Academic Office
Enrolment: Discontinue unit deadline
The deadline for students on the Lake Macquarie campus to discontinue a unit without receiving a fail withdraw grade is Friday, October 21 at 12.00 PM. You must notify the Academic Office to discontinue a unit in which you are enrolled.
Equity: Provision for students with disabilities
Avondale College of Higher Education makes provision, where required, to modify learning and examination conditions for students who have a permanent or temporary disability supported by official documentation. Contact the equity officer to apply for provision. Except in extenuating circumstances, the deadline for applying for provision in examinations is 30 days before examinations begin. The deadlines this semester are:
Levels 2 Bachelor of Nursing
Friday, September 30, 2011, 12.00 PM
All other students
Friday, October 7, 2011, 12.00 PM
Dianne Butler
Equity officer
4980 2293
dianne.butler@avondale.edu.au
Examinations: Dictionaries
First-year students from a non-English speaking background may be entitled to 10 minutes of additional time per hour of examination and/or use of an unannotated, non-electronic bilingual dictionary. Apply for this provision to the academic registrar through your course convenor up to three weeks before examinations begin.
Examinations: Semester two
Semester two examinations on the Lake Macquarie campus (except for Level 2 Bachelor of Nursing students whose examinations are October 24-November 2, 2011) are November 16-22, 2011. According to Avondale College of Higher Education policy, you should not book travel or organise events that will preclude you from sitting examinations as scheduled. The examination timetable for the Lake Macquarie campus is now on the Avondale website.
www.avondale.edu.au/exams
Avondale Library
Hours: Mid-semester recess
Avondale Library (Lake Macquarie campus)
Mid-semester recess hours begin Friday, September 30 at 3.30 PM.
- Sunday, October 2, Closed
- Monday, October 3, Closed (Labour Day)
- Tuesday, October 4-Thursday, October 6, 1.00-5.00 PM
- Friday, October 7, 9.00 AM-12.00 PM
- Sunday, October 9, Closed
Semester hours begin Monday, October 10 at 8.00 AM.
Avondale Library (Sydney campus)
Mid-semester recess hours begin on Friday, September 30 at 3.00 PM.
- Sunday, October 2, Closed
- Monday, October 3, Closed (Labour Day)
- Tuesday, October 4-Thursday, October 6, 9.00 AM-5.00 PM
- Friday, October 7, 9.00 AM-3.00 PM
Semester hours begin Monday, October 10 at 8.00 AM.
W113 Computer Lab
- Sunday, October 2, Closed
- Monday, October 3, Closed (Labour Day)
- Tuesday, October 4-Thursday, October 6, 9.00 AM-9.00 PM
- Friday, October 7, 9.00 AM-4.30 PM
Semester hours begin Monday, October 10 at 5.30 AM.
Make A Wish
Yes, it’s that time of year again—you get to choose what you’d like to see in the Avondale Library (Lake Macquarie campus) collection. Choose specific titles or generic subject areas and write on the big books in the library foyer or complete a form and place it in the wishing well. Your wish may just come true.
Returns and renewals
Return or renew all library items before mid-semester recess. You can renew items in person, by phone or online through the Avondale Library Catalogue (click “Sign-in” then, when signed in, “My Library Record”).
www.avondale.edu.au/library
Tutoring
Need help with an assignment? Not sure what the question means? Need help with essay writing, interpretation, getting to the core of the issue? Visit one of our tutors. Laurie Meintjes and Pr Mike Parker are here to help you on a first-come-first-served basis. Tutoring available to all students, including undergraduates, postgraduates and vocational education and training, and it’s free.
Monday-Thursday, 9.00 AM-5.00 PM and 7.30-9.30 PM
Dyason Williams Study Room
Level 3, Avondale Library (Lake Macquarie campus)
Financial and Business Services
Wage payment day change
Financial and Business Services is changing the wage payment day for staff members and students from Monday to Tuesday. The current payment cycle—Sunday to Saturday with wage payments processed fortnightly on Mondays—leaves too little time to process time sheets and resolve queries. Changing the wage payment day will reduce the number of adjustments in the following payment cycle. If you have any direct debits timed to coincide with the wage payment day, you will need to move these back one day. Financial and Business Services will change the wage payment day from the pay period ending September 17 for staff members and September 24 for students.
Graduation
Ushers
Volunteering as an usher during the graduation ceremony at Avondale College of Higher Education is a good opportunity to see your friends march. You must be available on Sunday, December 11, 2011, between 8.30 AM and 12.30 PM. Contact Roberta Matai if interested.
Roberta Matai
Personal assistant to the vice-president (administration and research)
4980 2121
roberta.matai@avondale.edu.au
Other
ADRA Australia: Internships
The International Development Internship Program supported by the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Australia gives appropriately qualified graduates an opportunity to develop their international development skills in a developing country. The internship will appeal to those considering working professionally in international development. In the past three years, ADRA Australia-supported interns have served with ADRA in Laos, Malawi, Mongolia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Thailand and Vietnam.
Selection
ADRA Australia anticipates placing two interns for 2012/2013. The internships are open only to Australian and New Zealand residents.
Conditions
The internship is for 24 months beginning in January 2012. The application deadline is Friday, October 14, 2011, at 12.00 PM. Contact Brad Watson for an application form.
Brad Watson
Senior lecturer in international development studies
brad.watson@avondale.edu.au
(02) 4980 2191
Scholarshipping Our Sisters
The worldwide Seventh-day Adventist Church offers scholarships through its Women’s Ministries Department to women who are committed to serving the mission of the church. Scholarships are based on academic achievement, financial need and community outreach. The monetary value of scholarships vary from year to year and are dependent on money provided to the church in the South Pacific by the worldwide church. The church in Western Australia is also offering a scholarship through its Women’s Ministries Department. The scholarship is worth $1000.
Who is eligible?
Any woman who is studying at Avondale College of Higher Education, and any woman who is a resident of Western Australia and who is studying at Avondale. Primary consideration will be given to those completing the final two years of their course in 2011. Scholarships are awarded based on need, ability and the recipient’s determination to improve herself.
To apply
Complete an application form and submit it with a photograph, a transcript of your current year at Avondale and three recommendations (your local church minister or your lecturers, for example) to the equity officer by today (Wednesday, September 28, 2011) at 12.00 PM.
Dianne Butler
Equity officer
4980 2293
dianne.butler@avondale.edu.au
Student Services
Transport: Bus to Morisset
Avondale College of Higher Education does not provide transport by bus from the Lake Macquarie campus to Morisset over mid-semester recess. The last bus before the recess will be Friday, September 30 at 3.50 PM. The first bus after the recess will be Sunday, October 9 at 8.50 PM.
