Over 200 ESL VU students from the St Albans campus will be participating in Brimbank City Council's Cultural Diversity Week event, Uniformed Services in Your Community Expo 2010 at Errington Reserve in St Albans.
Each class will take part in activities linked to their curriculum level and to Learning in the Workplace and Community programs. The aim of the Diversity event is to break down the barriers between uniformed personnel and the community, so it will feature:
Victoria Police
State Emergency Services
Country Fire Authority
Metropolitan Fire Brigade
St John Ambulance
Federal Police
Australian Defence Force
A Community Guide will be launched, with outreach activities from a wide range of organisations, including:
Guide Dogs Victoria
RSPCA
Translating and Interpreting Service
Migrant Resource Centre
Salvation Army
Metro
Royal District Nursing Service
Event details
Location: Errington Reserve, Princess Street,
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The VU Volleyball teams are getting ready to take on other Universities from around the region and Australia at the Southern University Games and the Australian University Games.
If you would like to be considered for the team, then make sure you attend one of the trial and training sessions and get in touch with the team manager.
Event details
Location:
Sports courts, Footscray Park campus, building L
Time: Thursday, 18, 25 March and 1 April, 2010, 4.00 to 5.00PM
Simon Peake
Team Manager
Phone: 0417 054 231
Email:
simon.peake@live.vu.edu.au
Maribyrnong River Community Men’s Shed
NEW initiative for MEN in the City of Maribyrnong & Moonee Valley …
The Maribyrnong River Community Men’s Shed is a gathering place for men of all ages to share experiences and knowledge, both technical and life skills, and is a place to build relationships with each other, as well as with the wider community.
The experience and wisdom which comes with age, combined with the enthusiasm and vitality that is a hallmark of youth, brings about a dynamic and potent energy which, when channelled, will provide a launching place to enrich the lives all.
Located at the Living Museum of the West in Pipemakers Park, Maribyrnong, the shed will be housed in the Top Factory. The building, part ... read more
Footscray Community Arts Centre is thrilled to announce that it has been jointly awarded the prestigious Sidney Myer Performing Arts Award Facilitator’s Award. The 2009 award, worth $15,000, was announced at a special ceremony held at the Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute in Adelaide on Friday 5 March.
Sharing the award with Footscray Community Arts Centre was Australian music legend Mandawuy Yunupingu (of Yothu Yindi fame).
Over its 35 year history, Footscray Community Arts Centre has facilitated the development of hundreds of community-based artists and arts workers who have gone on to establish professional careers in the Australian arts industry.
Footscray Community Arts Centre’s Director and CEO, Jennifer Barry, accepted the award on the Centre’s behalf saying: “It was a joy
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Yesterday, I got around to reading The Ern Malley Affair, a book which has been sitting on my shelf for about 13 years (the original docket was inside).Few people would know about Ern Malley, the great poet who not only died young, but who never actually existed, and who was foisted onto a gullible art magazine editor as a somewhat cruel hoax in 1944.This hoax more or less marked the beginning of the end for that magazine, The Angry Penguins, and demoralised its editor so much that he wrote little poetry again.Such is the arrogance of youth perhaps.Ern Malley's poems, which are of such great literary value, were appended to the back of the book, so, once I had read
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Rachael, have you heard about the February Fast? Apparently it is all the rage! No alcohol for the month of February! Are they nuts? The month of February has seen me out and about - a very busy month and I don't think I could have survived it without the odd tipple. We are only half way through! In the middle of the month we have the Yarraville Festival and at the end of the month we have the Seddon Festival. Throw in a couple of birthday dinners and other dinners just for the hell of it and you have one indulgent month.. I have been to Taxi (Yes The Taxi at Fed Square), Huy Huy a couple of times
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Been on exchange? Re-aquaint yourself with VU at the exchange re-entry information session. Discuss the highlights of your overseas experience with other VU exchange students.
Attending this session is compulsory for all students that went on exchange in semester 2, 2009. If you don't attend the exchange team can't process your academic transcript.
Event details
Location:
Footscray Park campus, Building M, Room 003
Time: Wednesday, 10 March, 2010, 5 to 7PM
Lawn bowls
Faculty of Arts, Education and Human Development invites all of its newly commencing international students to a game of lawn bowls. Meet and greet faculty staff, teachers and local students for free food, drinks and live music.
To confirm your attendance please contact Farrah on:
Phone: 9919 4046
Email:
Farrah.Itaywi@vu.edu.au
Event details
Location: Footscray Park Bowling Club Hoadley Court, Footscray
Time: Wednesday, 24 March, 2010, 11am – 2pm
Well here goes the first of my weekly Blog therapy sessions, I'll talk about the week that's been ie. from the last Wednesday to today (Tuesday). I think I'm going to start with a format using the tasks in my life at the moment that drive me to keep going, as follows (in no particular order):Business:Exercise:AFD's: (Alcohol free days)General Mood:Please note that I won't be talking much about relationships/children etc, I think people have enough family/relationship stuff in their lives to deal with, without having to hear mine too!.....so first:Business: I've decided to give up on markets for the time being, although the local exposure is great, it is too much time & work for the minimal profits it gives
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