Friday, 28 March 2008 - I attended the "Faculty of education Research Students Orientation" at Room G23, Building 6, Education Faculty, Clayton Campus. I was invited even though I was not an official student of Monash yet! So, I felt so welcomed in their research community network. The staffs and the HDR students were so friendly and I felt so 'at home'. The programs were all very useful and I wrote back to the organising committee to thank them personally and to encourage them to keep up the good work. I was amazed with the support services provided for HDR students! Not only they are FOC but they are very relevant to me as a person as well as as a professional. The staff treated HDR students as their colleague with so much respect and care for each other. I'm glad I took the trouble to change Uni! The hard work shall pay off.
From Footscray station, I had to go to Flinders St station and from there took a Pakenham train to Hunting dale station. So, this is the station. From here, I had to take a bus to Monash Clayton campus.
Another thing that I like about Monash is the way diversity and multicultural issues are addressed among the students and staffs. They understand our religious needs. So, the Uni has provided a religious centre for all religious people to have a specific place to pray. I like this facility so much because I know there's always a safe, clean, and private place for me to pray whenever I want to. Unlike in my current uni..hmmm ...I umph...I....I felt so 'neglected' and so 'alienated' by their so called support system. I always had to rush back home in order to pray. This experience of 'rushing here rushing there' really get into my nerve.. I felt so stressed up!
So, this is it, the religious centre. Although it is a shared building, it is still ok because there is a separate place for a muslimah with a proper place to take wuduk and a 'proper' toilet. Hmm....
Along the way to the religious centre, I managed to get a few shots. This is one of them.
Besides the above, I also felt so thankful about the food they provided for the students during the orientation. They provided HALAL food about 3/4 of the total food and refreshment available for us! They even separated the HALAL food plates from the non-HALAL one by a row of can/bottle drinks.. What a culturally sensitive gesture. Hmm...I like it! Last but not least, Mayur, the HDR officer, asked me to bring a plate of sandwiches back home...I'm not even their student but I get the priviledge to bring back home some food... What more can you ask for???
From Footscray station, I had to go to Flinders St station and from there took a Pakenham train to Hunting dale station. So, this is the station. From here, I had to take a bus to Monash Clayton campus.
Another thing that I like about Monash is the way diversity and multicultural issues are addressed among the students and staffs. They understand our religious needs. So, the Uni has provided a religious centre for all religious people to have a specific place to pray. I like this facility so much because I know there's always a safe, clean, and private place for me to pray whenever I want to. Unlike in my current uni..hmmm ...I umph...I....I felt so 'neglected' and so 'alienated' by their so called support system. I always had to rush back home in order to pray. This experience of 'rushing here rushing there' really get into my nerve.. I felt so stressed up!
So, this is it, the religious centre. Although it is a shared building, it is still ok because there is a separate place for a muslimah with a proper place to take wuduk and a 'proper' toilet. Hmm....
Along the way to the religious centre, I managed to get a few shots. This is one of them.
Besides the above, I also felt so thankful about the food they provided for the students during the orientation. They provided HALAL food about 3/4 of the total food and refreshment available for us! They even separated the HALAL food plates from the non-HALAL one by a row of can/bottle drinks.. What a culturally sensitive gesture. Hmm...I like it! Last but not least, Mayur, the HDR officer, asked me to bring a plate of sandwiches back home...I'm not even their student but I get the priviledge to bring back home some food... What more can you ask for???
1 comment:
sudah orientation ka? waaa kutuk habis nampak old uni? hehehe anything interesting, ajak la eh? jgn aah sombooonnggg....tahulah dah tak se uni...
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