What's on
This is the best place to keep up to date with exactly what's going on around campus. Events and details will be updated regularly so make sure you watch this space. You should also check the faculty calendar for key academic dates and deadlines.
If you have an event you would like added to the page contact the Student Activities Officer with the details of your event.
Week one, July 14 – 18
Global friendship series: All things Japanese
Enjoy free karaoke and sushi with friends.
Date: Thursday 17 July
Time: 4.30 pm
Venue: Cafeteria
www.vcp.monash.edu.au/students/global-friendship.html
PSA Alphapharm Pharmacy Student of the Year
This award for final year pharmacy students provides professional recognition of the importance of patient counselling skills. Enter for your chance to win an Alphapharm Travel Prize to attend PSA's Pharmacy Australia Congress in Perth. Find out more in your lecture on Monday July 14 at 3pm or drop into the PSA office.
Meditation
Learn two meditation practices with experienced mediation teachers from Melbourne Buddhist Centre, Brunswick. No need to come every week, just drop in when you can. Beginners and experienced meditators welcome.
Date: Tuesdays 4 March - 27 May
Time: 12.00 - 1.00pm
Venue: Cossar Hall
Cost: $5-$10 donation suggested
www.vcp.monash.edu.au/students/meditation-classes.html
Shorinji Kempo
Unlike other forms of self-defence which require physical strength and conditioned bodies, Shorinji Kempo is based on speed, balance, and body movement. In this way, a small person can overcome a larger and stronger opponent.
Dates Wednesday Evenings
Time: 5:30pm till 6:30pm
Venue: Cossar Hall, Parkville.
Contact: Sean McCurry or visit www.vcp.monash.edu.au/students/undergrad/sport-recreation.html
Swish tickets on sale!
Swish is the farewell party hosted by the Victorian College of Pharmacy Foundation for final year students. Held in a transformed Cossar Hall (we promise you won’t recognise it) the night is a classy affair. Swish will mark the end of the magic carpet ride called uni with an Arabian night.
When: Friday 14 November, 8.00pm until late
Where: Cossar Hall
Dress: Cocktail wear
Tickets: $45 per head includes entertainment, drinks and light finger food
Available from the Student services counter
Family and partners welcome
No refunds
All tickets purchased before 5 September go in the draw to win a $800 STA travel voucher
www.vcp.monash.edu.au/alumni/swish08/
Week two, July 21 – 25
Remedy presents...Soundwaves
Date: Friday 25 July
Time: 6 pm
Venue: Cossar Hall
Details: $14 non-MPSA members, $12 MPSA members, $5 performers Finger food will be provided!
Contact: vcp.remedy@gmail.com
Parkville footy comp
Monash Sport is excited to present the first annual Parkville Football Competition. It is a social sports competition for all Parkville students, staff and alumni. Just get a group of 6 friends, throw a few dollars together to enter, then turn up and have fun! The afternoon will finish up with a BBQ at the campus from 4pm.
Team rules: Six players on the field with a minimum number of 2 females, Substitutes’ number unlimited.
Date: Thursday 24 July 2008, 1pm.
Entry fee: $18 per team* ($3 per person). * Substitutes excluded
Registration forms are available from Student Services counter by the following email. Return the completed registration form and fee before Tuesday 22 July 2008, 4 pm to the Student Services counter. Only full cash team payments are accepted.
Grampians Rural Road Trip
WILDFIRE are heading to Halls Gap to check out this popular holiday destination and meet local pharmacists.
When: Saturday 26 July, departing from the Victorian College of Pharmacy at 8.00am and returning by approx. 8.00pm
Cost: $20 standard, $15 for a WILDFIRE member or MPSA Card Holder, $10 if you are a WILDFIRE member with an MPSA Card. Available from 14 July, see a WILDFIRE member.
For more information visit www.vcp.monash.edu.au/students/undergrad/rural-road-trip.html or email wildfire.parkville@gmail.com
Applications for the Vice-Chancellors Ancora Imparo program close on 24 July
Designed to help passionate and idealistic second year students prepare for future leadership roles, this program aims to inspire students to serve and bring about constructive change in society. For more information on the program and its selection criteria visit:
Salsa
Try something a little different to increase your FITNESS and join the Parkville Campus Salsa dance classes. Wiggle your butt, work up a sweat and have a laugh as you dance the hour away...or use it like the ancient tradition and cleanse your sorrows in dance as your body is carried away by the beat.
Cost: $15 (includes all 5 session)
Dates: Tue 22/07, Tue 29/07, Tue 05/08, Tue 12/08, Tue 19/08
Time: 5:15 pm till 6:15 pm
Venue: Cossar Hall, Parkville.
Meditation
Drop in meditation classes with experienced mediation teachers from Melbourne Buddhist Centre, Brunswick. Beginners and experienced meditators welcome.
Date: Tuesday from 12 – 1 pm
Venue: Cossar Hall
Cost: $5-$10 donation suggested
More information: www.vcp.monash.edu.au/students/meditation-classes.html
Shorinji Kempo
Unlike other forms of self-defence which require physical strength and conditioned bodies, Shorinji Kempo is based on speed, balance, and body movement. In this way, a small person can overcome a larger and stronger opponent.
Dates: Wednesday evenings
Time: 5:30pm till 6:30pm
Venue: Cossar Hall, Parkville.
Contact: Sean McCurry or visit www.vcp.monash.edu.au/students/undergrad/sport-recreation.html
Week three, July 28 – August 1
Global friendship series: Yoga
Give yoga a try!
Date: Thursday 31 July
Time: 4.30 pm
Venue: Cafeteria
Free
www.vcp.monash.edu.au/students/global-friendship.html
Salsa
Try something a little different to increase your FITNESS and join the Parkville Campus Salsa dance classes. Wiggle your butt, work up a sweat and have a laugh as you dance the hour away...or use it like the ancient tradition and cleanse your sorrows in dance as your body is carried away by the beat.
Cost: $15 (includes all 5 session)
Dates: Tue 22/07, Tue 29/07, Tue 05/08, Tue 12/08, Tue 19/08
Time: 5:15 pm till 6:15 pm
Venue: Cossar Hall, Parkville.
VCPPA trivia night
Date: Wednesday 30 July
Time: 5 pm
Venue: Cafeteria
Contact your VCPPA rep.
Mathew Peck Travelling Scholarship - Fundrasing trivia night
The Mathew Peck Travelling Scholarship enables a Bachelor of Pharmacy student to travel overseas on an international aide program.The scholarship was established to honour the life of Mathew Peck and aims to continue his ideals and commitment to international health issues.
Date: Friday 1 August
Time: 8 pm
Venue: North Fitzroy Lawn Bowls Club, St Georges Rd, Fitzroy.
For more information go to www.mathewpeckfoundation.org.
Meditation
Drop in meditation classes with experienced mediation teachers from Melbourne Buddhist Centre, Brunswick. Beginners and experienced meditators welcome.
Date: Tuesday from 12 – 1 pm
Venue: Cossar Hall
Cost: $5-$10 donation suggested
More information: www.vcp.monash.edu.au/students/meditation-classes.html
Shorinji Kempo
Unlike other forms of self-defence which require physical strength and conditioned bodies, Shorinji Kempo is based on speed, balance, and body movement. In this way, a small person can overcome a larger and stronger opponent.
Dates: Wednesday Evenings
Time: 5:30pm till 6:30pm
Venue: Cossar Hall, Parkville.
Contact: Sean McCurry or visit www.vcp.monash.edu.au/students/undergrad/sport-recreation.html
Week four, August 4 – 8
Global friendship series: Le-Bop dance
Come along and learn to jive – to modern music. It is lots of fun, free, easy to pick up and you can come as an individual or with a partner.
Date: Thursday 7 August
Time: 4.30 pm
Venue: Cafeteria
www.vcp.monash.edu.au/students/global-friendship.html
Meditation
Drop in meditation classes with experienced mediation teachers from Melbourne Buddhist Centre, Brunswick. Beginners and experienced meditators welcome.
Date: Tuesday from 12 – 1 pm
Venue: Cossar Hall
Cost: $5-$10 donation suggested
More information: www.vcp.monash.edu.au/students/meditation-classes.html
Salsa
Try something a little different to increase your FITNESS and join the Parkville Campus Salsa dance classes. Wiggle your butt, work up a sweat and have a laugh as you dance the hour away...or use it like the ancient tradition and cleanse your sorrows in dance as your body is carried away by the beat.
Cost: $15 (includes all 5 session)
Dates: Tue 22/07, Tue 29/07, Tue 05/08, Tue 12/08, Tue 19/08
Time: 5:15 pm till 6:15 pm
Venue: Cossar Hall, Parkville.
Shorinji Kempo
Unlike other forms of self-defence which require physical strength and conditioned bodies, Shorinji Kempo is based on speed, balance, and body movement. In this way, a small person can overcome a larger and stronger opponent.
Dates: Wednesday Evenings
Time: 5:30pm till 6:30pm
Venue: Cossar Hall, Parkville.
Contact: Sean McCurry or visit www.vcp.monash.edu.au/students/undergrad/sport-recreation.html
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