e:Connect October 2007
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THIS MONTH'S SPECIAL OFFERS FOR YOU 30% off Hunter Valley Crowne Plaza Rates for UTS:Alumni Discounted BSharp Theatre Tickets WIN Dendy Film Double Passes to Control |
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UTS:Alumni Wine and Cheese Tasting Night UTS:Alumni End of Year Reception UTS:Alumni Tour of UTS UTSpeaks October Series MBA Refresher Course - Human and Financial Capital |
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IT Short Courses UTS Short Courses |
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YOU CAN HELP MAKE UTS AN EVEN BETTER UNIVERSITY Consider Support for Scholarships at UTS |
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WHAT'S HAPPENING AT UTS UTS Answers Market Calls for Better Executives |
| ALUMNI BENEFITS |
Traditional Medicine Clinic
At UTS's Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Clinic, UTS:Alumni members can access acupuncture, Chinese remedial massage (tuina), and Chinese herbal medicine services at student and staff rates.
Treatment is by fourth year TCM students under full supervision of experienced traditional Chinese medicine practitioners.
The clinic is located on the ground floor of the new Science Building (CB04) on Harris Street, Ultimo. For more information please call 9514 2509.
For more details please visit the TCM website: http://www.science.uts.edu.au/centres/tcm/clinics.html
For a full list of UTS:Alumni benefits, please visit the Member Benefits section on the UTS:Alumni website.
| ALUMNI NEWS |
Fashion & Textile Graduate Wins First Place in Italian Design Comp
UTS Fashion & Textile graduate, Rachael Cassar, has won the Primo Award for Emerging Talent at the 15th Mittelmoda, an Italian based fashion design competition. The competition attracted over 600 entrants worldwide. Rachael won the 10,000 Euro prize for her collection.
For more information, visit http://www.mittelmoda.com
Wanda Jamrozik Prize Awarded to UTS Graduate
Media Arts and Production graduate, Izanda Ford, has been awarded The Wanda Jamrozik Prize for her short film, The Spare Room.
The Spare Room explores the emotional and physical impact of an Iranian woman's imprisonment in an Australia detention centre and the inherent racial and ethnic issues that partner her imprisonment.
The Wanda Jamrozik Prize is awarded to the best Honours or graduate media project which exemplifies human values in the media, especially in relation to ethnic, racial and multicultural content. An $800 cash prize was awarded to Izanda by Australian Centre for Independent Journalism Director, Chris Nash, at the George Munster Forum in September.
Click here to view The Spare Room.
Farwell to the School of Architecture's Kerryn Stanton
After five years supporting the School of Architecture, Kerryn Stanton is leaving UTS. Kerryn extends her best wishes to the architecture alumni from 2002 onwards. She says, "They adapted to huge changes in their courses and were very appreciative of the unique chaos we all had to deal with, making sense of it and saving people falling though the cracks! I wish them all the best as architects and in all walks of life, and I am proud to have played a tiny part in their careers."
Kerryn says it was the students who made her time at UTS so memorable and worthwhile.
| ALUMNI EVENTS |
Is online media killing journalism? Wednesday 17 October, 6pm
GUEST SPEAKER: Liz Jackson of Four Corners.
As the internet becomes a primary source of news and information, are journalists over-simplifying and dumbing down our news? In a media landscape drowning in citizen journalism, blogs and YouTube, is online media killing journalism as we know it? Come and find out!
Date: Wednesday 17 October, 6pm
Venue: UTS, Broadway Campus,
Building 2, Level 4 (entrance level), Room 22 (2.4.22)
RSVP: by Friday 12 October to jan.mcclelland@uts.edu.au or 9514 2295
UTSpeaks October Series
Mentally Distressed: Thursday 11 October
Australia is gripped by a nursing shortage, but in the face of an ageing population and increasingly stressful modern world, our need for well-educated and seasoned mental health nurses is equally urgent.
Coinciding with Mental Health Week, this public lecture reveals the unique role played by mental health nurses in Australia's health care system, the essential qualities needed to care for people with complex, new and extreme forms of mental illness and the challenges ahead for mental health nursing, education and research.
Kevin Kellehear
An expert in mental health and general nursing, psychology and nursing education, Kevin Kellehear has keenly observed and actively contributed to important changes in mental health and nursing for more than 40 years. He is a Foundation Adviser to the National Consortium for Multicultural Mental Health Australia and the current Deputy Chair of the Mental Health Services Conference of Australia and New Zealand.
For more information on this UTSpeaks series, please click here.
Financial Sector Dysfunctionality: Wednesday 31 October
Received wisdom holds that competitive markets are lean and efficient markets. How then can we explain the bloated scale and profits of the banks and financial institutions globally, the periodic share price bubbles and resulting misallocation of capital, and the regular systemic blow-ups, such as the current sub-prime lending debacle? Can it be that Adam Smith's dictum that the pursuit of private gain leads to the highest utility for all, does not, after all, apply in financial markets?
Paul Woolley
Dr Paul Woolley's career has spanned the private sector, academia and policy-oriented institutions. He gained his BA and D Phil in Economics from the University of York (UK) and was a lecturer there in the early 1970's. For the past twenty years he has run the European arm of GMO, the global fund management business based in Boston, US.
For more information on this UTSpeaks series, please click here.
UTS:Alumni Wine and Cheese Tasting Night
The Alumni & Development Office is excited to host the second UTS:Alumni Wine and Cheese Tasting Night for 2007.
The Wine and Cheese Tasting Night is a fun, social occasion with fine wines to be tasted and vino knowledge to be tested! Will you be the one to correctly guess the secret wine?
Professor Tony Baker will reveal the surprising health benefits of indulging in a glass of bubbly, while UTS alumnus, Toni Paterson, will take you through red and white wines from Australia's premium wine growing regions with cheeses to complement each wine.
Toni is winner of the "Madame Lily Bollinger Medal" for excellence in wine tasting; author of the consumer wine guide Wine: What to Drink 2006; and Australia's youngest and only resident female Master of Wine.
We hope to see you on the night! You are welcome to bring friends along too.
Date: Thursday 18 October
Time: 6.00 pm
Cost: $35 - covers a wide selection of wines and cheeses
Venue: Level 9, SkyRoom, Blacket Hotel
70 King Street, Sydney
RSVP: and payment essential by Monday 15 October
State Library October Author Talks Series
The State Library's October events program features a host of top writers revealing behind-the-scene stories on their writing experiences and discussions on contemporary and seminal texts.
Among the many interesting talks, are sessions about the life and times of Joseph Conrad, author of Heart of Darkness, and Peter Cochrane's multi-award winning text Colonial ambition: The foundations of Australian democracy, which deals with the human drama of Australia's political foundations.
For more information about the Author Talks Series, please click here.
Public Interest Forum: Working for a fair, just and democratic society
2007 marks the 25th anniversary of Australia's first public interest legal and policy centre.
While there have been significant gains in human rights and other public interest areas over that period, liberal democratic principles are currently facing many challenges. How can public interest advocates respond to emerging challenges such as climate change, globalisation, terrorism and the internet revolution while protecting and enhancing the principles that ensure citizens can participate in a fair, just and democratic society?
The Public Interest Advocacy Centre is holding a conference to reflect upon the past and anticipate the future challenges of public interest advocacy in Australia.
Date: 18 and 19 October
Venue: Wesley Centre, Pitt Street, Sydney
Keynote address - The participation of civil society in Australian democracy
Prof Larissa Behrendt, Director, Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning, University of Technology Sydney.
For a full list of panellists and discussion topics, or to register online, go to: www.piacconference.com
Date:Saturday 20 October
Time: 2.00pm - 4.00pm
Cost: FREE
Venue: 2.00pm - meet on level 4 of UTS Tower Building 1 (Foyer)
Afternoon tea will be provided at 4.00pm
RSVP: essential to alumni@uts.edu.au by 15 October
Centre for New Writing - Experimenting with Narrative and Photographs
Over the past few years, graphic novels have risen in popularity like no-other genre. As well as demanding new sections in bookstores and review pages of newspapers and journals, graphic novelists like Chris Ware and Shaun Tan are winning literary awards for their innovative narrative work.
The Centre for New Writing's workshop - Experimenting with Narrative and Photographs, examines examples of graphic devices used in graphic novels and books, engaging participants in a structured series of writing and experimental exercises.
Date: Saturday 10 October|
Venue: Room 7065A, Level 7, Building 2, UTS Broadway
Cost: $185
Contact: Suskia Rotunno E.newwriting@uts.edu.au or P. 9514 7095
For more information, please click here.
MBA Refresher Course - Human and Financial Capital
The MBA Refresher Seminar is back! In its fifth consecutive year, the success of the course is testament to its ability to give students another dimension to their knowledge.
This intensive one day event showcases leading UTS academics and industry practitioners who represent the latest management thinking and understand trends in business disciplines, including finance, marketing, management and strategy.
Conference Themes for 2007:
Human and Financial Capital: Attracting, Developing and Retaining.
Overview:
The UTS:Business Network presents the annual MBA Refresher, Human and Financial Capital: Attracting, Developing and Retaining. This full-day seminar features discussions about human and financial capital from top UTS academics and industry practitioners.
Date: Wednesday 31 October, 2007
Time: 8.30am - 7.30pm
Venue: The Citigroup Centre, 2 Park Street, Sydney
Agenda: 8.30am - Registration
9.00am - 5.30pm - Business Sessions
5.30pm - 7.30pm - Networking Cocktails
Cost: Breakfast, tea breaks, lunch and networking cocktails will be provided.
UTS Business Network members / GSB students / UTS:Alumni members - $150 (early bird* registration rate $99)
Non-members - $180 (early bird* registration rate $129)
*Early bird registration will be available until 5 October, after which, all member registrations will be $150 and non-member $180.
Register HERE.
Final registration deadline is Tuesday 16 October. Spaces are limited, so please sign up soon!
For more information, please visit the Business Network Website.
UTS:Alumni Reception in Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Alumni Reception will be an opportunity to reconnect with your fellow UTS alumni at The China Club.
The UTS:Alumni & Development Office is keen to re-build its alumni network in Hong Kong. With over 2,000 UTS alumni living in Hong Kong it is a fantastic opportunity to network with your university friends and make friends and business contacts for life.
Date: Thursday 15 November, 2007
Time: 6.30pm
Venue: The China Club,
13/F., The Old Bank of China Building,
Bank Street, Central, Hong Kong
Cost: HK260.00
RSVP: Essential by 12 November
E. alumni@uts.edu.au or P. +61 2 9514 9861
UTS:Alumni End of Year Reception
The Alumni End of Year Reception is on Friday 16 November. Come and share a cocktail with friends from your university days!
This event is being organised as a platform for larger reunion events throughout 2008, UTS's 20th Anniversary Year.
The Alumni End of Year Reception is an opportunity for alumni to get together, reminisce about shared experiences, exchange latest news and reconnect with UTS faculties.
Date: Friday 16 November
Time: 6pm - 8pm
Cost: Free
Venue: UTS Chancellery, Level 4, Tower Building 1
RSVP: Essential by 10 November to alumni@uts.edu.au
Leisure, Sport & Tourism Network Launch
The Leisure, Sport & Tourism Network has been reinvigorated with the enthusiastic and loyal commitment from alumni as well as academics from the LST School.
You are invited to attend the Launch as well as participate in activities which aim to provide resources for graduates in the industry.
Date: Thursday 29 November
Time: 6pm
Cost: $10 (includes canapés and one drink)
Venue: Gallery Bar at the Arthouse Hotel, Pitt Street
RSVP: Essential by 19 November to alumni@uts.edu.au
'Reporting Futures: Journalism, New Media, New Publics' Conference
Australian Centre for Independent Journalism
23 -25 November
Journalists, students, academics and the public are invited to the Public Right To Know Conference at UTS on 23 - 25 November.
The conference will include academic and journalistic presentations including:
- Changing news media, multi-modality and new forms of storytelling
- Changing audiences
- Journalism education
- Media ethics and political journalism
- Citizen news blogs
The conference program and venue details will be released on www.acij.uts.edu.au early November. This is a free event.
For further information contact Jan McClelland, ACIJ Manager
E. Jan.McClelland@uts.edu.au
| ALUMNI CAREERS |
Roadtrip Nation is looking for YOU! Hurry, Applications Close 14 October
SBS and Iris Pictures, with Roadtrip Nation Productions, are currently looking for three individuals to participate in a five week roadtrip around Australia. Your brief is to interview inspiring people about how they got where they are in life. And the best thing? You get to plan your trip!
Ideally you will be a current student or a recent graduate, at a cross-road in your life and trying to figure out 'where to from here?'.
For more information see the Roadtrip Nation flyer, or check out the website at www.roadtripnation.com/apply Applications close 14 October, 2007.
You Can Make a Difference - Volunteer at the Australian Red Cross
Australian Red Cross is seeking volunteers for the Community Visitors Scheme (CVS). By volunteering, you can brighten the day of a vulnerable member of the community.
The CVS program involves small and simple tasks like providing companionship to age care residents once a fortnight.
To find out more about how you can contribute, please click here.
For further details or an information pack, contact Lorraine Tamer at Australian Red Cross on +61 2 9229 4122 or ltamer@redcross.org.au
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 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 further queries please contact UTS:Alumni
E. alumni@uts.edu.au or T. 02 9514 9861
| ALUMNI NETWORKS |
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 a UTS:Alumni Network and keep in touch with the friends and colleagues from your university days and meet more UTS people.
Alumni members are closely involved in running networks, with support from the Alumni & Development Office. Graduates are welcome to join an existing alumni network, or can set up a new alumni network with assistance from the 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 & Development Office to discuss setting up additional networks?
P. 9514 9861 or E. alumni@uts.edu.au
| GRADUATE PROFILE |
Peter Clary Castrission, BA Communication (MAP) and LLB, 2007
Clary is a recent combined Communication/Law graduate with a burning desire to make the world a better place. At 24, Clary is President of the 40K Home Foundation, a non-profit, Sydney-based organisation fighting poverty on a global scale. 40K's mission is to raise sums of $40,000 to build new orphanages in Asia and the Pacific. Providing basic housing necessities allows children to pursue more important things in life, such as education.
Clary says, "The emphasis is on development and empowerment, rather than charity. We agree with a wise Indian man who told us that charity is expensive and tends to create dependency; it is a necessary short-term solution in many situations, but provides few long-term developmental benefits. People must be rehabilitated and provided with the necessary skills so they are independent of charity and empowered."
International law and human rights is Clary's passion and has become the springboard for his career. Clary says, "Human rights law encourages a rational approach to a widely compassionate area, forcing people to think about how to solve problems with influential reason, rather than pure heart." Clary has spent his last summer in India as a selected intern in the South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre, researching current issues in international human rights.
The 40K Home Foundation is holding a charity ball. With proceeds going directly to completing the current Bangalore project, this year's ball will be big!
Date: Saturday 13 October, 7pm
Venue: Avondale Golf Club, Avon Road Pymble
Dress: Cocktail
Tickets: $110 (students)/$130 (adults) and include a three-course meal and beverages.
For more information about the 40K Home Foundation and their charity ball, please visit http://www.40khome.org/index.php
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 |
30% off Hunter Valley Crowne Plaza Rates for UTS:Alumni
Get ready to relax, unwind and enjoy some fine wine! Crowne Plaza Hunter Valley is offering UTS Alumni 30% off the Best Flexible Rate of the day for the remainder of 2007.
Surrounded by picturesque vineyards, golf course greens and framed by the rugged Brokenback Ranges, Crowne Plaza Hunter Valley epitomises the newest and best of hospitality and deluxe accommodation. The hotel is ideally located on Wine Country Drive with easy access to wineries and attractions. Come and discover why Crowne Plaza Hunter Valley is the place to getaway.
Click here for more information. Please quote 'UTS Alumni' when calling the reservations team.
To book your Hunter Valley retreat, call the Central Reservations Team on 138 388, or email: reservations.hunter@ihg.com
For more information about Hunter Valley Crowne Plaza, visit www.crowneplaza.com/huntervalley
Conditions: Special rates are exclusively available to UTS Alumni until 30 December 2007. Not valid in conjunction with any other offer and are subject to availability.
Discounted BSharp Theatre Tickets for Alumni
BSharp is offering UTS:Alumni members concession priced tickets for the production Construction of the Human Heart. Tickets are only valid for performances Thursday 11 - Sunday 14, October.
Construction of the Human Heart has been described as an immersive theatrical rendering of insoluble grief and our artful, yet fragile, human attempts to deal with it. Nominated for four Green Room Awards, Construction of the Human Heart is live performance at its most compelling.
At the heart of the play is the Couple, known only as Him and Her. Their story is about loss and grief. Flicking backwards and forwards between the memories, places and moments which make up a life, the Couple attempt to make sense of their loss by building a fortress of words. The lines are blurred. Not all is as it seems.
Performance dates: Thursday 11 - Sunday 14, October
Tuesday 7pm, Wednesday - Saturday 8.15pm, Sunday 5.15pm
Full $29, Conc & UTS:Alumni $23, Preview (13th) $20, Groups of 5+ $25, Tuesday pay what you can (Min $10)
To take advantage of this offer, simply quote 'ALUMNI OFFER' when booking your tickets.
Please call 9699 3444 or visit www.belvoir.com.au
WIN a Dendy Film Double Pass to Control
UTS:Alumni has 15 double preview passes to Control, an edgy film about the life and times of Joy Division front-man, Ian Curtis. Control has been garnering world-wide critical praise, winning the Audience Prize at the recent Melbourne Film Festival.
To go into the draw to WIN one of the 15 passes, all you have to do is email alumni@uts.edu.au before 5pm on Tuesday 9 October.
The passes are only valid for the advance preview screenings on Friday 19 October - Sunday 21 October. Winners will be selected at random and notified by email.
About Control
Control is the story of the late Ian Curtis, the enigmatic lead singer of legendary English post punk band Joy Division. Spanning Curtis's last several years leading up to his tragic suicide in 1980, the film explores the struggle between his enduring love for his wife and his burgeoning relationship with his girlfriend; his decimating bouts with epilepsy; and his incredible talent and all consuming performances with Joy Division.
One of this year's most highly anticipated films, Control is the first feature film by renowned photographer, Anton Corbijn - who's widely regarded as one of the most influential photographers of the entertainment world, having first photographed Joy Division in 1979.| LIFELONG LEARNING AT UTS |
UTS:IT has a range of short courses for the experienced professional, intended to satisfy various career development needs. Prove that you are serious about your IT career and take the next step.
There is a 10% discount available for all registered UTS:Alumni members. When booking, please quote your membership number.
2007 courses scheduled to commence soon:
Start 13/10/07 Linux Systems Administration
http://it.uts.edu.au/course/shortcourse/programming/linuxsysadmin.html
Start 13/10/07 Extreme Programming and Agile Methods
http://it.uts.edu.au/course/shortcourse/programming/xp.html
Start 27/10/07 Network Security
http://it.uts.edu.au/course/shortcourse/cisco/netsec.html
Start 3/11/07 CCNA stage 2
http://it.uts.edu.au/course/shortcourse/cisco/ccna2.html
Start 3/11/07 CCNA stage 4
http://it.uts.edu.au/course/shortcourse/cisco/ccna4.html
To pay for and secure a place in the course of your preference, please complete the application form http://it.uts.edu.au/course/shortcourse/shortcourses_apply.pdf with your credit card details and fax to 9514 1844 immediately.
Plan ahead! The 2008 short courses timetable will be available from our website in October.
Please contact Julie Lui Ph: 9514 1806 or Elaine Lawrence ph: 9514 1861 or email: shortcourses@it.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!
The alumni discount is applied at the discretion of course administrators. Please confirm if the discount is applicable when registering for your short course.
For a comprehensive list of all current UTS short courses, please visit: http://www.shortcourses.uts.edu.au/
| YOU CAN HELP MAKE UTS AN EVEN BETTER UNIVERSITY |
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, 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.
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