Alumni Careers @ Melbourne
This week's edition of Alumni Careers @ Melbourne covers
what to expect and how to prepare for the various Recruitment
and Selection Techniques you may encounter when applying
for jobs.
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Graduate Profile
CLARE
BOWDITCH: Performing with international artists; songwriting; searching for inspiration;
writing press releases; looking after her daughter; running sessional singing group; teaching; answering
emails; and putting up posters in cafes. Is there anything Clare Bowditch doesn't do on an 'average day in the office'?
Read
more.
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University News
QUEENS
BIRTHDAY HONOURS 2004
Congratulations to all alumni and staff who received 2004
Queen's Birthday Honours awards. View the complete
list.
MELBOURNE
HAS LOWEST DROPOUT RATE: The University of Melbourne has
the lowest student attrition rates of any higher education
institution in Australia, according to 2002 figures released
recently by the Commonwealth Government’s Department of Education,
Science and Training. Read
more.
CHINA SEES MODEL HERE FOR MENTAL HEALTH CARE: University
of Melbourne expertise is playing a role in China’s transition
to new ways of working in health care, with an initial focus
on mental health as a model. Read
more.
GRAEME
CLARKE, DAVID SOLOMON, ELECTED TO ROYAL SOCIETY: Two eminent
University of Melbourne scientists have been elected Fellows
of the Royal Society - the only Australian-based scientists
elected this year among 44 Fellows from the fields of science,
engineering, technology and medicine. Read
more.
ART
HISTORY GRADUATE OFF TO THE GUGGENHEIM IN VENICE: Anna
Drummond, a postgraduate student in the School of Art History,
Cinema, Classics and Archaeology is bound for Venice to take
up an internship at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in July
and August this year. Read
more.
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University Fund 2004 Annual
Appeal
At this time of the year, the Chancellor Ms Fay Marles AM
invites alumni and supporters to contribute to the University's
areas of greatest need by giving to the University Fund annual
appeal. Donations made to the University Fund allow the University
to provide additional and practical support for our students;
add to library resources; contribute to research; or to assist
faculties with priority needs. Thank you to those of you who
have supported the annual giving program in the past.
If you wish to support the University from abroad, you may
be interested in the option of making a gift to The Friends
of the University of Melbourne Charitable Trust in the UK,
or The University of Melbourne USA Foundation. A gift to either
the Trust, or the Foundation, for the benefit of the University
of Melbourne may enable you to obtain taxation benefits in
the relevant country. More
information (pdf, 139 kb).
The Chancellor's invitation
to support the 2004 annual appeal and a donation
response form (pdf, 147 kb) are now available.
For further information email
or telephone +61 3 8344 0905.
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Alumni News
WATCH THIS SPACE - CHANGES TO THE ALUMNI WEBSITE
Many of you have told us what you think about the Alumni
@ Melbourne website: via the website feedback form, the
GradNet subscriber survey, and email. In response to
your feedback, we are now redeveloping the website. Over the
coming months, you will notice some initial changes. The existing
'Virtual Community' features will be removed and replaced with
a better facility by the end of the year. Please refer to the
homepage and future editions of GradNet for updates on
the website re-development project. If you would like to find
out more about this project, or you have any feedback, comments
or suggestions, please email the Communications
Officer.
OUT NOW - MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE
The Melbourne University Magazine is published in May
each year and sent free of charge to all alumni and friends
for whom the University of Melbourne has a valid postal address.
The 2004 edition was sent to over 142,000 addresses in more
than 120 countries. If you did not receive your Melbourne
University Magazine 2004, you can request
a copy by email or by calling the Development Office on
(03) 8344 0882. You can also download a copy of the Melbourne
University Magazine 2004 (pdf 1.99 mb).
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Alumni Abroad
BEIJING RESEARCH WORKSHOP
"Facing Excessive Urban Production: In search of human space
", Peking University - University of Melbourne Joint Research
Workshop, Saturday July 3, 9.00am-6.00pm, Lecture Theatre, Graduate
Centre of Architecture, Peking University, Beijing, China. More
information.
LAW ALUMNI NETWORK
Register
online to network with other alumni and find out about news
and events.
AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL ALUMNI CONVENTION [AUIAC]
2004
This year's convention will be held in Hong Kong, December 1-3,
2004. All Melbourne alumni are warmly invited to attend. The
University will send representatives and is planning to arrange
a special function for Melbourne alumni to coincide with the
convention. More
information.
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Research @ Melbourne
DEPRESSION,
DIABETES LINKAGE TO BE FOCUS OF NEW INVESTIGATION: University
of Melbourne research into depression linked with diabetes has
been awarded a 2004 beyondblue seed grant worth almost $50,000
by the Victorian Centre of Excellence in Depression and Related
Disorders. Read
more.
STUDY
ASKS HOW CHILDREN BUILD THEIR CULTURAL AND 'RACIAL' IDENTITIES:
A University of Melbourne research team will study 48 preschoolers
over the next two years in a move to discover more about how
young Australians construct their cultural and ‘racial’ identities.
Read
more.
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Public Lectures
Complete details of upcoming public
lectures can be found online.
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