Sunday 18th March 2012
Enjoy lazy afternoon of barefoot bowls with the QUT Golden Key team.
First of all, welcome back to QUT for another year! It's amazing how quickly the first three weeks of the semester have flown past. As most of you will (hopefully) know, this Saturday is St Patrick's Day, which means, as Golden Key tradition dictates, our annual Lawn Bowls event is just around the corner! And what better way is there to kick off our social escapades for the year than to spend a chilled-out afternoon with some mates having a sneaky bevvy whilst fighting it out geriatric style to see who will be the ultimate lawn bowls champion. It's the perfect way to recover from St Patrick's Day (as it's held the day after) and meet some fun new people from our Golden Key chapter and beyond.
Tickets are limited and you have to pre-purchase them, so hurry! But don't worry if you miss out this time, we have plenty of other fun social events on our 2012 calendar which you can attend! For more information please see our Facebook Event page.
If you are interested in becoming one of our Social Directors for 2012 and helping to organise exciting events like these, send your expression of interest to Kara Butler at kara.butler@connect.qut.edu.au and Lauren Crome at president@qutgoldenkey.org
More information about this role is contained further down this newsletter.
Networking Skills Seminar
Monday 16 April 2012
Learn how to make the best impression at the Corporate Wine and Cheese Appreciation Evening.
Monday 16 April 2012
Learn how to make the best impression at the Corporate Wine and Cheese Appreciation Evening.
We are pleased to announce that Alison Thompson will be running the event again this year. Last year Alison covered topics such as branding yourself with your own 15 second commercial, entering and exiting networking situations and using social media.
The seminar will provide a valuable insight into how to make the most of the Corporate Wine and Cheese Appreciation Evening and we hope to see you there.
Corporate Wine and Cheese Appreciation Evening
Monday 23 April 2012
Network now to get the graduate role you want.
Monday 23 April 2012
Network now to get the graduate role you want.
If you've ever been to a careers fair you will know how difficult it is to fight your way through the mob of students to get to the graduate recruiter you want to speak to. And then there's that awkward moment when you don't actually know what to say to them. Well not this year! Your Corporate Relations Chairs are currently working hard to bring you numerous graduate recruiters from a wide range of disciplines, as well as an exciting guest speaker. And the best part is that this event is exclusively for QUT Golden Key members. It will be held on Monday 23 April 2012 at the IHBI room, QUT Kelvin Grove Campus.
So if you fancy yourself a cheese aficionado or wine connoisseur, or want to learn how to match a vintage cheese with a full-bodied wine in an informal networking environment, keep an eye on this newsletter as more details will emerge as the day gets closer.
Community Service
26 May 2012 to 26 April 2012
Volunteer to help high school students with refugee backgrounds.
26 May 2012 to 26 April 2012
Volunteer to help high school students with refugee backgrounds.
As part of Golden Key's community service work in 2012, we’ll be supporting the Yeronga State High School Tutoring and Homework Club Program. Yeronga State High School has the largest number of refugees than any other school in Queensland. Many students are in their second phase of acquiring English language skills having received intensive support at Milpara (an English language preparation centre) on arrival. Nearly all have had disrupted or very little schooling because they come from war-torn countries and often still suffering trauma. This is a really worthy cause to help out those in need of support who have a need, and a great opportunity to include community service and volunteering on your resume.
Legal requirements are for each volunteer to have a current blue card at the start of volunteering which could be obtained through QUT Gardens Point A Block or directly through the school (it’s free). If you don’t have a blue card yet this program will also be run in second semester, so apply now! (The waiting period for a blue card is 4-8 weeks).
The volunteering options are:
Study Mate Program - Mon 2:45-4:15pm
The Homework Club - Thurs 2:45-4:15pm
The dates:
Beginning Monday 26 March (week 5) and finishing Thursday 26 April (week 8).
To register your interest please send an email to your Community Service Chairs at community-chair@qutgoldenkey.org and they will send you access to the online roster to register.
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