Berwick Campus News
Edition 19, Monday 1 August 2005

IMPORTANT DATES

Berwick Calendar 2005 (Full schedule of meetings and events)

Last day to discontinue Semester 2 units without incurring HECS or full-fees - 15 August

Last Day for discontinuation of semester two units - 31 August

Mid Semester Break - 26 September - 03 October

CAREERS & EMPLOYMENT

Events for August

DATE	TIME	PLACE	PRESENTATION
Tuesday, 2 August	1.00pm - 2.00pm	Humanities Theatre H4, Building No. 11, Clayton Campus	Australian Taxation Office
Wednesday, 3 August	1.00pm - 2.00pm	Careers and Employment Office, Room 189, Berwick Campus	Vacation Employment - Where and How
Thursday, 4 August	1.00pm - 4.00pm	Sports and Recreation Centre, Clayton Campus	Vacation Employment Fair

YOUR INPUT VALUED ON EMAIL, CALENDAR & RELATED SERVICES

Information Technology Services (ITS) is undertaking a consultative review of workgroup and collaboration services for staff. Services included in this review include email, calendar, document sharing, collaboration groups, video conferencing, mailing lists and instant messaging.

The main aim of the review is to ensure that all staff are given the opportunity to put forward their requirements for these services. To facilitate this, User Reference Forums are being held at all Victorian campuses for all staff. You are encouraged to provide input.

Please put forward your requirements by filling in the form at: http://www.its.monash.edu.au/projects/wcr/gen_requirements.html If you have any questions about the project or the User Reference Forums contact David Benstead at David.Benstead@its.monash.edu.au

MULTICULTURAL DAY FESTIVAL

BISA proudly presents: “Unity”- together as one. A one-day event to celebrate Australian cultural diversity and students diversity at Monash Berwick.

Date: Wednesday the 10th of August 2005
Time: 12pm-4:30pm
Location: Student Lounge (Build. 902, Ground Floor)

Highlights:

Multicultural performances by professionals and students
International food showcase
Many competitions (including best traditional costume) and lots of prizes to be won.

LANGUAGE AND LEARNING SERVICES

Academic Writing and Study Skills Classes, Semester 2, 2005

GENERAL CLASSES	DATE	TIME	PLACE
Reading Skills for Arts Students	Thursday 4 August	12.00noon -1.00pm	Room 133
Managing Study Now to Pass Exams How to survive the first few weeks of semester 2	Thursday 4 August	1.00pm - 2.00pm	Room 133
How can you avoid plagiarism? Referencing and incorporating sources into assignments	Tuesday 2 August Repeated Thursday 11 August	12.00noon -1.00pm Repeated 1.00pm - 2.00pm	Room 195 Repeated Room 133
Reports and Essays What is the difference between them?	Tuesday 9 August Repeated Thursday 18 August	12.00noon -1.00pm Repeated 1.00pm -2.00pm	Room 195 Repeated Room 133
Writing Assignments and Essays	Tuesday 16 August Repeated Thursday 25 August	12.00noon -1.00pm Repeated 1.00pm -2.00pm	Room 195 Repeated Room 133
Exam Strategies How to cope with exam stress and prepare for exams	Tuesday 11 October Repeated Thursday 20 October	12.00noon -1.00pm Repeated 1.00pm -2.00pm	Room 195 Repeated Room 133

BERWICK STUDENTS SHINE AT SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY GAMES

Luc Borrowman and Dimitri Deane, first year students from Monash University Berwick Campus successfully competed as part of Monash University's GOLD medal Rugby Sevens team at the recent Southern University Games (SUG). SUG is a competition between all the universities in Tasmania, South Australia and Victoria, and is a qualifying competition for the Australian University Games held in Brisbane later this year.

Overall, Monash won the gold medal winning five of their six games beating Melbourne University in the semi final (36-12) and Swinburne University of Technology in the final (31-12).The team was managed by Berwick staff member Glen Croy of the Tourism Research Unit.

MONASH INTERNATIONAL BERWICK

Jayne Parsons who has been an interim replacement for Mark Bartholomuesz would like to thank everyone at the Berwick campus who has made this experience really positive. She will be moving on to lesser things at MI head office utilising the knowledge obtained here at Berwick. Mark Bartholomeusz will be returning as of the 1st of August 2005 as manager.

STUDENT TAEKWONDO CHAMPIONS TO COMPETE IN TURKEY

Three Monash students have been selected to compete at the World University Games being held in Turkey next month.

Ms Caroline Marton, Mr Louie Trajkoski and Mr Adam Underwood have been selected for the Australian Taekwondo team competing in Izmir - a busy Turkish tourist city.

The team of four men and six women were chosen because of their competition results in the past year.

Ranked number one in Australia, Ms Marton will be one of 158 women in the Taekwondo competition. It will be her first World University Games. Caroline is doing her Bachelor of Communications and Adam Underwood is completing a Bachelor of Business and Commerce/Bachelor of Communication at Berwick Campus.

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Berwick Campus News Edition 19, Monday 1 August 2005