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In 1953, Ego Pharmaceuticals was founded in a Melbourne laundry when

a humble chemist began creatinginnovative skin care products.

Ego quickly outgrew the tiny space and now 60 years on, members of the founding family continue to carry on

that family legacy producing quality skin care products.

With over 120 products, Ego’s well-known pharmacy brands include QV, SunSense, Aqium, SolvEasy and Elucent all created and manufactured in

Australia.

Ego’s reputation has been built on consistently delivering effective, high-quality and innovative products manufactured to Australian and inter-

national pharmaceutical standards and backed by science.

Today, Ego remains committed to creating quality skin therapies and every-day skincare products.

1President’s Address

2Editor ’s Address

3Co-editor ’s Address

4Representative profiles

8Orientation Week

12Boat Cruise

14Orientation Camp

16Lounge Night

18Student Rights and Support

19Survival Week

20NAPSA Conference

22PSCW Conference

24Mentoring

26Australian Exchange Experience

27Wildfire

28M@P

29VPSA

30PISA

31SFC

32PSS

33PSS

34MUIS

35Remedy

36Asean

It has officially reached that time of year where you find everyone say-ing, “Christmas will be here before you know it”, and while this may be theoretically true, it certainly does not mean that you have nothing to look forward to during the next few months here at Monash Parkville.

As you make your way through se-mester 2, let me give you a quick re-minder about the work that Monash Parkville Student Union (MPSU) have in plan for the upcoming months – regular welfare breakfasts and BBQs, the much anticipated MPSU Ball, a Q&A Forum that will give students a chance to engage with academic staff in an informal setting as well as an extension on academic service participation.

As many of you read this article, you will have already received your first assessment for the semester and may be simultaneously planning where

your next overseas holiday will be. I am hopeful that this is because you had a relaxing, well deserved mid-year break. However, being a third year Pharmacy student, I know that university life can sometimes become quite overwhelming (in a very short period of time), so I have narrowed down some handy ad-vice that someone once told me:

1 Design a plan

Begin putting your assessment due dates in your diary (or mo-bile calendar) and schedule time to work on your upcoming assign-ments. If you need some help with this, feel free to approach staff from the Study Skills team in the li-brary who can provide some guid-ance to managing coursework.

2Be conscious of your study and work commitments.

As a student, it can become very easy to dedicate more time to work than study and this can really affect your academic success. You might want to explore merit and equity scholarship and grant options that are provided through the universi-ty that can help with the financial aspect of being a student. MPSU also offer access for students to Student Rights and Support repre-sentatives that are experts in deal-ing with student-related matters and can offer a wealth of knowledge in these areas. This service is offered throughout the entire year – if you contact MPSU directly, we will hap-pily point you in the right direction.

3Balance study and leisure

University is about the experience. Your time here at Parkville depends on your academic and social as-pects. There are an ample amount of pathways and activities that you should make the most of this semes-ter. By keeping your eye out for post-ers and Facebook events hosted by your own Clubs and Societies as well as MPSU, you will always find a way to get involved. Don’t be afraid

to also knock on the MPSU door to find out more about what is hap-pening on campus and how you can take part. Check out the MP-SU-hosted group fitness classes or our regular social events as a start! As I approach the final few months of my presidency, I would like to take the opportunity to thank my entire com-mittee who have worked tirelessly to help make this year student-focused and driven. As the student union, we promise to always work in the best in-terest of all students and ensure that you are represented to the highest degree. Student feedback is some-thing that I hope you will also con-tinue to give to guarantee MPSU can advocate changes on uni-versity decision-making committees to ensure you are getting the most out of your university experience.

On a departing note, I would like to wish you all the success for semester two. Stay happy and remember not to dwell too much into the future this semester – it will come soon enough!

Best wishes,

Irene Nguyen

President ’s Word

I know that university life can sometimes become quite overwhelming so I

have narrowed down some handy advice that

someone once told me

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What is the best part of university? Is it the education, the friendships, the activities, the events or the free-bies? It ’s definitely hard to pinpoint isn’t it? What if I told you that all of these things are equal contrib-uting factors to your university life.

As an active student of Monash, I have experienced the fun things uni-versity can offer, whilst immersing my-self in my studies. I love being able to have my world widened, even in a small campus like ours, but like many people, the full potential of what your university can offer can be overlooked, neglected and sooner than later, it will be missed.

I surround myself with adults and mentors in my local church who constantly teach me their own share of wisdom and profundity, but one thing I do realize is that regret will always and most certain-ly be a part of people’s lives. If it is one thing that is clear, regret is made up of an opporunity missed and a decision not made properly.

In the next few pages of this Ge-neric, you’ll witness the many events we as a Student Union have so proudly provided for you. We love being able to expand student’s worlds, minds and opportunities by providing many different ways in which you can participate. I have been blessed to be able to par-ticipate in many of these events and experience a spectrum on life beyond just studies and educa-tion. We created an environment where frienships can be made for a lifetime, where students vould feel comfortable, where people could feel accepted, heard and appre-ciated, and as a member of the stu-

dent union, I believe that we have done our best to do exactly that.

By no means am I devaluing edu-cation as this is why any of us chose our respective degrees, but educa-tion can only carry a person so far. From my mentors I have deduced that education is not the be all and end all of a career. Sure, many of my mentors were salesmen and teach-ers, but they challenged me with a

thought- “What if your knowledge stayed only as a potential, locked in the far fragments of your brain sim-ply because you could not skillfully outlive it?” A scary thought isn’t it?

I’d like to leave this thought behind, and let it sit at the back of my brain until I’m 30 and can handle this de-pressing though process. But I chal-lenge you, let’s think through this for a minute. What if our potential to treat cancer effectively, or cure ex-isting disease states, or even impact the world through medicine was hin-dered because we didn’t develop the skills we couldn’t learn in a class-room? Sounds scary doesn’t it? But what does a Boat Cruise or a Camp have to do with anything? How can that link even be associated?

Simple, through responsibility. Taking on Media and Communications was not an easy task, nor are any of the

wonderful positions we have open in the union, but with what respon-sibility I chose to take up, I decid-ed for myself that I would whatever it takes to finish what I started. And so I started learning- simple things from how to send an e-mail prop-erly, to how to represent a com-pany professionally- to learning hardcore design applications like that found in the Adobe products (they’re awesome people!). And by learning all these wonderful skills I was able to see more opportuni-ties arise, more connections made, more responsibilities that can be made and my world explode open!

My hope is that now, as you read the following pages of this wonderful magazine, that you will be inspired by the events that we made, and the people who made them, and make a personal decision to take on more responsibilities, and experience the wonders of University life. I guaran-tee your future you will be grateful for not missing any opportunities

Isaiah Abad

Editor ’s Address

What if your knowledge stayed only as a potential, locked in the far fragments

of your brain simplybecause you could not

skillfully outlive it?

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Well, hello there!

Who would have thought a jaffy could infiltrate The Gener-ic so easily, huh? But hey, you learn something new everyday!

Firstly, YAY we’ve done it! Semester 1 has finally come to a close! For all the jaffys out there, congratula-tions on getting through your first semester of uni! I know I, for one, am exceptionally relieved to not feel so squeaky clean and new.

I feel, by this stage, us jaffys have come to understand that after be-ing the big guns at high school, we’re back to being the youngest year level. However, I hope this isn’t as terrifying as starting year seven. I mean, it ’s not like we’re back to being the shortest year level as well (come on guys, eat your vegies!)

This edition of Generic is very ex-citing for many, many reasons. Firstly, for our new committee members of MPSU, it ’s basically our official debut!

Yes we’re here, and we’re here to stay! Secondly, now we can bom-bard you with a flashback from the

past! This entails a rundown of all the exciting things MPSU has been organising for you, bringing back many fond memories from our numer-ous events, and many satisfied smiles in remembrance of our wonderful

free food giveaways. Did some-one say pancakes with Nutella?

Lastly, as I leave you to scour the pages of this priceless maga-zine, thank you for a wonderful first semester, and here’s to our next!

So, jaffys, stay out of the way. Seen not heard, yes? Older year lev-

els, you may not be taller than us, but we respect you all the same (please be nice to us, all we want are your old textbooks…)

Good luck everyone, and may you never forGet that we at mPSu wiSh only to SuPPort you.

Sajitha

Co-editor’s Address

For all the jaffys out there, congratulations on getting

through your firstsemester of uni!

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Every year is we vote in a clad of cool people eager to join our

wagon of representing the students. We love seeing the first years excit-edly raise their hand and volunteer to be a part of our gang to find out how we can make your university ex-perience as funtertaining as possible!

On the next few pages you’ll get to meet the very people that you voted in to be your union mem-bers. They’ll be answering the age old question, “if you could have a superpower, what would it be?”

If you missed your chance to be a part of our team, don’t fret as we take yearly votes so that we can make sure that everyone has a fair chance of being in this awesome experience. Don’t forget, we are

here to represent you! So shoot us a message on facebook on how we can improve Monash wheth-er it be educational, service-wise or any of the like, or you can see any of the awesome people on the next few pages and we’ll make sure your voice gets heard!

Tina PhamClubs and Societies Assistant

Pharmacy- Healing or Telekinesis -

I’d probably go for something practical like the ability to heal wounds because blood is terrify-ing and should remain inside the body unless it ’s being donated.

Or maybe telekinesis. Less prac-tical but moving things with your mind would be pretty fun. It requires nearly no physical exertion, which would be perfect considering my poor athleticism and hand eye co-ordination. It ’s kind of the ultimate lazy person power. Hungry? Float some food to yourself. Too far away from the laptop to change the volume? No problem. Arm cramps because you’ve been cramming 2 days straight for that mid sem even though it’s only worth 5%? Too easy.

These are obviously the dreams and ambitions of a person des-

tined for greatness.

Your First Years

If you could haveA superpower

What would it be?

Kelvin WongTreasurer Assistant

Pharmacy- Teleportation or Super Speed -

If I had a superpower I would proba-bly like to be able to teleport with no restrictions. This way, I can travel the world without flying on planes, catch-ing boats or by car, because let’s face it, they take up time on holidays.

Another superpower I would settle for would probably be the powers of the DC comic book hero “Im-pulse.” Being able to move at super speed, he has a mind to match, en-abling him to read books extreme-ly fast. These would be perfect for getting to exams on time and cramming for them during Swot Vac.

These superpowers would be ide-al for travelling the world and saving time. You only live once.

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Sanja VokumanAssets

Pharmacy- Elasticity -

I never really aspired to be a par-ticular superhero but now that I think about it, there is one that I make far too much reference to and that is ELASTER GIRL (The Incredibles). Think about the stealth and what you could get away with AND not to mention, what you could get away from! Indicative of my person-ality, I don’t really enjoy confron-tation, so give me all the strength and speed in the world, I probably wouldn’t even use it. Elasticity on the other hand enables one to take action to some extent without be-ing in range that could potentially result in complete defeat… I see it more as taking caution. Not very heroic, I know, but hey- I figure you just let the villains throw whatever they have at you then WHAM! Get them when they’re fully expended! Plus- who doesn’t want that ex-tra arm and/or leg length on rest days when the remote is just that little bit too far or your friend sit-ting at the end of a line of 10 has the popcorn at the cinemas?

Sajitha SrivelanMedia and Communications

AssistantPharmaceutical Science

- Teleportation -

If I could have any super power in the world, I’d choose to be able to

teleport.

For one, that means no more 90 minutes of public transport to uni, not to mention you could literally be anywhere on Earth in a second.

Want to travel the world in 80 days? Why don’t you do it in 80 hours?! Teleportation would make everyday life so much easier and you could basically be in two places at once!

One minute you could be at a boring dinner party, and the next, Paris! Study break re-quired? Tired? Stressed? You’ll feel better in the land of the Swiss!

Grace O’HalloranEvents Assistant

Pharmacy- Telepathy -

Hey my name’s Grace, I’m 21 and am a forever-first-year! I say this because before I moved to phar-macy, I studied Arts at Melbourne and then Science at Clayton.

For my superpower, I’d love to read people’s minds. I believe knowledge is power and who knows what I could achieve if I could read minds. I’d especially take advantage of this when lecturers give out ‘exam hints.’

Furthermore I’d love to really find out if there are genuine fortune tell-ers. It could also be pretty handy in a professional sense. I’m also about to go on the show MillionaireHotseat so reading Eddie’s mind could be very useful.

I wouldn’t want it to be switched on permanently though- sometimes it ’s nice to have an element of surprise.

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Second YearsSarah Ding

International and Rural Student Officer

Pharmacy- Memory Manipulation -

My superpower would be memo-ry manipulation. I am often caught embarrassing myself in public, but now I can make you forget you ever saw anything. I can even make you forget yourself and become a whole different person. Secret is, I often make you forget me instead, because frankly I can’t remember names very well. So if you don’t remember me, call it even and we can introduce ourselves again.

Tess AitkenEvents Officer

Pharmacy- Superpower -

One of the things that I find most annoying about Uni is the transport time. I mean, having to wake up at 7am to get to a 9am lecture is ab-solute torture (I’m not a morning per-son). However, having the ability to teleport myself to would totally fix this and also allow me to go on copious amounts of instantaneous holidays. Got a long break between classes? No worries, I’ll just go and lie on the beach in Greece for 2 hours, I’ll meet you back here for the next lecture!

Isaiah AbadMedia and Communications Officer

Pharmacy- Omnificence -

I only have to say the words Lego and Sims to be able to give you a description of what my superpower is. Can you imagine being able to create anything even from noth-ingness? I could literally create a world full of superpowers, or I could just create all the stuff that I’m miss-ing from my super cool comic book collection. Or maybe I can create enough Maxibonds that my sug-ar cravings get satisfied. You know, the practical stuff. Plus who needs results when you can make them up - just kidding of course. Or am I?

Williamson MaiClubs and Societies Officer

Pharmacy- Flight -

A very generic answer, but ever since I was a kid I have chosen flight over any other super power. I think it would be quite liberating to

Ahmad TabbaraWelfare Officer

Pharmacy- Precognition -

I knew this day would come! I’ve always wanted to think forward in knowing what would happen next. The instinct of knowing what I would expect when ordering a meal at a restaurant, to know whether you’re going to watch a good movie at the cinemas before you get the tick-ets or whether an accident would happen that could be prevent-able. I would have a costume and they’ll be calling me ATTOMATIC as ‘I know what’s coming’ :) hahah

be able to just take off up into the sky. Though packing onto a train like cattle during peak hour is fun, I wouldn’t mind being able to take a leap and feel the wind brush over as I travel wherever I wish to go.

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Third Years

Cynthia LauSecretaryPharmacy

- Volume Manipulation-

Ben SebastianTreasurer

Pharmaceutical Science- Control Over Time -

Patricia TuVice President

Pharmacy- Telepathy -

Irene NguyenPresidentPharmacy

- Literary Manipulation -

If I had a superpower, it ’d be the power to fill things up. Water bot-tle’s empty? Now it’s full. Finished all the icecream? Not anymore. Nothing to eat in the pantry? Now there is (cause really... most of the time the pantry IS already full any-way) Car almost out of petrol? Now you don’t have to frantically find a petrol station! And that person that always gets on your nerves? Let’s just fill their bladder up…

Controlling time without a doubt would be the super power I’d so so want. The capacity to move through time forwards and backwards something I’d always wished I had. The ability to go back in time and change things, change those exam answers that were so stupid looking back, none of this YOLO and no ragrets nonsense. But also looking forward through time, allowing me to answer my many ques-tions, like when will I win my nobel prize?

The power to receive and/or trans-mit messages. Being able to read minds would be amazing power, be-cause who hasn’t been in a situation when they wanted to know what the other person was thinking. It would also mean I could have secret con-versations with my friends in class without getting into trouble… and of course sharing answers in exams, that would be a dream come true.

My superpower would be the ability to read, listen to and watch anything in super speed - we’re talking the entire Harry Potter book series within 5 sec-onds. Adding to that, I think I would also binge watch every TV show pos-sible, including Law and Order: SVU for the millionth time. Oh, and catch up on all of the lectures I have missed without having to heavily cram everything in SWOTVAC, despite always vowing not to do so at the beginning of each year.

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Orientation week 2014 at the beginning of the university

year, introduced us to the Parkville community or as many first years call it their new ‘Pharmily.’ Upon arrival, one older student men-tor from 2nd year and up was al-located to a group of first years.

There were many activities planned for us to get to know other members of our cohort. This included free lunches, ice cream, games and sport. Some of the highlights include the Amazing Race where together, men-tor groups raced across the CBD from Brunswick Rd to Flinders station completing tasks at each check point. Prizes were generous through-out the week with free movie tickets and vouchers to be won. Mentors were invaluable in sharing their ex-periences and tips for surviving first year as well as getting to know them.

We also had a warm welcome from the dean and director in addition to information sessions presented by some of the first year lecturers. During the breaks, there were many stalls set up by student ambassadors of

different clubs such as MPSU, music club and wildfire, which encouraged us to participate in campus life.

Overall orientation week 2014 was successful, making new friends and being part of the ‘Pharmily.’ I would like to thank all of the mentors, stu-dent committee and the universi-ty for making the event possible.

Kelvin Wong

Orientation Week

We also had a warmWelcome from the dean

And director

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This year the MPSU boat cruise was an awesome start to the

year. I came to this Uni not know-ing anyone so I was really keen to meet new people and that’s ex-actly why I loved the boat cruise.

Whether you like to dance, take sel-fies or just chat it was a great expe-rience to meet students from across all year levels. Get a bit nervous

making conversation? Don’t worry we have you covered. The trend-ing ice-breaker of the night: ‘so... are you in pharmacy or pharm sci?’

The great thing about our campus is that it ’s small and cosy meaning there’s a strong sense of commu-nity. Uni events are a great way to find life long friends to sup-port you through your degree.

Additionally, a lot of people travel far and wide for uni so you never know who you’ll meet on the cruise!

So come along, enjoy some great tunes, show off your funkiest moves and don’t forget to strike a pose for the camera. The boat cruise is an event you definite-ly don’t want to miss- it ’s a par-ty with a view- what’s not to like?!

Grace O’Halloran

Boat Cruise

Uni events are a great way to find life long friends to

support you through your degree.

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This year ’s Orientation Camp was held at Allambee Camp in

Gippsland, a 2 hour bus ride from the CBD. We kicked off the night with a fine dining experience of Domi-no’s pizza, which helped to brighten spirits despite the gloomy weather.

Upon arrival, competition was fierce - not only for Trivia Night and games, but for the best cabins and beds. As morning came, people split off to lounge around in the common room where movies were running contin-uously, billy cart ride down a mud-dy hill, entrust their lives to strangers holding a rope on the giant swing or simply explore the grounds and make friends with the alpacas.

Team games were organised for the afternoon before everyone geared up in their outfits, ranging from bed sheet togas to careful-ly thought-out props, for the Cos-tume Party. Departing for Monash on the final day, we were exhausted but filled with hilarious new memo-ries that would have been impos-sible to experience elsewhere.

Although directed primarily at first year or new students, the camp was

open to all year levels as an oppor-tunity to make new friends or further bond with those you had already met during the first month of university across both Pharmacy and Pharm-Sci cohorts. There’s just something about wandering around in pitch black darkness, in the freezing cold that brings people closer together

Tina Pham

There’s just something about wandering around in pitch black darkness that

brings people together

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Orientation Camp

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After a half semester of slogging it out at uni, we were all up for

a night out. With no worries about having to go to uni the next day or about mid-semester tests, Lounge Night was definitely an enticing choice for many. With it ’s cosy interior, Circus Bar and Nightclub proved it was the place to be. Plush red seat-ing, complete with sweet little sur-prise chocolate eggs lined the walls and created a carefree, exuberant ambience for everybody to enjoy.

With all the year levels invited, the night was an excellent chance for everyone to get to know each oth-er, rivalry between the year levels and the courses aside! Whether you were a sit-down-and-chat type of person, or if you liked killing it on the dance floor, the event catered for everybody! With the DJ mixing it up with current, popular songs and a selection of songs that had been once loved and forgotten, it was a night to remember. Not to mention,

with a photographer hired, there was no need to worry about your selfie camera not having a front flash, causing your photos to be dark! Overall, Lounge Night proved worth the wait, and was a wonder-ful start to the mid-semester break.

Saji Srivelan

Lounge Night

A selection of songs that Had been once loved and

Forgotten, it was a night to Remember

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Is uni not going as smoothlyas you thought it would?

Monash University offers a very high quality of education, which enhanc-es students’ knowledge and expe-rience while preparing graduates for the workforce. The journey to a successful career is not an easy one, once you start your degree you find yourself facing a number of challenges. The majority of lo-cal students have to quickly adjust to independent studying with no supervision from teachers, attend lectures and tutorials, submit work on time, make friends and build a new support network. On top of that you have to research, analyze information and write essays us-ing academic language. So to be successful at Monash and to enjoy your university experience you need to be good at networking and mak-ing friends, time management, writ-ing, researching, reading, listening, public speaking…And if you are an international student you also have to quickly get used to the Austra-lian culture and develop a sound command of the English language.

It is great if you come to Uni having all these skills but the reality is that you will need to learn or further de-velop these over the coming years. The purpose of coming to Universi-ty is to develop skills that you didn’t have by challenging you to try dif-ferent things. Some students are nat-urally good at trying and experienc-ing different things while others may find this transition very difficult and even overwhelming. You may find yourself that you simply can’t keep

up with all the work. You may fall behind, give up or do nothing. The reality is that it won’t go away on its own! At university you learn how to deal with obstacles and this is why it is an amazing and unique expe-rience, which should empower indi-viduals to work on both mastering their strengths and improving their weaknesses. This is why you shouldn’t compare yourself to your friends but be proud of your uniqueness. It may be a good time to meet with a Student Rights Officer if you have received and Early Warning Letter or if you just feel a bit stuck or lost.

Student Rights Service is provided by Monash Parkville Students’ As-sociation and offers a unique ex-perience where students can come and talk confidentially with some-one independent of Monash. You can talk to us about your personal, family, health, drug, alcohol or re-lationship problems and you won’t be judged or questioned. Student Rights Officers can’t make things go away but they can give you con-siderate and honest advice. Our role is to identify the different as-pects of your life and relate them to your academic performance. We are not counselors. We are here to listen, engage and work with you to identify options available to you if you are concerned or just unhappy with university life or your academic results. We care about your success. Ultimately we want you to be em-powered and confident that your time at Monash will be one of your greatest experiences in life…even if it gets a little tough along the way.

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I am sure I speak for many when I say that starting your first year of universi-ty as the only person from your high school, entering the adulthood phase of life and taking the leap to independent studying is all extremely overwhelming.

Even those coming back as second, third and fourth years can find the concept of returning to the mun-dane university life, with its continual need for organ-isation of life around hec-tic uni schedules, colossal amount of memory work and overall study related stress, somewhat daunting.

Three weeks into the se-mester, MPSU organised an event known as ‘surviv-al week’ which is designed to remind us student’s that there are many aspects to uni life that do in fact make this time in our lives, as busy and stressful as it is, the best and most memorable years (and it honestly worked).

Monday was games tour-nament day that enabled students to let their hair down and break the ice of awkwardness over pizza, toilet paper mummifica-tion and apple stacking!Tuesday was the table tennis tournament that

specifically tested stu-dents’ agility and reac-tion time over a game of ping pong (AND MORE PIZZA OF COURSE!) with the prize incentive of iPod speakers and a village cinema voucher.

The week was brought to an end with a second hand book sale and a free BBQ that let students know that MPSU is always there to help financially, emotion-ally and educationally- in general aiding students in the many aspects of uni life.

It may sound cheesy but af-ter forming the new friend-ships that I did throughout the week, confirming that uni is not all about studies and that it actually offers fun, quirky activities like ping pong competitions (accompanied by deli-cious pizza), I established what the true meaning was behind this event known as ‘survival week’. From that point on I realised that despite what I initially thought about this univer-sity transition being all too much, I would in fact be quite alright, ready to take on this new adventure!

Sanja Vokuman

Survival Week

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When we were told that our time at NAPSA congress would be the best week of the year – not going to lie – we were definitely a bit apprehen-sive (even better than birthday week really?). NAPSA turned out to be not just the best week of the year but an experience far more enriching and enjoyable than anticipated.

This year NAPSA took place at Bendigo, LaTrobe campus, during the last week of January 2014. It didn’t feel real until we started to unpack and made our rooms more like home, as we would be spending the next 6 days there.

The first thing that stood out was how open and friendly all the del-egates were. It was truly amazing to meet people from all around this country doing the same degree as us, working in our future profes-sions –NAPSA provided the per-

fect opportunity to meet people, make connections and network. The entire week of congress was me-ticulously planned, and the social events this year were exceptional.

All the events from the pub crawl to the NAPSA costume dress up night and of course the Grand ball which ended con-gress brings back great memories. Don’t be fooled, NAPSA isn’t merely about fun social events and meet-ing new people; during the days there were educational events to further enhance our knowledge with respect to our future profession.

We heard from highly accomplished speakers from the Cancer Council, the 2013 Pharmacist of the Year Jenny Gowan, The National Asthma Foundation as well as intensive work-shops covering diabetes medica-tions, where we learned how to actu-

ally use many insulin injection devices. Attending NAPSA congress 2014 was one of the highlights of our pharmacy degrees so far, the peo-ple we met and the experiences we shared were truly irreplace-able. NAPSA 2015 will be in sunny

Queensland on the GOLD COAST! (I hear opening night is at movie world). We couldn’t recommend at-tending NAPSA congress enough!

Christy Sajan and Truc Walsh

3rd year VPSA members

NAPSA Conference

We also had a warmwelcome from the dean

and director

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In April this year, Melbourne was abuzz with pharmaceutical pio-neers; all leaders in their respective fields. What was going on you ask? The International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) was hosting its 5th Pharmaceutical Sciences World Congress in our corner of the earth.

FIP offered Monash students a great opportunity to get in on the action as congress staff. The team consisted of Joanne Cheah, Geor-gina Catto-Smith, Nicole Bisset, Luke Popovic, Isaiah Abad, Be-

atrice Chiew, Nicole McNamara, Jeanny Mai, Lyn Diep, Wee Min Khoo, Halla Dadouch, My-Linh Ho-ang, Alastair Pearl, James White, Peter Nguyen, and Kenneth Lee.

From beginning to end, our stu-dents brought a friendly and lively atmosphere to the event and were praised by their international au-dience. In exchange, the students were immersed in the universe of pharmaceutical research and de-veloped many invaluable skills.

Best of all, they showed the exem-plary quality of Monash Parkville students and graduates to the

world. Thanks to the team at FIP, Joe Niccolazzo and Bill Char-man for giving us this opportunity.

Kenneth Lee

PSCW Conference

From beginning to end, our students brought a friendly and lively atmo-

sphere to the event

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You might remember the group of seniors in green t-shirts (otherwise known as mentors) from your O’week. Or perhaps you have been a men-tor yourself. The faculty ’s mentoring program is an important part of our orientation program. Each year a great group of students become the trusted advisors of our first years.

As well as playing an important

transition role, the program is also a great way to meet new people - for both the first years and our mentors.

This year, in addition to helping out in O’week, our mentors ran a murder mys-tery, games night and bowling comp.

If you’re interested in being a mentor, keep your eyes on your email for the Parkville Stu-dent Newsletter in term four..

Jess Rostas

If you’re interested in be-ing a mentor keep your

eyes on your email

Mentoring

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My experience in Australia as an Exchange Student!

The opportunity of studying overseas as an exchange student is something that I have been planning and seek-ing since the start of my undergrad-uate course, and I finally made it this year. On these last 6 months, there’s no doubt that I’ve been experi-encing a special moment in my life.

After completing the first semester, I can already realize the academic improvement achieved, since there are differences on each university ’s learning approaches and main top-ics focused on the units, so this new academic scenario stimulated the development of new ways to learn a subject. And it’s worth of making a special mention of compliment to the education structure of Monash University, for its organisation, all the

information and learning resources supplied to the students, the lab-oratories structure and, specially, the concernment and kind attitude of the professors that are always

open to talk with the students and help us on the learning pathway.

In addition to the academic ex-perience, the opportunity of living a different culture, traveling and discovering new places, meeting new people, making friendships, expanding the professional and academic network, all these pos-

sibilities make the studying abroad period even more special, con-tributing to my growth as a person.

Besides, it ’s also important to note the improvement achieved on the language, since English is not my native language, so when you live in another country you are submit-ted to communicate in the main language in different situations.

To sum up, studying abroad and liv-ing in another country for a period is something that I strongly recom-mend, not only in terms of personal achievements but for the benefits it can bring to our home country when we are back h!elping on science and technology development.

Felipe Ramos

Australian Exchange experience

Studying abroad and living in another country for a

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Part of what makes an adult in-teresting is the hobbies that they have grown into or have adapted throughout their life.

One of the favourite hobbies is that I have acquired is comic book collecting. Something about super-heroes doing the impossible and representing the good in humanity lights up my hope as well as takes up the rest of my non-study time.

But one of the most fun ways to live out a hobby is through a club or a society. Our many Pakville clubs are ample examples of the fun students can have on campus.

Have a look at what these cool people have been up to; and check out what coming up in the next few weeks of University life!

Make sure you don’t miss out on the fun and join a Parkville club or society

Isaiah Abad

WildfireHey there!

Semester one, 2014, saw the return of some old fa-vourites for Wildfire. We began the semester with a free barbeque to welcome new and returning students.

This also gave us an opportunity to promote our ‘Hoe-down Pubcrawl.’ Starting at Bridey O’reil-lys for pizza and drinks, we moved on to Ali-bi to have a little boogie before finishing the night in the beer garden at the Brunswick Hotel.

The Hoe-down was really well attended this year and everyone looked great in their flannys and denim. 2014 was the second year that we ran the Easter Egg-o-grams. All the money that was raised was donated to the Ronald McDonald House Charity.

We think this is a great event to get everyone excit-ed for Easter but also promote the great work Ron-ald McDonald House do for families of sick children. We have begun to organize our an-nual road trip for Semester two.

This year we will be going to Ballarat Base Hospital on the 16th of August. This is an awesome oppor-tunity for students to experience and learn about rural pharmacy. We’ve had a lot of interest for it this year, so keep your eyes peeled for ticket sales!

Stephanie MoreyPresident

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Hey guys!

Like a drop of the bass, a semester has passed by with speed. Music at Parkville has had its fair share of excitement with the year starting with a bang at orientation with our President, Caroline, singing an encore performance to our first years.

The welcome dinner was filled with pizza and games that caused kicking, screaming and laugh-ter throughout the night from new recruits. From musical chairs to charades equipped with pa-per plates the night went on with rhythm. Not soon after karaoke night was held at Cossar hall.

Music was pumped loud and around the large room with the projector screen showing loved music videos and sing-along YouTube clips. The singing ranged from do you wanna build a snowman harmony to scream-ing barbie girl while jumping up and down the stage.

Where there is merry singing there is also food and drinks with empty pizza boxes piling at the end of the night. Music at Parkville also ended up having an idea of leasing its instruments to oth-er clubs or anyone that wishes to use the pristine keyboard, jazzy guitars and hard-core drum kit.

M@P looks forward to another musical semester with performance and more events planned ahead!

Abigail OhM@P Vice President

Wow what a big start to the year we have had at VPSA. It all started in O-week where we recruited over 90 new first year members!

We had hit the ground running providing our mem-bers with numerous education sessions. Hydralyte, Inner Health Plus, Elevit, Karicare, Wound Care and Movicol all provided workshops to our members pro-viding them with vital over the counter knowledge. Next semester continues to be chock full of more S2/S3 education. Make sure you listen out in lectures for more announcements of these valuable events!

April was a big month of Charity Cup. Over the 6 weeks we managed to raise $1000 for the James MacReady Bryan Foundation to assist in empower-ing young people affected by acquired brain inju-ries. NAPSA as a whole raised over $30,000! So we should all be proud of our fundraising efforts! An enor-mous thank-you goes out to our members and Univer-sity colleagues who supported our bake sale, movie night, chocolate drive and famous Scribble Party.

In May, VPSA hosted the Victorian Pharmacy Stu-dents’ Conference where all three pharmacy schools (VPSA, RAPS and BAPS) had the opportunity to hear from integral members of the pharmacy and business industry who discussed price disclosure, biopharmaceuticals and the importance of a good financial awareness before starting up your own pharmacy business. The Great Debate and Victori-an Student Counsellor Competition were launched allowing members from different NAPSA branch-es to push each other to the clinical limit! A trade hall was set up in Cossar Hall where members had the opportunity to meet with other pharmacy pro-fessions and learn volumes from the dozens of stalls.

Next semester we look forward to our Info Night, Staff Vs Students’ footy match, Vam-pire Cup campaign and Cocktail Night.

Make sure you like our facebook page for all up to date details of all these events!

Viva La Pharmacie!

Elizabeth “Izzie” TelfordPresident

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PISAHey guys

This semester was full of awesome PISA events with many more to come!.

A heartwarming Welcoming Lunch had been orga-nized by PISA at the beginning of the semester in introducing this association as the first point of con-tact for international students in Parkville Campus when any form of assistance and support is required.

This was followed by PISA Teach Me Your Lan-guage Classes which has replaced the English Language Lounge as a weekly activity in en-couraging international and local students to learn the basics of foreign languages particular-ly in the domain of daily verbal communication.

It was undeniably a golden opportunity for the stu-dents to be exposed to Japanese, Korean, Manda-rin and Vietnamese during the lessons. Furthermore, an Origami Workshop was held for students to learn the skills of paper folding into a variety of definite patterns.

Badge-making and chocolate-making workshops were a success whereby students were enthusias-tic in designing the desirable decorations for their masterpieces via do-it-yourself (DIY) approach.

Moreover, a pre-exam party was held at Lush Fridays @ EVE as a gathering for the students before the end of the semester. PISA was also invited to work with MPSU for a joint event, the Paintball at the end of the semester.

Hope to see you at any of our fun events next semseter!

Yen Jun WongThe Secretary of PISA

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SFCWelcome back to semester 2!

What an eventful and exciting first semester we had! At the start of the year, welcome dinner brought lots of us together for the first time, and surprisingly some also had their first ever Ramen dish! It wasn’t long before we hosted a free cup noodle give-away that attracted many students. Feeding emp-ty stomachs was very welcomed on campus, so throughout Easter we had the pleasure of sharing the real meaning behind this occasion as we gave away freshly baked hot cross buns. We loved the complex questions that came up during that time and it was enjoyable talking with each of you.

With the stresses of uni quickly multiplying, praise and worship night was a time we stepped aside from ev-erything and came before our Heavenly Father with a heart of thankfulness, and a sole intention to glorify Him.

Stress packs were distributed in hopes to encourage all of you through the intense cramming periods. And when exams were finally over, we welcomed a get-away from anything and everything pharm related, to bond at an overnight camp. It was a time we shared many laughs, encouraged each other, and most im-portantly, invested time alone with our heavenly Dad to experience Him more in ways we hadn’t before.

We are so grateful to have had opportunities like these to share God’s love and get to know more of you.

If you had not thought to join us on campus be-fore, look out for our events and weekly meet-ings in semester 2. Alternatively, drop us an emailatsfc.monash@gmail.com to receive our updates. We hope to see more new faces this semester!

LoveSharon lau & Wei Li Chia

Committee members

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Hello everyone!

It was a big semester for PSS with our best semester for many years- we were able to bring back our tra-ditional events and also bring you some new ones!

We finished the semester off with a bang at our first ever After Exams Party (AXP). A huge number of you braved the cold and made it to WahWah Lounge to help celebrate the long awaited end of semester.

Our annual ice-skating event was a big hit this semester, with a record number of students joining us to ‘break the ice’ at the beginning of the year. It was especially great to see so many first years getting involved and we hope to meet even more of you next semester.

Our Mexican themed ‘Porque no los dos’ Bar Hop was also a lot of fun! After delicious piz-za in the courtyard of Penny Black we went to the Brunswick Hotel to play pool and eat pop-corn. Definitely enjoying the best of both worlds!

We’d like to thank everyone that came along and helped to make our events successful. We are super excited to bring you even more events next semester! Keep your eyes out for our welcome back event, net-working night, cocktail night AND another fantastic AXP.

GeorginaPSS President

MUISHi everyone

Our major event in Semester 1 2014 was the Garden Barbeque held in Autumn, the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness. Unfortunately, the weather on that particular day happened to be rainy and windy!

Nevertheless, the event was held in the caf-eteria, exhibiting a lively spirit and comfort-able seating and temperature for everyone to catch up, laugh, and enjoy time with their friends!

The sizzling sausage rolls, orange punch, and fresh fruits which were served inside the warm and cosy cafe, were definitely a factor contributing to the great turnout!

Fresh sweet-smelling red Roses attached to spiritual quotes and hadeeths were also given out to the

attendants.

The MUIS Committee have had fortnightly meet-ings, in which we discussed and planned events for next semester, some of which include: A Ha-lal Food Festival including a bake sale, Fortnightly Halaqas including tafseer and hadeeth discus-sions, and The Islamic Awareness Week which will in-volve a range of games, activities and food stalls.

Nuzhat AlamPresident

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RemedyHey Guys

Remedy is a student group at the Monash Parkville campus that aims to make a differ-ence in the standards of healthcare around the world, particularly in developing countries, with a strong focus on the Asia Pacific region.

By bringing global health issues to the forefront, such as poverty, illiteracy and poor water sani-tation, we hope to create awareness and sup-port to better the lives of the wider community.Over Semester 1, Remedy has held various fund-raising events such as our annual Bake Sale for UNICEF and participated in Live below the Line. Overall, Remedy was able to raise $260!

The fundraised money was donated for the betterment of childhood education and im-proving water access facilities in developing countries. We personally would like to thank ev-eryone who contributed to this amazing cause.

Throughout Semester 2, we hope to see you at our IN-FORMATION NIGHT and PARKVILLE’S GOT TALENT show. If you enjoy dancing, singing, acting or showing off your crazy skills, audition and sign up for the talent show! In 2013, Parkville’s Got Talent was a success and we are aiming to make the night bigger and better!Keep track of Remedy news and events; search ‘Remedy’ on Facebook and like our page ☺

Best of luck for Semester 2!

Ruchika ChopraRemedy President

ASEANWelcome back to Semester Two from your friends at

ASEAN Monash!

If you missed out on any events from last se-mester, here is a quick recap before we move on to what’s planned for Semester Two.

Kick-starting straight after orientation week was ASEAN’s annual disorientation party. This year ’s theme was ARMAGEDDON, headlined by MaR-Lo and Bass Agents, drew a sell-out crowd and made for an epic night. The SURVIVOR Camp fol-lowed shortly after where friendships were forged and memories for both campers and committee alike were made. It was a weekend of truly un-forgettable debauchery where tales of what happened will surely live on for camps to come. The official camp reunion event was ASEAN’s An-nual Snooze Cruise; it was the pyjama party of the year! It sold out in a matter of hours and boasted the best and most comfortable night out at sea. The highlight of our calendar year was the Annual ASE-AN Ball; this year ’s theme was ASEAN in Wonderland and it made for a magical night with special guest MaRLo making a surprise return to the ASEAN stage.ASEAN always strives to take care of you when you’re feeling down from the stress of exams. The bi-annual End-Of-Exam party BLURPLE was held in conjunction with the Australasian Association of Melbourne Uni-versity. With exams out of the way patrons let the stress-es of exams disappear as some of Melbourne’s best DJ’s took centre stage to kick off the mid-year break!

Due to the overwhelming success of the Paint & Foam Party we’ve decided to bring it back in Se-mester Two. The annual sporting competition be-tween Melbourne University ’s Aa and ASEAN Monash, the WOK, is a spectacle to look forward to as participants battle it out in men and wom-en’s soccer and men’s footy to reclaim the WOK!In addition to these events we’re also bringing back the dodgeball tourna-ment, charity cocktail night and many more.

To keep updated, like our Facebook page and follow us on Instagram.

www.facebook.com/aseanmonashwww.instagram.com/aseanmonash

Alan N.Treasurer

ASEAN