In order to celebrate Diversity Week the Commerce Student Centre is running a Diversity Week Photo Competition!

Photos must be aligned with the theme of diversity and represent your interpretation of diversity in the community, campus or Melbourne city. These can be photos of anything that you feel represents diversity, whether it be people, food or something else. Be as creative as you like!

Photos will be judged on content and theme as well as aesthetics. 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize will be awarded.

The winning photo will be framed and displayed in one of the Faculty of Business and Economics buildings on campus. 1st Prize will also include a $150 voucher for the Uni Bookstore!

2nd prize will receive a $75 voucher and 3rd prize will receive a $50 voucher.

Please send entries to Sigourney Young youngsr@unimelb.edu.au

Applications will be posted to the BCom UniMelb facebook page and students will be able to vote for the top photos online.

Applications close midnight Sunday August 14th.

Do you want an international career? Do you like to travel? Have you every worked in a group in class that had a mix of cultures?

Diversity is a central part in everyday life, both in work and social situations.

Dr Tine Koehler, a specialist in cross-cultural communication and international business will be mediating a discussion with representatives from SIFE, AIESEC and the Melbourne Microfinance Initiative, student clubs that run exciting projects abroad! You’ll get to hear about how issues of diversity and cross-cultural communication presented challenges and benefits to these students projects.

Ultimately the panel will give practical insights into how you can maximise your success in an international and diverse environment!

Date: August 9th

Time: 12-1pm

Venue: Level 1 Lecture Theatre, The Spot

You can register your interest in this event at http://go.unimelb.edu.au/o2i

Getting organised at un!i A new website, Clamble.com, released by a Melbourne University BCom/BSci student now makes it easier for friends to catch up with each other. Clamble allows you to easily find out which of your friends are free when you are so you’ll never need to search too hard to find a friend to pass time between classes. The website also allows you to see all the people in your tutorial so you’ll never have the awkward silence of a forgotten name ever again. The website again: Clamble, ‘Class timetable’

On Sunday the 21^st of August, The Spot will open its doors to prospective undergraduate students for the University of Melbourne Open Day.

The Faculty of Business and Economics is looking for 60 enthusiastic Bachelor of Commerce students who would like to volunteer to help out for the event.

Volunteering for Open Day is a great experience, and a wonderful way to share your story and help others like you to navigate the often confusing world of University choice and application. Plus, it would make a great addition to any resumé!

Volunteers will be there to share their experiences with visitors, answer questions and guide them to appropriate areas of the building for specific course information. Volunteers need to be students of the faculty, and must be available for two and a half hours on Sunday the 21st of August, starting at either 9:30am, 11:30am or 1:30pm. There will also be a compulsory one hour training session held in the third week of semester.

If you’re interested in taking part, all you have to do is fill out an online application form by Wednesday the 3rd of August. The application can be found here.

Courtney Mahoney

Marketing & Communications Assistant