Monash Memo is a weekly newsletter designed to keep the Monash community up to date with the latest news and events in and around Monash.
Chalking it up to experience
Associate Professor David Paganin from the School of Physics was recently recognised for his commitment to teaching by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council.
University news
Monash University's Australian Centre for Biodiversity has launched a major research project into the benefits of "carbon farming" - the planting of trees to offset carbon emissions.
Internship provides opportunity to give back
Driven by a desire to make a positive impact on people's lives Arts student Christy McHugh applied for an internship with Oxfam Australia.
Study investigates parent-teen alcohol relationship
An Australia-first study by Monash researchers will investigate the attitudes of parents toward their teenagers' use of alcohol and how some parents encourage their children to trial alcohol in the home.More University news
$12.84 million for research collaboration
Monash is involved in five of the 10 successful Cooperative Research Centres recently announced by Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research Senator Kim Carr.Sunway showcases online education
Monash has showcased the use of information and communications technology (ICT) in everyday learning and teaching to the Malaysian Government.
Around Monash
Young researchers' scholarship boost
Three PhD students from the Faculty of Business and Economics have been awarded Donald Cochrane Postgraduate Research Scholarships to support them in completing their research.
MSA walks the talk
More than 500 staff, students and alumni from Monash South Africa - together with their families - have braved the winter chill to participate in the country's biggest walking event.
Road to Hell and good intentions
Gippsland art and design student Ben Teuben has received an internship to spend a week as an artist in residence at leading artist-run space, the Hell Gallery in Richmond, Melbourne.What's on this week
| Until Sat 23 Dec | Astronomy in a Nutshell | Clayton |
| Until Mon 31 Aug | Swift and Defoe | Clayton |
| Until Sat 5 Sep | Richard Lewer: Nobody Likes a Show Off | Clayton |
| Until Fri 28 Aug | Anxious Sight: Drawing Time | Caulfield |
| Until Thurs 17 Sept | Monash Fit Camp | Caulfield |
| Until Sat 29 Aug | Look Back in Anger | Melbourne |
| Until Sun 30 Aug | The Melbourne Writers Festival | Melbourne |
| Until Sun 30 Aug | The Melbourne Writers Festival - Big Ideas at RMIT Capitol Theatre | Melbourne |
| Until Weds 26 Aug | The Melbourne Writers Festival Schools program | Melbourne |
| Until Fri 28 Aug | MONSU Peninsula Sexual Health Week | Peninsula |
| Mon 24 Aug | Parent Information Evening - Ballarat | Ballarat |
| Mon 24 Aug | Train for the team skills employers want | Peninsula |
| Tues 25 Aug | Seminar: Developmental Implications of Early Trauma | Clayton |
| Thurs 27 Aug | 2009 Castan Centre Annual Lecture | Melbourne |
| Thurs 27 Aug | MONSU Peninsula Sex It Up! | Peninsula |
| Thurs 27 Aug | Parent Information Evening - Geelong | Geelong |
| Sun 30 Aug | South African Zulu Choir | Clayton |
Monash world
| Melbourne | Friday | 9:59 | pm |  | 27° C | |
| Johannesburg | Friday | 12:59 | pm |  | 26° C | |
| Kuala Lumpur | Friday | 6:59 | pm |  | 30° C | |
| Prato | Friday | 11:59 | am | | 16° C |
60 seconds with ...
Cordelia Selomulya In this week's 60 seconds we meet Dr Cordelia Selomulya from the Department of Chemical Engineering. Dr Selomulya has recently returned from Japan as one of 50 young professionals invited to take part in the Future Business Counterparts program, an initiative aimed at strengthening economic and social relations between Australia and Japan.
This week: Notices
Notices
- Anxious Sight: Drawing Time - Caulfield
- 2009 European Travel Grants for Staff
- Spirituality in the Workplace Lunch - Clayton
- Prince Henry's Institute Student Open Day
- Giving and Receiving Feedback - Clayton
- Students as Staff
Conferences, seminars and lectures
- American Drug Court Movement and Book Launch - Melbourne
- Climate Change: Sharing The Risk, Working Together - Melbourne
- Why we are suckers for an unfair deal - Melbourne
- Conference: External Relations Of The EU - Melbourne
- Solid States/Liquid Objects: Discourses of Mediation - Caulfield
- Introduction to supervision
- Dealing with the poorly performing learner
- Teaching and supervising Gen Y learners
- Teaching learners from non-English speaking backgrounds
- Introduction to course planning
- Interactive lecturing
- Free public lecture The Milky Way and Star viewing - Clayton
- Enhancing medical education through inter-professional community engagement - Clayton
- Centre for Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies - Clayton
- Workshop: Eric Santner - Caulfield
- Honours and PhD by Research at ARMI - Clayton
- e-XPO: Technology transforming research
- Learning Disabilities and Barriers to Higher Education
- Developmental Implications of Early Trauma - Clayton
Participants sought
- Dominant intelligence type and gender
- Healthy males (49yrs +) needed for walking study
- Headache Trigger Avoidance Questionnaire
- Do you have a Sri Lankan background?
- Development of a Scale of Decision Making Style
- Headache/migraine and depression study
- Attention to different sensory information
- Is your child aged between 12 and 18 years of age?
- Attention study
- Does your music affect your cognitive performance?
- Overweight / obese and interested in weight loss?
- International female students from East Africa
Advertising
- Certificate IV in Training and Assessment - Clayton
- Massage at Monash
- Promote Team Effectiveness Course - Clayton
- Finishing Your Thesis
- MUST presents The Grace Of Mary Traverse - Clayton
- Infectious Diseases: Epidemiology and Prevention - Melbourne
- Environmental Health Risk Assessment - Melbourne
- Intervention Mapping (IM): Developing theory - Melbourne
- Look back in Anger - Melbourne
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