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May 2005 |
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| Monash Silicon Valley IT Internship Program |
For the third year running, the Silicon Valley Internship Program has been another tremendous success. After working for three months with US based IT companies such as Macromedia and ANZA Technology Network, the interns from Monash's Faculty of Information Technology are on track to launching their IT careers. <more>
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Four funerals and a wedding: IT seminar
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How might the coming IT shifts affect your daily work, your current job, and your future career? Attend the next Gearing for Success breakfast seminar to hear IT futurist Dr Damian Conway discuss four emerging information technologies that in the coming decade will almost certainly kill, and then eat, dozens of existing businesses. <more>
Date: Wed 22 June, 7.15 - 8.45am
Venue: Sofitel Melbourne
Advance register: Jennifer Smith / Tel: +61 3 9905 2636
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| Three law graduates join the bench |
Three Monash Law alumni have been appointed to the Victorian judiciary. Mr Kevin Bell QC has been appointed to the bench of the Supreme Court, Ms Felicity Hampel SC to the bench of the County Court, and the Victorian Solicitor for Public Prosecutions, Ms Kay Robertson, to the bench of the Melbourne Magistrates' Court. <more>
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| Students and staff fight to stop voluntary student unionism |
Vice-chancellor Professor Richard Larkins and student union leaders from across Monash University have united against the voluntary student unionism legislation that has been proposed by the Federal Government. <more>
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| Peat swamps harbour a tiny secret |
Bacteria and fungi are abundant in peat swamps, researchers from Monash University Malaysia have found in a discovery that has excited the global scientific community. <more>
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| Help redesign work |
Does your workplace recognise your family responsibilities and allow some flexibility? Or provide options to slow down as you get older to retain your experience?
The Faculty of Business and Economics invites all Monash alumni to take part in an international career survey focusing on the different life-stage issues surrounding work/life balance. All participants will receive the survey results and gain access to a suite of on-line career coaching tools. <survey>
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| Update your contact details & win! |
Changed jobs or moved house? Update your employment, address and email details. One lucky winner each month will be able to shop online for $200 worth of books and Monash merchandise. <more>
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Professional Development |
| Study for a more sustainable world |
| Monash University's new Master of Environment and Sustainability was launched at the inaugural Sustainability Forum, "Living well within our environment".<more>
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| Monash Law information evening |
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Monash Law School offers a range of flexible masters and graduate diploma programs for both law and non-law graduates. Learn all you need to know about these postgraduate courses at an information evening on Wed 25 May from 6 - 8pm at the Monash Law Chambers, 472 Bourke Street, Melbourne. <more>
Register/Inq: Heather Beeching /Tel: +61 3 9641 6206
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| Integrated Governance Conference October 2005, Prato, Italy |
| Alumni are invited to attend this conference and submit papers on governance, with one of the major themes being the operation of governance in the aftermath of major disasters such as the Indian Ocean Tsunami. <more> |
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| Build your IT career |
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A Monash Information Technology postgraduate degree can drive your IT career forward. Or it can give you the start in the IT industry that you're looking for. <more>
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Events |
| 2005 Great Law Week Debate |
Litigation is causing the death of medical practice. This is the burning issue Monash University's best legal and medical minds will contest at the 2005 Great Law Week debate on Wed 18 May. <more> (pdf)
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| UK Alumni Reception |
The Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Richard Larkins AO, cordially invites friends and alumni of Monash University to a reception in London where the degree of Doctor of Laws honoris causa will be conferred upon Professor the Lord Desai of St Clement Danes. Thurs 2 June, The Australian High Commission, London <more>
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| 40th Anniversary Gala Concert |
Performance staff present a concert of chamber music to celebrate 40 years of the Monash School of Music - Conservatorium.
Sat 14 May 7.30pm, Music Auditorium, Clayton
Inq: Music School Bookings: Tel +61 3 9905 1111 |
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| Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences events |
2nd Annual Rod Andrew Oration. Tue 10 May 6.30pm, Clayton <more>
Class of 1970 35 Year Reunion. Sat 14 May 7pm, Windsor Hotel Melbourne. Book online Inq: Jill Robertson or Tel: +61 3 9387 9760 |
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| The Victorian College of Pharmacy Graduation Dinner |
VCP 2004 graduates, their families and friends are invited to the graduation dinner at The International of Brighton, Thurs 5 May 7pm. Inq: Elizabeth Welch Tel: +61 3 9903 9087 |
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| Certain Disasters: Earthquakes, Tsunamis, and SuperVolcanoes |
A free public lecture given by three of Australia's leading experts about three of the biggest planet-shapers in Earth's history.
Wed 4 May 7pm, Clayton
Inq./Register: Helen Rayner Tel: +61 3 9905 1370
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Classnotes |
| Kathleen Smith |
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Kathleen Smith (BSc 1993, BE 1994) studied Applied Mathematics and Mechanical Engineering at Monash. She says she now feels "like a kid in a candy store" in her role as Deputy Director Aerospace and Plans at the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) in Melbourne. <more>
Read more alumni profiles on the 'Classnotes' pages of the alumni website. |
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Campaigns |
| Think Back. Give Back |
The 2005 Annual Appeal gives you a chance to support academic projects in your old faculty, or you can support the scholarship fund or the libraries. <more> |
