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28 April  2000

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REFURBISHMENT UNDER WAY AT
   LINCOLN STUDENT SERVICES BUILDING

Stage 1 of the Project is scheduled from 12 April 2000 to 23 July 2000.

During this stage staff of the Undergraduate Studies Section, the Postgraduate Studies Section, the Revenue Office (previously on Level 4) and the Accommodation Services have been temporarily relocated to Level 3.

The Senate Room and other meeting rooms on Level 3 will not be available for the duration of the project. Alternative venues will be notified by the relevant Committee Secretaries.

As services may be disrupted during the refurbishment, the cooperation of colleagues is sought in helping staff to cope in their temporary locations.

The post-refurbishment locations are set out below.

LEVEL	CURRENT LOCATION	POST-REFURBISHMENT
Level 1	-	Student Enquiries Service  Cashiers/Revenue  Undergraduate Studies
Level 2	Systems Support Services  Academic Program Section	University Health & Counselling  Postgraduate Studies Section  Deans
Level 3	Postgraduate Studies  Undergraduate Studies  Accommodation Services  Student Files  Revenue	Career Development Office  Accommodation Services  General Meeting Rooms
Level 4	-	Academic Programs  Student Files  Systems Support Services

For further information please contact Kylie Shorrock (x7304).

Challice Moldrich
Deputy Registrar

MUSIC ON WINTER SUNDAYS 2000

The University of Michigan has one of the leading music schools in the United States, and the Glee Club, founded in 1859, is the oldest continually run student organisation on the Michigan campus. Annual tours have taken the Glee Club throughout the US and abroad. This first tour of Australia includes concerts (plus tourist activities) in Adelaide, Brisbane, Cairns, Darwin, Melbourne and Sydney.

At Macquarie, the 77 men of the Glee Club will perform works in English, German, Italian, Latin and Russian by Barber, Conte, Copland, Ippolitov-Ivanov, Schubert, Vaughan Williams, Verdi and others. There is a light segment by an octet called The Friars, whose "unique brand of showmanship" has been entertaining audiences for about forty years. Early arrival is recommended to ensure admission.

Five further concerts will be presented at the Macquarie Theatre on Sundays 28 May (The Occasional Performing Sinfonia), 18 June (chamber music for clarinet, cello and piano), 9 July (songs by Mozart and Richard Strauss, Chinese songs, and violin works), 30 July (pianist Andrea Lam, known to many for her performance with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in the Domain last January) and 27 August (Royal Australian Air Force Band).

The orchestral concert on 28 May contains two very popular works: Schubert's Unfinished Symphony and Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. There is also a relatively unfamiliar work, the Concert Piece for Four Horns and Orchestra by Schumann.

For further information, please phone Michael Edgeloe on 9428 1463 (10.00am to 10.00pm) or x8925 or e-mail: medge@ics.mq.edu.au

THURSDAY ALIVE PROGRAM

The program includes natural history video screenings and slide talks from Department of Biological Sciences academic and general staff.

The documentary Sexual Encounters of a Floral Kind on 4 May makes a transition from plants to animals - invertebrate animals of course. Explicit footage of herbal sex and extensive use of invertebrate sex toys will shock you!

Over the following four Thursdays 11 May to 1 June, topics covering mostly insects and spiders will dominate Thursday Alive. You can look forward to a repeat of ABC's captivating television documentary Alien Empire in this part of the series called Biodiversity and Invertebrate Animals.

Mark Dangerfield, lecturer in Ecology and Biodiversity, will be the first to present a slide talk, and he will uncover The Hidden Wildlife of Africa on 8 June. Not the big cats nor the large ungulates will star in this talk, but the small and seemingly insignificant creatures working busily and secretly to maintain ecosystem functions.

For further inquiries please contact the curator of the Biological Sciences Museum, Frank Stadler, on x8168 or e-mail: fstadler@rna.bio.mq.edu.au

TALKING PARROTS: LUNCHTIME TALK

Irene Pepperberg will be visiting Australia on a Selby Fellowship, an award for distinguished overseas scientists funded by the Australian Academy of Science.

Dr Pepperberg holds the position of Associate Professor at the University of Arizona and teaches in the Graduate Program in Ethology and Evolutionary Psychology. She has a well established public profile, and is often interviewed on television about her work and seen talking to Alex, her oldest grey parrot. Pepperberg's work would be of interest to both staff and students, particularly students studying biology and psychology.

Her talk is entitled In Search of King Solomon's Ring: Studies on the Cognitive and Communicative Abilities of Grey Parrots. Complex cognitive and communicative capacities exist in a wider range of animal species than scientists once thought possible. Grey Parrots (Psittacus erithacus) have learned to comprehend and use English labels to identify objects, colors, shapes, and categories and to respond to questions concerning concepts of number, same/different, absence of information, and category. Such abilities were once thought limited to humans and possibly non-human primates.

For further information on Irene Pepperberg's visit, please telephone Suzanne Anderson, (x9599) or e-mail suzanne@maccs.mq.edu.au

OHS COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVES

John Sims (College of Commerce)
Mira Tolic (College of Humanities and Social Sciences)
Rod Bashford (Division of Environmental and Life Sciences)
John Ten-Have (Division of Information and Communication Sciences)
Noel McGarry (Buildings and Grounds Office)
Matilda Kolandaisamy for the remaining Offices (Library, OCS, Finance, Registrar, Vice-Chancellor's and Personnel)
Millar Whalley for the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU)
Ed Lowery for the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU)
Col Cashman and Robert Kelly are the representatives of the University Management.

This Committee is formed under the provisions of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983 Part 3 Division 2 and the Occupational Health and Safety (Committees in Workplaces) Regulation 1984. The Committee constitution can be found at the following website http://www.pers.mq.edu.au/ohs/test/OHSC2000.html

Ugo Cernot
OH&S Officer

SAFETY AUDIT SCHEDULE 2000

Vice-Chancellor's Office 1 June
Registrar's Office 5 June
Office of Financial Services 9 June
Personnel Office 13 June
Library 15 June
OCS 16 June
Buildings and Grounds 20 June
Division of Economic and Financial Studies 26 June
Graduate School of Management 28 June
Division of Early Childhood and Education 30 June
Division of Humanities 4 July
Division of Law 5 July
Division of Society, Culture, Media and Philosophy 7 July
Division of Environmental and Life Sciences 11 July
Division of Information and Communication Sciences 13 July
Division of Linguistics and Psychology 17 July

An audit is, in a general sense, an examination of the management systems, and it should identify and report on weaknesses and identify an action plan for any required improvement. It is conducted by using checklists and discussions with the Division/Office management.

The following four audit elements will be examined on this occasion:

• OHS management systems
• safe systems of work
• training
• document control

For enquiries and to advise on the suitability or otherwise of the audit date for your area, please contact Ugo Cernot, OH&S Officer (x9723), e-mail: ugo.cernot@mail.pers.mq.edu.au

DISCUSS ONLINE TEACHING

Judy King, CFL

EGYPTOLOGY CELEBRATION CONFERENCE

The Conference will celebrate the tenth anniversary of the foundation of the Centre and the inauguration of the Janet Gale Fellowship, an annual endowment to the Centre.

The theme of the conference is the Amarna Age in Ancient Egypt, the time of the Pharoah Akhenaten and his Queen Nefertiti. The program is designed to appeal to anyone who has ever been fascinated by the buildings, culture and achievements of the Ancient Egyptians.

Cost for non-members is $40, (members $35, students $30). At the Conference, morning and afternoon tea, lunch, tea and coffee will be available for purchase.

For further information, telephone x8848, e-mail: egyptology@hmn.mq.edu.au or visit the web site at http://www.egyptology.mq.edu.au

Coming Events at SAM
Watch out for the magnificent Jackie Orszaczky and friends in the Courtyard (or in the Bar if it is raining) to welcome the new term at 1.00pm on Monday 1 May.

Tuesday 2 May is Market Day in the Courtyard while Band Comp kicks off at 8.00pm in the Bar on Wednesday 3 May.

Thursday 4 May sees those long-time favourites, Professor Groove and the Booty Affair, in the Bar from 8.00pm. Free!

Enviroweek runs from Monday 8 May through to Friday 12 May - watch out for enviro specials all week.

Rugby League fans should note that the State of Origin series starts on the evening of Wednesday 10 May. The first State of Origin clash will be shown on the big screen in the Bar.

New Menu for Courtview Restaurant
The Courtview Restaurant has introduced an exciting new autumn menu which focuses on speed of service, value and taste. Enjoy fine dining without the wait. All meals at the Courtview are now under $10.

Make a booking today and enjoy Saffron Risotto with Roasted Vegetables; Chicken, Chutney and Cheese Pide Bread; Filled Mushrooms with Pancetta; or any other of our mouth-watering dishes for lunch.

The Courtview is on Level 2 of the SAM Building, is fully licensed and open Monday to Friday, 12 noon to 2.30pm. Reservations are advised on x7609 or by e-mail to admin@union.mq.edu.au (please remember to include your phone number as e-mail reservations are confirmed by phone).

Associate Membership
If any staff members have not received an application form for 2000 Associate Membership, please contact SAM on x7601 and ask for a form to be sent.

SAM . . .
The new name for Macquarie University Union Limited in 2000 is Students At Macquarie (SAM).

Emma Walters, x7045
SAM Events/Member Services Manager

Specialist Support Grants
CPD is offering a small number of grants to specialist support staff, for whom the nature of their work makes it difficult to gain enhanced skills and knowledge inside the University. Specialist support staff might include IT support staff, staff working in laboratories, METS, the Library and so on.

Competitive grants of up to $300 per participant are available to partially sponsor the attendance of specialist support staff at external (training) programs which are not available at Macquarie University, and from which participants would gain skills and knowledge directly relevant to their current role. Guidelines, selection criteria and the application form for these grants are available on the CPD homepage at: http://www.cpd.mq.edu.au/program/ss_grant.htm or from Mariejosee Shurey-Boesten, x9619.
Applications are due by Friday 12 May

IT Showcase
Wednesday 3 May 1.00 - 2.00pm E6A 116

This session will present:

1. Gambling on the Web - a new approach to statistical education with John S Croucher, Professor of Statistics.

2. To be advised

Facilitators: Bronte Somerset, ITTU and Andrew Burrell, CFL

External Sources of Funding for Research: Who? How? When?
Monday 8 May 1.00 - 2.00pm E6A 116

While Macquarie has its own generous internal research funding schemes, these are intended ultimately to provide staff with opportunities to establish their research agendas, and develop their skills as researchers and research grant applicants.

This workshop is designed to alert staff to potential external sources of research funding, and the procedures for applying for these funds. Useful resources for external funding for different types of research will be provided.

Facilitators: Peter Bergquist, Colm Halbert (Research Office)
Enquiries: Alison Cameron, x7598

Managing Upwards and Downwards
Wednesday 10 May 9.30am - 4.30pm E6A 116

Effectively managing upwards and downwards (and incidentally sideways) is essential if we are going to be personally and professionally effective in our work roles. This workshop will explore some of the "difficult" issues, and give practical strategies and skills for becoming more empowered and effective in this area. Both general and academic staff will benefit from this workshop. Lunch will be provided.

Facilitator: Philip Pogson, UTS
Enquiries: Mariejosee Shurey-Boesten, x9619

Academic Performance Management System - Information Session
Thursday 11 May 1.00 - 3.00pm E7B T3

During February and March CPD conducted Information Sessions about the new Academic Performance Management System, on a Divisional basis. Some staff members were unable to attend the Information Session held in their own Divisions, and a "generic" session for academic staff from any part of the University will be held so that these people can still access the relevant information about this system.

This generic session has now been scheduled for Thursday 11 May as above. All staff are welcome to attend.

Facilitators: Mariejosee Shurey-Boesten and Brenda Turnbull
Enquiries: Brenda Turnbull, x9799

Budgeting and Accounting to Support Strategic Objectives
Monday 15 May 9.30am - 4.30pm E6A 116

• Do staff with special responsibilities in your organisational unit have the delegated financial responsibility to enable them to make timely and effective decisions?
• Are your accounts structured in such a way as to enable these staff members to operate and be accountable for particular accounts?
• What are the key issues in developing budgeting and accounting strategies which reflect the strategic goals, priorities and values of your unit?

Facilitators: Stephen Marshall and staff from the University Executive and OFS
Enquiries: Alison Cameron, x7598

Reflective Teachers Special Interest Group: Disciplinary Differences in Teaching
Tuesday 16 May 1.00 - 2.00pm E6A 116

This meeting of Reflective Teachers will discuss issues which emerged at the 1999 Improving Student Learning Symposium, entitled Disciplinary Differences in Learning and Teaching, held at York University. Are there common principles for teaching and learning across disciplines? What can we learn from each other in different disciplines?

Enquiries: Moya Adams, x8446
 

Media mentions: While we use a commercial print media monitoring service, it sometimes misses the mentions and it does not cover radio or television. To ensure a more comprehensive and accurate MACQUARIE IN THE MEDIA column, please always let us know whenever you have been a subject or an author of any print media item, including reviews of your work or letters-to-the-editor from you. This column relies on your help for mentions in, or appearances on, the electronic media. Kindly forward the information by e:mail to Kathy Vozella: kvozella@vc.mq.edu.auby fax to (9850) 9457; or through internal mail to W6B 148.

Dr Lawrence Ang (MGSM): said American case studies can be really irrelevant to Australian students, and lecturers in the Asia Pacific are concerned because they see a big gap in the knowledge base caused by using only American case studies, Boss, April 2000.

Dr Paul Beggs (Physical Geography): said students should not go into environmental science thinking they will spend all their time in the field. Some will, but most are likely to juggle fieldwork with office time, The Sydney Morning Herald, 19 April.

Miss Anita Chang (Asian Languages): interviewed in relation to Chinese culture and art in Australia, APCOM (an overseas Chinese newspaper in Japan), 30 March.

Associate Professor Frank Clarke (Modern History): presented his Big History Question segment on the topic of the depression of the 1930s, ABC Radio 2BL, 6 April; was interviewed about Australian Prime Ministers - Andrew Fisher, ABC Radio 2BL, 11 April.

Professor Des Cooper (Biological Sciences): wrote an opinion letter outlining the problems with the proposed oral vaccine contraceptive for possums, New Scientist, 25 March.

Professor John Croucher (Statistics): interviewed about his appointment as chair of the Responsible Gaming Committee, Radio 2SER, 11 April; Northern District Times, 5 April; interviewed about why the game of two-up is so popular, ABC Radio 2CN, 25 April.

Dr Julie Fitness (Psychology): said that at least on your first few encounters with a new social set you should keep a fairly low profile, despite your eagerness to please, The Sun-Herald, 16 April.

Associate Professor Alma Fleet (Institute of Early Childhood): interviewed about early childhood philosophy and issues, Community Radio FM 100.1, 10 April.

Dr Chris Forbes (Ancient History): interviewed for Good Friday screening of The Easter Conspiracy in relation to historical background to the events of the first Good Friday, Channel 7, 21 April; Radio 2GB, 21 April.

Professor Graeme Harrison (Accounting): said accountancy skills were being seen as important for management positions in business and the public service and that the accountancy profession had also broadened its services, The Australian, 12 April.

Dr Malcolm Irving (Deputy Chancellor): is the new Deputy Chancellor of Macquarie, and has been a member of the University Council and chair of the university finance committee, Campus Review, 12-18 April.

Mr Sooksan Kantabutra (PhD candidate MGSM): wrote an article about how organisational management techniques can be applied to running the country, using Thailand as an example, The Nation (a major English language newspaper in Thailand), January.

Ms Helen Lange (MGSM): said companies are prepared to invest in training programs as ways of attracting and keeping staff, The Australian Financial Review, 14 April.

Dr John Lincoln (Emeritus Deputy Chancellor): has completed his final term as Deputy Chancellor and been given the newly created title of Emeritus Deputy Chancellor, Campus Review, 12-18 April.

Mr John Markovina (Economics student): said he was not feeling too well about the stock market shakeout because he lost money of his own and some of his parents' money, The Daily Telegraph, 18 April.

Dr Joanna Penglase (Sociology PhD graduate): interviewed about her thesis which analysed both the experience and theory behind children's homes in the 1950s and 60s, Radio National, 10 April.

Ms Janelle Pickup (BTech Atmospheric Science graduate): works as an environmental scientist with engineering consultancy Sinclair Knight Merz, Sydney Morning Herald, 19 April.

Ms Margaret Pomeranz (Bachelor of Arts graduate): is now co-presenter and executive producer of The Movie Show on SBS, The Sydney Morning Herald, 19 April.

Dr Ruth Powell (Psychology PhD graduate): undertook a cross-sectional analysis of Anglican and Protestant church attenders and concluded that people in their 20s and early 30s are the most under-represented generation in the church communities, Educare News, April 2000.

Mr Brian Spencer (Registrar): said he believed the Co-op Bookshop had regrouped and strengthened itself and the board was working in a unified fashion for the best interest of members, The Australian, 12 April.

Ms Heather Stephenson (Student): was one of two university students to receive a $3000 Gallipoli scholarship as a direct descendant of a World War 1 veteran and will march on Anzac Day in Orange, The Sydney Morning Herald, 15 April.

Mr Rixon Thomas (Oboist with Sydney Symphony Orchestra): once considered a career change and enrolled in a physics/science course at Macquarie University, The Sunday Telegraph, 9 April.

Mr McKenzie Wark (Media Studies): critiques Kevin Hart's book Samuel Johnson and the Culture of Property, The Australian, 12 April.

Professor Duncan Waterson (Modern History): cited in Christine Sams article Why Our Kids Dig the Diggers, The Sun-Herald, 16 April.

Ms Margaret White (Institute of Early Childhood): interviewed about the exhibition of Frances Derham's collection of children's art currently on display at Macquarie, Radio 2SER, 4 April.

Issues and Events

Macquarie University is hosting a unique exhibition of children's art spanning more than half a century, Educare News, April 2000.

Macquarie University students may find life easier with the introduction of a new cross-regional bus service which will save them having to catch a second or third bus from the northern beaches, Manly Daily, 8 April.

Thirty-five years ago, a Macquarie University education professor told his trainee teachers they would not be able to influence their students. That was the prevailing view at the time, The Australian Financial Review, 18 April.

Commercial property deals in the Macquarie University/North Ryde precincts get into the $50 million league on completion, as companies bring head offices to the park to reduce rent and be where development and production occur, The Sydney Morning Herald, 19 April.

Networking for Success: How to Build Partnerships, Alliances and Coalitions in a Competitive Environment
Friday, 12 May 2000, Masonic Centre, Sydney
The community sector needs strong networks and co-operative relations between agencies to get good results for our clients and customers. How can we pool ideas and resources as we face fiscal restraint and contestability for government service contracts? How do we maintain a co-operative ethos in the human services industry? How do we keep "community" in the community sector? The conference will consider success stories in regional networking, competitive tendering, brokering and collaborative service delivery; discuss strategies and models for better cooperation in integrated service delivery, referrals, inter-agency protocols, use of information technology, marketing, training and co-location.

This conference is particularly suited to small and medium-sized organisations, but will benefit any nonprofit agency with a community base and a social justice focus. Listen to the experiences of organisations which have grown. Shares experiences about how to keep the innovation, the personal, and the distinctive, in delivery of human services by non-profit agencies. For further information phone NCOSS on 9211 2599, or e-mail info@ncoss.org.au. Website: http://www.ncoss.org.au/conferences

Futures in the Past:Australian Historical Association Conference
5 to 9 July 2000, U of Adelaide
This conference will explore how people in the past have imagined our future, and how our present and future are shaped by understandings of the past. Papers will explore the themes of Imagining the nation, Indigenous histories, Commemorations and celebrations, Forms of faith, Childhood youth and age, Public life and institutions, Innovations and tradition, The practice of history: past and future, and Olympic histories.

Jill Roe will give the presidential address, there will be a public lecture by Janet McCalman, and keynote speakers include Jackie Huggins, Don Watson, Ann Laura Stoler and Adrain Hastings. Lunch will be provided on the first day. Cost: $180 full rate, $160 members, $120 students, $50 for one day. Register with University of Adelaide Department of History, phone 08 8303 5611, fax 08 8303 3443. Website: http://arts.adelaide.edu.au

NCELTR has the following computers for sale:

Model	CDROM	Memory	Hard Disk	Operating System
486 DX2 66	No	16MB	500MB	Windows95a
Mac Performa 580CD	Yes	8MB	520MB	Mac OS 7.6.1
Mac Performa 580CD	Yes	8MB	1.2GB	Mac OS 7.6.1
Mac Performa 580CD	Yes	8MB	520MB	Mac OS 7.6.1
Power Mac 6100/66	No	16MB	500MB	Mac OS 7.6.1
Mac Quadra 660AV	Yes	12MB	350MB	Mac OS 7.6.1
Macintosh LCIII	No	9MB	80MB	Mac OS 7.5
Macintosh LCIII	No	12MB	80MB	Mac OS 7.1
Mac Quadra 605	No	36MB	150MB	Mac OS 7.6.1
Mac Centris 610	No	8MB	250MB	Mac OS 7.5
Mac Centris 650	Caddy	24MB	230MB	Mac OS 7.6.1
Macintosh IIvx	2x Caddy	5MB	150MB	Mac OS
Apple Laserwriter 2

Note : There are also a limited number of monitors. They vary in size, shape and quality. Contact Carol Hill on x7954.

FREE: Computer to good home. In working order but old. Cannot be upgraded easily. Good for word processing and simple games. May be useful for student where home computer is in demand. Contact Joanne on x7551 or: e-mail: jkershaw@libnet.lib.mq.edu.au

WANTED: 2 Macintosh monitors, must work. Phone Jeni on x7706.

HOUSESITTER AVAILABLE: Honest, reliable lady seeks home to care for in the inner west/north shore areas whilst completing master degree. Excellent references. Phone Julie on 0410 502 077.

ROOM TO LET: In an apartment close to the university. Available from 10 May. Pool, gym, nice view. Rent: $110p.w. + bills + bond. Contact Derek x8082, e-mail: derek@vision.bhs.mq.edu.au or Conrad x6731, e-mail: conrad@currawong.maccs.mq.edu.au or 9876 4017(AH).

FOR SALE: Toyota Corona Station wagon (1985) auto, a/c, 150,000kms, good condition inside and out, registered until January 2001. $3,950.00. Phone Jeni x7706.

FOR SALE: Holden Barina 1993. Manual, 3-door, white, tinted windows, radio/cassette, one owner, log books, registered February 2001, low kms, immaculate condition. $6,000. ABB-13M. Phone Glenda on x7236 or Belinda on 0418 229 192.

FOR SALE: Wall oven (double, both working), Simpson Cambari, $50. Contact Ray Robinson 9489 8561 (AH), x8765 (W) or e-mail: robinson@srsuna.shlrc.mq.edu.au

FOR SALE: Piano, 6ft Grand, black, 10 years old, little used, in excellent condition. $4,900 ono. Contact Margaret or Hardy on 9489 6454 evenings.

FOR SALE: Westinghouse Silhouette Frost Free 412 fridge as new $230; Hoover Premier 750 5kg washing machine $180; 4-seat expandable to 6-seat rectangular dining table $180; 6 dining room chairs $40 each; 1 dressing table with large mirror and 6 drawers $150; 1 queen bed ensemble as new $150. All items in excellent condition. All reasonable offers welcome. Phone x7093 or yelim@laurel.ocs.mq.edu.au

2000

To Thursday 11 May
CHILDREN'S ART COLLECTION ON SHOW IN E11A. Opening hours are from Monday to Thursday 1.00 to 4.30pm. The exhibition is especially suitable for primary school students and high school visual arts students. School Bookings: 9850 7431.

Tuesday 2 May
PHILOSOPHY SEMINAR SERIES: Two Men and a Plank, presented by Claire Finkelstein (Law, Berkeley). 11.00am to 12.45pm in W6A 720. Enquiries: Nina Ralph x8837 or John Sutton x8817.

Tuesday 2 May
CFL DISCUSSION SESSION: Issues and problems arising from teaching and learning online. A session for staff to discuss issues that arise with online learning, including fostering and maintaining online discussions. 1.00 - 2.00pm in the Mollie Thomson Room, Library Level 5. No bookings required. BYO lunch.

Wednesday 3 May
POLITICS SEMINAR: Politics of Nature, presented by Tony Nolan (Macquarie). 1.00pm in W6A 107. Enquiries: Jim Gillespie x8811 or Catherine Wall x8869.

Wednesday 3 May
MODERN HISTORY RESEARCH SEMINAR:Gynaepathia Sexualis: Gynaecology and the Sexed Female Body, presented by Clair Scrine (History, Macquarie). (Chair Hsu-Ming Teo.) 1.00 to 3.00pm in W6A 127. Enquiries: David Christian x8806.

Wednesday 3 May
IT SHOWCASE: IT Showcase, facilitated by Bronte Somerset and Andrew Burrell. 1.00 - 2.00pm in E6A 116. Bookings: Kim Richard, x9721, e-mail kimberley.richard@mq.edu.au

Wednesday 3 May
UNIVERSITY STAFF INTERESTED IN THE FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE OF MACQUARIE STUDENTS: Judith Dickson and Kerrie-Lee Krause will convene a meeting from 1.00 to 2.00pm in C3A 918. Interested persons can contact Gail Zissermann, e-mail: gail.zissermann@mq.edu.au

Wednesday 3 May
PUBLIC LECTURE: The Macquarie Awesome Foursome Series: Aliens Within: Biodiversity on Our Little Known Planet. Discover amazing new life-forms - puzzling, creepy and bizarre. Presented by Dr Michael Gillings. 6.30 to 7.30pm in W5A Theatre 1. Enquiries: x8897, e-mail: scitech@ocs1.ocs.mq.edu.au

Wednesday 3 May
ANCIENT HISTORY: Society for the Study of Early Christianity Judaism Series: The Dead Sea Scrolls and Heterodoxy, presented by Rabbi Shlomo Di Veroli. 7.30pm in X5B 321. Cost $10 ($5 SSEC members). Kosher supper provided. Enquiries: Pat Geidans x7512, Anne Irish x8833, Beth Lewis x7560, Alanna Nobbs x8844.

Thursday 4 May
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES MUSEUM PRESENTS THURSDAY ALIVE: Plants and their Peculiar Biology: Sexual Encounters of a Floral Kind (video). 1.00 to 2.00pm in the Biological Sciences Museum E8B 110. Enquiries: Frank Stadler x8168 or e-mail: fstadler@rna.bio.mq.edu.au

Thursday 4 May
CFL INFORMATION SESSION: Evaluating Online Teaching. 1.00 to 2.00pm in the Mollie Thomson Room, Library. Enquiries and bookings: Phoebe Dangerfield x7570, e-mail: phoebe.dangerfield@mq.edu.au

Thursday 4 May
PUBLIC LECTURE: The Macquarie Awesome Foursome Series: Hail, Flood, Quakes and Eruptions. The wrath of the earth and damage to our homes is explained by Professor Russell Blong. 7.00 to 8.00pm in W5A Theatre 1. Enquiries: x8897, e-mail:scitech@ocs1.ocs.mq.edu.au

Friday 5 May
CENTRE FOR BIODIVERSITY & BIORESOURCES SEMINAR: Bioinvasion on Islands: Portent of a Global Future? presented by Dennis O'Dowd (Monash University). 1.00 to 2.00pm in E8A 290.

Saturday 6 May 2000
THE AUSTRALIAN CENTRE FOR EGYPTOLOGY: 10^TH ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE: Egypt in Turmoil - The Amarna Age. 10.00am to 5.00pm in Theatre 1, Building X5B. Cost: $40 (non-members), $35 (members), $30 (school and university students, pensioners), $25 (school groups of 5 or more). Morning, afternoon tea, lunch, tea and coffee available for purchase. Enquiries: Activities Committee, Australian Centre for Egyptology, Division of Humanities tel: x8848, e-mail: egyptology@hmn.mq.edu.au or visit the web site: http://www.egyptology.mq.edu.aufor more information and booking form.

Sunday 7 May
MUSIC ON WINTER SUNDAYS: The University of Michigan Men's Glee Club, conducted by Jerry Blackstone, sings works by Barber, Copland, Ippolitov-Ivanov, Schubert, Vaughan Williams, Verdi and others, including lighter works. 2.30pm in the Macquarie Theatre. Admission is free. Enquiries: Michael Edgeloe x8925, 9428 1463 or medge@ics.mq.edu.au

Monday 8 May
CPD WORKSHOP: External Sources of Funding for Research: Why? How? When?, facilitated by Peter Bergquist and Colm Halbert (Research Office). 1.00 - 2.00pm in E6A 116. Enquiries: Alison Cameron, x7598. Bookings: Kim Richard, x9721, e-mail kimberley.richard@mq.edu.au

Monday 8 May
PUBLIC LECTURE: The Macquarie Awesome Foursome Series: Lasers Carry the Olympic Flame.Precision technology keeping 14,000 torches burning 20 minutes through gales and storms is explained by Jenn Fishburn. 7.00 to 8.00pm in W5A Theatre 1. Enquiries: x8897, e-mail: scitech@ocs1.ocs.mq.edu.au

Wednesday 10 May
POLITICS SEMINAR: Tax Regimes and Australian Politics: 1901-2001, presented by Jim Gillespie (Macquarie). 12 noon in W6A 107. Enquiries: Jim Gillespie x8811 or Catherine Wall x8869.

Wednesday 10 May
CPD WORKSHOP: Managing Upwards and Downwards, facilitated by Philip Pogson (UTS). 9.30am - 4.30pm in E6A 116. Enquiries: Mariejosee Shurey-Boesten. Bookings: Kim Richard, x9721, e-mail kimberley.richard@mq.edu.au

Wednesday 10 May
MODERN HISTORY RESEARCH SEMINAR:An Army of Women: Creating an Australian Feminist Tradition, presented by Zora Simic (Gender Studies, University of Sydney). (Chair Clair Scrine.) 1.00 to 3.00pm in W6A 127. Enquiries: David Christian x8806.

Wednesday 10 May
PUBLIC LECTURE: The Macquarie Awesome Foursome Series: Delusions Understood, or An Imposter's Replaced my Wife! Probe the mental processes linking brain damage to delusory beliefs with Professor Max Coltheart. 7.00 to 8.00pm in W5A Theatre 1. Enquiries: x8897, e-mail: scitech@ocs1.ocs.mq.edu.au

Wednesday 10 May
ANCIENT HISTORY: Society for the Study of Early Christianity Research Series: St Paul's Church and its Excavation in Pisidian Antioch, presented by Dr Mehmet Taslialan (Director of the Museum at Yalvac (Pisidian Antioch, Turkey)). 7.30pm in X5B 321. Cost $7 ($5 SSEC members). Enquiries: Pat Geidans x7512, Anne Irish x8833, Beth Lewis x7560, Alanna Nobbs x8844.

Thursday 11 May
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES MUSEUM PRESENTS THURSDAY ALIVE: Biodiversity and Invertebrate Animals: Webs of Intrigue (video). 1.00 to 2.00pm in the Biological Sciences Museum E8B 110. Enquiries: Frank Stadler x8168 or e-mail: fstadler@rna.bio.mq.edu.au

Thursday 11 May
CPD WORKSHOP: Academic Performance Management System - Information Session, facilitated by Mariejosee Shurey-Boesten and Brenda Turnbull. 1.00 - 3.00pm in E7B T3. Enquiries: Brenda Turnbull, x9799. Bookings: Kim Richard, x9721, e-mail kimberley.richard@mq.edu.au

Friday 12 May
DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE SEMINAR:Corporate Social Reporting in Ireland: Legitimacy Denied? presented by Dr Brendan O'Dwyer (Dublin City University Business School). 11.00am to 12.30pm in the University Union Function Room 3. Enquiries: Geoffrey Loudon x8536, e-mail: gloudon@efs.mq.edu.au or Lois Cook x8535, e-mail: lcook@efs.mq.edu.au

Friday 12, all day Saturday 13 May
ANCIENT HISTORY: Society for the Study of Early Christianity ANNUAL WEEKEND CONFERENCE: Off the Beaten Track with St Paul. Keynote speaker will be Dr Mehmet Taslialan (Director of the Museum at Yalvac (Pisidian Antioch, Turkey)). 14 papers; cost $97 ($87 SSEC members). Morning, afternoon tea and lunch provided. Enquiries: Pat Geidans x7512, Anne Irish x8833, Beth Lewis x7560, Alanna Nobbs x8844.

Monday 15 May
CPD WORKSHOP: Budgeting and Accounting to Support Strategic Objectives, facilitated by Stephen Marshall and staff from the University Executive and OFS. 9.30am - 4.30pm in E6A 116. Enquiries: Alison Cameron, x7598. Bookings: Kim Richard, x9721, e-mail kimberley.richard@mq.edu.au

Tuesday 16 May
CPD WORKSHOP: Reflective Teachers Special Interest Group, facilitated by Moya Adams. 1.00 - 2.00pm in E6A 116. Enquiries: Moya Adams, x8446.

Wednesday 17 May
POLITICS SEMINAR: Equality and Modern Social Democracy, presented by Andrew Leigh (Macquarie). 12 noon in W6A 107. Enquiries: Jim Gillespie x8811 or Catherine Wall x8869.

Wednesday 17 May
MODERN HISTORY RESEARCH SEMINAR: Visual Representations of Australian Ports in the Nineteenth Century - Illustrated Periodicals and Photographs, presented by Cindy McCreery (History, University of NSW). (Chair Jill Roe.) 1.00 to 3.00pm in W6A 127. Enquiries: David Christian x8806.

Thursday 18 May
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES MUSEUM PRESENTS THURSDAY ALIVE: Biodiversity and Invertebrate Animals: Alien Empire (1) (video). 1.00 to 2.00pm in the Biological Sciences Museum E8B 110. Enquiries: Frank Stadler x8168 or e-mail: fstadler@rna.bio.mq.edu.au

Thursday 18 May
MACQUARIE ANCIENT HISTORY ASSOCIATION: Getting Around the Roman Empire Today Series: Janet Gale will give an illustrated talk on Roman Ruins in Libya and Morocco. Enquiries: e-mail: gjane@enternet.com.au

Friday 19 May
DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE SEMINAR:Executive Compensation and the Boundary of the Firm: The Case of Short-Lived Projects, presented by Professor Bruce Grundy (Melbourne Business School, The University of Melbourne). 11.00am to 12.30pm in the University Union Function Room 3. Enquiries: Geoffrey Loudon x8536, e-mail: gloudon@efs.mq.edu.au or Lois Cook x8535, e-mail: lcook@efs.mq.edu.au

Friday 19 May
MACQUARIE DISCUSSION GROUP: The Republic Revisited, presented by Emeritus Professor Edwin Judge.1.00 to 2.00pm in the Senate Room, Lincoln Student Services Building. All staff welcome.

Tuesday 23 May
PHILOSOPHY SEMINAR SERIES: Deconstructing Colour, presented by Ian Gold (Monash). 11.00am to 12.45pm in W6A 720. Enquiries: Nina Ralph x8837 or John Sutton x8817.

Wednesday 24 May
POLITICS SEMINAR: Current Struggles over Indigenous Citizenship Capacity, presented by Tim Rowse (Government, University of Sydney). 12 noon in W6A 107. Enquiries: Jim Gillespie x8811 or Catherine Wall x8869.

Wednesday 24 May
MODERN HISTORY RESEARCH SEMINAR:Behavioural Consistency and Historical Idiosyncracy: The Macro-History of Urbanism, presented byRoland Fletcher (Archaeology, University of Sydney). (Chair David Christian.) 1.00 to 3.00pm in W6A 127. Enquiries: David Christian x8806.

Thursday 25 May
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES MUSEUM PRESENTS THURSDAY ALIVE: Biodiversity and Invertebrate Animals: Alien Empire (2) (video). 1.00 to 2.00pm in the Biological Sciences Museum E8B 110. Enquiries: Frank Stadler x8168 or e-mail: fstadler@rna.bio.mq.edu.au

Friday 26 May
DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE SEMINAR:The Organisational Culture of Public Accounting Firms: Evidence from Taiwanese Local and US Affiliated Firms, presented by Professor Graeme Harrison and Associate Professor Jill McKinnon (Macquarie). 11.00am to 12.30pm in the University Union Function Room 3. Enquiries: Geoffrey Loudon x8536, e-mail: gloudon@efs.mq.edu.au or Lois Cook x8535, e-mail: lcook@efs.mq.edu.au

Friday 26 May
MACQUARIE ANCIENT HISTORY ASSOCIATION FILM FESTIVAL: Swords and Sandals Season: The Siege of Syracuse. 7.30pm in the Museum of Ancient Cultures, X5B Level 3.

Sunday 28 May
MUSIC ON WINTER SUNDAYS: The Occasional Performing Sinfonia performs Unfinished Symphony (Schubert), Concert Piece for Four Horns and Orchestra (Schumann), Pictures at an Exhibition (Mussorgsky). 2.30pm in the Macquarie Theatre. Admission is free. Enquiries: Michael Edgeloe x8925, 9428 1463 or medge@ics.mq.edu.au

Tuesday 30 May
PHILOSOPHY SEMINAR SERIES: Emotions and Critical Reflection, presented by Catriona Mackenzie (Macquarie). 11.00am to 12.45pm in W6A 720. Enquiries: Nina Ralph x8837 or John Sutton x8817.

Wednesday 31 May
POLITICS SEMINAR: A Generous Welfare State Does Not Have to Reduce Economic Efficiency: Economic Panel Survey Results for the US, Germany and the Netherlands, presented by Bruce Headey (Political Science, University of Melbourne). 12 noon in W6A 107. Enquiries: Jim Gillespie x8811 or Catherine Wall x8869.

Wednesday 31 May
MODERN HISTORY RESEARCH SEMINAR:Essentials for Marriage: Abruzzesi-Italians' Handbook on Wedded Bliss, presented by Adriana Piscicelli (History, Macquarie University). 1.00 to 3.00pm in W6A 127. Enquiries: David Christian x8806.

Wednesday 31 May
ANCIENT HISTORY: Society for the Study of Early Christianity Judaism Series: The Samaritans as an Exemplar of Jewish Response to Sectarianism, presented by Emeritus Professor Alan Crown. 7.30pm in X5B 321. Cost $10 ($5 SSEC members). Kosher supper provided. Enquiries: Pat Geidans x7512, Anne Irish x8833, Beth Lewis x7560, Alanna Nobbs x8844.

June

Friday 2 June
DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE SEMINAR:Portfolio Properties of Extreme Returns, presented by Associate Professor Jayaram Muthuswamy (University of Sydney). 11.00am to 12.30pm in the University Union Function Room 3. Enquiries: Geoffrey Loudon x8536, e-mail: gloudon@efs.mq.edu.au or Lois Cook x8535, e-mail: lcook@efs.mq.edu.au

Friday 2 and Saturday 3 June
CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CONFERENCE: A two-day conference on recent important developments in environmental law. Speakers include Hon Justice Paul Stein, Professor David Farrier, Professor Neil Gunningham and other leading experts on environmental law. For further information or to receive a brochure contact Sue Wards on x7930, fax: x7686 or e-mail: susan.wards@mq.edu.au

Tuesday 6 June
PHILOSOPHY SEMINAR SERIES: (Topic to be confirmed), presented by Carol Rovane (Columbia). 11.00am to 12.45pm in W6A 720. Enquiries: Nina Ralph x8837 or John Sutton x8817.

Wednesday 7 June
POLITICS SEMINAR: Bush, Clinton and Cuba, presented by Morris Morley (Macquarie). W6A 107. Enquiries: Jim Gillespie x8811 or Catherine Wall x8869. 12 noon in W6A 107. Enquiries: Jim Gillespie x8811 or Catherine Wall x8869.

Wednesday 7 June
MODERN HISTORY RESEARCH SEMINAR:War Widows Remember: Trauma, Nostalgia and Grief Post World War II, presented byJoy Damousi (History, University of Melbourne). (Chair Olwyn Green.) 1.00 to 3.00pm in W6A 127. Enquiries: David Christian x8806.

Thursday 8 June
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES MUSEUM PRESENTS THURSDAY ALIVE: Africa's Hidden Wildlife, presented by Mark Dangerfield. 1.00 to 2.00pm in the Biological Sciences Museum E8B 110. Enquiries: Frank Stadler x8168 or e-mail: fstadler@rna.bio.mq.edu.au

Thursday 8 June
CFL INFORMATION SESSION: Introduction to WebCT and QuickCT. 1.00 to 2.00pm in the Mollie Thomson Room, Library. Enquiries: Phoebe Dangerfield x7570, e-mail: phoebe.dangerfield@mq.edu.au

Friday 9 June
CENTRE FOR BIODIVERSITY & BIORESOURCES SEMINAR: Why are there so Few (or so Many) Frogs in the World? Presented by Graham Pyke (Australian Museum). 1.00 to 2.00pm in E8A 290.