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Alumni Careers @ Melbourne
How do we make decisions about our careers? How do we find
out if we are in the right area, how to handle specific problems,
or what direction to move in? Learning from the experiences
of others can be a great way to develop your own career potential.
Read this week's article: The career value of mentoring to
find out more.
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Graduate
Profile
Secondary school teacher, Jesse McMaster works
in a hugely disadvantaged area of Sydney. Most of the
students that he works with are from the now-notorious
Redfern and its surrounding suburbs. Despite the challenges
of his position, Jesse claims that he will always be
grateful for the experience. GradNet asked him
why… Read
more.
Are you doing something interesting with your Melbourne
degree? Share
your graduate profile.
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Special Offer for Alumni
WIN A DOUBLE PASS TO THE MTC
GradNet has four double passes to the Friday September
10 performance of the Melbourne Theatre Company's multi award
winning TAKE ME OUT. To win a double pass, simply be one of
the first 4 subscribers to email kkennedy@unimelb.edu.au
and tell us what you would like to read more about in GradNet.
Easy!
MTC TAKE ME OUT: SPECIAL OFFER FOR ALUMNI
Melbourne Theatre Company, a department of the University
of Melbourne, is offering GradNet subscribers the opportunity
to purchase tickets to the multi award-winning TAKE ME OUT
at the Arts Centre Playhouse at the early bird price of $45.
This offer will save you over $15 per ticket. Call Ticketmaster7
on 1300 136 166 or visit any Ticketmaster7 outlet and ask
for the EB Offer. Alternatively you can book
online. This offer is available for all performances from
the 2 Sept - 2 Oct. Offer expires Friday 3 September. (A $7.15
transaction fee applies to all phone and internet bookings).
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University News
FROM THE VICE-CHANCELLOR
Our University is accountable to many stakeholders. These
stakeholders include our students for the quality of their education,
our graduates for protecting the standing of their degrees,
those who fund our research, those who partner with us in academic,
professional, research and cultural endeavours, the wider community
which supports us in many ways, the Victorian government which
provides our legislative base, and the Australian Government
which remains our largest source of funds. Read
more
CENTRE FOR CULTURAL MATERIALS CONSERVATION LAUNCHED
The University of Melbourne has officially launched its Centre
for Cultural Materials Conservation (CCMC) – a joint initiative
between the University’s faculties of Arts and Science and
the Ian Potter Museum of Art. Read
more.
$2M MOVE TO AID WEB LEARNING
The University of Melbourne is streamlining access to learning
materials across the University community with the $2 million
implementation of a new learning management system (LMS).
Read
more.
COMMUNITY FOCUS IN UNI VISIT TO GOULBERN VALLEY
Members of the University of Melbourne Council and the
University’s senior executive and deans met with Goulburn
Valley community leaders on a visit to Shepparton earlier
this month. Read
more.
More news
from the University of Melbourne is available online.
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Research @ Melbourne
‘COOL BURNS’ MAY HELP SAVE THE RED COCKATOO
A method for reducing the impact of bush fires is under the
spotlight in a University of Melbourne study to help save the
endangered red-tailed black cockatoo. Read
more.
MALAYSIA, KOREA EXPLORE MENTAL HEALTH LINKS HERE
Melbourne’s reputation as a centre of excellence in mental health
reform and education was underscored recently with visits by
senior mental health officials from Malaysia and Korea. Read
more.
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Faculty News & Events
ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING AND PLANNING
Thursday September 2, Research Seminar Series: Save the Wall:
creative research in a research-active faculty, by Professor
Paul Carter
(ABP, University of Melbourne), Japanese Room, First Floor,
Architecture and Planning Building, The University of Melbourne,
1.00-2.00pm. More
information.
ARTS
Wednesday September 1, Eat My Words: is a new monthly
series of literary discussions established by the Faculty
of Arts. The Faculty is delighted to announce that Jack Hibberd,
arguably one of Australia ’s most performed playwrights and
author of the acclaimed Dimboola, will be the inaugural speaker
for Eat My Words, 3.00pm, Yasuko Hiraoka Myer Room, Level
1, Sidney Myer Asia Centre. More
information (pdf 88 kb).
EDUCATION
Explore your potential - Melbourne Education Postgraduate
Information Evening: Wednesday September 8, 5.45-8.00pm.
Have you been considering ways to optimise promotional opportunities
or perhaps alter your career path to take a new direction?
Learn more about the Faculty of Education's exciting range
of postgraduate courses at this information evening. More
information.
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.
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.
LAW
Laptop Program for Law Students: the Law School encourages
the use of mobile computing to create a more flexible study
environment. It has worked with a number of companies to provide
two laptop bundles suitable for undertaking legal research
& study. Read
more.
Inaugural Alumni Cocktail Party: Tuesday October 19,
6.00 - 8.00pm, Law School, University Square, 185 Pelham Street,
Carlton. Cost: $45 inc GST. More
information (pdf 110 kb).
MEDICINE, DENTISTRY AND HEALTH SCIENCES
Medical history resources: the faculty's history dates back
to the establishment of the School of Medicine in 1862 and
spans the modern history of biomedicine. Access the faculty's
online
history resources.
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College News & Events
GRADUATE HOUSE MONTHLY LUNCHEON
September 1, 12.30pm for 12.50pm, Speaker: Professor Peter
McPhee, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic), Topic: Keeping education
at The University of Melbourne on course, 224 Leicester Street,
Carlton, RSVP Monday 30 August, Phone 9347 3428. More information.
WEST SIDE STORY - 2004 TRINITY COLLEGE MUSICAL
This vibrant show with its ever-popular score is the 2004
Trinity College Musical. The season runs from 8 to 11 September
at 8.00pm in the Union Theatre at the University. $20 adults,
$15 students. Bookings: Union Theatre. Tel: (03) 8344 7447.
More
information.
TEAM MELBOURNE UNI GALA LAUNCH AND AUCTION
Bid for a Caribbean cruise or Michael Schumacher's signed
Ferrari jacket when Trinity College hosts the Gala Launch
of the youngest team ever to enter the Sydney-Hobart yacht
race. Saturday 11 September, 6-9pm, Trinity College Dining
Hall. Contact Ms
Indi Davis. Tel: (03) 9348 7247. More
information.
SPRING BBQ FOR TRINITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION STUDIES ALUMNI
Catch up with friends and Trinity lecturers and staff on Sunday
September 12, 2.00 - 4.00pm, on the College Bulpadock. $12
per person. Dress casual. RSVP by September 6 to Ms
Vivian Chan. Email: Tel: +61 3 9348 7122 Fax: +61 3 9348
7139. More
information.
SINGING ROUND THE STATES - TRINITY COLLEGE CHOIR
The Choir of Trinity College is set to enhance its international
reputation further when it tours the USA from September 15
to October 4, singing concerts and services in San Francisco,
Austin, Houston, Dallas, New York, Burlington, and Boston,
and also in Quebec City, Canada. More
information.
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Events & Opportunities
OUT NOW! SYDNEY ALUMNI NETWORK NEWSLETTER
The August edition of the University of Melbourne Sydney
Alumni Network newsletter is out now! If you are a graduate
of the University of Melbourne currently residing in Sydney,
and we have your current postal address, you will recieve a
copy in the mail. If you did not receive a copy of the newsletter,
update
your address details to ensure you receive all future alumni
correspondance. Meanwhile, you can download
a pdf of the newsletter (pdf 186 kb). The newsletter outlines
a range of upcoming activities for 2004.
THREE GREAT ROMANTICS (Josef Rheinberger, Johanne
Brahms, Ralph Vaughan Williams), by The Choir of Ormond
College (Director - Douglas Lawrence, Organist - Rhys
Boak, Trumpet - Benjamin Mansted), Friday September 3, 8.00pm,
St Mary's Star of the Sea, cnr Howard and Victoria streets,
North Melbourne, Tickets at Ticketek and at the door.
THE DUTCH COURTESAN
September, Thursday 9 - Saturday 11 & Wednesday 15 - Saturday
18, 8.00pm, The Guild Theatre. Union House Theatre brings
together an energetic cast of Melbourne University students
to tell a Jacobean tale of love and lust; bawdiness and betrayal;
double-deals and devilish disguises; and of course, the things
men will do under the seductive powers of the Dutch courtesan.
Tickets: $15/$10 Bookings: 8344 7447.
More
information.
WORKING HOLIDAY CAREERS FAIR
Monday September 6, 1.00 - 4.00pm, Grand Buffet Hall, Student
Union Building, featuring a variety of exhibitors, many of
whom recruit alumni with significant work experience in their
chosen field and offer short-term and long-term employment
opportunities both within Australia and overseas. More
information.
AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES INTERNATIONAL ALUMNI CONVENTION
(AUIAC 2004)
December 1 - 3, "The Bridge to Opportunities: Hong Kong",
Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. More
information.
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Public Lectures
Complete details of upcoming public lectures can be found online.
"YOU LOOK SO MUCH LIKE YOUR MOTHER!": THE IMPORTANCE
OF GENETICS IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Wednesday September 1, 6.30-7.30pm, by Ms Dawn Gleeson (Director
of First Year Biology Learning Centre, Department of Genetics),
Theatre A, Elisabeth Murdoch Building. More
information.
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY AND ITS HISTORIES: ON WRITING THE HISTORY
OF BOOKS IN CAMBRIDGE
Tuesday September 7, 5.30 - 6.30pm, by Dr David McKitterick
(Librarian, Trinity College Cambridge), Leigh Scott Room, 1st
Floor, Baillieu Library. More
information.
CORPORATE FAILURE: DECEPTION AND THE NARCISSISTIC CORPORATION
Wednesday September 8, 4.30-5.30pm, by Prof Russell Craig (Accounting
& Management, Australian National University), Room 1004,
10th floor, Redmond Barry Building, Parkville campus. More
information.
THE UNAUSTRALIAN
Thursday September 16, 6.30-7.30pm, by 2004 Macgeorge Fellow,
Dr Rex Butler (Senior Lecturer in the Department of English
Media Studies & Art History at the University of Queensland),
Elisabeth Murdoch Theatre. More
information.
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