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Issue 13, Monday 21 May 2001 |
Works around campus
A range of exciting building initiatives are currently being undertaken at the
Caulfield campus.
| The old Unipath building located in Dandenong
Road next to Zagames, is currently being refurbished. The ground floor (pictured left) will
house the Faculty of Information Technology's Pearcy Centre and upstairs (pictured right)
will act as a postgraduate centre for IT and Business and Economics students. The
building will be accessible through the internal telephone and computer network systems,
and security will also be linked to the campus system. It is anticipated
that the building will be occupied in early June. |
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| Phase one of the library upgrade
is nearing completion with the new entrance (pictured), located on level 2 of
building A,
due be finished by the end of the month at which time entry to the
library will be relocated from level 3 to level 2. Phase two will involve the removal of the
internal stair case on the south side to create additional floor space on level 3. |
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| Levels 3 and 4 of building
F are currently
being refurbished for the Faculty of Engineering, Department of
Mechanical Engineering and the Maintenance Technology Institute.
Office space, laboratories, teaching/lecture areas, and meeting rooms will all be include.
The area is expected to be completed by the end of June. |
Fitness centre news
MONSU Fitness Centre manager Melissa Latu-Latui has been selected to
represent Australia in the national women's rugby team.
The Australian team will face a touring English side in a two or three match series being
played in the UK. This is the Latu's fifth year representing Australia.
The 27 year old has been involved in women's rugby for several years. She has played for
both the Victorian and Australian representative teams since 1996 and was a University
Games gold medallist in 1997.
She also played for the Wallaroos in the 1998 World Cup team and in 1997 as the curtain
raiser for the Bledisloe Cup in New Zealand.
Preparing for the games ahead.
Education Credit Union
Education Credit Union understands time is precious. That
is
why they offer members electronic banking facilities at little or no cost.
With convenience banking members can do their banking anytime, day or
night. As the name suggests, Education Credit Union is dedicated to servicing the
financial needs of the Education sector offering members a competitive package of financial services and products including:
Internet and phone banking services;
Members have access to an array of low cost banking facilities;
Members can access their accounts from anywhere in Australia and
Overseas (93% of our members don’t pay transaction fees);
Competitive loan packages, savings and investment accounts;
Financial planning services;
Electronic payroll services (split your pay between us and another
financial institution).
Compare the fee structure/interest rates to other financial
institutions. For further information, contact the Monash Service Centre, extn 54130 or
email us on monash@edcredit.com.au
Student & Staff Services questionnaire
The SSS Taskforce is currently undertaking an important survey to find out how
to improve the quality of services offered by the Student & Staff Services Division.
This includes services delivered by the Student & Staff Services Division and
services delivered by faculty and departmental staff in partnership with the division.
To enter the draw to win a $500 book voucher, staff are encouraged to complete a
confidential questionnaire about customer satisfaction with student and staff services.
The questionnaire is at http://www.marketequity.com.au/websurveys/monash
/staff/survey.asp
Paper questionnaires will be sent to staff without email access or upon request. The
survey runs from 21 May to 6 June. All queries to the SSS Taskforce project team on extn
59163.
C2.Net seminar
The DSTC (CRC for Enterprise Distributed Systems Technology Centre) is holding
a free seminar at the Caulfield campus that looks at the development of c2.net.
The DSTC, of which Monash is a core participant, has been conducting
'technology experiments' using Microsoft's latest offerings in support of the Defence,
Science and Technology Office for several years.
The work is intended to inform decision makers about future
possibilities for software systems architectures and technologies. The latest effort is
called C2.NET, which focuses on two main aspects of Command and Control.
This seminar will be held on Tuesday 29 May in K2.13 at 2.15 pm.
Registrations are essential for this seminar via email (vic-seminar@dstc.monash.edu.au) or fax
(extn 32863). For further information about DSTC visit http://www.dstc.edu.au/AboutDSTC/
For further information about DSTC's May-June training schedule, visit http://www.dstc.monash.edu.au/schedule.htm
 Notice board
The
Caulfield campus Relay for Life team, which participated in the Murrumbeena event on 24
and 25 March, raised over $2000 for cancer research. The team had representatives from the
Library, the Campus Director's Office, Facilities & Services, Community Services,
Estates Management, SIMS and MONSU.
Don't
forget to have a 'Cuppa for cancer' this Thursday 24 May between 10 am and 11.30 am in
Merlins. All proceeds go to the Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria.
Caulfield academic on six months leave from 1 July to 31 December
2001 wishes to let a large (35 squares), 4 bedroom modern house with
all conveniences in Brighton East. Includes 2.5 car garage, ducted heating, indoor and outdoor spa. 15 minute
drive to Caulfield campus, 20 minutes to Clayton, 35 minutes to Peninsula. Port Phillip Bay, tram and train close by. Inquiries extn 32062. Please ring to
discuss rent and whether or not it the property is required to be left furnished.
 Diary dates
25 May Accounting & Finance seminar 'Modelling
employment growth: An application of real options theory and the use of leading indicators
in business cycle analysis', by Professor Allan Layton, Queensland University of
Technology. Room A1.37, Caulfield. 12 noon.
5 June Social Work at Monash seminar
'Local communities and illicit drugs: Social inclusion vs Nimbyism', by
Dick Gross, Victorian Government Drug Policy Expert Committee, and Tonya
Stevens, City of Maribynong. Chaired by Cr Marg Jennings, Victorian Local
Governance Association Drug Issues Working Group. Lecture theatre B2.18. 5
pm. Contact: Philip
Mendes, extn 31120.
Authorised by the Office of the Campus Director -
Caulfield
Contributions can be emailed to
julie.ryan@adm.monash.edu.au by 5 pm Thursdays. |
