Stay connected
Even when you’re not on campus, you can stay connected with other Monash students from the comfort of your own home.
If you have an idea for a new social initiative you'd like to share with the Monash community, send it through to campuslife@monash.edu.
This week's featured events
1.5m with...
Get to know the faces of Monash, hear about the important programs and events that are being run, and learn how to access everything from the comfort of your own home.
Wellness
aMigo
Start making connections with other Monash students. This web-based app makes it easy to stay social when you're not on campus and keep in touch with the Monash community.
Social
Active Bodies Online
Get moving at home with Monash Sport. Join us for free live workouts every weekday. Access home workout videos, wellbeing tips and workout challenges from the comfort of your living room.
Wellness | Sport
All events
1.5m with...
Get to know the faces of Monash, hear about the important programs and events that are being run, and learn how to access everything from the comfort of your own home.
10 Seconds to Success
Are you in it to win it? If your answer's yes, join the 10 Seconds to Success competition. Each week, we'll release a video putting out a challenge. Simply record yourself completing the challenge and send it in. We'll compile the best (and funniest) videos at the end of the week!
2020 UniSport Australia Esports Championships
This year's UAEC will be held online from 27 July – 10 September and will be contested in competitions across four esports; FIFA 20, Rocket League, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Forza Motorsport 7. Registration closes 22 July. Join us now!
Academic English
Online programs where you can get expert advice on your academic English and learn how to improve your public speaking and group work.
Active Bodies Online
Get moving at home with Monash Sport. Join us for free live workouts every weekday. Access home workout videos, wellbeing tips and workout challenges from the comfort of your living room.
After Exams ‘90s PJ Party
You probably completed all your assignments and sat your exams in pyjamas, so why get changed? Time to celebrate with the MGA and show off your all-day-every-day PJs with pride.
aMigo
Start making connections with other Monash students. This web-based app makes it easy to stay social when you're not on campus and keep in touch with the Monash community.
Book club
Do you love reading? Do you love chatting, ranting, and learning more about what you've read? Then get involved in Student Union Recreational Library's book club! Brought to you by Monash Student Association.
Bright Online training
Respectful Communities BRIGHT training is designed to guide and model shifting narratives around Gender Based Violence (GBV) among our student community. Join the two-hour online facilitated workshop to explore your role in preventing this issue.
Coffee With Monsu
Do you like coffee? Even tea perhaps? Want to meet new people? Do you have any questions or concerns about uni life? If you answered YES to any of the above, Monsu Caulfield has a new online program is for you, Coffee with Monsu.
Counselling services
At a time like this, our mental health is something we all need to make sure we're looking after. Monash is still offering free counselling sessions online and over the phone for students. No issue is too big or too small.
Dance mob
Keep active and have fun! Join MSA's Dance Mob and learn choreography from all your favourite viral dance routines. Brought to you by Monash Student Association.
DigiChat online career consultations
Are you a final year student? You can request an appointment with one of Career Connect's professional advisers to get help with employability skills, interviewing, or career planning.
F.R.I.E.N.D.S Trivia Night
Are you a F.R.I.E.N.D.S fan? Then join the MGA for an online trivia night based around your favourite show. There will be some exciting prizes for the winners.
Free art classes
Unwind, learn new skills and get creative with MSA's free virtual Art Classes! From crochet to water colours – every class focuses on a different discipline. Brought to you by Monash Student Association.
Give Respect art competition
Help contribute to a community of respect by getting involved in the Give Respect x Respectful Communities Art Prize in 2020!
Healthy recipes
Quick. Easy. Healthy. It is especially important right now to eat well and stay healthy. Stay tuned for our video series of healthy recipes that are tasty and easy to make.
InstaCook
Explore the world of food from your own kitchen and on your own budget with InstaCook and follow live cooking lessons with InstaCook Live. Brought to you by Monash Student Association.
Interested in volunteering?
Want to give back to your community? Learn how in The Value of Volunteering webinar. Find digital volunteering roles, and how you can use your volunteer experience to benefit your future career.
Let's Chat
A fun conversation class where you can make friends and chat in English. You’ll connect with senior students and new students while building your language skills and confidence.
Letter and gift exchange
Exchange handwritten letters and gifts in the mail with MSA's Letter and Gift Exchange. It's a great way to make new friends and stay connected. Open to staff and students! Brought to you by Monash Student Association.
Live Well. Work Well. Be Well
From tips for managing anxiety to ensuring peak performance while studying, these workshops will give you the tools to make wellness part of your everyday.
Lockdown League
A fun competition to build student interaction, grow friendly inter-university rivalry and create a nationwide uni-community environment during isolation!
Mindful colouring
Are you feeling stressed? Start the week on the right foot with a Mindful Colouring Session! Every Monday at 11am, MSA is providing virtual mindfulness meditation and colouring sessions. Brought to you by Monash Student Association.
Monash Graduate Association
MGA is hosting virtual events, including online yoga and mentoring for the graduate student community. They offer multiple ways for graduate students to connect online:
Monash Parkville Student Union
If you’re a pharmaceutical sciences student, you can stay connected through MPSU.
Monash Run for Refugees
On 26 July, the Monash Run for Refugees team will be hosting the Move It For Good virtual run to support Monash Humanitarian Scholarships.
Monash Student Association
MSA is offering a range of fun online activities like language and music drop-ins and drawing and cooking classes.
Monash Student Union - Caulfield
MONSU is now operating off campus. So get in touch for support or advice and stay connected online.
Monash Student Union - Peninsula
MONSU Peninsula is providing emergency support to students. So if you need help, you can apply for food delivery or financial assistance.
MonHacks
The latest MonHack vid shows us all exactly why it's important for your mental health that you keep a good routine.
MONSU's First Year Hub
Do you like coffee? Or tea perhaps? If you want to meet new people, have questions or concerns about uni life, Monsu Caulfield has a new online program for you - Coffee with MONSU.
MUISS games night
MUISS is hosting their first games night on their brand new Discord server!
MUMA online
Sign up to Monash University Museum of Art's online exhibition series MUMA ONLINE to receive fortnightly digital art commissioned by leading contemporary artists. Subscribe and follow MUMA. @mumamonash #MUMAONLINE
Music drop-In
Would you like to learn to play a musical instrument and make new friends while you're at it? Then join MSA's free virtual music classes! Brought to you by Monash Student Association.
New to Monash 2020
Our Facebook group is where new students come to share, ask questions, connect and make friends.
Non-residential colleges
Free to join, non-residential colleges offer social and academic opportunities. We have two virtual common rooms so you can get together with other students if studying off campus.
Outdoor drawing sessions
Unwind, learn new skills and get creative with MSA's virtual Outdoor Drawing Sessions! Brought to you by Monash Student Association.
Peer Assisted Study Sessions
Available through Moodle, in these sessions senior students will guide you through your unit content and help you learn study skills.
Peer mentoring
Connect with your senior student mentor and other first-year students from your faculty. Your mentor will help answer your questions about university life.
Pet show and tell
Calling all animal lovers! Join MSA's virtual pet show-and-tell sessions! We have puppies, cats and six spotted marsh frogs named John, Paul, George, Ringo, Linda and Yoko Ono. Brought to you by Monash Student Association.
Sound gallery sessions
Presented by MLive. This is a series of concerts brings the joy of music live streamed from the David Li Sound Gallery at Monash University to your home every Wednesday evening.
Student Art Exhibition & Competition
Get creative and enter MSA's Student Art Exhibition and Competition for a chance to win a prize. All works will be displayed in an online gallery, then in an on-campus exhibition once we return to Clayton. Brought to you by Monash Student Association.
Team Monash
Team Monash runs lots of clubs, offering new ways to connect with like-minded students. Check in with individual clubs to see what they have on offer.
The Masculinities Project
We are looking for men-identifying students to get involved in The Masculinities Project, a new project and a pilot Mobiliser Program in semester two. If you're a man-identifying student who is looking for an opportunity to understand the impact of gender norms and stereotypical masculinity in our lives, we want you to apply for this program!
UniSport Distance Running Championships
This is your chance to represent Monash University on the national scale and we want you to join our team! ! There are 5km, 10km, 21.1km and 42.2km options and heaps of prizes up for grabs. Plus, you can do it anywhere in the world!
Wine Down Wednesday
Join the MGA for Wine Down Wednesday on the first Wednesday of every month. This social session willl be on Zoom, and is for all Monash PhD and Masters by Research students.
Zoom yoga
Whether you've been doing yoga for years, or want to try something new to stay healthy, all are welcome at MSA's virtual yoga sessions! Simply register for a class and we'll send you a link to the Zoom meeting each week. Brought to you by MSA.