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Monash College, an innovative concept providing fast-track pathways into Monash's undergraduate degree programs, was launched last week by deputy vice-chancellor (International & Public Affairs) Professor John Maloney.
The venture provides new options for entry into Monash's business and economics and information technology degrees for students who wish to by-pass their final year of schooling or for mature-age students who want to take up study at a later stage in their lives.
Monash College, which is open to both local and international students, is an initiative of Monash International, together with the university's Business and Economics and IT faculties and Taylors Institute of Advanced Studies. Taylors Institute is a well-known provider of university preparation courses based in central Melbourne.
Students begin by enrolling in the Certificate in Business (Monash Pathway) course conducted at Taylors Institute. Successful completion of the certificate enables students to gain entry to a Monash Pathway Diploma in either business or information technology. These courses, conducted at Monash, articulate into the second year of Monash bachelor degrees in business, commerce, economics and information technology.
Monash College's head office is based at Normanby House on the Clayton campus and is led by principal Ms Dianne Martin. Students are offered substantial teaching, computing and language support.
One initiative of the college is the Monash College English Language Bridging Program (ELBP), a 10-week course focusing on study and academic communication skills for international students.
Students who successfully complete the ELBP will be admitted to Monash College certificate and diploma programs.
For further information about Monash College, contact Monash International on extn 32311.
Inspirational leaders
Two prominent Australians, Max Gillies and Mick Dodson, have received Monash's 1998 Distinguished Alumni Awards.
"The Distinguished Alumni Awards honour Monash alumni who are an inspiration to the next generation of graduates," said Ms Merry Cloutier, executive officer of the Monash Alumni Association.
The awards, presented recently by Monash chancellor Mr Bill Rogers, honour Monash heroes in the tradition of Sir John Monash, who was prominent as a scholar, engineer, lawyer and soldier.
Established in 1993, the awards publicly acknowledge Monash alumni who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievements, inspirational leadership and exceptional human qualities.
Since his graduation with a Bachelor of Jurisprudence in 1974 and a Bachelor of Law in 1978, Mick Dodson has been in the vanguard of a generation of indigenous graduates who have reshaped Australia's understanding and recognition of the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
"His most outstanding achievement and demonstration of leadership to date has been his role as Commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice, within the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission," said Ms Cloutier.
Actor and director Max Gillies (BA, 1966) was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 1990 for services to the Australian theatre. He has been a part of Australian film, television and theatre since 1970 and is one of the country's most recognised performing artists.
"The selection committee for the award has recognised that Max Gillies has been an inspirational leader," said Ms Cloutier. "From the start of his acting career, he has been willing to mentor and encourage young writers and performers.
"As a satirist, he encourages Australians to engage in serious reflection about the rights and responsibilities of the country in which they live and the sense of community to which they aspire."
Max Gillies (left) with Monash chancellor Mr Bill Rogers and Mick Dodson.
Thirteen final-year nursing students from Monash's Peninsula School of Nursing recently returned from the experience of a lifetime.
They travelled to various locations in Australia and overseas to gain extended educational and professional nursing experience.
Ms Grainne Lowe, Ms Heather Lofthouse and Ms Cherie Mill visited provinces of China while Ms Victoria Asmaryan travelled to the Ukraine and Kiev and Ms Marina Edelman visited Russia. Ms Sharon Lampshire, Ms Andrea Durturbue, Ms Lynn Evans and Ms Toni Moylan travelled to the UK.
Ms Lofthouse said her time in China had given her a greater understanding of and empathy towards people from non-English-speaking backgrounds. "I've had a taste of what it is like to be in a totally foreign place," she said.
"I now understand how distressing it can be to get a meal you can't eat because you don't know what it is, or to not be able to communicate well enough to have a simple question answered. The distress would be increased for someone who was ill and in hospital."
As well, she said, the experience had enhanced her awareness of the hurdles faced by patients who are not used to their environment.
From left: Monash nurses abroad Ms Cherie Mill, Ms Katie Shelton, Ms Grainee Lowe, Ms Loretta Chung and Ms Michelle Richardson.
The Research Grants and Ethics Branch is hosting two seminars on Clayton campus on 4 and 9 December to help applicants prepare ARC Large Grant and Fellowship applications for the 2000 round.
When: 9.30 am, Friday 4 December.
Where: Science Theatre S6, building 24.
Who: A panel of speakers,
including Professor Mark von Itzstein, head, Department of Medicinal Chemistry
and member of ARC Research Training and Careers Committee; Dr Susanne Dopke;
ARC Fellow, Department of Linguistics; and Professor Max Brennan, former ARC
Chair and consultant to Monash.
A Research Grants and Ethics Branch representative will discuss submission procedures for fellowship applications. All staff and doctoral students who have completed or are nearing completion are invited to attend.
When: 9.30 am, Wednesday 9 December.
Where: Science Theatre S6, building 24.
Who: A panel of ARC panel
members, including Professor Ian Nicholls, Department of Earth Sciences and
member of A3 Earth Sciences; Dr David Smyth, Department of Biological Sciences
and member of A0 Molecular and Cell Biology; Professor Doug MacFarlane, Department
of Chemistry and member of A2 Chemistry; and Professor Max Brennan, former ARC
Chair and consultant to Monash.
A representative from the branch will discuss the submission procedures for Large Grant applications. All staff are invited to attend.
'User Friendly', by Michael Doolan
(1998),
is part of a survey exhibition of art work
created by the students of Monash's Faculty of Art and Design.
Works range from ceramics, paintings
and sculpture to glass,
video and jewellery.
Impact: Art for a World Identity will
be opened
by the Federal Minister for the Arts,
Mr Peter McGauran, this Friday (4
December).
The exhibition is on at the Monash Gallery until 18 December.
Monash Bridges authors Dr Alan Holgate and Ms Lesley Alves
with Mrs Betty Durre (centre), the grand-daughter of Sir John Monash.
Photo by Richard Crompton.
A new book on the bridges of Sir John Monash was launched last week by Monash deputy vice-chancellor Professor Peter Darvall.
Special guests at the launch included Sir John's granddaughter, Mrs Betty Durre, of Kew, and his great-grandson, Mr Michael Bennett, of Prahran.
Monash Bridges is a typology study of reinforced concrete bridges that Sir John either built or became involved with between 1897 and 1917.
The book is the culmination of two years' work by historian and principal author Ms Lesley Alves, structural engineers Dr Alan Holgate (now retired) and Mr Geoff Taplin, from Monash's Engineering faculty, and architectural historian Mr Conrad Hamann. Funding was provided by the Monash Research Fund and the Engineering and Arts faculties, with assistance from the Australian Heritage Commission.
The project is part of a larger Monash research project documenting Sir John's early engineering achievements.
Copies of Monash Bridges are available from the Civil Engineering department on extn 53842.
Monash and Melbourne universities are jointly hosting a major international conference on the Indonesian crisis on 11 and 12 December in Melbourne.
The initiative, organised by Monash's Centre for Southeast Asian Studies and Melbourne's Institute of Asian Languages and Societies, is the first collaborative program on Asia by the two institutions.
The conference, which has been sponsored by the ABC's Radio Australia, the Australia-Indonesia Institute, the Asia Foundation, the Ford Foundation and mining giant Rio Tinto, will bring together local and Indonesian experts to analyse the reasons behind the current crisis and consider possibilities for positive political change.
Issues to be covered include Indonesia's economic crisis, political developments, the role of the military, pro-democracy movements and the role of grass roots organisations. It will also consider the important issues of human rights, the political role of Islam, and influences such as ethnicity, race and cultural expression.
The collapse of Indonesia's currency, the rupiah, and the resulting economic devastation has underpinned recent events, including the resignation of Soeharto and the political turmoil that has followed.
Speakers at the conference include established and rising younger scholars on Indonesia, from both Indonesia and Australia.
One of the keynote speakers, Dr Barbara Hatley, head of Monash's Centre for Southeast Asian Studies, will speak about the importance of cultural and artistic expression in defining the Indonesian identity.
The conference will be held in the Iwaki Auditorium at the ABC Studios at Southbank. For further details and registration inquiries, contact Ms Anne Nichol on extn 55280.
Family Advisory Services at Monash, a new division created from the restructure of Child & Family Services, is offering enhanced services to university staff and their children.
Head of the new division Ms Michelle Waters said the restructure resulted in major improvements to the Monash Vacation Care Program, which now provides a number of novel and exciting activities for children.
"We tapped into the resources available around the university, including Monash's academic staff and campus facilities, to expand and enhance the vacation care program," Ms Waters said.
"For instance, a range of departments from the Faculty of Science, together with the Monash Art Gallery, ran a variety of workshops during the vacation program held earlier this year. We have also received continuing support from the Sports & Recreation Association."
In January, children taking part in the program will have the opportunity to participate in activities including drama, music (percussion), creative writing, swimming and pottery.
The Monash Vacation Care Program is for children aged 5 to 12 years. It will run from 8.30 am to 5.30 pm daily, from Monday 4 January to 25 January, and is open to staff, students and the public.
For further details, contact extn 53156.
Camp Monash, the annual university residential program for prospective students, was held last week at Monash's Clayton campus and this week at the Gippsland campus.
More than 300 Year 11 students from 95 secondary schools, including a record number of students from interstate, took part in this year's camp at Clayton.
Under the program, Year 11 students live in the Halls of Residence for three days and participate in a 'university experience', with current Monash students acting as their hosts and mentors.
Run by Monash's Prospective Students Office, the camp offers academic, social and sporting sessions and aims to introduce secondary school students to as many aspects of uni life as possible.
Signalling successAssociate Professor H. R. Wu of Monash's School of Computer Science and Software Engineering recently organised and co-chaired the sixth IEEE International Workshop on Intelligent Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ISPACS '98) in Melbourne.
It was the first time Australia had hosted this prestigious international event, which was sponsored by Texas Instruments Australia, Monash, the Cooperative Research Centre for Broadband Telecommunications and Networking, and the Signal Processing and Communications Electronics Technical Committee of the IEEE Communication Society (COMSOC).
The general manager of IT Laboratories at the Sony company in Japan, Dr Naohisa Ohta, was general chair of the event, which attracted 170 delegates from leading international information technology, multimedia and telecommunications organisations.
Ed Credit has opened a new service centre on the Clayton campus.
The service, which operates from 9 am to 5 pm daily, is in the same location but has a totally new look.
To celebrate the opening of the new centre, all members and visitors to the office will receive a native plant.
For further information, contact Ed Credit on extn 54130 or email pweston@edcredit.com.au
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