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Monash is set to play a stronger and more specialised role in the Victorian arts scene under plans to maximise the university's profile and expertise in the visual and performing arts.
Performing and Visual Arts executive director Mr Stephen Dee said several new and exciting ventures were under way or planned as part of the university's renewed focus on the arts.
"New projects will range from teaching and learning workshops to professional development courses closely tied to the needs of artists as well as to the arts industry, including administrators," Mr Dee said.
"This exciting new direction capitalises on Monash's strengths in teaching, learning and research,".
Mr Dee said the university was giving priority to funding projects with a strong research or educational focus.
"As a result, financial support to some existing programs, most notably the Playbox Theatre and the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA), will be gradually phased out over the next few years as new programs are introduced.
"Monash has been a major supporter of both the Playbox and ACCA for several years, and our relationship with both organisations has been mutually beneficial and highly productive.
"As part of this longstanding relationship, Monash expects to continue to support both organisations in other specific ways.
"For instance, Monash has pledged $500,000 towards the building of the Malthouse Plaza at Southbank.
"The plaza will house workshop and rehearsal facilities for the Playbox Theatre and the dance group Chunky Moves, and a large gallery will be the new home for ACCA."
The plaza is expected to be completed next year.
New projects planned at Monash include:
Returned overseas study and exchange students at Monash have formed a new
group at the Clayton campus to promote international study among their friends
and classmates.
The Monash Exchange Club aims to encourage international study and exchanges, and supports students by providing a forum for both outgoing and incoming international students to discuss and share their experiences.
The club already has a membership of more than 60 students, including a network of faculty-based representatives.
Members have set up their own website, which is linked to the Monash Abroad Program website, and run their own weekly radio show on Monash's student radio station 3MU. They also organise a wide range of social activities, and are planning to produce a regular newsletter.
Deputy vice-chancellor (International and Public Affairs) Professor John Maloney recently met the group and commended them for their initiative and enthusiasm, particularly in supporting the university's recently announced Monash Abroad Program. He presented each student with a certificate of commendation and a Monash Abroad t-shirt.
Monash Exchange Club office bearers are Aaron Wilson (president), Chris Horan (vice-president), Penny Thompson (secretary), Tanya Wilkins (treasurer), Lucas Hale (publications), William Boyd and Jenny Redfield (activities), Dinesh (mentor coordinator), and Anne Bruun (international student representative).
The club can be viewed at http://yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au/groups/mesn/
ABOVE: Professor Maloney with members of the Monash Exchange Club.
The first of two free public anti-racism seminars hosted by Monash's Centre for Intercultural Studies was held on 21 August at the Clayton campus.
The next seminar will be held from 4.30 pm to 6.30 pm on Friday 28 August in R7, Rotunda building, Clayton campus. It is open to all staff, students and interested members of the public.
The seminars are part of a series titled 'The power of irrationality: understanding and countering Hansonism'.
Experts in fields as diverse as politics, history, language and culture, both from Monash and other institutions, are participating in the seminars to debate and critically evaluate the role and impact of the One Nation Party and its leader, Pauline Hanson, on Australia's political, social and cultural scene.
Speakers at the 21 August seminar included Associate Professor Andrew Markus of Monash's History department, Mr Nick Economou, senior lecturer in Monash's Politics department, and Ms Lesleyanne Hawthorne of the University of Melbourne's Centre for Cultural Studies in Health.
Professor Michael Clyne of the Linguistics department and Professor Fazal Rizvi and Dr Georgina Tsolidis of the Education faculty will be keynote speakers at the 28 August seminar.
BERWICK Berwick's first group of graduates will next month meet with prospective employers under a joint initiative planned by the Monash Student Employment and Careers Service and campus staff. The networking breakfast will be held on 17 September at Berwick, and all final-year communications double-award students are being invited to attend, along with Berwick staff and a range of prospective employers from the fields of advertising, public relations and the media. Guest speaker will be Ms Alison Aprhys, author of the recently published book Careers in Publishing and Bookselling. For further information, contact extn 47006.
CLAYTON Year 11 student at Mt Waverley Secondary College Ms Nia Daves won the inaugural Monash Legal Challenge, recently hosted by the Law faculty at the Clayton campus. About 300 students and 22 schools were involved in the competition, and some 95 barristers, QCs and County and Supreme Court judges participated in the event. Finalists battled it out in a courtroom drama before a distinguished panel of judges, including retired former justice of the High Court of Australia, the Hon. Sir Daryl Dawson. The Monash Legal Challenge was initiated by the Law faculty to increase legal awareness among students and to encourage them to pursue formal legal training. The event was sponsored by Minter Ellison Lawyers.
CAULFIELD Monash University Student Union Inc. is this week hosting the 1998 Australian Universities Alpine Championships at Falls Creek. The competition is the second largest annual university sporting event in Australia, next to the Australian University Games. More than 500 competitors and officials from 20 universities across Australia will converge on Falls Creek for the five-day program of alpine sports. Monash is fielding a combined team of about 45 competitors participating in all events, including slalom, giant slalom, cross country (individual and teams) and freestyle.
GIPPSLAND Internationally recognised Indonesian contemporary sculptor Dadang Christanto is undertaking a month-long artist-in-residency at the Gippsland Centre for Art and Design. Mr Christanto is accompanied by his wife, Nana Kusumastuti, a writer and journalist, and their four-year-old son, Gunung. For further information, contact Professor Norman Creighton on extn 26211.
Artist Stephen Haley, a lecturer in the Faculty of Art & Design, has won the prestigious Deacons Graham & James/Arts 21 Award.
The $20,000 award encourages cultural exchange and promotes Australian art internationally by providing support to winning artists to undertake a residency of up to five months in Asia. Winners are judged not only on their artistic talent but also on their interest and enthusiasm for Asian art and culture. It is the second time a Monash artist has won the award since it was introduced three years ago.
Mark Edgoose was the other winner. Mr Haley, who teaches at Gippsland and Caulfield in the Theory of Art and Design Unit and the Department of Fine Arts, received the award for his body of works known as the Echo series.
Monash's Centre for Women's Studies and Gender Research is this week hosting a two-day international research symposium exploring the issues of gender, identity and cultural difference within the Asia-Pacific region.
The 'Fields of Knowing: Gender, Culture, Praxis' symposium, to be held on Thursday 27 and Friday 28 August, is being jointly convened with the University of Hong Kong's Centre of Asian Studies and Women's Studies.
The symposium features keynote speakers from institutions throughout the Asia-Pacific region and will explore key methodological issues in contemporary feminist cross-cultural research.
It is the first major activity in a wider team project entitled 'Remapping Gender, Identity and the Asia Pacific Region', which has been funded through a 1998 Special Monash University Fund grant.
Project convenor Dr Maryanne Dever, of Monash, said the symposium provided an intensive workshop-style program which reached the "heart of cross-cultural research dilemmas by focusing first on methodology".
"Invited speakers are leading researchers who have themselves worked across these fields and who bring to the symposium an eclectic and dynamic range of experiences and expertise," she said.
For further information, contact project officer Ms Anna Dacre on extn 54221.
A farewell function to mark the retirement of Mr Brian Ruck, the registrar/manager of Monash's Medicine faculty, will be held on 16 September at 5.30 pm at the Monash University Club.
Mr Ruck is retiring after nearly 20 years of service to Monash. In that time he held a range of positions, including faculty resource manager and faculty registrar/manager, his current position.
To RSVP, contact Mrs Cherry Fuller on extn 54305 or 54303 by Wednesday 9 September. Contributions to a gift can be forwarded to Mrs Fuller at the Medicine faculty office, Clayton campus, by the same date.
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