PENINSULA ONLINE
Issue 1
Tuesday, 26 February 2008
Peninsula Welcomes New Students
 2008 Orientation has seen the campus a-buzz with Faculty Welcomes, information sessions, tours, BBQs, MONSU and sports activities to name but a few.
Orientation officially got underway on Wednesday February 20 with the Campus Welcome. Peninsula staff looked splendid processing into the George Jenkins Theatre in their Academic Dress, and Cara Alphey from MONSU did a wonderful job as MC for the event.
Professor Phil Steele and MONSU President Matt Keates cut a Monash 50th Anniversary cake which was shared by all for morning tea.
Despite the changeable weather, hundreds of onlookers were able to witness an Indigenous Smoking Ceremony performed outside the George Jenkins Theatre. New students were then grouped with others from their faculty and taken on guided tours of the campus.
 Many academic and professional staff have played a part in Orientation 2008. Whether organising or presenting sessions, conducting library tours, staffing ‘Open Labs’ or donning a BBQ apron, all did a marvelous job in making our new students feel welcome.
Photo: David Zyngier from the Faculty of Education meeting commencing students.
Get Fit in 2008!
How are those New Year’s resolutions going?
Monash Sport has a great program of group fitness classes available at Peninsula in 2008. For more information on the programs below, please call Monash Sport on 9904 4496.
Monday
7.30am - 8.15am: Boot Camp
5.15pm - 6.00pm: Buffed Bar
Wednesday
7.30am - 8.15am: Spin
5.15pm - 6.00pm: Boot Camp
Thursday
5.15pm - 6.00pm: Yoga
Friday
7.30am - 8.15am: Buffed Bar
Saturday
8.15am - 9.00am: Boot Camp
9.15am - 10.00am: Yoga
Health Service Update
Doctors are now available at Peninsula campus Monday to Friday from 9.00am-5.00pm.
Dr Jane Thompson and Dr Lorraine Briggs can assist you with a wide range of medical issues along with advice relating to travel health and immunisations.
For appointments with any of the medical staff or for further information, please call Jude, Health Service receptionist, on 9904 4615.
 Meet at the Meeting Point!
The new ‘Meeting Point’ café in Building U has been a hive of activity during Orientation and Week 1! With extended trading hours (8.00am - 4.00pm) and a new and improved spread of hot and cold food, it’s little wonder that Andrew and the crew are doing a roaring trade!
Meeting Point will also be offering $5 dinner packs after 3.00pm - great for residents and those staying late on campus!
Now let’s get serious about your research!
“Now let’s get serious about your research!” is designed as a one-day research-focused program which aims to introduce new research candidates to the Peninsula research community.
While it is open to all research students, it specifically endeavors to include part-time candidates and those who have joined Monash since the beginning of 2007 but have missed out on a formal induction or orientation.
A panel of recently completed postgraduates, who are also staff members at Monash, will talk about balancing work, study and life, followed by a panel on research methods and a workshop on advanced word processing for research.
Lunch will be provided, vegetarian and other options available on request.
Date: 27 February 2008
Time: 10am - 4pm
Venue: Struan Postgraduate Centre, Building S, Peninsula Campus
Bookings:https://my.monash.edu.au/news-and-events/bookings/
Contact: Christiane Momberg, Monash Postgraduate Association (MPA)
Time to THRIVE!
Stress less! Grow more. Listen to your body. Hear your heart. Sleep with ease. Release the anger.
Worried about worrying? Take it in hand!
Better than a lunch break – with none of the calories. In fact, just one hour a week over eight weeks could give you the tools you need to smooth any frayed edges!
A hit in ’07, THRIVE is back to make you great in ’08.
1 : March 4 : Introduction
2 : March 11 : Body Awareness
3 : March 19 : Relaxation & Meditation
4 : April 1 : Sleep
5 : April 8 : Rational Thinking
6 : April 15 : Worry Control
7 : April 22 : Assertiveness
8 : April 29 : Job Stress
When: Every Tuesday 1- 2pm – dates above
Where: Building A, Level 1, Health Wellbeing & Development
Who for: Staff
Cost: $10
To book call 44223 and ask for Elaney.
For more information, email Helen Kothrakis.
Premonitions: Monash University Collection 1961-2007 at McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park, Langwarrin 
Staff are invited to an exhibition surveying highlights of the Monash University Collection at the McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park in Langwarrin from 16 February – 4 May.
The exhibition is presented as part of Monash's 50th anniversary. For details of other 50th anniversary events, visit the 50 Years website.
Picture: Simryn GILL, A Small Town at the Turn of the Century #1 1999-2000, Type C photograph, image: 91.4 x 91.4 cm; Monash University Collection
Intellectual Property Seminar
Intellectual Property is an important issue for supervisors and postgraduate research students.
The Monash Research Graduate School, in association with Monash Research Commercialisation will run Introduction to Intellectual Property seminars throughout 2008.
Lawyers from some of Melbourne's best known legal firms with Intellectual Property expertise will also be in attendance. There is also a segment on Copyright.
For supervisors, attendance at the Introduction to Intellectual Property seminar (Master Class 4) will be credited towards Level 2 in the Monash Research Supervision Accreditation Program. Postgraduate research students are welcome to attend this seminar.
Introduction to Intellectual Property and Copyright
Tentative Date: 4 June 2008 (at Peninsula)
Time: 4:00 to 6:00pm
Venue: Peninsula Campus (exact venue to be confirmed)
Topics covered include:
• Intellectual Property Basics
• The university’s IP Statute and Regulations
• The IP form signed at enrolment – how to complete it – what it means
• Assignment of IP and licensing
• Patents and Commercialisation
• Question and answer time
To view 2008 dates at Clayton campus visit: exPERT bookings
Enquiries: Barbara Hardie at MRGS
OT Honour
Rebecca Allen, Senior Lecturer in Occupational Therapy at Peninsula, has been awarded the prestigious Sylvia Docker lecture for 2008. This lecture is the highest award that can be given to an Australian occupational therapist and will be delivered at the next National OT conference in Melbourne in September.
The Sylvia Docker lecture was established in1964, to honour Miss Sylvia
Docker who established the first training school for occupational therapists in Sydney in 1941 and also commemorates the foundation of the Australian Association of Occupational Therapists (AAOT) in 1945.
The purpose of the lecture is to encourage occupational therapists in their professional careers and to honour those who have made outstanding contributions to occupational therapy. The objects of the Lecture are to stimulate research into aspects of education and clinical practice in OT and to encourage contribution to literature on the subjects of education and clinical practice.
Congratulations Rebecca!
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