Assistant Librarians Div. II (cont'd)
Administration Officer
J A Matthews, BA, GradOiplibSc, ALAA.
P Meixsell-Oraper, BA, GradOiplibSc.
C H Ryan, BA, ALAA.
J M Taylor, BA, Oiplib, OipTGNSW, ALAA.
L Buckler, MA.
All applications for T.E.A.S. should be submitted to the Common- wealth Department of Education BEFORE 31 MARCH, 1983.
Otherwise applications received by the Department will result in allowances being paid from the date of receipt and NOT from 1 January, 1983. Even if all information requested by the Department is not available before 31 March, the application forms can be submitted before that date and the 'missing' information can be forwarded at a later date when it becomes available.
(b) N.S.A.S. (Needy Students Assistance Scheme)
This scheme is operated by the Institute through the Needy Students Assistance Committee and is available to assist students whose financial situation may place their study in jeopardy. Both full-time and part-time students may apply and each student is considered on his or her own individual circumstances. Should you experience financial problems, no matter how large or small, call in at the Counselling Centre and discuss your financial concerns with the Information Officer.
THE GARDENS POINT CAMPUS CLUB
This Campus Club, situated on Level 3 of the Community Building, provides a pleasant social atmosphere for mixed drinking. It trades between the hours of 12 noon to 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Monday to Friday.
The Club is open to any person who in the past has been, or who is currently involved with the activities of the GIT. It was formed with the basic aim of providing a social facility to GIT students and staff.
The Club is run by professional staff under the guidance o.f a Management Committee.
OIT UNION
The Ai.ms of the Queensland Institute of Technology Union -
The basic aim of the Union is to. involve its members in all activities which are associated with campus life, to represent its members on the various boards and committees, and .to provide services and facilities to its members.
Union Council -
The QIT Union Council comprises the President, five Executive Directors and up to thirty-five Representative members elected from the various schools. Elections are held annually.
Union Council meets every four (4) weeks during semesters. All members who wish to attend Council meetings are cordially invited to do so. Even though they are not Council members; they may ask questions of any of the Director, Student Representative or Academic Board Representatives.
Union Facilities and Services -
Since the Union has a major-say in the day-to-day operations of the Community Building and provides large grants to subsidise Clubs and activities, the facilities available to you as members are both beneficial and varied.
Union Office (Level 3, Community Building) which is staffed full time to provide continuity of service to all students, 8.30 a.m. - 5.30 p.m.
Union Shop (Level 3, .Community Building) sells a large range of calculators and other goods and is a market place for student made products. The shop is open 10.00 a.m. - 6.00 p.m.
Discount List: A wide range of discounts is available to Union Members.
A list of organizations offering such discounts is available from Union Office.
Stereo, billiard, amusement machines and table tennis facilities are available for Union members use in the Games Room on Level 1 of the Community Building from 8.30 a.m. - 6.00 p.m.
A Gymnasium operates in the old Bakehouse next to Kindler Theatre, hours 8.00 a.m. - 8.00 p.m.
The GIT Union Child Care Centre's facilities are available in the old Bakehouse and operates from 8.30 a.rn. - 5.15 p.m. Phone 221 6993.
General Information -
For all enquiries about Union activities, services, clubs and societies and complaints ring Union Office on 221 3144 during office hours. Answers that are not available immediately are provided on a call back basis.
Alternatively a personal call at the Union Office will find staff available to service any difficulties.
A Contact Service is available on Ground Floor of the Community Building.
This office helps provide employment, accommodation and general information for the students.
Student Union Cards will be issued at the commencement of the academic year on production of GIT Enrolment Statement.
The Union Newspaper PLANET provides general information and also acts as a forum for a wide range of topics of student interest. All members of the Union are free to contribute any articles, poetic masterpieces etc., to your newspapers.
Clubs and Societies -
Since the formation of the Union there has been a gradual increase in the number of Clubs and Societies. These are listed below:
Alpine Ski Club Kung Fu Club
Baseball Club Law Students Association
Basketball Club Optometry Students Association
Built Environment Students Group Public Administration Students Assn.
Bushwalking Club Rowing Club
Campus Child Care Club Sailing Club
Chemistry Students Associ.ation Science Students Association
Chess Club Sky Diving Club
Communications Students Assn. Students Musical Appreciation Club
Cricket Club Surveying Students Association
Dramatic and Visual Arts Society Squash Club Engineering Students Association Tae Kwon Do Club
Film Group Tennis Club
Football Club - Rugby Union Underwater Club Health Administration Students Assn. Volleyball Club Health Science Students Assn. Waterski Club
These Clubs are funded by the Union. Any enquiries regarding the Clubs may be made at Union Office.
The success of all Union ventures is dependent on the continuing involve- ment of members.
Chairperson . . . Rod Walters President . . . James McCrea Director of Admin/Finance . . . Peta Walters Director of Student Services . . . Sally Pitkin Director of Activities . . . Ted Stewart Director of Sport . . . . Peter Stewart Director of Education . . . Andrew Wallace The elections for the 1983 Union Committee have not yet been held.
STUDENT COUNSELLING CENTRE
The Counselling Centre is an autonomous professional service department of the Institute playing an integral role with both the academic and administrative staffs in promoting the personal and educational develop- ment of students on campus.
It operates to assist students with concerns related to their normal develop- ment needs - problems with personal and social functions, educational difficulties, and decision on future career and personal planning. As well it offers programmes designed to aid the development of personal maturity and effective patterns of living, working and studying. These include human relations groups, job hunting skills and career planning workshops, stress management groups, interpersonal communication workshops, and study skills and reading efficiency programmes.
Complementing these are a range of general welfare and guidance services, including accommodation, financial aid, course and career information.
The Centre also provides contact with many other agencies in the comm- unity which offer services to students.
Services are provided by professionally qualified staff. Facilities include consultation rooms, a group room, a Relaxation Training Room, an Educational skills clinic, and a library of career and Welfare information.
The service is free and available to both day and evening students, currently enrolled at the Institute and to those intending to enrol in the future.
All consultations are STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.
The Centre is presently located on the Ground Level in 'A' Block. In early 1983 the Counselling Centre will relocate on the Ground Level of Old Government House. Telephone 223 2383. It is advisable to make an appointment, especially for part-time students, but feel free to call in at any time.
STUDENT HEAL TH SERVICE
The Student Health Service is a FREE service available to both full-time and part-time QIT students and is located in the south-west corner of Old Government House - opposite the Library, Main Entrance.
A nursing sister is in attendance from 8.30 a.m. - 4.30 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and from 10.00 a.m. - 6.00 p.m. on Wednesday.
Appointments may be made for consultation with a Doctor, who will be in attendance for 3% hours each day. The hours are as follows:-
Monday 10.00 a.m. 1.30 p.m.
Tuesday 9.30 a.m. 1.00 p.m.
Wednesday 2.30 p.m. 6.00 p.m.
Thursday 9.~o a.m. 1.00 p.m.
Friday 10.00 a.m. 1.30 p.m.
Students are welcome at the Health Service for discussion and treatment of all conditions pertaining to their well being including:-
• First Aid and Dressings
• Psychological Problems (In Liaison With Student Counselling Centre)
• Skin Care and Conditions
• Gynaecological Complaints
• Contraception - Advice and Counselling
• Vaccinations
• Hearing Tests
• Health Education
All records are, of course, STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.
To facilitate treatment in a crisis, sufferers of recurring conditions (asthma, diabetes, epilepsy, etc.) are requested to make themselves known to the nursing sister.
A Recovery Room is available for patients needing temporary bedrest.
The Service is on telephone extension 321 and this number should be called in all cases of emergency.
Medical Officer . . . Dr LB Johnson, MBBS(Old), DOH(Syd).
Sister M Gough
CHAPLAINCY CENTRE AND CHAPEL
.Chaplain . . . Rev G Robert Griffiths The Chaplaincy Centre is Ecumenical and available to members of all religious faiths to make the drop-in-room the centre point of worship, discussion, clarification and search. The Centre will foster and encourage formation and growth of religious study groups.
The Centre exists to help staff and students take a great deal of respon- sibility for their own decisions and be free enough inside to use this power to give and to serve; and in so doing, to discover Christ in their neighbour and Christ's living-dying-living power in themselves.
The Centre seeks to strengthen the Christian Community at the Institute and enable it to express its spirituality forcefully and in a generative way.
To develop a Eucharistic Community the Chapel is always open for private prayer. Eucharist (Mass) service times will be advertised on notice boards in the chaplaincy centre.
The Chaplain is available to help free staff and students from pressures that weigh them down and assist them to make their own decisions in their personal life.
Parental and personal problems, questions in faith and prayer will be counselled in strictest confidence.
The Chaplain (co-ordinating for other churches) is available on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at the Centre. Telephone 223 2111 extension 700 or appointments may be made with the Secretary at the Counselling Centre ('A' Block) extension 383.
The Chaplaincy Centre is situated in 'A' Block. There is a chapel for private devotions and worship and a drop-in-room for private reading and rest available at all times.
CAMPUS INTERVIEW PROGRAMME
The Campus Interview Programme is conducted annually by the Institute with the two-fold purpose of assisting final year students to gain employ- ment and of creating an awareness in them of career opportunities. The programme is held over a three week period, normally in September.
Employers who participate in the programme are provided with Secretarial assistance during the period of their attendance and pre-arranged individual or limited group interviews take place in amenible surroundings.
Employers who consider a September date inapplicable to their needs are encouraged to make alternative arrangements.
Full details of future Interview Programmes may be obtained through the OIT Admissions and Administrative Services Section.