The Graduate Union Newsletter - November
2015
Welcome to the October 2015 Newsletter This Issue:
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GU Festive Season Products
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At Graduate House Expression of Interest to join the Governance Team
Coming Events
End of Year Function Menus Chairman’s Cocktail Party
LIVE
LEARN MEET
Member’s Christmas Party November Monthly Luncheon with Brigadier Bob Slater AM
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October Monthly Luncheon Review
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Professor Profile
Women’s Forum Review
Resident News The 2nd Graduate Union Ball Photo Collage University Sector News
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Puzzles 2030 Sustainable Development Goals at Graduate House Discovering Melbourne Academic and Professional Development Meetings
Best Wishes for a Happy Holiday Season and a Happy New Year
is our message to Members and all other graduates as well as the inscription inside the elegant Graduate House cards now available for purchase in ribbon-wrapped packs of five (5) for $10 and of ten (10) for $19 from reception at 220 Leicester Street, Carlton. Postage charges apply for packs sent in the post. Blank Cards are also available.
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Festive Season Products Made from carefully selected ingredients by our talented Culinary team, our gourmet Graduate House jams and chutneys sold out last year so don’t forget to order early. You can purchase individual items or our Festive Season Gift Boxes - some ready-packed and others packed with your choices from below. Call (03) 9347 3428 or email admingh@graduatehouse.com.au to design your special gift.
Key Ring - $3 Pen - $5 Reusable Keepcup - $10 Ceramic Mug - $5 Handbag Hanger - $15
Merino pullover - $110 Grey T-Shirt - $30 Knitted vest - $50 Men’s Polo - $40 Women’s Polo - $40 Hoodie - $50 Cap - $20
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Coming events We invite you, Members and non-members, to attend.
October R E S I D E N T S’ MEET AND GREET
Book a calendar today. Simply fill out the order form on page 35.
Tuesday
27/10/2015 Jo i n u s i n w e l c o m i n g new and returning Residents to Graduate Ho u s e o v e r d r i n k s a n d dinner as we share our collegial approach. 6 : 3 0 p m o nw a r d s Resident Members
Fr e e
No n - r e s i d e n t Members
$15
November BRIDGE NIGHT
S P E C IA L M O R N I N G B R E A K FA S T
M O N T H LY LU N C H E O N , a l s o R E M E M B R A N C E DAY
Wednesday
Tuesday
Wednesday
04,11, 18, 25/11/2015
10/11/2015
11/11/2015
Jo i n a g a m e o r l e a r n to play the card game Bridge. Enjoy a shared p l a t t e r f o r s u p p e r, a s well as tea and coffee.
No n - r e s i d e n t m e m b e r s are welcome to join R e s i d e n t Me m b e r s f o r a hearty breakfast.
Dine at luncheon and then hear Brigadier Bob Slater talk about “U” is f o r Un i v e r s i t y, Un i o n , Un i f o r m , Un i t y a n d Us .
7:20pm for 7.30pm
7:30am to 8:30am
12:00 midday for 12:30pm
Members
$2
No n - m e m b e r s
$5
No n - r e s i d e n t Members
$15
Resident Members
$10
No n - r e s i d e n t Members Concession
$30
General Public
$40
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Book now via our website, by phone 03 9347 3428, through email to admingh@ graduatehouse.com.au or at the venue, 220 Leicester Street, Carlton.
F R I DAY N I G H T D R I N K S a n d R E S I D E N T S’ M E E T AND GREET
I TA L IA N C O N V E R S AT I O N DINNER
WO M E N ’ S F O RU M
Friday
Tuesday
Wednesday
13/11/2015
17/11/2015
18/11/2015
Come along for an endof-week wind-down in an amiable atmosphere and join Resident and n o n - r e s i d e n t Me m b e r s in sharing collegial culture over drinks and d i n n e r.
Come along to dine while l e a r n i n g t o s p e a k It a l i a n with an experienced t e a c h e r.
T h e No v e m b e r f o r u m t o p i c i s “ Ho w Mu c h i s To o Mu c h ? ”
6:00pm
10:00am for 10:30am
Resident Members
Members
$15
No n - m e m b e r s
$20
6 : 0 0 p m o nw a r d s
Fr e e
Drinks and dinner at our ver y reasonable bar and dining room prices.
Forum is free. Lunch is at dining room prices.
S e e Daily Menu on our website.
December C HA I R M A N ’ S C O C K TA I L PA RT Y
M E M B E R S’ C H R I S T M A S PA RT Y
Friday
Friday
4/12/2015
11/12/2015
The Chairman of Council i nv i t e s all members to celebrate a n o t h e r w o n d e r f u l y e a r.
Jo i n Me m b e r s a n d t h e i r guest for a traditional C h r i s t m a s d i n n e r. Mo r e details on page 9.
5:30pm to 7:00pm
6:30pm for 7:00pm
FREE for Members. By invitation only for non-members.
Resident Members No n - r e s i d e n t Members No n - m e m b e r Concession No n - m e m b e r other
FREE $48.50 $52.50 $58.50
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End of Year Function Menus Set Menu For Lunch or Dinner
Traditional Christmas Menu Two course - $48.50 per person or Three course - $58.50 per person (includes CanapĂŠs on arrival)
EntrĂŠe
Fresh Seafood Platter of Oysters, Prawns and Smoked Salmon with Cocktail Sauce and a Grilled Mediterranean Vegetarian Platter
Main Course
Seasoned Turkey Breast with Apricot and Macadamia Stuffing, served with Gravy or Maple Orange Salmon served on Sweet Potato Puree with Mango Salsa
Dessert
Plum Pudding with Custard and Brandy Sauce or House-made Profiteroles with a rich Chocolate Sauce and fresh Strawberries Fresh Fruit Platter at additional cost of $35.00 per platter
Minimum 15 guests Available from 2nd November till 17th December 2015
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End of Year Function Menus
Christmas Summer BBQ $43.50 per person (in the Graduate House Courtyard)
Main Course Lamb Loin Chops, Rump Steaks, Gourmet Sausages, Tandoori Chicken, Onions, Vegetarian Burgers and a selection of summery Salads
Seafood-Prawn Kebabs and Oysters Natural are available for $8.50 extra per person
Dessert Pavlova, Fruit Salad and Ice-cream
Minimum 15 guests Available from 2nd November till 17th December 2015
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Mr RhysWatson Chair of the Graduate Council invites members to the
Chair's Cocktail Party Graduate House, 220 Leicester Street, Carlton, VIC, 3053 Friday, 4th December, 2015 5.30pm to 7.00pm Dress: After five
R.S.V.P Friday, 27th November, 2015 tel (03) 9347 3428 or email admingh@graduatehouse.com.au
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MeMbers' ChristMas Party Friday, 11th December, 2015
6.00pm for 6.30pm
with traditional carols and a visit from Santa! EntrĂŠe Fresh Seafood Platter of Oysters, Prawns and Smoked Salmon with Cocktail Sauce and a Grilled Mediterranean Vegetarian Platter Main Course Seasoned Turkey Breast with Apricot and Macadamia Stuffing, served with Gravy or Maple Orange Salmon served on Sweet Potato Puree with Mango Salsa Dessert Plum Pudding with Custard and Brandy Sauce or House-made Profiteroles with a rich Chocolate Sauce and fresh Strawberries $48.50 non-resident members free for resident members
$58.50 non-member other $52.50 non-member concession
Book by Monday, 30th November 2015 via our website, by telephoning 03 9347 3428 or by emailing admingh@graduatehouse.com.au ABN 5561066496
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The
Monthly Luncheon with
Brigadier Bob Slater AM MMgt FAIM FIEAust FAAG MFIA MRSV
‘U’ is for University, Union, Uniform, Unity and Us November 11th Lest We Forget Resident Members Non-Resident Members General Public Concession
$10 $30 $40 $35
ABN 55610664963
12:00 noon for 12.30pm 220 Leicester Street, Carlton, 3053 (03) 9347 3428 admingh@graduatehouse.com.au www.graduatehouse.com.au
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Brigadier Bob Slater AM
‘U’ is for University, Union, Uniform, Unity and Us. Bob is a returned serviceman who served for 36 years in various capacities throughout Australia and overseas in the Australian Army, retiring as a Brigadier. He was a career officer in the Royal Australian Engineers including Commanding Officer 22nd Construction Regiment (sponsored by State Engineering Authorities) and Commander 6th Engineer Group, both based in Victoria. During this time Bob initiated, in 1989, the EA Society of Military Engineering (now the Australian Society for Defence Engineering) and in 1992, the Graduate Engineer Training Program. He is the Convenor of the Victoria Branch (incorporating the Tasmania Branch) of the Duntroon Society which meets regularly at Graduate House for luncheons. Bob is a Life Member of Graduate House. In the 1990s, Brigadier Slater was CEO of an aged care organisation and has since sat on school and professional boards of management. During a period when he was a consulting civil engineer he was on the Board (and the Chairman) of the Victorian Division of Engineers Australia. During this time in 1992, he became a Member of the Order of Australia (AM). As an alternative to retirement, Bob has been involved tirelessly in fundraising and community development for a variety of not-for-profits. He is now a Board Member of the Stroke Association of Victoria and initiated the Rotary ‘Life After Stroke’ Vocational Program, works at Alkira in Box Hill and is on the Committee of Management for the Whitehorse Community Chest. He has been involved for nearly 20 years with the Rotary Club of Carlton, and has been Club President and on the District 9800 Board as Director of Vocational Service and Assistant Governor. He has recently transferred to Rotary Club of Kew. Bob is a Fellow of Engineers Australia, the Australian Institute of Management and the Australasian Association for Gerontology, and is a Member of the Royal Society of Victoria and of the Fundraising Institute of Australia. He and his wife Ruth have three daughters and nine grand-children, two of whom are at North Melbourne Primary School where this grandfather gave a talk for ANZAC Day in April 2015. ABN 55610664963
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October Monthly Luncheon Review Wednesday, 7th October 2015 The Art of Travel... Panama City, Cuba
Kenneth showed an image of the Sea Cloud II cruise ship, where he spent a month bobbing around the Caribbean in the early part of the year. They sailed from Costa Rica, around the Panama Canal all the way to Cuba. This trip, was under moat and not under sail, the mast tickling the bridges that were above his head. Kenneth’s presentation was a visual treat, as he showed us images of hidden temples from the recesses of the world, that one might not consider travelling to, or even know about. He travelled to the famous site of Chichen Itza in Yucatán Peninsula (separates the Gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean Sea), where a temple was discovered and so the area is being cleared to reveal this extraordinary monument.
Havana, Cuba “I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list,” said the great Susan Sontag. Travel for Sontag, like many others, builds upon experiences, broadening the mind and soul. These were the sentiments of our October Monthly Luncheon speaker Kenneth Park, who gave an absorbing lecture on what he sees to be the art of travel. Kenneth took us through his travels, sharing his nifty knowledge, fun facts and amusing anecdotes. “Travel broadens the mind, and indeed you can go to university and lead a great academic career, but that’s really only part of the story. You have to get off your bottom, go out and see the world and do things,” said Kenneth as he showed us an image of The Madonna and Child, a typical iconography featured in Orthodox churches. “What is really wonderful is when you travel and you see something interpreted in a different way,” added Kenneth. He talked about a friend of his who was recently travelling around Turkey, and ventured to a little monastery on an island in the Black Sea where she saw an image of The Madonna and Child. The caption underneath it, however, simply read: Mary and The Kid. These funny little moments seem to be ubiquitous when travelling. Kenneth took us through a few amusing signs that he found during his travels. ‘Eating carpet is strictly prohibited’, ‘before entering the factory, wash your hands and legs neatly’, ‘kindly avoid sitting here’. “I was once on a ship, and I was asked by a lady, who obviously had had one or two drinks, ‘does that staircase go up or down?’ And I said, why don’t you be brave and try it?” Another incident involved a lady who asked crew directors on a cruise that Kenneth was on ‘what do you do with the ice sculpture after it melts?’
Havana has been transformed throughout the years of its political history. Today, Cuba has opened itself up to the world, in part thanks to the establishment of a US embassy, the effects of the Blockade which occurred once Fidel Castro had taken over and Cuba’s engagement with the Pope, which seems to be joining the gap between America and Cuba. Cuba is famous for its cigars, and for its wonderful sugar-based liquor, such as a mojito or a margarita, and Il Floridita is one of the most famous bars where “anybody who’s anybody” likes to go. American writer, Ernest Hemingway did go to that bar one day and drank 28 margaritas in one session. Proving his strength, he survived. Kenneth then showed us the dramatic rendering of the shark attack from Watson and the Shark 1788, a famous painting by John Singleton Copley. A young sailor, 14-year old Brook Watson, ill-fatedly decided to go swimming in the Harbour of Havana, only to be attacked by a shark. The painting depicts this struggle, his crew mates battling the Shark. He does recover however, as Mr Watson ventured to be the Lord Mayor of London, after his migration. The most recent version of this painting is in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, noted Kenneth.
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, said Kenneth, is kind of opening up to the world in a bigger way. He began by showing us a photo of one of the great fortresses of Sigiriya, the great ancient kingdom. In essence, this world heritage site is a great rock with a series of beautiful caves, and the top of the rock is surrounded by very well laid-out grounds – emerald green patches of grass with a pond in the middle. Sri Lanka boasts a rich culture despite is corruption in a way by the arrival of the Europeans – the Dutch, the Portuguese, and
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of course later on the British. “Sri Lanka is still trying to find its own place, and it’s a wonderful part of the world,” said Kenneth. Showing us a photo from the top of the rock, we see an expansive green, almost an engulfment, spanning for what seems likes miles. From there, Kenneth showed us the lavish Galle Face Hotel, a 4-star hotel in Colombo, by the seafront, facing the Galle Face Green, an ocean seaside Park. “I remember the first time I went there when I was much younger and I came out of the hotel and I walked out to the pool. As I was swimming, I looked at the sea which was churning up against the coast, and I thought that’s a bit dangerous. So I called the waiter and I said, I’m going to have a swim, is it safe? ‘Sir, do not worry,’ he replied. He went to a palm tree where there was a wire going to the palm tree and a black telephone. He picked the receiver and said something, plonked it down, and all of a sudden a man appeared with trunks and a towel, and he turned to Kenneth very calmly and said ‘the life guard will observe you while you take your swim.’
Udaipur, India
Kenneth showed us a photo of Lake Palace, one of his favourite Indian hotels, in Udaipur. Refashioned from an old palace, between 17431746, under the direction of the Maharana Jagat Singh II, the hotel is renowned for its size and immaculate garden. Also the home of the James Bond film Octopussy, when looking towards the Monsoon Palace, where the evil character lived, Kenneth showed photo of his private terrace when
controlled the Mediterranean,” said Kenneth. “This is why I travel – it’s moments like this when you see beautiful reminders of the past.” like the tunnels constructed by the Nazis in WW2 to hide their U-Boats, which can be found inside of a hill at the entrance of the harbour at Bay of Kotor in Montenegro. These are the little historical moments that Kenneth looks for. “You pass by things that really do remind you of how generations behave over time.” Next stop was Athens, Greece and the Acropolis Museum in Dionysiou Areopagitou, just opposite the famous site itself. While the museum was built, it was discovered that there were ancient ruins below, so the museum was designed to incorporate these elements. Original pieces from the Parthenon and Acropolis are in exhibited in the Acropolis Museum, while the original site sees plaster replicas. There are of course, many marbles missing, as these can be found in the British museum, and some in the Louvre in Paris, France. To signify that these pieces are missing, the exhibition space in the Acropolis Museum displays empty panels, with the annotation “BM”, meaning that these pieces are still in the British Museum. From here Kenneth showed us his photos from the site of Ephesus, in Turkey. Ephesus has a rich and complex history. Beginning as an ancient Greek city on the coast of Ionia, Ephesus underwent Roman control, and then was taken over by the Ottoman Empire. The city has a mix of roman and byzantine architecture, most notably the marble of Nike (meaning Victory), the inspiration behind the modern-day Nike sportswear logo. There is also the Great Library of Celsus, a Roman Emperor who built a grand library, across the road from a brothel, noted Kenneth. “Look up the word symposium: that actually means drinking party,” he joked.
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he was in the ‘mother-in-law’ suite, which saw extravagant marble surroundings, with fine detail, and an extraordinary view.
“One person that has impacted me through travel is Frank O. Gehry,” said Kenneth as he showed us an image of Gehry’s first major building, a glistening metallic construction, The Weismann University Art Museum in Minnesota, Minneapolis. Inspired by picking up a piece of tin foil and scrunching it up into a ball, then laying it flat to create an uneven juxtaposition of shapes, Gehry created a signature style that can be seen all over the world. His creations include the Guggenheim Museum in Northern Spain, Disney Symphony Hall in LA, and more recently the Fondation Louis Vuitton
Kenneth detailed his time in Split, Croatia, where he visited the site of Diocletian’s Palace – one of the great Roman Emperors who came from this region. While today the palace is largely in ruins, there is an artist’s visualisation of what his palace would have looked like.“Today that particular palace has been incorporated into the layers of history – going through the renaissance, and you can wander these streets and you can experience a little bit of ancient Rome in what was the great Mediterranean Sea, which of course was the Roman lake when Rome www.graduatehouse.com.au | ABN: 55610 664 963 | Incorporated Association Registration No. A0023234B
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in Paris, which is, true to Gehry’s style, a massive metallic structure which sees exhibitions and other events occurring. Next stop, Cambridge, Massachusetts. At the MIT campus sits a cylindrical building. Designed by Finnish, American architect Eero Saarinen, the building is surrounded by a moat, and, according to Kenneth, “is the most extraordinary experience.” “When you go into this building, your breath is taken away. Hundreds and hundreds of little metal plates around the oculus allows the light to come in, illuminating the beautiful altar, and it’s the most sublime experience,” said Kenneth. We now arrive at New York, where we see the HighLine, an elevated railway line, several kilometres long, which has been fully extended. It was created from a disused New York railroad called the West Side Line, and visitors are able to walk along it, leading them to the expensive Standard Hotel. “The railway line has been turned into an integrated urban development. These are the things that drive me to travel because there’s always something to look at and admire.”
of the Parisian allure. And for Kenneth, who recommended a visit to the Gare de Lyon’s Blue Train (Le Train Bleu) Restaurant, but to “get someone else to pay for it – that is my greatest recommendation in life,” he joked. Le Train Bleu exudes centuries of French luxury, its interior matching the grandeur of resplendent European architecture and exteriors.
London, England
Going atop the National Portrait Gallery one can take in the view over London’s famous Trafalgar Square, where you can also see Nelson’s Column – the dome on the front of the National Gallery as well as the Tower of Big Ben. During the Nazi occupation of Europe, Hitler instructed his military to avoid bombing the Column as he intended to take it back to Germany should Germany defeat Britain. The ShutzStaffel (SS) drew up a plan, noting that they planned to ship Nelson’s Column back to Berlin as it signified world domination. Germany did not defeat Britain.
Museums are a strong point of interest for Kenneth as he detailed the new Whitney Art Museum in New York City, Metropolitan Museum of Art, where one can see part of a temple that has been brought from Egypt and the grand hall of armour, where we can see the armour of Henry VIII in collection.
England
Home of Robin Hood, Nottingham, England was our next stop. Kenneth told us the story of Boots Chemist founder Jessie Boot who then became Lord Trent of Nottingham, after he donated greatly to the University of Nottingham. Following his death, his wife Florence Boot was so devastated that she created a memorial church in Jersey, called the Glass Church. Although a very simple interior, one eventually finds the most beautiful glass, made by Lalique (René Jules Lalique was a French glass designer known for his creations of glass art, perfume bottles, vases, jewellery, chandeliers, clocks and automobile hood ornaments). Truly breathtaking! While Kenneth was there, the world’s largest hoard was discovered. It was essentially coins and objects stuck together, hidden away so it wouldn’t be stolen and was filled with coins from Ancient Rome, which have all been preserved in the ground, simply discovered by somebody using a metal detector!
Berlin, Germany
Kenneth entered Berlin through the Brandenburg Gate, much like Napoleon who upon his entrance, noted the sculpture on top, took it, and sent it to Paris to be put on top of the Monument. Unfortunately for Napoleon, he came across the Duke of Wellington, and it was brought back to Berlin. Further along we see the Lord Norman Foster dome on the Reichstag; a wonderful sizeable glass building with a great funnel sitting over the lower house of the German parliament.
Petra and the Dead Sea, Jordan
Kenneth’s final destinations saw him in the ancient city of Petra, Jordan. He showed us a photo of himself standing in front of the Treasury (Al Khazneh). The name refers to a legend that pirates had stored their treasures there. When the local tribe people, Bedouins, got wind of this, they shot at the building, in the hope that treasures would fall out. When in Jordan, try a beauty treatment at the Dead Sea. “I was covered in Dead Sea mud and a kid came up with a warm bucket of Dead Sea mud and slopped it all over me, you stand around for about half an hour, then you go back into the Dead Sea, and it falls off you and your skin tingles. It was quite an extraordinary experience,” detailed Kenneth. Kenneth Park has certainly travelled extensively, but at the end of it all, he says there is nothing like coming back to Melbourne. Thank you to Kenneth Park who gave an inspiring lecture on travel, and we hope to see you soon.
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Women’s Forum Review Wednesday, 16th September, 2015 “Who cares for the Carer?” The following are salient points discussed at this forum. In recent times there appears to be a great increase in the number of people in the community who require full or almost full-time care. In general people are living longer; road trauma, community violence, the long-term effects of mental and physical disability and the official view that people in need of care are better off if it can be provided in their own home. These all place more responsibility on family members to provide this care or to access whatever is available in the community. Provided those faced with the dilemma of assuming such responsibilities know what is available through external agencies (and there are many agencies through government - local, state and national as well as organisations linked with religious denominations, service groups and specific groups such as Alzheimers’ Australia) help is at hand, but for many who are unaware of these agencies, the task of becoming a carer can be a daunting one. Given that many of those needing care are elderly (aged 70 to 80 above), the acceptance of the caring role may fall on “children” who are themselves in their 50s or older with limited capacity to provide the extent of care needed. For young people with school-age children caring for elderly parents (or perhaps a child of their own who needs special care), the task may well be impossible. Given the circumstances outlined above, what problems and pitfalls does a carer encounter? Not unusual (but usually not revealed) are feelings of being trapped, a sense of isolation and resentment, because one’s own freedom is restricted, and perhaps not uncommonly, feelings of guilt as thoughts of euthanasia, homicide and suicide lurk in the background as a means of escape. What can be done to support carers? Certainly a more public profile for support organisations (as is standard practice for people leaving hospital whose care post institutional will be assessed by a qualified professional in consultation with potential carers); for contacting organisations supporting specific situations e.g. Legacy, Veterans affairs, Cancer or Parkinson’s support groups and local council services to assist with household management. One of the most valuable support mechanisms for carers is a group of trusted friends willing and able to listen to the carer’s problems without judgement or trite solutions. Respite from the situation is another very necessary source of relief - time when the carer is relieved of responsibility and the person in need of care is looked after by qualified people in appropriate surroundings. Whether this respite is for days or weeks at a time or on a regular basis of some hours each week when the carer can meet friends, go to a movie or simply be alone knowing that the responsibility is being shouldered by other capable people. It is very easy to hand the problem over to professions who can hold a conference (talkfest?) to discuss the problems but unless such a gathering includes input from those on the frontline, little will be achieved as each situation is unique and while some generalisations can be drawn, it is imperative that these are based on an understanding of the complete picture.
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Professor Profiles: Professor Ghil’ad Zuckermann Chair of Linguistics and Endangered Languages, University of Adelaide I asked what paraprosdikians are, and he smiled. “That’s a good question,” Zuckermann said. “A paraprosdokian is a sentence whose last part consists of an unexpected catch, an anticlimax, ‘she got her looks from her father, he is a plastic surgeon,’ or ‘when I met her, I felt I had known her from a previous life. Two weeks later I understood why I had not called her for 1,750 years’.
From the age of four and throughout his youth, Professor Ghil’ad Zuckermann was considered a mathematical prodigy, but always felt that it did not have the soul, social interaction and emotional intelligence that languages have. “I might be wrong but I was certain,” said Professor Zuckermann from his Adelaide University office. He has always been interested in languages, both Language (with a capital L) and languages, and has always been ludic and playful with words. He used to write palindromic stories and bilingual homophonous poems, which are now widely found on the Internet. “Children’s writer Russell Hoban described language as an ‘archaeological vehicle’, full of the remnants of dead and living pasts, lost and buried civilisations and technologies. The language we speak is a whole palimpsest of human effort and history,” quoted Professor Zuckermann by heart. He shifted in his chair, gesticulating gently, and explained that palimpsest is a beautiful metaphor for language. Coming from Greek, it means ‘scraped again’, ‘re-scratched,’ referring to a text written on top of another text. “A language is multi-layered, it encodes the heritage and the culture of a people across history and prehistory,” he said. “I like not only palindromes but also palimpsests, let alone paraprosdokians,” added Professor Zuckermann.
Throughout the years, Zuckermann has made quite a name for himself within the linguistics community. After studying at the United World College (UWC) of the Adriatic (Collegio del Mondo Unito dell’Adriatico; Duino, Trieste) and performing several years of military service, he was selected for the Adi Lautman Interdisciplinary Programme for Outstanding Students of Tel Aviv University, where he received his M.A. (summa cum laude – with highest honours) from the Department of Linguistics in 1997. As Scatcherd European Scholar of the University of Oxford and Denise Skinner Graduate Scholar of St Hugh’s College, Oxford, he gained his D.Phil. (Oxon.) in 2000. Around this time he published an article, where he referred to Revived Hebrew as Israeli, acknowledging the limits of language reclamation. He then became an expert of language revival in general, and the reclamation of no-longer spoken languages in particular. Then after Oxford, he was Research Fellow at Churchill College, University of Cambridge, and after a Sabbatical at the National University of Singapore, he was then invited to deliver a public lecture at the University of Sydney, where he found himself quite taken with Australia. “It was my first time in Australia and I fell in love with Sydney on first sight. I went back to Singapore and then to Cambridge, knowing very well that I would eventually end up Down Under,” he said. Professor Zuckermann ended up at Adelaide University (via a series of prestigious appointments including a position at the Research Centre of Linguistic Typology at the Institute of Advanced Studies at La Trobe University.) Today he holds his tenure as the Chair of Linguistics and Endangered Languages at The University of Adelaide where he has established a new trans-disciplinary field of enquiry called ‘revivalistics’, and to assist in the reclamation of a specific sleeping beauty language: Barngarla, a now extinct language that was spoken in the
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Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. These were his goals upon migrating to Australia. “As a grateful migrant to Australia, [I thought] how can I contribute to Australian society?” He quickly detected two problems: the first he said, was bureaucracy, the second, he said was the Aboriginal trauma and Stolen Generations. “I knew that I wouldn’t be able to reverse, or antidote, the professionalised technocratic mindset. So I decided to explore the Aboriginal issue. Had I been a psychologist, I would have volunteered to reduce smoking habits by Indigenous people. Had I been a dentist, I would have volunteered to fix Aboriginal people’s tooth problems. But I am a linguist. So I decided to apply lessons from the Hebrew revival to the reclamation and empowerment of Aboriginal languages and cultures,” said Professor Zuckermann. And so began his journey to establish revivalistics, which studies the universal constraints on the one hand, and the culturally-specific peculiarities on the other hand, occurring in linguistic reclamation, revitalization and reinvigoration attempts across various sociological backgrounds, all over the globe, explained Zuckermann. “Revivalistics combines scientific studies of native language acquisition and foreign language learning, but it is important to realize that revivalistics is far more than Revival Linguistics. It studies language revival from various other angles from law, mental health, and politics, to technology, theatre, evolution and even architecture,” he said. “Establishing revivalistics in Australia is turning Indigenous Australians into experts of language revival, who will be able to assist many others in linguistics,” said Zuckermann. Language revival will become increasingly relevant in Australia as with globalisation, homogenization and cocacolonisation there will be more and more groups all over the world added to the “forlorn club of the powerless lost-heritage peoples”. Australia, unfortunately, has seen a great deal of linguicide (language killing) since the early colonial period, he explained. “Out of 330 known Aboriginal languages, today only 13 (4%) are alive and kicking, that is spoken natively, as a mother tongue, by the community children,” he said. “Globally, there are around 7,000 languages spoken worldwide. But 96% of the world’s population speaks only 4% of the world’s languages. Linguistic diversity reflects many things beyond accidental historical splits. Languages are essential building blocks of
community identity and authority.” When we lose a language, we lose a number of important aspects also. Professor Zuckermann explained that we lose our cultural autonomy, intellectual sovereignty, spirituality, wellbeing and even mental health. “You lose your soul. Of course there is a trinity of language-land-people and it is often impossible to separate them. But, if you put a gun to my head, I would argue that the loss of language is much more severe than the loss of land,” Zuckermann added. This is why his work to save the Barngarla language is vital. It all started when Professor Zuckermann contacted the Barngarla community and asked them if they would like to reclaim their sleeping beauty tongue. “Their response was that they had been waiting for me for 50 years,” he said. He has held dozens of workshops and Barngarla Language Advisory Committee (BLAC) meetings all over Eyre Peninsula. “I teach the language, we coin words, we discuss how to change the langscape of the Barngarla land,” he added. And to what end? Language revival has an empowering effect on the community wellbeing and mental health, explained Zuckermann, and participants develop a better appreciation and sense of connection with their cultural heritage. “A Barngarla participant at one of my Barngarla Aboriginal language reclamation workshops wrote to me unsolicitedly that she found learning the language ‘liberating’, that it gave her a ‘sense of identity’ and that ‘it’s almost like it gives you a purpose in life’. Another participant said: ‘our ancestors are happy’, which is a wonderful indication of empowerment.” In fact, studies have also shown that bilingual children have better non-linguistic cognitive abilities compared with monolingual children and improved attention and auditory processing, he explained. Furthermore, being bilingual or multilingual can slow dementia by 4.5 years, which improves quality of life and ultimately reduces money spent on medical care. Other studies have also shown that decision-making biases are reduced when using a second language (for more see Keysar et al. 2012:661). Language revival will become more and more relevant, so much so that universities will eventually realize that it was foolish for them to have closed down faculties of arts. It’s due to what Zuckermann calls the ‘talknological revolution’, which he explains blends talk with technology – think 21st century digital mass media resulting in Big Data. “Whilst the Industrial Revolution turned people from seeking food to seeking
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things, I believe that the current talknological Revolution will eventually turn people, the hoi polloi, the masses, from seeking things to ideas,” said Zuckermann, leaning to grab a whiteboard marker. He took the marker, and drew Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs pyramid, which Maslow first established in his seminal article ‘A Theory of Human Motivation.’ Zuckermann then made two additions: Wi Fi and battery. “In accordance with searching for ideas, resulting
Abraham Maslow’s 1943 hierarchy of needs, addenda by Zuckermann
from the talknological revolution, more and more people in the future will go up Maslow’s ladder and be interested not just in big houses and speedy cars but also in heritage, culture, and language,” said Zuckermann. Zuckermann’s relationship with linguistics has led him all over the globe, and has seen him interact with renowned individuals such as Stephen Fry, who Zuckermann describes as a “lovely perspicacious individual.” Fry interviewed Zuckermann on the Hebrew Revival. “I very much enjoyed being interviewed by him. He asked insightful and often understood my linguistic thoughts much more deeply than many academics in the field. We spent seven hours together in Rishon LeZion, Israel.” As our interview came to a close, I felt very much that I had also interviewed a lovely perspicacious individual. Echoing the words of Russel Hoban, ‘the language we speak is a whole palimpsest of human effort and history,’ and for Zuckermann to revive the languages that are lost, we will see not only the revival of a lost language, but discover a history of great importance.
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Resident News “The word ‘listen’ contains the same letters as the word ‘silent’.” - Alfred Brendel (1931 -) National Student Leadership Forum
Introducing, Agnes Banyasz, Career Strategist
Two of our Residents, Betsy and Riyan, were selected to participate in the National Student Leadership Forum in Canberra. Running from Thursday 17th September until Sunday 20th September, the forum saw Betsy and Riyan participate in a number of events, including question time at the House of Representatives, an executive session with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, traditional aboriginal bush dance at Yarralumla Woolshed, and small group discussions. The first day saw a welcome from Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, which was actually one of his first addresses as Prime Minister, having been appointed to the position two days before. This was followed by an address by opposition Leader Bill Shorten and a keynote address from the Governor General Sir Peter Cosgrove discussing support and leadership. Including plenty of small group discussion and interaction with students from all over Australia, Betsy and Riyan enjoyed an enlightening and inspirational time in the nation’s capital discussing faith and values. Stay tuned for the full review in the coming Melbourne Graduate.
“Self Awareness + Opportunity Awareness = Employment Success,” says Agnes Banyasz, career strategist and director at CorpReach, her owned and operated career advisory practice. The most important thing for every job seeker is to be aware of their strengths, and of course, weaknesses, and be able to match those strengths to the needs and expectations of the employer and labour market, she explained. This is just some of the invaluable career advice that Agnes has to offer graduates and those in the early stages of their careers through her Career Roundtables that she will host at Graduate House next year. Neither a lecture nor a presentation, her roundtables are safe and risk-free open forums to exchange ideas, share information and form valuable connections with other likeminded individuals, through the mediation of a careers expert. These sessions provide a collegiate environment where career building and communication strategies can be tested and practised before participants take them ‘out’ into real life. “Career Roundtables - as the name suggests are facilitated career conversations where all participants sit around a table and discuss career
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related topics that are most important for them,” explained Agnes. These sessions ran for more than five years at The University of Melbourne, where Agnes spearheaded the first faculty-based careers centre that offered a full-range of customised career programs and services for business students and alumni. “These roundtables are a proven formula, having fared strongly in the past. Feedback from University of Melbourne business students and graduates who have previously participated in these sessions has been overwhelmingly positive,” explained Agnes. “They liked the format, enjoyed the collegiate atmosphere, appreciated that all questions and concerns were addressed and valued the sharing of knowledge and experiences that came from different levels and industry sectors,” she added. This kind of advice and environment is also what those who engage with Agnes’ practice, CorpReach, will also experience. The services offered to students, professionals and even organizations range from career consultations, interview preparation, CV reviews to developing strong intercultural communication and effective meeting skills. While some people love their work, others display apparent indifference and dislike. Agnes aims to assist the people feeling the latter so that they too can achieve contentment and enjoyment from their careers. “I was always interested in how people make choices and career decisions and how life events influence these,” said Agnes. Agnes’ own story displays the variation that most career journeys can take in a lifetime. After completing her MA in languages and literature with a minor in educational psychology, as well
as a DipEd in secondary teaching at Eotvos Lorand University in Budapest, she began to amass the knowledge imperative to be strategic and in-tune with students’ needs. She then ventured to Melbourne where she found herself navigating in a new and unmapped professional landscape without established networks, mentors or advisors – a place that some of us will have no doubt also experienced. But for her, hard work, curiosity and an open mind are some of the most important things that helped her progress her career. “I worked hard and tried to excel in whatever I was doing thus matching aptitude with the right attitude. I am a very curious person, always want to look beyond the surface, understand the context and get new knowledge and skills,” Agnes said. She also maintains professional membership to key local and international associations such as Career Development Association of Australia, Career Industry Council of Australia and more. “I have participated in conferences all over world, and this connectedness to local and international best practice principles allows me to build strong and rewarding relationships with my colleagues and clients,” she added. “Every individual has a unique career story,” said Agnes. “People need more than information and advice. People need a career strategy that takes them towards their desired goals and destinations. I meet all my clients at their current career junction and help them to realise these career goals.” For more information on CorpReach’s services for students, professionals and organisations, visit www.corpreach.com.au
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The 2nd Graduate Union Ball photo collage Saturday, 10th October 2015
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University Sector News Innovation
Go Go Gadget...!
When was the last time you found some rotting fruits or vegetables in the kitchen? Indeed, an off banana or onion has been the bane for many a household, but now researchers at University of Washington (UW) and Microsoft Research have developed a hyper camera which can show you when a fruit or vegetable is past its prime. Called the HyperCam, the new technology uses both visible and invisible near-infrared light to “see” beneath surfaces and capture unseen details. Whereas a typical camera divides light into three bands (red, green and blue) cameras that utilise other wavelengths in the electromagnetic spectrum can reveal invisible differences. Near infra-red cameras can reveal whether crops are healthy or a work of art is genuine, for instance. HyperCam uses the visible and near infra-red parts of the electromagnetic spectrum, and illuminates a scene with 17 different wavelengths, generating an image for each. “With this kind of camera, you could go to the grocery store and know what produce to pick by looking underneath the skin and seeing if there’s anything wrong inside. It’s like having a food safety app in your pocket,” said Shwatek Patel, Washington Research Foundation Endowed Professor of Computer Science and Engineering and Electrical Engineering at the UW.
HyperCam took photos of various fruits like strawberry, mango and avocado. The HyperCam image predicted the relative ripeness of the fruits with 94% accuracy, compared with only 62% for a typical camera. “After building the camera we just started pointing it at everyday objects -- really anything we could find in our homes and offices -- and we were amazed at all the hidden information it revealed,” said Neel Joshi, a Microsoft researcher. This kind of technology is usually highly priced as its use is limited to industrial or commercial purposes. The team at Microsoft Research and UW wanted to create a camera which was relatively simple to use, and affordable. The team estimated that HyperCam could cost roughly $800 or even as little as $50 to add to a mobile phone camera. http://www.washington.edu/news/2015/10/15/ affordable-camera-reveals-hidden-detailsinvisible-to-the-naked-eye/
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University Sector News
Stories that may be of interest to our Members
Words, a History
The extinction of a word is quite curious. Found online, was a listing of words that were once as common as any word that we may use today, yet stopped being used up to as much as 400 years ago. While the process of word extinction is an interseting linguistic discussion, here we share with you some of the most curious extinct words. Enjoy.
historiaster (n) 1887 -1894 petty or contemptible historian
epalpebrate (adj) 1884 -1884 lacking eyebrows
‘You ought to invest in a jobler,’ said the advisor to the upper management.
She plucked her eyebrows while in a daze. She is now epalpebrate!
sinapistic (adj) 1879 -1879 consisting of mustard
odynometer (n) 1889 -1893 instrument for measuring pain
This steak is rather unfortunately sinapistic.
Was he in as much as pain as he said he was? Suspicious, the doctor took out his odynometer. philargyrist (n) 1633 -1663 lover of money; covetous person Some people are happy to live with what they’ve got. I, however, am a total philargyrist. roomthily (adj) 1674 -1674 spatially; with respect to space To live in an inner-city suburb, she knew she would be roomthily challenged! gnathonize to flatter
(v)
The contemptuous book he wrote about WW2 proves wwhat a historiaster he is! jobler (n) 1662 -1662 one who does small jobs
squiriferous (adj) 1796 -1796 having the character or qualities of a squire From his stance, to his voice and dress, his entire presence was squiriferous. tragematopolist (n) 1656 -1658 confectioner; seller of sweets Will there ever be a person greater than a tragematopolist? For more of these wonderful extinct words visit, http://phrontistery.info/index.html
1619 -1727
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Puzzles Mind benders for our Members
Sudoku Sudoku is an 81 square grid comprising of nine square blocks, each with nine cells. To complete this puzzle, all blank cells must be filled with a number between and including 1 and 9. Each number can only appear once in each nine celled block, row and column.
Last edition’s results
Kakuro Use the numbers 1 to 9 to fill the empty cells so that the sum of each horizontal block equals the clue on its left, and the sum of each vertical block equals the clue on top. Each number can only be used once per row/column.
Last edition’s results Please note that there might be more answer combinations possible.
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Cryptic Crossword
Across 7. 8. 9. 10. 12. 13. 14. 16. 18.
Messy act - rub oil in (11) Liberal whip goes about six (6) Intense dislike of tangled thread (6) Resolve to get a long wooden bench (6) Denied falsely or truly (6) Funny drink (3) Plays for time in certain theatre seats (6) Small dog or cat, perhaps - it has energy (6) Black stuff with light brown pattern from Scotland (6) 20. Iris comes back with American star (6) 22. Face seen in brook (11)
Down 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 11. 12. 15. 17. 19. 21.
Name of woman getting letters from Royal Mail (4) Player with so boisterous a part (6) Boats taking the girls for an outing? (8) Laundry used to be hard (4) Fidget terribly, being talented (6) Something to take the boredom out of saving? (8) Charm one’s way in (8) Impressive model’s statement? (8) The acid test? (6) Ronald gets installed in the royal seat (6) A short letter of distinction (4) Employed some famous editors (4)
Last edition’s results Across: 1. Undoubted 8. Lathe 9. Florida 10. Sole 11. Neurotic 13. Nodice 14. Upturn 17. Epicures 19. Pens 21. Emerald 22. Areas 23. Heartless
Down: 2. Nettles 3. Open 4. Buffet 5. Egotrips 6. Mint 7. Larcenists 8. Los Angeles 12. Accurate 15. Useless 16. Tender 18. Item 20. Bawl
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graduate house and the 2030 UN sustainable development goals "I am developing an app that would assist people to live a more environmentally friendly life."
"By trying to put a smile on everyone's face."
"I try to encourage and mentally build up people who are down."
"Entertaining people for good health and wellbeing."
"I recycle where ever possible. I don't waste and I find a home for things still usable."
Graduate House is committed to addressing the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. Our campaign sees staff, Residents and Members acknowledging the ways in which they are helping. Every little bit helps. From an intention to a committment, join us in making a difference for the better.
How can you make a difference?
Send your photos and your signs for how you can help to publications@graduatehouse.com. au or share them online with the hashtag #SDGH
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Discovering Melbourne We are very proud to have such a disparate and varied membership. Graduate Union Members are all over Australia and the world. This month we present to you the latest Melbourne gems that should be explored, whether you are temporarily passing though the world’s most livable city, or you reside here.
finance). You can tweet your questions now @askinterrobang
Lurid Beauty: Australian Surrealism and its Echoes, National Gallery of Victoria MPavillion Queen Victoria Gardens, Melbourne Melbourne’s MPavillion is a globally renowned architecture and design festival and meeting hub. Each year in the Queen Victoria Gardens a structure is designed by a leading architect. The event also sees a series of talks, performances and other exhibitions.
A new exhibition at the NGV will see works from well-known Australian artists who pay a tribute to the great Surrealist genre. The exhibition will showcase the work of artists including Sidney Nolan, Albert Tucker, Max Dupain, Eric Thake, James Gleeson, Julie Rrap and more.
Minamishima
4 Lord Street, Richmond
Interrobang Festival The Wheeler Centre, Melbourne What is the best question ever That odd looking punctuation is the interrobang, which ultimately combines a question and an exclamation. The Wheeler Centre is looking for the best questions in the world which will then be passed on to be answered and debated by a ‘Brains Trust’ including Adam Liaw, Benjamin Law, Mary Kostakidis (SBS news anchor) and Yanis Varoufakis (former Greek minister for
“Melbourne’s best sushi. It’s a big call. But after encountering Minamishima, it’s one we’re prepared to make.” Larissa Dubecki of TimeOut. With a testimonial like these, Richmond’s Sushi restaurant Minamishima takes you through the art of sushi making. Observe the masters. If you have any recommendations for places or events of interest for our Members and Residents, email publications@graduatehouse.com.au
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Academic and Professional Development Meetings Thank you for your patronage The following groups from The University of Melbourne have convened meetings, workshops and seminars at Graduate House Academic Administration, Melbourne University Planning Day
Advancement and Communications Faculty MDHS
8th September 20 attendees
22nd September 26 attendees
Department of Finance Lunch
Department of Infrastructure Engineering Staff Meeting
4th, 11th, 25th September 15 attendees
1st September 35 attendees
Friends of the Baillieu Library Annual Dinner
Infrastructure Services - Campus Services Staff Environment Advocates Meeting
23rd September 30 attendees
1st September 20 attendees
Melbourne School of Land & Environment (PICCC)
Project Services Staff Training
3rd September 6 attendees
17th September 40 attendees
UoM Commercial Ltd - Network of Schools, ITC Level 1 Thermography, Graduate Certificate in Curriculum Leadership, Responsibility and Ethics, Palliative Care
2nd, 3rd, 4th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 15th, 16th, 18th September 213 attendees
The patronage of organisation Members in charitable, not-for-profit, government and professional development sectors is acknowledged, as is that of our many Members who organise functions.
We look forward to welcoming you again soon. Australia Teachers of Media (ATOM)
Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE)
1st September 26 attendees
3rd September 20 attendees
Australian Asian Association (AAA)
Australian Film Base (AFB)
7th September 6 attendees
1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th September 75 attendees
Australian School of Applied Management (ASAM)
Australian Society for Music Education (ASME) - AGM
15th, 16th September 68 attendees
9th September 20 attendees
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Academic and Professional Development Meetings
Michael Quinn Ex PAV Group
SLAVERY LINKS
Bionic Vision Australia (BVA)
International Student Advisers Network of Australia (ISANA)
22nd September 8 attendees
4th September 60 attendees
John Cain Foundation
Melba Group
2nd September 60 attendees
25th September 9 attendees
Michael Quin Ex PAV Group
Modern Greek Teachers Association of Victoria (MGTAV)
16th September 10 attendees
6th, 7th, 24th September 96 attendees
Modern Language Teachers’ Association of Victoria (MLTAV)
Order of St John
3rd September 20 attendees
1st September 8 attendees
Organisation Development Australia (ODA)
Primary Industries Climate Challenges Centre (PICCC)
30th September 20 attendees
10th September 15 attendees
Research, Innovation and Commercialisation
Probus Club Inc Carlton - Parkville
3rd, 21st September 25 attendees
8th September 70 attendees
Rotary Club of Carlton D9800, Heritage Cluster, Lunch and Board Meetings
School Library Association of Victoria Skilling up for Change
1st, 8th, 15th, 16th, 21st, 22nd, 28th , 29th September 332 attendees
9th September 20 attendees
Slavery Links
Supply Chain Logistics Association of Australia (SCLAA)
15th September 4 attendees
17th September 6 attendees
The Graduate Union Collegiate Events and Governance Meetings
Turkish Teachers Association of Victoria
1st, 2nd, 8th, 9th, 11th, 15th, 16th, 18th, 22nd, 23rd, 28th, 30th September 371 attendees
11th, 21st September 20 attendees
VICROADS VicRoads Workshop
Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre (VCCC)
24th September 26 attendees
3rd, 8th September 35 attendees
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Stories around Graduate House The 10th Year of Basma Tantawy
After he asked me to work at dinner time, then at lunch, and so I did!” enthused Basma. She was perfect for Graduate House, and Graduate House for her. “I’ve worked all over Graduate House, from the bar, to housekeeping, waitressing – everywhere! When I came here I was much more comfortable and relaxed, and I felt like Graduate House was my second home. I liked working here because everyone was very nice, and the head chef was very nice and
Basma Tantawy is one of the most loved characters at Graduate House. If you visit Graduate House, you will have seen her busy in the kitchen preparing the food for the day, her hair up, with a flower in there almost every time. Basma started working at Graduate House 10 years ago this November, after moving from Egypt in 1988, where she also attained a teaching degree in the fine arts. Upon her arrival to Australia, she decided to pursue the culinary arts instead, and began managing her own Italian restaurant. After the business closed, one of the business partners moving away, she began her search for her next position. After registering with an agency, she got a call from a newly opened kitchen in Graduate House. “My first day I did my work and got offered the job, the head chef found my work good and fast, so he started by offering me the breakfast slot.
good with me, and he used to support me, like showing me various techniques,” she said. As Basma began to really make her mark in the culinary team, she received a promotion to be the new Graduate House Head Chef. “I had been here a long time, and I have a lot of experience with cooking, menu creation, and sharing my ideas for the bistro, finger food and so on. I give whatever I have, whatever I can do,” said Basma. The passion that Basma has for Graduate House is evident, “I love working here, the staff are so friendly, everyone is very good, so nice…” “Especially me!” piped in Draga, the humorous lady that can brighten any one’s day with her witty bravado. When it comes to picking her fondest memory, it is hard for her to pick just one. “ Everything is always very nice here, I enjoy everything here,
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Stories around Graduate House but maybe the Christmas party, where we go out with all the staff, we have a lot of fun and it’s very enjoyable.” The staff at Graduate House return Basma’s love, amiability and respect, having visited her when she had a health scare a few years ago. “Everyone came and visited me in the hospital. I felt very touched and happy. I feel that everyone here loves me,” she admitted. Basma’s kindness and positive attitude is not only reserved for the staff. She spreads her kindheartedness with everyone that may pass the kitchen: from staff, to residents, to passers-by. “The residents and I have a positive relationship, we’re all friends on Facebook, and even when people leave Graduate House, they still contact me, they still come from outside to visit me.” She said. “I have a good relationship with the residents, and they’re all very nice with me as well. I feel like I’m the mum now for them, and they all love me and respect me. If anyone has any problems they come and talk to me, it’s nice.” 10 years has gone very quickly for Mrs Basma Tantawy, and we at Graduate House are beyond lucky that we have such a wonderful, kind and simply fabulous friend on our team. Congratulations for 10 years Basma, and we can’t wait to see you at Graduate House for another 10! The Australian Asian Association’s Language Awards
given to high achieving Asian language students whose excellence in their language studies and interest in Asia render them worthy of nomination by their respective universities. This year’s event saw guest speakers including John Richardson, State Director, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Cr Mary Kelleher, who is Vice-President of the Association. Congratulations to all the award recipients, and best of luck with your studies! Making Arts Accessible Research currently shows that people with disability and diversity and are greatly underrepresented in terms of their participation. Arts Access Victoria aims to address these types of inequalities, working in partnership with government, other peak bodies and industries. “A very recent collaboration was Arts Access Victoria working with Arts Centre Melbourne for the Victorian Opera, to produce Australia’s first relaxed [opera] performance,” said Wendy O’Neill, Industry Development Manager at Arts Access. “Going to the theatre often can be overwhelming for a lot of families and for children with autism ASD, or learning difficulties and challenges,” she said. “The sounds, lighting, and the whole feel of it: they like things to be known and have their expectations met around that experience. So it can be a very confronting and alienating experience for them.” For parents, this can be a stressful experience and they often won’t go, explained Wendy. A softer performance makes it easier for parents and children to attend and not feel overwhelmed. “We did that at Arts Centre Melbourne with the opera Hansel and Gretel and that was an overwhelming success. It was an Australian first,” added Wendy.
The Australian Asian Association of Victoria operates at a cultural and social level to promote and encourage harmonious inter-cultural relations between people from Australia’s neighbouring Asian nations. Every year, they host an awards ceremony, with awards being
Other partnerships have included the City of Melbourne where Arts Access looks at arts and cultural funding, and to ensure that their processes are accessible as they could be. And also with the Melbourne Fringe, which sees them working with the artistic director and CEO to embed inclusion across its business. “It’s for awareness but it’s also teaching to plan for access upfront and just part of what everyone
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Stories around Graduate House does, that’s it’s not just an add on at the end,” said Wendy. “The first thing that people think about with access is ramps and doorways, but it is so much more than ramps and doorways. We do talk a lot about physical accessibility, but we talk a lot about the services, the information they provide, how they communicate, being confident around people with disability, AUSLAN interpreting, or audio description,” explained Wendy. “A basic thing about when you’re giving someone information about access,” said Wendy, “is to think about their whole journey, also talk about what access is there, but what’s not there,” she added. “When they’re programming, what about writers with disability or artists with disability? When doing calls for volunteers, do they put in the scope volunteers with AUSLAN or disability with awareness training would be highly regarded, do they think about it in their everyday process, and that is not just something extra. If someone has an exhibition or a museum, have they thought about, as part of that exhibition, having a touch or a tactile tour, so that someone who’s visually impaired or blind can have an amazing experience.” Anyone can easily show some initiative with accessibility. Some basic things that can be done include: • Ensuring that systems are screen-reader friendly, so having RTF and DOC files available is important; • Considering colour contrasts; • Considering appropriate font sizes; • Embedding a caption within an image so for someone who can’t see the image, their screen reader can; and • Captioning language.
videos,
or
simplyfying
Another important thing, says Wendy, is to have trained staff to feel comfortable in all situations. “Getting over that fear-factor of ‘oh my god, I don’t know what to say or do’ and I won’t go over to that person, when in fact there are just lots of really simple strategies – doing
nothing is about the worst thing you can do, and giving it a go is always a good thing to do,” added Wendy. Everyone will experience disability at some time or another, whether temporary or something more long lasting, but the message that Arts Access wants to push out to the world is that the creative potential that diversity and inclusion can add to a workplace, to any setting, is just extraordinary. Arts Access accepts volunteers, if interested visit, http://artsaccess.com.au/ Monash Remembered Our former President,
Major General Professor Jeffrey V Rosenfeld AM OBE KStJ was recently featured in the latest issue of Monash Life magazine where he talks about his bionic eye research. “I have a very inquisitive mind. That’s what drives me to do innovative research. For more information on Jeffrey’s Bionic Eye research, visit www. monash.edu.au/bioniceye A three-metre Bronze statue of General Sir John Monash, has been unveiled at Monash Clayton campus. Funded entierly by donations, the statue pays homage to the great contributions that General Sir John Monash made to Monash University throughout his time. General Sir John Monash also initiated the establishment of The Graduate Union in 1911. May 4th 1911 saw the first meeting of graduates for the purpose of founding an association, then later in July 14th, the Melbourne University Graduates Association formally came into existence with Colonel John Monash as Chairman.
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Respond To Us
Orders, competitions and forms Your feedback is important
So we can serve you better
Submit a Dining Room Feedback Form to be in the monthly draw and in the running for the year-end prize of a $500 Coles Myers Gift Voucher
Due to the increase in our costs, we are increasing our prices to continue to provide the quality and service you have come to expect. We have avoided raising our prices for as long as possible, but we can no longer prolong the inevitable. We thank you for your business and appreciate your understanding the necessity for this price increase. Kindly note that the new prices are effective from 4th January 2016.
The lucky feedback-giver for July was
2016 Dining Room Lunch/Dinner prices Dining Room Lunch prices Members: $12.00 Loyalty card holders $15.00 Non members $18.00
John Drennan who won a bottle of Emeri De Bortoli Chardonnay Pinot Noir
Dining Room Dinner prices Members: $17.00 Loyalty card holders $20.00 Non members $22.00
Have you submited your entry Members (only) have the opportunity to win a Christmas Hamper or an overnight stay in one of our lovely apartments. Fill in the Draw Entries on the last page of your 2015 calendar (sent to Members late last year), cut them out and send in to The Graduate Union at 220 Leicester Street, Carlton, VIC, 3053.
Entry in a draw one night in a GU apartment
Entry in a draw to win a Christmas Hamper
sample only See on back for details
sample only See on back for details
All prizes are drawn on the 11th December, 2015 at the Members’ Christmas Party. You are still eligible to win if you are not able to attend the party. If you are one of the lucky winners we ensure that your prize reaches you. Having said that, it’s wonderful to have you join in our end of year festivities!
Calendar 2016 order form Full Name:
Please tick:
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In addition to my free 2015 Calendar, I wish to order additional copies.
Number of copies.
Cost of calendar ($12.50 each)
Cost of postage ($2.00 each, int. post differs))
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Expression of Interest to join the Governance Team
The above diagram is of the governing structure of our Association. Council - the equivalent of a Board – has established sub-committees to which it gives some delegated authorities. Four of these subcommittees are shown above, the other being the Remuneration subcommittee. Up to nine Council Members are elected from the membership. Terms of office are for three years. Each year one third of Council completes terms such that three Members have potential to be elected to Council from and by the membership. Up to three people may also be appointed by Council. Should you be interested in becoming a member of our governing team, please place a score of 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4 against each skill/capacity below for Council and for each of the four sub-committees and send this in to our offices with your name and best weekday contact details so that we can set up a meeting. Please also distribute this Expression of Interest throughout your networks. Council Property Management Finance and Insurance Tertiary Education Buildings and Facilities Residential Colleges Hospitality Tertiary Education Buildings/Major Projects Body Corporates Graduate Students
Law Marketing Hospitality
Business Network Influence Governance
Membership and Marketing Member Clubs Event Management Sales/Marketing Customer/Public Relations Communication Social Media Hospitality and Tourism Database Management
Human Resources Advancement Property Investment
Governance and Nominations Boards and Governance Policy Making Strategic Planning Law and Legislation Incorporated Assoc Act Corporations Act Local Government Non-for-profit
Finance and Audit Economics Finance Accounting Auditing Charities/NFPs Taxation Law Investments Trust Management
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