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Monash University Weekly Bulletin

By Monash University, Gippsland - 29th November 2004 - Back to News

• Mark the calendar

The first intake of students at the new Gippsland Education Precinct (GEP) are slated to move on campus in 2005. In preparation, a ‘GEP-Together’ has been organised for staff from Kurnai College, Gippsland Group Training (GGT), GippsTAFE, Monash University and Latrobe City to explore ways in which they can add value to learning for students in the Latrobe Valley. The two day workshop will be held at Monash University Gippsland Campus on December 7 and 8 providing an opportunity for staff in related subject areas to discuss their courses, student interests and expertise. The outcome of the ‘GEP-Together’ is for staff to develop collaborative activities that can be implemented in 2005 which may include students attending specialist lectures or presentations at Monash or GippsTAFE, information sessions on traineeships and apprenticeships offered through GGT, links with Latrobe City venues and the development of courses or workshops that would complement learning programs across the sectors.

Last week Professor Karen Francis, Professor of Rural Health at the Gippsland Campus was guest speaker at the Goulburn Valley Health Nursing Presentation Ceremony held at Shepparton. Professor Francis spoke on the contribution of Rural Nursing to Sustaining Rural Health.

• Making the Grade

Kristen Ferguson, third year Bachelor of Nursing student (Honours) has won the Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) Undergraduate Award for Victoria. Kristen will be presented with the award at the ANF annual general meeting in Melbourne on December 7.

Associate Professor Yousef Ibrahim, Lecturer, School of Applied Sciences & Engineering has been appointed to the Ethnic Enterprise Advisory Council for two years. The establishment of the Council is an initiative of the Bracks Government with the aim of facilitating business opportunities that take advantage of Victoria’s cultural and linguistic resources.

Dr Srini Aswathanarayaniah attended the Artificial Neural Networks in Engineering 2004 conference in the United States. He chaired a session and presented a joint paper by fellow Gippsland School of Computing and Information Technology staff members, Iftekhar Ahmad and Joarder Kamruzzaman. The conference allowed researchers to discuss recent advances in Intelligent Systems and the future directions of bioinformatics and application of wavelet based neural networks in traffic management.

Fifty-two career teachers from across Gippsland attended the VTAC day at the Gippsland Campus last week where it was announced that the Campus was awarded the Careers Education Association of Victoria (CEAV) meeting in 2005. The three day conference will bring over 200 career teachers to the region.

The Bulletin is a weekly service provided by Marketing and Public Affairs, Monash University, Gippsland Campus. For more information on any of the above articles, please call Justin Kohlman at (03) 5122 6214 or email: Justin.kohlman@adm.monash.edu.au. See the Bulletin on line at www.gippsland.monash.edu.au

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