e:Connect May 2007
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THIS MONTH'S SPECIAL OFFERS FOR YOU 10% off your Hunter Valley getaway Alumni Travel Deals Dymocks Discount for UTS:Alumni members |
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WHAT'S ON Nobel Public Lectures - Patrick White and Laureate Playwrights Nobel Distinguished Public Lectures and Seminars |
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Centre for New Writing Short Courses |
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CONSIDER SUPPORTING SCHOLARSHIPS AT UTS Invest in knowledge - Buy a UTS library book |
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WHAT'S HAPPENING AT UTS |
| ALUMNI BENEFITS |
Sailing on Sydney Harbour 
Why not see a different side of Sydney and spend a leisurely afternoon sailing on the beautiful Harbour?
The UTS Union owns a 30ft yacht, and on Friday or Sunday afternoons, 1pm - 4pm for just $30 per head for UTS:Alumni members or $40 non-alumni members, you can enjoy a relaxing sail on Sydney Harbour, or learn the art of sailing. Professional and friendly skippers can take up to 5 passengers on the yacht.
For the months of May and June, the UTS Union is offering 10% off the total price of yacht hire for UTS:Alumni members and their friends.
To book your day out, please contact the UTS Sports Office on 9514 1454.
Log on to the UTS:Alumni online interactive member area
Your e-Business Directory and e:Communities are now online!
To better connect alumni members and promote networking, UTS:Alumni has launched your online interactive member area. The member area features an e-Business Directory where you can list your business or professional details FREE of charge. Plus you can view and update your details as they appear in our database and join alumni networks.
The e-Business Directory is just the beginning, e-Communities is now online too.
e-Communities is an online service to help alumni meet and network with fellow UTS graduates all over the world. You'll be able to chat online to help solve professional problems, or just catch up and keep in touch with each other and your UTS faculty. It's also a great way to find out about professional career development and employment opportunities.
To access these features, simply login at www.members.alumni.uts.edu.au
If you are not yet registered with UTS:Alumni, register now! Membership is FREE and available to all graduates of UTS and its antecedent organisations.
For a full list of UTS:Alumni benefits, please visit the Member Benefits section on the UTS:Alumni website.
| ALUMNI NEWS |
Melbourne Film Festival kudos for UTS alumnus
UTS alumnus, Lucille Clements has been invited by the organisers of the 56th International Melbourne Film Festival to screen her feature length documentary, Rock'n'Roll Outlaw.
Rock'n'Roll Outlaw is filmed on-the-road with Australian rock band Rose Tattoo. Revealing rare private collections of photographs, the film is a fascinating insight into the history of the worldwide 'Oz Rock' phenomenon. Featuring founding members Pete Wells, Angry Anderson, Ian Rilen, Mick Cocks and Geordie Leach, the film revisits social attitudes of the 1970s with 'zine clippings and press reviews, documenting the shock created by Rose Tattoo's unprecedented impact as the 'tattooed rock band'.
Rock'n'Roll Outlaw will be in international competition at the Melbourne Film Festival - high kudos for any filmmaker.
Congratulations and good luck Lucille!
e-Communities $50 Dymocks Voucher winners
Congratulations to our e-Communities Dymocks Voucher winners:
Martin Essery, Owen Ferguson, Mark Hood, Amy Huang, Jenny Jacinto, Belinda Lum, Rhea Mercado, Peter Pagones, Yi-Ern Phang, Mohammad Risvi, David Schanzer and Yu Ke Wu.
Thank you for your contributions and comments online.
As a registered UTS:Alumni member, you can log on now and have your say on at: www.members.alumn.uts.edu.au
UTS:LAW - April 2007 Law Awards Ceremony: Celebrating achievement
As part of the Faculty of Law 30th Anniversary year, a 200-strong crowd of UTS:LAW alumni and Faculty members celebrated the achievements of UTS:LAW's best students.
UTS:LAW were honoured to have Mrs Winnie Bartholomew, the widow of the first Dean of Law, Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Bartholomew, join as a special guest for the evening; accepting a token of appreciation to thank her for her exceptional contribution to the establishment of the Faculty and her continued support over the past 30 years.
The UTS Faculty of Law congratulates students and thanks Award Sponsors, listed on the Faculty of Law website: www.law.uts.edu.au and in the UTS Handbook, for their generous and ongoing support. Their recognition and encouragement of outstanding achievement is crucial to building the personal and professional confidence of Law students and enhancing the reputation of the Faculty.
Should any Law alumni like to sponsor an annual Faculty of Law Award, please contact the Marketing and Communications Manager, Ms Sandra Quan by phone on +61 9514 3493 or via email: Sandra.quan@uts.edu.au
| ALUMNI EVENTS |
Put Wednesday 23 May in your diaries, because it's the date set for the first Alumni Wine and Cheese Tasting Night for 2007!
Hosted by UTS alumnus Toni Paterson, Winner of the "Madame Lily Bollinger Medal" for excellence in wine tasting; author of the consumer wine guide Wine: What to drink in 2006; and Australia's youngest and only resident female Master of Wine.
Toni will take guests through a series of red and white wines from Australia's premium wine growing regions with cheese to compliment each wine tasted.
A fun evening not to be missed! Places are limited, so get in quick and book now.
Time: 6pm
Date: Wednesday 23 May
Venue: Sky Room, The Blackett Hotel, Level 9, 70 Kings Street, Sydney
Cost: $35.00
RSVP: RSVP and Payment essential by 16 May
E. alumni@uts.edu.au T. 9514 0836 or F. 9514 8033
To register for this event, please download the invitation here.
The Great IT Debate: Microsoft vs Open source
The UTS:Alumni IT Network is fired up and ready to go with its first Great IT Debate.
The Faculty of Information Technology, in conjunction with the Australian Computer Society, are proud to present:
The Great IT Debate - Microsoft and Commercial Software vs Linux and the Open Source World
The debaters are CEO and founder of CargoWise edi Pty Ltd, Richard White and Managing Director, co-founder and co-owner of Squiz.net, John-Paul Syriatowicz.
Richard's skills combine a unique 17-year understanding of the international trade and logistics industry combined with over 25 years in both software development and business management. Cargowise edi are a Microsoft Gold Partner.
John-Paul's Squiz.net Australia's largest content management system vendor. Squiz are recognised as industry leaders in relation to open source software. They are regularly invited to participate in industry forums and to consult with parties considering the use of open source software.
The debate will be moderated by UTS Associate Professor David Wilson, Associate Dean (Education) with the Faculty of Information Technology. David is President of the Australian Association of Information Systems (AAIS) and secretary to the Australian Council of Professors and Heads of Information Systems (ACPHIS). He was previously Editor of the Australian Computer Journal for five years and Chairman of the Software Quality Association (NSW)
Date: Monday 28 May
Time: 5.45 for 6.00pm start
Venue: Mitchell Theatre, Level 1, Sydney Mechanics School of Arts Building 280 Pitt Street, near the corner of Bathurst Street, Sydney
Seats are limited for this exciting and contentious topic. RSVP essential by Monday 21 May. To RSVP simply register your details with www.acs.org.au/nsw
Nobel Distinguished Public Lectures and Seminars
UTS is hosting Beautiful Minds, The Centennial Exhibition of The Nobel Prizes until 30 June.
Weekdays: 10am - 8pm
Weekends: 10am - 5pm
At the UTS Tower Building 1, Broadway.
Curated by the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, Sweden, the Exhibition's international tour visits UTS on the penultimate leg of its six year, 14 country tour before heading to Abu Dhabi. The Exhibition is proudly sponsored by the Nobel Museum, Volvo and UTS.
In hosting Beautiful Minds, UTS expresses its commitment to creativity, innovation and peace. The exhibition includes scholarly, public and educational programs involving international Nobel Laureates, staff and students from across the University.
Nobel Exhibition FREE Public Events
For a full list of the FREE public lectures and seminars, please click here. Bookings are now open.
Time: 7 - 8.30pm
Where: UTS Building 2, Level 4, room 4.13 (enter via the Tower Building off Broadway)
In the 1973 Nobel citation, Patrick White was recognised for "for an epic and psychological narrative art which has introduced a new continent into literature." In a discussion chaired by Professor Peter McNeil, Margaret Harris and David Marr draw on recently-uncovered Patrick White archives, now housed at the National Library of Australia, to discuss White's writing, social activism and life.
To book, please click here.
Nobel public lecture: Nobel Literature in the Theatre
UTS invites all alumni and guests to a special free public lecture about Patrick White's and other Nobel Laureates' plays and their reception in Australia.
The lively discussion will be convened by Senior Research Fellow in the Creative Industries Faculty at the Queensland University of Technology, and former Head of Theatre Studies, Dr Jacqueline Martin.
Date: Wednesday 16 May
Time: 7 - 8.30pm
Where: UTS Building 2, Level 4, room 4.13 (enter via the Tower Building)
To book, please click here.
Perusing the Perineum: Evidence, Experience and Education
Presented by the UTS Centre for Midwifery, Child and Family Health, Perusing the Perineum is a seminar for midwives, obstetricians and educators involved in perinatal care.
Expert practitioners and researchers from backgrounds including midwifery, urogynaecology, physiotherapy and obstetrics will present on a range of issues. Topics include preventing perineal trauma during birth, perineal repair, effective pelvic floor care and Cesarean Section to protect the pelvic floor.
Date: Friday 25 May
Time: 8.30am to 4.00pm
Venue: UTS Gallery Function Centre
Program: Download the information flyer and program
RSVP: Registration form to be submitted by Wednesday 16 May
For more information visit the UTS Centre for Midwifery, Child and Family Health website or phone 9514 4834
Contracts and dispute resolution for non-lawyers
Do you come into contact with contracts and disputes everyday, but who do not have a legal background? Learn how to make sense of all that legal jargon and help solve your own issues.
This two-day course, run by the UTS Faculty of Law, covers areas including drafting and negotiating contracts, impact of the law on a life-cycle of a contract, and the process of commercial dispute resolution.
Date: Tuesday 24 and Wednesday 25 July
Please click here for further information
Contact: Sharmaine Gewohn
UTS:LAW Professional Development Unit
Phone: +61 2 9514 3793
Email: sharmaine.gewohn@uts.edu.au
| ALUMNI CAREERS |
Online job vacancies for alumni
UTS:Alumni members can now search for job vacancies online via the UTS Careers Service website: http://scmapp.itd.uts.edu.au/scm/jobw.
If you have not yet registered with UTS:Alumni, click here.
You will need to log on to the online vacancies site using your alumni email account details. To activate your alumni 20mb storage account visit https://email.itd.uts.edu.au/webapps/myaccount.
Click on the 'Activate your account!' link and follow the prompts to set up your UTS:Alumni email account.
You will then be able to access your email account via UTS Webmail: www.uts.edu.au/email
If you have any further queries please contact UTS:Alumni.
E. alumni@uts.edu.au or T. 9514 8036.
WANTED: Engineering Graduate Quantity Surveyor
MCI Construction Group is a rapidly growing construction company working with developers to provide a highly integrated construction service including finance, project management, project control, construction and sales and marketing. The company is seeking a highly motivated person to become part of a dynamic team.
Based in Central Sydney, MCI Construction Group is seeking a recent graduate to join the team and assist with the preparation of estimates, quotes and tenders.
Click here for more information.
| ALUMNI NETWORKS |
UTS:LAW Alumni Network Interim Executive Committee
An interim Executive Committee has been formed to launch the UTS:LAW Alumni Network. Consisting of alumni, the committee comprises:
Chair: Nea Goodman
Deputy Chair: Geoff Holland
Secretary: Garth Williams
Treasurer: Antony Comanos
Member 1: Danny Arraj
Member 2: Katherine Giles
The Executive Committee will be supported by a wider advisory, assisting the establishment and terms of governance of the new Network. Law Alumni Officer, Anna Munro will support the Committee as Executive Officer and the Faculty will provide meeting space, refreshment and secretarial services.
The Faculty and University are grateful for the support, enthusiasm and commitment of the new Committee members.
To join the UTS:LAW Network, please contact Anna Munro E. anna.munro@uts.edu.au or P. 9514 3750
UTS thanks the UTS:Alumni Association, now the Senior Network
At a special acknowledgement event hosted by the Vice-Chancellor on 3 May, UTS formally acknowledged the support of the UTS:Alumni Association, which has been dissolved and incorporated into a new UTS:Alumni Network, the UTS Senior Network.
Membership of the Network is open to all UTS graduates of ten years' standing and to graduates of any of UTS's antecedent organisations. Former and current staff of UTS or antecedent organisations with ten or more years' service are also eligible to join.
At the event, the Chairman of the UTS Senior Network, Colin Grady presented Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ross Milbourne with a $30,000 donation from the Association, which is to be used to fund scholarships for disadvantaged students.
For more information about joining the UTS:Alumni Senior Network , please email alumni@uts.edu.au
NEW UTS:Alumni Sustainability Network
A UTS:Alumni Sustainability Network is being formed, and we are seeking expressions of interest from members who would like to join the Network.
Membership is free and open to all registered UTS:Alumni with an interest in the pressing issue of sustainability.
For more information, please contact the Alumni Office.
P. 9514 8036 or E. alumni@uts.edu.au
JOIN a UTS:Alumni Network today!
Are you interested in opportunities for social and professional networking with alumni from your faculty, or who live in the same region, or work in the same field as you? Then join your UTS:Alumni Networks and keep in touch and add to the friends and colleagues you made in your university days and meet more UTS people.
Alumni members are closely involved in running networks, with support from the UTS:Alumni & Development Office. Graduates are welcome to join an existing alumni network, or can set up a new alumni network with assistance from the UTS:Alumni & Development Office.
For a full list of active UTS:Alumni Networks click here.
If your preferred Network is not up and running yet, why not contact the Alumni Office to set it up?
P. 9514 8036 or E. alumni@uts.edu.au
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Andy Porter - MA Professional Writing, 2007
UTS alumnus, Andy Porter worked on his children's novel series Matty Swink, as part of his MA Professional Writing course. After the manuscript was declined by what seemed to Andy as "all the agents and publishers that ever lived", he decided to put his money where his mouth was and give self-publishing a go.
The website www.mattyswink.com has a sample chapter as well as a great dramatised audio reading.
Andy gives us an overview of his first novel - Matty Swink: Curse of the Moon Mice: "Eleven year old Matty Swink desperately wants to be a famous chef and escape Fenella's miserable diner where he is the live in, all purpose slave.
"One day a grand Cook Off is announced. Whoever can get the pernickety Princess Meg eating again will be ordained the new 'Chef Laureate' and be given a luxury pad right inside the palace. This is Matty's big chance and he knows just what to make. Unfortunately, Fenella has her greedy eye on the prize too and will do - and cook - anything to win.
"But winning can leave the most 'DISGUSTABLE' taste in your mouth, especially if the main ingredient is a 500 year old curse!"
Please keep us updated with your career news, or any achievements and awards you may have received. We are preparing our next e:Connect and would love to hear from you.
Email your career news to alumni@uts.edu.au
| THIS MONTHS SPECIAL OFFERS FOR YOU |
10% off your Hunter Valley getaway
All our members who appreciate a nice drop and fine cheese, will value the 10% discount available on the Hunter Valley getaway set for Saturday 2 June.
Get ready to stock your cellar now!
You'll visit three top wineries and sample premium reds, whites and fortified wines. Plus satisfy your tastebuds with free tastings of local produce, including mustards, sauces, olive oils and a private group tasting of unique, local cheese.
Enjoy an Aussie sausage sizzle lunch with a free glass of wine, topped off with a spot of golf! You'll experience the beauty of national parks and magnificent sandstone cuttings found in the Hawkesbury River area.
Date: Saturday 2 June
Time: 8.00am to 6.30pm
Cost: Special price of $76.50 for UTS:Alumni members $105 Public/Others.
Max: 21 people
Bring: Camera
Transport: Colourful Trips Bus
Meeting Point: In front of Sydney Central YHA (Rawson Place, off George Street)
To find out more or to book your Hunter Valley getaway, call the UTS:Sports and Recreation Office on 9514 1454.
Want to leave the rat race behind and do something completely different? UTS:Alumni can access special travel deals. With lots on offer, from skydiving to 'Red Centre' holidays to Uluru, there's plenty to satisfy itchy feet!
Here's a small taste of what's coming up:
- Blue Mountains Getaway - Sat 12 - Sun 13 May, $185 per person
- Horse Riding - Sat 12 May $65
- Whale and Dolphin Watching in Port Stephens - Sat 21 April, $125 per person
- White Water Rafting - Sun 22 April, $72 per person
- Urban Koala Weekend - Sat 28 - Sun 29 April, $245 per person
- South Coast Trip - Sat 28 April, $89 per person
- Action Paintball - Sun 29 April, $80 per person
- Extreme Melbourne Tour - Thurs 3 - Mon 7 May, $319 per person
- Uluru Big Trip - Tues 3 - Wed 11 July, $975 per person
To find out more, or to book your travel adventure, call the UTS:Sports and Recreation Office on 9514 1454.
Dymocks Discount for UTS:Alumni members
Attention bookworms! Dymocks is offering a special discount to UTS:Alumni members.
All you have to do is sign up to the Dymocks Booklover program at http://www.dymocks.com.au/Booklovers/default.aspx to receive a 5% discount on your web purchases or purchases made at any Dymocks stores.
Plus, receive an additional 5% discount off ANY purchase (excluding gift vouchers) at Sydney's George Street store when you present your UTS:Alumni card.
So plump the pillows of your reading chair and start shopping today!
| LIFELONG LEARNING AT UTS |
Centre for New Writing Short Courses
The UTS Centre for New Writing has a range of short courses to satisfy your career development needs. There is a 10% discount available for all registered UTS:Alumni members.
Book Publishing - The Business, The Processes, The Pitfalls with Bernadette Folley and Brett Osmond
A one day course which explores all aspects of the publishing process, including non traditional alternatives, for writers. The aim of this course is to demystify the publishing process, explain who is involved in it, and how and why decisions are made at every major step in the process.
When: Saturday 12 May 2007
By registering, you will be in the running for the Centre for New Writing book draw: Miriam Estensen, The Life of George Bass: Surgeon and Sailor of the Enlightenment and Elaine Lewis, Left Bank Waltz: The Australian Bookshop in Paris.
To enter, simply send an email with your registration number to: newwriting@uts.edu.au. The winners will be picked at random and notified on the day the courses begin.
To register online for this course, please click here.
For further information, please email newwriting@uts.edu.au
Teaching Creative Writing with Brenda Glover and Camilla Nelson
This full day course examines the key pedagogical strategies employed in teaching creativity in the high school and University context. It offers current English and creative writing teachers, as well as writers who wish to teach their skills, the opportunity to examine ways in which creativity can be taught in the classroom.
Feedback on Teaching Creative Writing:
'I really enjoyed the format of the day. Discussion was excellent and well controlled. Excellent suggestions for stimulating creativity.'
When: Saturday 26 May 2007
By registering, you will be in the running for the Centre for New Writing book draw: Rod Howard, The Fabulist: The Incredible Story of Louis de Rougemont and Simon Nasht, The Last Explorer: Hubert Wilkins - Australia's Unknown Hero.
To enter, simply send an email with your registration number to: newwriting@uts.edu.au. The winners will be picked at random and notified on the day the courses begin.
To register online for this course, please click here.
For further information, please email newwriting@uts.edu.au
Registered members of UTS:Alumni are entitled to a 10% discount on selected short course programs. So take advantage of this offer and continue your education!
For a comprehensive list of all current UTS short courses, please visit: http://www.shortcourses.uts.edu.au/
| CONSIDER SUPPORTING SCHOLARSHIPS AT UTS |
Consider support for scholarships at UTS
This year, UTS is working to increase the funds available to make it possible for disadvantaged yet able students to complete a course at our university. UTS is appealing to the business community, UTS staff, alumni and other generous people to help UTS fund scholarships for disadvantaged students.
Already many students, some with disabilities or from disadvantaged backgrounds, have benefited from this generous support.
Donations to the fund are fully tax deductible and your contribution will be of lasting benefit to the students and to society.
I would like to support scholarships at UTS
Invest in knowledge - Buy a UTS library book
UTS enjoys a strong reputation based on a total educational package. This includes the excellent teaching and learning resources provided by the UTS Library.
Please consider making an investment - an investment in knowledge. By purchasing one or more books for the Library you will inspire hundreds of students eager to learn and help teaching staff make an even greater contribution to the achievements of UTS long into the future.
Every book purchased will be acknowledged with a special nameplate showing the name of the donor or someone nominated by the donor.
Please click here to make your knowledge investment.
By the way, did you know that all registered alumni of UTS can continue to accessing our first rate library and online services? For more information please go to the alumni benefits section on www.alumni.uts.edu.au