequent generations of Scottish settlers, products of the Scottish Enlightenment, emigrated to far-flung corners of the globe, including New Zealand, taking with them a deep-seated belief in the benefits of applied knowledge and a broad and liberal education. Those strong Scottish Presbyterian foundations are something that Knox College has in common with the university to which it is affiliated. They are depicted on the college's Coat of Arms in the form of a blue St Andrew's Cross. Superimposed on the St Andrew's Cross is the image of a white dove in flight, carrying an olive branch in its mouth, a symbolic depiction of the flood myth in Genesis 8, wherein the olive-branch-bearing dove is a symbol of life and peace. The college motto, Gratia et Veritas (Latin), or Grace and Truth (English), comes from the Prologue to the Gospel according to Saint John (John 1:).