• Future paralympian?

  The Australian Men's Paralympic Standing Volleyball squad will be training at Monash University on Saturday 18 March and Sunday 19 March and will be looking for new players who have the potential to compete for Australia in the 2000 Paralympics.

  Paralympic standing volleyball has the same rules as the able body version with only one difference - players are classified into different physical disability levels, from minimal to the more severe.

  If you have a physical disability and are interested in the possibility of playing volleyball for Australia, the training starts at 9 am on Saturday in the stadium at the Clayton campus. For further information, contact Ms Dimmey Aryron on 0412 011 860.

• Farewell after 31 years

After more than 30 years' at Monash, director of the Centre for Applied Mathematical Modelling Professor Graeme Ross is leaving the university.

Professor Moss began at Monash lecturing in mathematics at the former Caulfield Institute of Technology. He was later appointed head of the Department of Mathematics and then head of the School of Applied Science at Chisholm.

Friends and colleagues are invited to attend farewell drinks for Professor Ross on Wednesday 15 March at 4.15 pm in the Faculty of Science meeting room.

Anyone wishing to attend should contact Ms Karen Bond on extn 54884.

• Media resources on line

The latest addition to the Monash website is the Media Contacts Guide, a database of Monash academics available to comment to the media on their areas of research and teaching expertise.

Also online is Newsline, an up-to-date forum of news about Monash research and achievements.

Both these sites can be found by clicking on to 'News and Events' on the home page.

• Acting dean in Bus and Eco

Professor Allen Russell has recently been announced as acting dean of the Faculty of Business and Economics until the faculty's new dean, Professor Gill Palmer, takes up her appointment in July.

Professor Russell says that during this time, he will be acting as a conduit between the faculty and Professor Palmer, keeping her up to date with ongoing developments and responding to any initiatives that she might want implemented before her arrival.

"The faculty has a number of exciting opportunities which we hope to develop under Professor Palmer's leadership," he said.