At Monash: Past Editions

FEBRUARY 2002

Welcome to the monthly Monash University Alumni email newsletter.

NEWS FROM MONASH
1.1 Malaria vaccine boost for Monash researchers
1.2 High-tech research facility opens
1.3 Monash law students seek reprieve for death row inmates
1.4 Monash University debaters are world class
1.5 Vale Professor Chris Silagy
1.6 Tertiary offers 2002 - resurgence in demand for generalist education
1.7 Prospective students look to more hard-edged IT courses

EVENTS
2.1 London - Feb 4: Dean of Law to host law alumni reception
2.2 KL - Feb 18-20: Conference, 'Quality, Innovation, Knowledge'
2.3 SF and LA - Feb 20 and Feb 22: Monash alumni receptions
2.4 Gippsland - Mar 1: Monash Gippsland alumni and staff reunion
2.5 Melbourne - Mar 27: Unveiling of bust of Professor Eric Glasgow
2.6 Prato - Jul 2-5: Conference, Internat Institute of Forensic Studies
2.7 Melbourne - Sep 5-7: Aust Universities Internat Alumni Convention
2.8 Prato - 2003 International Medical Conference

ALUMNI NEWS
3.1 Australia Day Honours 2002: Monash University recipients
3.2 Writer Don Watson's essay on Australian identity creates debate
3.3 Bachelor of Business graduate finds his niche in NY
3.4 Monash alumnus wins European prize for best business law student

OPINION
4.1 'Nurses: the patient experts' by Associate Professor Helga Kuhse

FURTHER STUDY
5.1 Doctor of Business Administration degree
5.2 Monash Law School's Postgraduate Professional Development program
5.3 Monash Malaysia: Business English and Effective Speaking Skills
5.4 PELS: a new pathway to postgraduate study

CAMPAIGNS AND APPEALS
6.1 Supporting Monash

CONTACT THE ALUMNI OFFICE
7.1 Update your contact details online
7.2 We welcome your comments, suggestions and questions

NEWS FROM MONASH

1.1 MALARIA VACCINE BOOST FOR MONASH RESEARCHERS

The search for a vaccine for malaria has intensified after Monash
University researchers received a major international grant to help
their assault on the deadly disease. Monash University and biotechnology
company Progen Industries will receive $AUD3.1 million from the US-based
Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI), funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation. For more information, see
http://www-pso.adm.monash.edu.au/news/Story.asp?ID=453&SortType=1

1.2 HIGH-TECH RESEARCH FACILITY OPENS

A multimillion dollar, state-of-the-art Rodent Breeding and Research
Facility, designed to breed Specific Pathogen Free rodents, has been
launched at Monash. The facility will help provide the first adequate
source of high-standard rodents to Victoria's biomedical research
community. Launching the facility recently, deputy vice-chancellor
(Research and Development) Professor Peter Darvall said he believed the
facility would play an important role in furthering biomedical research
in Victoria.

1.3 MONASH LAW STUDENTS SEEK REPRIEVE FOR DEATH ROW INMATES

Three Monash law students are in Louisiana providing legal
representation and assistance to inmates facing the death penalty. Ms
Olivia Henderson, Mr Nicholas Button and Ms Marissa Dreher are
undertaking a three-month internship at legal assistance centres in New
Orleans under the Reprieve Australia intern program. Reprieve Australia
Inc. provides legal assistance to impoverished Death Row prisoners in
the US and the Caribbean. For more information, see
http://www-pso.adm.monash.edu.au/news/Story.asp?ID=471&SortType=2

1.4 MONASH UNIVERSITY DEBATERS ARE WORLD CLASS

A Monash University debating team has finished among the world's top
four universities in the 2002 World Universities Debating Championship
held at the University of Toronto this month. The team, comprising
fourth-year arts/law students Ms Amanda Wolthuizen and Mr Michael Smith,
defeated teams from universities including Oxford and Cambridge to reach
the grand final of the prestigious event. Monash was the only Australian
university to feature in the top four. The other finalists were
University College Dublin, Durham University and New York University
Law, which won the championship. For more information, see
http://www-pso.adm.monash.edu.au/news/Story.asp?ID=461&SortType=1

1.5 VALE PROFESSOR CHRIS SILAGY

Tributes have poured in for Monash Institute of Health Services Research
director Professor Chris Silagy AO, who died on December 13 aged 41.
Professor Silagy was a recognized world leader in evidence-based
healthcare. Donations to the 'Monash University Medical Foundation -
Chris Silagy Fund' can be forwarded to the Monash Institute of Health
Services Research, Locked Bag 29, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton,
Victoria 3168. For more information, email
Gavin.Horrigan@med.monash.edu.au or phone + 61 3 9594 7501.
To read more about this extraordinary man, see
http://www-pso.adm.monash.edu.au/news/Story.asp?ID=449&SortType=1

1.6 TERTIARY OFFERS 2002 - RESURGENCE IN DEMAND FOR GENERALIST EDUCATION

Strong demand for entry into a combination of arts, science and
Education courses at Monash University has underlined a resurgence of
student interest in obtaining a broad-based generalist education. For
more information, see
http://www-pso.adm.monash.edu.au/news/Story.asp?ID=466&SortType=1

1.7 PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS LOOK TO MORE HARD-EDGED IT COURSES

Students considering tertiary courses in IT are moving towards
harder-edged degrees in what is a likely reaction to the international
downturn in the dotcom industry, according to the dean of IT at Monash
University, Australia's largest IT faculty. Professor John Rosenberg
says his school is experiencing significant interest in "heavier" IT
degree courses. For more information, see
http://www-pso.adm.monash.edu.au/news/Story.asp?ID=462&SortType=1

EVENTS

2.1 DEAN OF LAW TO HOST LAW ALUMNI RECEPTION

Monash Law alumni currently residing in the UK are cordially invited to
attend an alumni event to be hosted by Professor Stephen Parker, Dean of
Law, from 6 pm to 8 pm, February 4 2002, at Clifford Chance, 17th Floor,
200 Aldersgate Street, London EC1A 4JJ. Professor Parker will give a
brief address about the Monash Law School and future alumni activities.
For more information, please contact Isabelle Droulers on +61 3 9905
5308 or email isabelle.droulers@law.monash.edu.au or see
http://www.law.monash.edu.au/alumni/london.html

2.2 CONFERENCE, 'QUALITY, INNOVATION AND KNOWLEDGE'

Are you interested in sharing new ideas relating to quality, innovation
and knowledge management and the associated challenges in the rapidly
developing digital economy of the 21st century? Then add to your diary
the QIK conference to be held from Feb 18 to 20 2002 in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia. For more information, visit
http://www.monash.edu.au/oce/qikconference/

2.3 MONASH ALUMNI - SF AND LA RECEPTIONS

Monash alumni in the USA are invited to functions in the San Francisco
Bay area and Los Angeles in February.

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
Where: Consul-General's Residence, San Mateo
When: 6.30-8.30 pm, Wednesday, Feb 20 2002
Dress: Business attire
RSVP/directions: Angela.Lowrey@austrade.gov.au
Phone: +1 415 243 2072

LOS ANGELES
Where: Consul-General's Residence, Brentwood
When: 6.30-8.30pm, Friday, Feb 22 2002
Dress: Business attire
RSVP/directions: Helen.Pike@dfat.gov.au
Phone: +1 310 229 4867

For more information, see http://www.monash.edu.au/alumni/events/usa/

2.4 MONASH GIPPSLAND ALUMNI AND STAFF REUNION

Former students and staff are invited to attend the Monash Gippsland
reunion on Friday, Mar 1 2002. The reunion will include graduates from
the three major stages of Monash Gippsland's history: Yallourn Technical
School/College, 1928-1968; Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education,
1968-1990; and Monash University, 1990 to today. For more information
and a detailed program, see http://www.gippsland.monash.edu.au/alumni/
or email gippsland.alumni@adm.monash.edu.au

2.5 UNVEILING OF BUST OF PROFESSOR ERIC GLASGOW

The official unveiling of the bronze bust of Professor Eric Ferguson
Glasgow will take place at 6 pm on Wednesday 27 March in the Anatomy
Courtyard, Building 13C on the Clayton campus. Alumni, staff and former
colleagues of Professor Glasgow are invited to attend. For further
information, please contact David Ward, Manager, Marketing and
Development, email david.ward@med.monash.edu.au

2.6 INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC STUDIES CONFERENCE

The Faculty of Law and the International Institute of Forensic Studies
will hold their inaugural conference examining the presentation of
expert opinion evidence, at Prato, Italy, in July 2002. The
International Institute of Forensic Studies has been established to
promote research and education relating to the functioning and processes
of courts and tribunals. For more information contact +61 3 990 54734 or
see http://www.law.monash.edu.au/iifs/

2.7 AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES INTERNATIONAL ALUMNI CONVENTION (AUIAC)

An exciting program of speakers and networking opportunities is
currently being put together by the 2002 AUIAC conference organising
committee, led by former senator and current Monash professor John
Button, Sept 5-7 2002, in Melbourne. The convention website is now
online at http://www.auiac2002.com/

2.8 2003 INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CONFERENCE

The Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences has re-scheduled
its international medical conference, 'The New World of Medicine', to
run from May 6-10, 2003 at the university's learning centre in Prato,
Italy. For more information, email annabel.whitby@med.monash.edu.au

ALUMNI NEWS

3.1 AUSTRALIA DAY HONOURS 2002: MONASH UNIVERSITY RECIPIENTS

Monash University congratulates alumni and former staff who received
awards in the Australia Day list this year. Among the recipients were
Emeritus Professor Charles Bridges-Webb (MD 1971), Mavis Marjorie
Gallienne (AssocDipArts (WelfareStuds) 1995), and Emeritus Professor
John Melvin Swan (DSc 1994), who were each awarded an AO (Officer of the
Order of Australia). For more information about Monash University
recipients on the Australia Day Honours list, see
http://www.monash.edu.au/alumni/news/australia_day_honors_2002.html

3.2 WRITER DON WATSON'S ESSAY ON AUSTRALIAN IDENTITY CREATES DEBATE

Don Watson's (PhD Arts 1977) recent contribution to the Quarterly Essay
series, 'Rabbit Syndrome: Australia and America: Quarterly Essay No. 4',
has generated significant debate on the issues of Australia's
relationship to the US and Australian identity. For more information,
see an edited extract from 'Rabbit Syndrome: Australia and
America', by Don Watson, Publisher: Black Inc., at
http://www.smh.com.au/news/0112/17/opinion/opinion1.html

3.3 BACHELOR OF BUSINESS GRADUATE FINDS HIS NICHE IN NY

After earning his Bachelor of Business (International Trade) in 2000,
Ben Donegan set sail for New York, where he now leads the online
marketing initiatives for Pall Corporation, a prominent global player in
hi-tech filtration systems. Ben's work includes direct email strategy,
increasing the online audience at www.pall.com and integrating the
corporate website with the efforts of other marketing teams in the
company. For more information see
http://www.monash.edu.au/alumni/news/niche.html

3.4 MONASH ALUMNUS WINS EUROPEAN PRIZE FOR BEST BUSINESS LAW STUDENT

Michael Rush has been named this year's winner of the European prize for
the best business law student, sponsored by the Financial Times and
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. Rush, who holds first class honours
degrees from Monash in Economics and Law, picks up 12,500 Euros (7825
pounds) and the offer of a six-month secondment to Freshfields. Rush,
who is currently undertaking studies towards a Bachelor of Civil Law at
Magdalen College, Oxford, has the option of declining the cash prize and
taking 25,000 Euros to fund his studies. For more information, see
http://www.monash.edu.au/alumni/news/lawstudent.html

OPINION

4.1 'NURSES: THE PATIENT EXPERTS' BY ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR HELGA KUHSE

Traditionally, nurses have accepted a subservient role to doctors. But
bioethicist and honorary senior research fellow at Monash University,
Associate Professor Helga Kuhse, believes nurses today should play a
central role in decision making in the health care industry. For more
information, see
http://www-pso.adm.monash.edu.au/news/Story.asp?ID=267&SortType=5

FURTHER STUDY

5.1 DOCTOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION DEGREE

The Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) degree, offered by the
largest Business and IT faculties in Australia, provides:
- a premium graduate management qualification
- a balanced mix of coursework and research
- practical, strategic, and theoretical applications
- supervision by award-winning and internationally-recognised academics.

The program may be undertaken on a full-time basis (3 years), or
part-time (6 years). Attend the DBA information evening from 6 to 8 pm,
Thursday, Feb 7 2002. For further information, phone +61 3 9903 1166 or
email DBA@buseco.monash.edu.au or see http://www.dba.monash.edu.au/

5.2 MONASH LAW SCHOOL'S POSTGRADUATE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

Monash Law School's postgraduate program caters to lawyers and
non-lawyers who wish to:
- update their skills
- specialise in specific areas of the law
- gain accreditation

Monash Law is committed to providing the highest quality postgraduate
and continuing legal education, in an environment that is flexible and
responsive to the needs of graduates and the profession. The Law School
is now taking enrolments for semester one units, commencing March 2002.
For further information, visit
http://www.law.monash.edu.au/postgraduate/
or call Emma Rutherford +61 3 9905 3338.

5.3 MONASH MALAYSIA: BUSINESS ENGLISH AND EFFECTIVE SPEAKING SKILLS

Monash University Malaysia through its Professional Development Service
will be organizing a seminar on Business English and Effective Speaking
Skills, Mar 19-20. The facilitators for the two-day workshop are
Dr Eric Wong, Senior Lecturer and Head of Language and Learning Support
Unit, Monash University Malaysia, and P. Koshy George, principal
consultant, GK Consultancy Services. Monash alumni are eligible for a
discount. For more information, email Ivy.Cheong@adm.monash.edu.my or
see http://www.monash.edu.my/events/main.htm

5.4 PELS: A NEW PATHWAY TO POSTGRADUATE STUDY

The introduction of the national Postgraduate Education Loan Scheme
(PELS) makes it even easier to access postgraduate study at Monash. The
PELS scheme provides an interest-free loan facility for eligible
Australian citizens and permanent residents who commence fee-paying
postgraduate coursework award programs from Jan 1 2002. PELS
applications close Mar 30. For more information, see
http://www.monash.edu.au/postgraduate/pels.html

CAMPAIGNS AND APPEALS

6.1 SUPPORTING MONASH

Gifts of time, talent and money make a difference to our students
through appeals such as the Scholarships for the Future program. For
more information, visit http://www.monash.edu.au/giving/

CONTACT THE ALUMNI OFFICE

7.1 UPDATE YOUR CONTACT DETAILS ONLINE

Keep in contact with Monash and continue to receive 'Monash Magazine'
and 'At Monash' by updating your address and email details online at
http://www.monash.edu.au/alumni/faq/address.html

7.2 WE WELCOME YOUR COMMENTS, SUGGESTIONS AND QUESTIONS

Website: http://www.alumni.monash.edu
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