Monash Berwick hosts VCE Revision Lectures for local students
Over 450 VCE students from Melbourne’s South-East region descended on Monash University’s Berwick campus last Sunday May 27 th to take advantage of the VCE Revision Lecture series provided by Monash Berwick and the South East Education Forum.
VCE teachers from schools in the area delivered the two-hour lectures, covering subjects such as Biology, Psychology, Physics, Chemistry and Accounting.
The lectures helped prepare students for their upcoming mid-year exams without having to travel too far from home.
“Monash University Berwick is thrilled to host the VCE Revision Lectures for students from the local region,” said Pro Vice-Chancellor and Academic Director Professor Phillip Steele.
“It can be difficult for local students to attend similar events in Melbourne and we are proud to be able to provide an accessible and high-quality local alternative.”
“Students from the South-East region should be provided with the same opportunities to succeed as their counterparts in other areas of Melbourne and we hope that the VCE Revision Lecture series at Monash Berwick will help them to do this.”
A similar series is planned for later in the year to assist local students with their end-of-year exams.
Interested students can find out more by calling 9904 7005.
Colonel L. K. Hatfield visits the campus
Colonel L. K. Hatfield, the previous land owner of the Monash Berwick site, visited the campus recently.
Pictured above with Associate Professor Lionel Frost, Colonel Hatfield was delighted to see his involvement with the site recorded on the history boards hanging in the foyer of building 901. Associate Professor Frost wrote the text that appears on the boards.
As well as flying in 68 combat missions and being awarded ‘The Distinguished Fly Cross’, ‘The Air Medal’ and ‘The Order of the Purple Heart’, Colonel Hatfield ran a flying school where the campus was built.
During April 1968, Colonel Hatfield and his wife Elsa commenced operations at Lord Casey Airfield at Berwick, the same location where he had previously flown in gliders.
When he retired from the army as a Colonel, they established Groupair Pty Ltd and they conducted flying training to Commercial Standard, Charter, Repair and Maintenance of Aircraft and in conjunction with The Scout Association (Mr. Paul Thomas) Flight Familiarisation for some hundreds of young members. Many of whom later took up flying as a career.
They kept ‘open house’ and many flew in from elsewhere – one of the main attractions was ‘Elsa Burgers’ served in the Club House as snacks by his wife. The expansion of population finally bought about the closure of Casey Airfield and the operations finally ceased during December 1994.
Monash University Berwick was built during 1995 and opened its doors in 1996.
Animated Dialogues Conference June 17-19 2007
Monash Berwick will host part of the upcoming Animated Dialogues Conference from June 17-19 2007.
Register online to attend this fantastic event with multimedia academics from around the world.
View the program here.
Ticket prices are as follows:
Three days attendance - Waged: $200 Unwaged: $110
One Day attendance - Waged: $110 Unwaged: $55
Please register by June 8th 2007 for catering purposes.
If you wish to register at the conference, please be advised than an additional $20 administration fee will be charged.
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Student Networking Expo a hit
Seven Monash Berwick students representing the Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of Business and Economics and the Faculty of Information Technology visited St Margaret's School recently to participate in the first Student Networking Expo.
Each Monash Berwick student delivered a brief presentation discussing their current course, future aspirations and their experiences studying at Monash Berwick.
The event gave Year 12 St Margaret's students the opportunity to chat to current Monash Berwick students to find out some of the advantages of studying at a smaller, local campus.
St Margaret's students were provided with contact details of their counterparts at Monash Berwick so that they can keep in touch and ask them questions whenever they arise.
Everyone involved had a great time and found the event to be extremely rewarding. Both Monash Berwick and St Margaret's have agreed to run the event on an annual basis.
Tourism Research Seminar 19 June 2007
Monash Berwick's Tourism Research Unit (TRU) (pictured right) will host a Tourism Research Seminar at the Berwick campus on Tuesday 19 June 2007 from 9.30am-3.00pm.
The seminar will showcase six current tourism research projects currently underway by TRU staff, research students and invited guests.
The guest speaker is Professor Bob McKercher from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University who will discuss, Is Special Interest Tourism really special?
The seminar program is available here. Please email enquiries to enquiries.TRU@buseco.monash.edu.au or call Annita Allman on 9904 7224 by Tuesay 12 June 2007.
Previous issues of Berwick Campus News available here