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Alumni Careers @ Melbourne
Up to one year after graduation, alumni can continue to use
Careers
& Employment's full range of services, which includes
careers counselling, resumé reviews, seminar programs,
careers information and employment opportunities.
After a year, Alumni continue to have access a range of useful
services, including up-to-date career information and employment
opportunities via Careers Online, Careers & Employment's
comprehensive website, weekly email bulletins and access to
the Careers Resource Centre.
Read more about Careers
& Employment Services for Alumni.
Graduate
Profiles
Previously Raul Estevez enjoyed a successful
career in hospitality. From working as a front-of-house
manager, to opening several international hotels, his
energy was the envy of many of his colleagues. Now,
Raul has thrown himself headlong into a teaching career
that has already taken him from Canada to Chile, and
back to Australia. GradNet asked Raul to tell
us more...
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1981, Vi Le Peterson was offered a graduate management
trainee position with the Australian and New Zealand
Banking Group Limited (ANZ Bank). 23 years later, Vi
is based in Bangkok, Thailand, where she and her husband
run a US-based foundation, The Alliance for Safe Children
(TASC). GradNet asked Vi about her journey… more
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University News
FROM THE VICE-CHANCELLOR
"Last week I had great pleasure in offering all University
staff a new Enterprise Agreement following the successful conclusion
of negotiations." more
UNIVERSITY WELCOMES ALL TO A DAY OF DISCOVERY
The University of Melbourne opened its doors to more than 30,000
visitors at this year’s Discovery Day when prospective students
and their families came to campus to see the diverse range of
courses and activities on offer in faculties and departments.
NEWS FROM THE ACADEMIC BOARD
"I wish the people who think that international
students are ‘cash cows’ for Australian universities had been
with me at two joyous events I attended last week. They were
organised by MUOSS – the Melbourne University Overseas Students
Service." more
More news
from the University of Melbourne is available online.
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Research @ Melbourne
MICROWAVE PROCESSING TO RESHAPE TIMBER INDUSTRY
Radical new microwave-processing technologies for drying, preserving
and curving wood, developed at the University of Melbourne,
are set to transform Australia’s timber industry. more
DO $$ BUY YOU HAPPINESS?
“Money does not buy happiness; it just allows you to be miserable
in a better neighbourhood,” goes a timeless quip. But what is
the relationship between economics and happiness? The question
is under study in the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic
and Social Research at the University of Melbourne. more
YOGHURT NO ANSWER TO THRUSH – STUDY
The widely assumed curative power of yoghurt to prevent cases
of thrush when taking antibiotics has been debunked by a University
of Melbourne researcher. more
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News & Events
SINGAPORE EVENT - EARLY CHILDHOOD PRESENTATION
Thursday September 23, 6.30pm, Associate Professor Glenda
McNaughton, the Director of the Centre for Equity and Innovation
in Early Childhood, will be giving a presentation titled "Making
better worlds: why early childhood curriculum matters to civil
society in the 21st century". Venue: Singapore Institute
of Management Headquarters, 461 Clementi Road, Singapore 599491.
To reserve a place, please contact Magdaline
Tan or Theresa Po at the Singapore Institute of Management
on 6248 9732 or 6248 9734.
SINGAPORE RECEPTION FOR MELBOURNE EDUCATION ALUMNI AND
FRIENDS
Friday September 24, 6.30pm. Join the new Dean of Education,
Professor Field Rickards, and other Faculty staff at a reception
for alumni and friends of Melbourne Education. Venue: Indonesia
and Philippines Rooms, Level 5, Hilton Singapore Hotel, 581
Orchard Road, Singapore 238883, RSVP to Aaron
Tham by Friday September 7, Tel: 6736 7039.
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE MEDICAL SOCIETY (UMMS)
Graduates of the School of Medicine can keep in touch with
fellow alumni, the school and the university through the University
of Melbourne Medical Society (UMMS). The society's annual
journal, Chiron, was published in June and includes
articles from staff and students about current research and
programs in the School of Medicine, reunions, obituaries,
medical history and much more. Members also receive a biannual
newsletter, Melbourne PostCard, and information about
reunions of their year group. Membership is free and renewable
annually. For information see the website
or email
us.
AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES INTERNATIONAL ALUMNI CONVENTION
(AUIAC 2004)
December 1 - 3, "The Bridge to Opportunities: Hong Kong",
Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. more
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