THRIVE Week
As we return to campus, join us in celebrating our health, vitality and wellbeing.
Most of the week’s events require free registration in advance. You can view the full list individually below, or by searching ‘Thrive at Monash’ via our event bookings hub.
The health and safety of our community is our highest priority. For all on-campus events, we will continue to monitor the COVID-19 situation closely, adapting our schedule if required. Visit our COVID-19 fact sheet for more information.
Body and Place - Monday 22 November
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Our physical health and environment play a fundamental role in helping us sustain healthy attitudes and behaviours. As we return let us enjoy our beautiful spaces wherever we may be located.
Campus sustainability tour
Where: Saporo Cafe, 20 Research Way, Clayton campus
When: 10:30am-11:15am
Join Karen Fredin, Net Zero Engagement Manager to explore our new net zero buildings, our electric vehicle charging facilities and we'll share information about renewable energy on campus.
Aboriginal garden tour
Where: Aboriginal Garden, Scenic Boulevard (next to the lake), Clayton campus
When: 12:00pm-12:40pm
Join Sam Russell, Campus Presentation Manager, and Ahmad Lahza, Services Infrastructure Officer, for a small group tour of the Aboriginal Garden located at the Clayton campus.
BrainPark tour
Where: 762-772 Blackburn Road, Clayton
When: 12:00pm-1:00pm
Join the research team at BrainPark and let them guide you through the latest in therapeutic virtual reality, neuroscience-based physical exercise, and guided meditations for better mental health.
Public realm tour
Where: 28 Sports Walk (Monash Merchant), Clayton campus
When: 12:45pm-1:30pm
Ishani Gunasekara, Planning and Design Officer, Buildings and Property will be hosting an informative walk through Clayton campus' vibrant public realm spaces featuring some of Monash's award-winning landscapes and buildings.
Peninsula campus tour
Where: Monash Sport, Peninsula campus
When: 12:10pm-12:40pm
This 30 min walk will include a lap of Peninsula campus as well a section of community shared walk/bike path that runs next to the campus.
Nutrition - Tuesday 23 November
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Our diet and nutrition is a key part of a healthy lifestyle that nurtures our minds and bodies, and provides the necessary fuel to juggle our daily lives.
THRIVE for life breakfast
Where: All campuses | When: 9:30am-10:45am
Join us for a healthy breakfast and live Q&A covering a range of nutrition topics.
Have a question for our panel? Submit it here prior to the event.
The panel, consisting of Professor Antonio Verdejo-Garcia and Olympian Linden Hall will be livestreamed to all campuses. You can also watch the livestream from home (please note: breakfast will not be provided for those attending from home).
Work and Culture - Wednesday 24 November
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We seek to embrace our differences to strengthen and empower our inclusive and diverse community.
Our communities, our culture (seminar and webinar)
Where: C1 lecture theatre, 25 Exhibition Walk, Clayton campus | When: 9:30am-11:00am
Join Professor JaneMaree Maher and Fiona Marshall (Manager, Respectful Communities) for a presentation on the culture of Monash. This session will focus on the Monash commitment to creating positive and inclusive workplace cultures and how we can all support and strengthen it. There will be a panel discussion during the session and a healthy morning tea after the event. (please note: morning tea will not be provided for those attending virtually).
Heart health check in
Where: Foyer of C1 lecture theatre, 25 Exhibition Walk, Clayton campus | When: 11:30am-1:30pm
Learn how to do compression cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)! We will have testing equipment available for you to do live CPR practice, and a nurse from University Health Services (UHS) will be here to answer any questions you have about CPR and heart health.
Bookings are not required for this event and walk-ins are accepted.
Caulfield campus tour
Where: Monash Sport, Caulfield campus | When: 1:00pm-1:30pm
Join Monash Sport for a scenic walk around the Caulfield campus, a great way to stretch the legs and increase your step count.
Wellbeing lifestyle - Thursday 25 November
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Webinar: Healthy eating
Where: All campuses, via Zoom | When: 10:00am-10:30am
Explore the value of healthy eating in this webinar led by Project Support Officer (Nutrition and Wellbeing) Shirley Yee.
Webinar: Healthy sleep
Where: All campuses, via Zoom
When: 11:00am-11:30am
Join Professor Shanthakumar Rajaratnam for a webinar about why healthy sleep is significant to a healthy lifestyle.
Webinar: Healthy Families - What you can do as a parent
Where: All campuses, via Zoom
When: 12:30pm-1:00pm
Research has demonstrated parenting can make a real difference in a child's mental health. In this presentation, Associate Professor Marie Yap will present the latest research findings on how parenting can effectively support a child's mental health.
Webinar: Healthy lifestyles
Where: All campuses, via Zoom
When: 1:00pm-1:30pm
Craig Harper is an internationally renowned motivational speaker and PhD candidate at the Turner Institute’s BrainPark. Craig will discuss strategies that you can use to begin to make positive lifestyle changes to support your mental wellbeing.
Mind - Friday 26 November
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Good mental health and a strong sense of vitality will play a critical role in returning to campus life with optimism and hope.
Webinar: Mindfulness for life and work
Where: All campuses, via Zoom
When: 12:00pm-1:00pm
Join Craig Hassed (Deputy Director of the Monash Centre for Consciousness and Contemplative Studies) in this practical workshop, to explore how mindfulness can help us to navigate the internal challenges of anxiety, uncertainty, threat, risk and change brought to the surface by this unique situation we are all navigating through.
Webinar: Healthy stress, is there such a thing?
Where: All campuses, via Zoom
When: 1:00pm-2:00pm
Join clinical psychologist and internationally-recognised expert in mindfulness, Richard Chambers to understand what stress is, how to minimise it - and how to go beyond needing it for motivation.
Webinar: Healthy mind
Where: All campuses, via Zoom
When: 2:00pm-2:30pm
Join Andrew Marks (Director, Counselling and Mental Health Programs) and Millie McCabe (Monash THRIVE co-lead) who will present staff wellbeing findings and insights from the THRIVE staff surveys in September 2020 and March 2021. Learn how these findings are being used to create co-developed and accessible resources for Monash staff to support their wellbeing.
Let there be light
...but make sure it’s the natural, healthy kind.
Different kinds of light affect our 24-hour “circadian” rhythms and sleep quality, and subsequently our physical and mental health. Now, Monash University researchers have developed a device that could revolutionise the science of sleep, and its effect on the human mind and body.
Read this story and more like it at Monash Lens.
Read nowFind out more by visiting our Thrive website.