sydney newsletter july 2010 vol 2, issue 7

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FEELING OVERWHELMEDAND NEED TO TALK TOSOMEONE?

About personal issues?STUDENT SERVICESLevel 1

About your studies?LEARNING SKILLS UNITLevel 1

About employment?

TECCLevel 1

About academic advocacy?STUDENT ASSOCIATIONBasement

SAFETY TIP

Fill your car with petrol atwell lit and visible servicestations, or during

he day light hours

IN THIS ISSUE

DR DANIEL FRIMPONGVALEDeep Ghelani

TECC BUSINESS EVENTGRADUATES ~ where are they now?

LIBRARY WRITERS COMPETITIONSTUDENT ASSOCIATIONEND OF TERM PARTY

WHATS HAPPENING IN SYDNEY

uly 2010 Vol 2 Issue 7

MEET DR DANIEL FRIMPONGArticle by Chris KeaneThere were congratulations all round when DrDaniel Frimpong, a member of CPA Australia andthe Institute of Chartered Accountants, was recentlypromoted to become a senior lecturer atCQUniversity Sydney.

Like other academics who teach in the accounting

and marketing streams, Daniel brought with him astore of industry knowledge and experience whenhe began lecturing in 1998. He accumulated hisbreadth of industry knowledge by pursuing asuccessful management career in the banking, telecommunications and informationtechnology sectors.

In the 1990s, Daniel rubbed shoulders with the big business league. He worked for severalmajor corporations including Westpac, Nortel and Fujitsu, in both Australia and Japan. Hisformer banking role saw him employed as Manager of Management Reporting in Westpac'shead office in Martin Place, Sydney. He was responsible for planning, analysis and reportingon a $10 billion asset portfolio held by Westpac's Asset Management Group.

more... http://uninews.cqu.edu.au/UniNews/viewStory.do?story=7047

VALEDeep GhelaniDeep Hemantkumar Ghelani ~ 1987-2010

Deep Hemantkumar Ghelani, an Indian

national studying a Bachelor of IT atCQUniversity Sydney passed awaytragically on 13th June 2010. He wasenjoying an afternoon at Kiama with friendswhen he went missing off the rocks near theKiama Blow Hole.

The 22nd year old was described by friendsas a loving person who was dedicated tohis studies and career. His body wasrepatriated to his home of Gujarat, India.

Anyone effected by this tragedy andneeding support are encouraged to speak

the Student Services staff on Level 1.

Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family: Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one. -Jane Howard
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AUSTRALIANSLANG & COLLOQUIALISMS

Lizard drinking, flat out like a :flat out, busy

Dave isflat out like a lizarddrinking !

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ENGLISH CORNER

Want to speak better English?Want to be Job Ready?Want to do better in your studies?Where: Level 1 opposite the lifts

(Monday)Level 7 opposite the lifts(Wednesday)

When: Weeks 2 to 8 (TERM 2, 2010)Mon & Wed

3.15pm3.45pm


ENVIRONMENTAL TIP

Cut back on air conditioningand heating use if you can

GRADUATES ~ WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

TECC BUSINESS EVENTTECC Business Event - Working Together WithBusinessArticle by Rodney Yeomans

Leading organisations and businesses were invited toCQUniversity Sydney to attend the inaugural WorkingTogether With Business event organised by the Training,Employment & Career Coaching (TECC) Unit on Thursday

17th June.

It was a great opportunity to welcome these organisations toour campus, make them aware of our students employabilityskills, and foster ongoing business relationships, says TECCCoordinator, Rodney Yeomans.

The networking function was organised to develop businessrelationships with key industry organisations, promote theemployability of CQUniversity Sydney students, and to work towards securing future part time,internship, work experience, and volunteer placements for our students.

Shakir Karim ~ MIS BIS

Shakir graduated from CQUniversity Australia in 2006with a Bachelor of Information Systems and in 2008 with aMasters on Information Systems. As a graduate, he feelshe has both a prospect and a commitment to commencepositive change through an increased understanding ofour business environment and the responsible use oftechnology. It is his dream to be leading the way for theadvancement of new technologies in the field of

Information Technology.

Shakir is currently working as Technology Support & Domain Coordinatorat SAI Global-Espreon Ltdin Sydney. He says that CQUniversity Australia has given me all (the) skills todeal with such a renowned and large company. My role is challenging, I have learned how topush my limits and grow in confidence.

As a young IT activist, I feel that I have both prospects and responsibility to commenceconstructive revolutionisation through our technology environment and the responsible use oftechnology. In this sense, I strongly consider that I can use my qualifications and acquaintancefor the benefit of our corporate world and society entirely. Actually, with express advances intechnology encompassing every phase of our daily lives, the information systems career path isone of the best outstanding assurances of a job for life. I am personally more than happy with

my study career and very professional career.


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LIBRARY WRITERS COMPETITION

AUSTRALIAN ACTORDVD REVIEW

All featured DVDs can beborrowed from the

CQUniversity Sydney Library

HATING ALISON ASHLEY

Starring Delta Goodrem

Hating Alison Ashley is a coming of

ge story about teenagers dealing withheir self-inflicted angst, theirmbarrassing parents, their friends andhose they would call their enemies.Erica Yurken's life sucks: her family isn embarrassment, her acting genius isnrecognized and because of herame, she is nicknamed Yuk'. So fromhe moment the perfect Alison Ashleyrrives at school, Yuk knows there isoing to be trouble. Yuk has always feltuperior to everyone at Barringa East,ut Alison is everything Yuk has ever

wanted to be.

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AUSTRALIANFACTS & TRIVIA

mus and kangaroos cannotalk backwards, and are on theustralian coat of arms for that

eason

To celebrate Library and Information Week (24-30 May2010), Sydney Library held a writing competition.

To tie in with the weeks theme ofAccess All Areas,CQUniversity Sydney students were invited to write apoem, essay or short story about libraries or access.While the standard of all entries was high, Ashish Rai(pictured right) won first prize with his moving story,

Wireless Made it Possible. Commendations went toGinni Uppal for her poem, Library, and to RomuShrestha for her essay,Access to information: right or aprivilege?

Visit the Sydney Library website (http://library-sydney.cqu.edu.au) to read Ashishs storyand the other winning entries.

END OF TERM PARTYArticle by Shazhi Yaghi

After 12 weeks of tutorials, lectures and assessments,staff and students were given a chance to wind downand socialise together at the End of Term party held onFriday 28th May.

With great music courtesy of a live band and deliciousfood including vegetarian curry, butter chicken plus themouth water lamingtons, all who attended had a

pleasurable time.

STUDENT ASSOCIATIONOn the first weekend in July approximately 30

CQUniversity students and staff hit the slopesof the Australian Snowy Mountains.

We hear they all had an exciting time on thesnow fields and look forward to hearing of theiradventures and seeing the photos.

I felt good. I felt the excitement and adrenaline running through my body. It was definitelyfun... ~ Roy Halladay
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