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OFFICE BEARER REPORTS MSA PRESIDENT ABBY STAPLETON Hello and welcome back to Monash! The Monash Student Association is here for you, and is made up of a bunch of passionate activists who campaign and fight for the welfare of students. We run heaps of events throughout semester, as well as advocate for students on a national level. There are a ton of different departments to get involved in, and we are always out and about talking to students about issues facing young people in today’s society, so please don’t be shy! Let us know what you’re interested in! I hope you are all enjoying O-week and are keen to settle in, and I think you’ll soon find that attending university is much more than going to a lecture or a lab – there is a vibrant and diverse campus culture to get involved in! abigail.stapleton@monash.edu TREASURER MATILDA GREY Ahoy, Monash friends! Hope you’re all bubbly and excited to be here in 2016! As treasurer, it is my job to keep track of the MSA financials, to ensure money is being spent effectively, and to assist Office Bearers launch their campaigns and projects. I’m extremely excited to be involved in the running of new events and campaigns this year, talking to and engaging students in the MSA. Orientation Week is just around the corner, quickly followed by MSA Members Week, and we’re working hard to ensure they’ll be great, so y’all have plenty to look forward to from us! Please come to us if you’re having any issues whatsoever, make sure you join some clubs and societies during O-Week, and purchase an MSA card so that you can reap the benefits of supporting your student union. matilda.grey@monash.edu SECRETARY GLENN DONAHOO Hello everyone and welcome to Monash in 2016! I’m Glenn, and I’m your secretary for this year. So far this year I’ve been busy helping our many and varied departments organise their plans for the year, so they get to run successful campaigns and enjoyable events. Along with this, I’ve been helping to organise orientation week to ensure everyone’s year starts off the best possible way! Make sure you come by, pick up a MSA Card for $20, join some clubs, pick up some free food, grab tickets to some of our events and find out what’s going on in the MSA this year. I’ve also been helping organise MSA Members Week in week 2, so look out for all of the great stuff we have planned that week for our members. If you want to find out anything more, just shoot me an email at glenn.donahoo@monash.edu EDUCATION (ACADEMIC AFFAIRS) Over the the summer break, we have been organising student representatives to sit on panels in the Academic Progress Committee (APC) hearings for each faculty. These students provide a student perspective and assist in making recommendations for learning and support services. This year, we are continuing to campaign for a university-wide opt-out policy for lecture recordings, which will coincide with the Equal Access campaign in conjunction with the Disabilities and Carers Department. If you are keen to become involved with Academic Affairs Department, applications for our Academic Affairs Committee (AAC) will be open until 18 March 2016. The AAC assists our department by developing and organising projects or campaigns around academic issues. If you have any issues with your course, teaching staff or assessment policies, feel free to contact either of us, or come by the Academic Affairs Office in the MSA for a chat. Jessica Stone: jessica.stone@monash.edu, Daniel Ffrench-Mullen: daniel. ffrench-mullen@monash.edu DISABILITIES & CARERS EDUCATION (PUBLIC AFFAIRS) Hola monash peeps! This year Education Public Affairs will be run by us, the lovely Sumudu and Sulaiman. We are a department that is centred on fighting for issues and campaigns concerning current Monash students, and enacting a change via the force of student’s voices. So far we’ve been working hard on our Counter-Faculty Handbook, which is a rundown of units based by student reviews and their ratings. It’s an honest look into units from a student’s perspective, so look out for it in O-week. This year we’re excited to be starting a major campaign for a People of Colour Collective and a department within the MSA encouraging students of ethnic backgrounds to get involved, and to have a welcoming space to discuss their own experiences and issues. You can become a part of the team advocating for students issues by either coming into our office located in the MSA, or our stall at O-week, as well as by joining the Monash Education Action Group on Facebook and coming along to our meetings. We look forward to seeing you around campus. msa-education@monash.edu The beginning of this year has been both busy and uneventful – which, given there aren’t many students around, isn’t that much of a surprise. As the Disabilities and Carers department is so new, most of our energy has actually been towards getting the office sorted and as best as equipped as possible, and trying to come up with ideas and plans for the next year. Our main focus here in D&C will be building a collective and getting people to know that we actually exist – as chances are, this may even be the first time you’re reading anything about MSA’s Disability and Carer’s department. If it is, please do stay on the lookout for the events and campaigns we have planned for next year, as we’re hoping to build a solid foundation for our department, and start a culture that supports carers and people with disabilities as best we can! viv.stewart@monash.edu 14 | Lot’s Wife
OFFICE BEARER REPORTS WELFARE QUEER So far the Monash Queer department have been running around getting everything organized for the start of semester. We have been starting to organize events while stocking up on (safe sex) supplies and provisions to get us through the year. To start the year off, we organized an MQD contingent to participate in the Pride March with, followed by a picnic in the park to hang out with some other university contingents. Currently we’re preparing for the start of semester one, kicking off the year with our regular events such as Queer Morning Tea (11am-1pm Tuesday) and Queer Beers (4pm-6pm Wednesday), as well as a very special Queer Trivia Night, that will be thrown at Wholefoods with the aim to start getting people involved in the department. O-week is a great time for us to meet all the new students who might for the first time be free to be involved in a queer community, so we’re very excited about the weeks to come. Any queer or questioning students can join our secret facebook page or receive our newsletter by emailing msa-queer@monash.edu, or messaging either the public facebook page: MSA Queer, or one of your two fabulous queer officers Amy Grimmer or Martinus Kraan. Hey yo wazzup? We, Brendan and Tim, have been working terribly hard to organise events and resources for the exciting year to come. So far Brendan has been devising and setting up a new system for resourcing pre-loved textbooks for our Book Fair that will be held during Week 2 of the Semester - all very tech friendly for the modern age in which we live. Tim has been trying to bring preparations for Free Food Mondays together so we can all enjoy a lovely meal from Week 1. Furthermore, we have almost finished updating the Survival Guide for 2016 - a few new tips n trick thrown in there. Lastly we’re hoping to release a new and improved Student Cookery Bookery, filled with cheap and filling meals to tantalise your taste buds. We’re pumped up like a new basketball for the year ahead, hoping we can help make Monash memorable for the right reasons. msa-welfare@monash.edu ACTIVITIES Monash University is known for its social calendar and we want to continue that reputation. This year the MSA Activities department is run by Katie and Ben, and we run the majority of your campus events and parties! In semester one alone, we are running a trivia night AND a Luna Park event during O-Week which an all ages event that allows you to go on unlimited rides! During semester, we are also running a boat cruise, an exciting new event and of course, After Exams Party (AXP). AXP is the biggest university event, with 2000 students having a massive party to celebrate no more exams! Jump on Facebook and join the MSA Activities page to receive updates and come by the office to say hi! msa-activities@monash.edu ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIAL JUSTICE The Environment and Social Justice department (run by Tess and Kim) is your hub for activism and left-wing politics at Monash. We have spent the summer protesting the Liberal governments deportation of 267 refugees to the Nauru detention centre, supporting the firefighters protest for better safety conditions and wages, and rallying for action on climate change. Now that semester has started we hope to involve many more students in progressive activism! Come rally with us on the 27th February in Bendigo against the launch of a racist anti-Muslim political party called 'Fortitude'. We need to show these bigots and the rest of the world that there are more anti-racists than there are racists, and not let their attacks on refugees and Muslims go unchallenged. You can find us at our information stall in the orientation week festival, or Like "MSA Environment and Social Justice Collective" on Facebook. msa-enviro@ monash.edu WOMEN’S Well hello! I’m Mel! I have been shuffling about getting things ready for the new year, ensuring we have everything for the Women’s Room including sanitary products, safer-sex supplies and up-to-date resources. With semester 1 soon underway, the Women’s Department will be running events in the Women’s Room, including a “Meet the Department” event on Tuesday of Week 1 to welcome students, new and returning and morning teas on Tuesdays. Our Weekly Discussion groups will be continuing, every Wednesday 1-3pm, and plans are also being put in place to get to the Network of Women Students Australia (NOWSA) Conference in Sydney. O-week is a great time for women-identifying students to get involved in the department and meet a bunch of new people! If you wish to hear more from us, attend NOWSA, or get involved. You can email msa-womens@monash.edu or contact the Facebook page: MSA Women’s Department. As always, come on in to the Women’s Room on level 1 of the campus centre and say hi! INDIGENOUS The MSA Indigenous department exists to support Indigenous students on campus by providing support for and raising awareness about Indigenous issues. We maintain open and continuous communication with students who are interested in being involved with MSA activities and events, as well as encouraging positive engagement in the Indigenous student lounge. This year’s office bearers - Samantha Hyde and Jayden Crozier - are committed to the enhancement of university life for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students through the creation and promotion of support networks. It is the intention of this year’s OBs to work closely with other departments so as to achieve common goals, to reach out to community leaders to collaborate and discuss the importance of Indigenous identity within Australia and to run some amazing social events – bringing together the student community. msa-indigenous@monash.edu Lot’s Wife | 15
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