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Current Special Adviser to the Vice-Chancellor on Admissions and former deputy vice-chancellor Professor Robert Pargetter will next year take up the position of principal of Haileybury College.
For Professor Pargetter, it will be a case of going back to school. He began his working life as a maths and science teacher at Northcote High School before embarking on a career in academia.
Vice-chancellor Professor David Robinson said he was delighted that under the terms of the new appointment Professor Pargetter would continue to make a contribution to Monash.
In a special arrangement between Monash and Haileybury, Professor Pargetter will continue to be employed on a small fractional basis as an adviser to Professor Robinson on matters relating to university admissions. He will also retain his independent position of professor of philosophy in the Department of Philosophy, where he will undertake research and teaching.
Since 1989, Professor Pargetter has occupied the Chair of Philosophy at Monash. He was dean of the Faculty of Arts from 1989 to 1992 and a deputy vice-chancellor from 1992 to 1996. He is also chair of the VTAC Management Committee and a member of the Victorian Board of Studies.
Monash celebrated its many faces at this year's Multicultural Fiesta, held last week at Clayton campus.
Highlights of the week-long event, organised by Monash University International Student Services, included a food carnival, an art exhibition, a movie night, theatre, and cultural performances featuring music and dance. The event concluded last Saturday with a multicultural dinner in the Banquet Room of the Union building.
The search is on for staff and students to take part in Monash Day.
Monash Day director Associate Professor Naomi White said Monash Day was an opportunity for the university to showcase itself to prospective students and the wider community, and it was important for staff and students to become involved.
"Everyone at Monash should be thinking about ways that we can welcome prospective students to the university. Prospective students have indicated that they come to Monash Day not only for course and careers advice but also to get a sense of what it's really like to be a student at Monash," she said.
"We are keen to see as many students as possible becoming involved, not only by becoming student guides but also by representing their clubs and societies, other student groups and their faculties."
This year there are four positions for student guide coordinators -- two at Clayton and one each at Caulfield and Peninsula -- as well as positions for 120 student guides.
And for the first time, Monash Day will this year involve industry and alumni groups to enable prospective students to gain an insight into graduate career opportunities.
In other developments, the Monash Day committee structure has been revised to streamline the administration of the event and to more effectively address faculty needs.
Budgets for Monash Day activities will be allocated through the individual campus committees, and anyone wishing to apply for funding should submit a budget request form to their campus director by Friday 15 May.
For details about guide coordinator positions, contact Ms Fiona Perry on extn 52020 or email fiona.perry@adm.
For further information about Monash Day budgets, committees and market research, contact Ms Julie Ryan on extn 55329 or email julie.ryan@adm
Monash Day director (Chair) -- Associate Professor Naomi White
Monash Day coordinator -- Julie Ryan (University Marketing & Development)
Campus directors or nominated representatives (senior academic located at the campus)
Campus administrative support persons (Monash Day campus coordinators)
Representatives from University Marketing & Development
A student representative
A representative from Student Admissions
Campus director (or nominated senior academic) (Chair)
Monash Day campus coordinator
An academic from each of the relevant campus-based faculties
An administrative person from each of the relevant campus-based faculties
A student representative
Representatives from non-academic areas, for example libraries
Established at the discretion of each faculty to coordinate the planning and implementation of faculty and departmental Monash Day activities
Monash has become the first Australian university to partner the Federal Government in its new Australian Youth Ambassadors for Development Program, announced this week by the Prime Minister, Mr John Howard.
Under the initiative, holders of Monash Abroad Scholarships who have a community-service orientation in their academic study program will be eligible for the government's Youth Ambassadors Program.
The new Federal Government program promotes international voluntary aid work by young Australians.
Monash deputy vice-chancellor (International & Public Affairs) Professor John Maloney said the university was pleased to support the new initiative.
"The joint venture will enable many young Australian students to become global citizens," Professor Maloney said. "These students will gain broad academic experience in a program that actively contributes to the communities in which they are based."
The university has committed $4 million over the next three years to the Monash Abroad Scholarships, which will enable up to 750 enrolled students each year to complete part of their degree overseas.
Professor Maloney said examples of community-based study programs that may be eligible for the Youth Ambassadors Program include a civil engineering student working on building construction in a developing country, a medical student working in a region of great poverty, a nurse running a community health program in a remote village, or a geography student working with international agencies to combat air pollution.
The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia's Byzantine Choir will appear in a rare concert performance at Monash next Friday.
The performance, The Music of Rapture, will feature liturgical works from the Eastern (Byzantine rite) Church of the 4th to 12th centuries, and is billed by Monash's concert manager, Mr Larry Boyd, as "an exceptional celebration of 900 years of the music of Hildegard of Bingin".
"Not only is it rare to hear this devotional choir perform outside religious services, but also the choir has chosen an exceptional repertoire which reflects the development in church music in the Byzantine Empire," Mr Boyd said.
In the second half of the concert, the acclaimed contemporary ensemble Jouissance will perform Hildegard of Bingen's music.
Hildegard of Bingen was a controversial composer in her time, and because her music was "rapturous and ecstatic", she was subsequently regarded by the Roman Catholic Church with great suspicion.
"The concert provides a fantastic contrast between Eastern music and the music which developed later in the Western, or Latin Rite, Church," Mr Boyd said.
The Music of Rapture will be performed in the Performing Arts Centre, Music Auditorium, on Friday 8 May at 8 pm.
US
award for Monash software programmerDr Don McGilvery, who manages the Monash Chemistry department's IT and Analytical facilities, has won the American Society for Mass Spectrometry's annual award for distinguished contribution to the art of mass spectrometry.
The award recognises Dr McGilvery's work on the computer program SIMION, a software program written specifically to assist in the design of mass spectrometers and electron optics.
The award includes a commemorative plaque, a cash prize of US$2000 and a return
trip to the American Society for Mass Spectrometry's conference in Orlando,
Florida, where
Dr McGilvery will present a plenary lecture on aspects of SIMION's development.
Mass spectrometry is used to measure the mass of charged particles of materials and is widely used in the fields of medicine and chemical analysis, particularly in drug and environmental analysis.
SIMION was originally written by Dr McGilvery as a minor part of his PhD at LaTrobe University. It was initially adopted as a standard design tool for much of the instrument construction within LaTrobe's Chemistry department, and was later used internationally after Dr McGilvery revealed the source code.
Dr McGilvery is joint recipient of the award with Dr David Dahl from Idaho Research Laboratories in the US. Dr Dahl recompiled the SIMION program to run on IBM compatible computers, and has been involved in SIMION's development over the past 15 years.
At Monash, Dr McGilvery has been working with Dr Richard Morrison to develop a Macintosh version of SIMION, known as MacSIMION.
The national campus book sale gets under way at the Monash University Bookshop, Clayton, and at the CITSU bookshop, Caulfield, next Monday.
The sale, which takes place annually at many Australian university campuses, lasts for three weeks and features substantial discounts on a vast range of books, including academic and popular texts.
Some titles have been reduced to up to a quarter of their original price.
Poetry
in motionWho are these people, and why were they wearing safari suits?
No, it was not a remake of Indiana Jones -- it was all part of a 'performance' of 18th-century Malay poetry by Monash postgraduate students at last week's Multicultural Fiesta at Clayton campus.
"Originally, 18th-century Malay poetry was recited like music or other dramatic works," said Mr Julian Millie, a research masters student in the Department of Asian Language and Studies.
"As part of my research, I am endeavouring to recreate this original performance environment in the hope that it revives aspects of this original style of poetry."
The performance was accompanied by the East-West Forum, a Monash group interested in exploring cross-cultural music and performance.
And why the safari suits? "To emphasise the goal of retracing the journey back to the performed state," Mr Millie said.
Mr Millie (back, left) and members of the East-West Forum.
An estimated 1200 students attended the Monash Student Employment and Careers Service's first combined Computing/IT, Engineering and Science Careers Fair last Sunday at the Clayton campus.
About 30 organisations from the private and public sectors were represented at the event, which aimed to give Monash students an insight into graduate career opportunities with some of Australia's largest employers.
Companies represented included Andersen Consulting, the ANZ Bank, Telstra, Shell, Ford, Esso, Boral, F. H. Faulding & Co, and Visy Industries.
The next 'Monash Highlights' advertisement will appear in The Age, Saturday Extra section, on 30 May and will promote community-based events at Monash during June.
The cost will again be covered by University Marketing & Development.
To have an event included in 'Monash Highlights', send a 20-word synopsis on the topic and its interest to the wider community to Ms Adrianne Dooley. You will also need to include the date and time of the event, its title, speaker, venue, cost (if applicable) and an inquiries number.
Email the details to adrianne.dooley@adm or fax extn 52582. The deadline for copy is Tuesday 19 May at 5 pm.
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