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  • Mon, 28 Apr 2025

    Orientation program day 1

    Event by Melbourne Campus

    Date and time

    1. Mon, Apr 28 2025, 8:30am - 3:30pm

    Location:

    Exhibition Hall, MIT Melbourne Campus
    288 La Trobe Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
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    O'Week Day 1 at MIT Melbourne offers a comprehensive schedule, beginning with registration and a welcome from the Campus Director. Students will be introduced to MIT values, student life, support services, library and IT systems, academic and career support, and counselling services. The day includes an AIM100 workshop, lunch, school and course overviews, student events, a Q&A session, and concludes with an online enrolment briefing.

    Please refer below for more detailed information about the day.

    Time Session Details
    8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

    Registration
    9:30 AM - 9:45 AM

    Welcome To MIT (Effie Evryniadis)

    • MIT Values
    • Our Shared Responsibility
    • Succeeding In a Digital Environment
    • Student Handbook
    9:45 AM - 10:30 AM

    Student Life at MIT (Effie Evryniadis)

    • Student Events
    • Support Services
    • Enrolments
    • Settling In
    • Policies and Procedures
    • Complaints and Appeals
    • Student Rights And Responsibilities
    • Visa and Work Rights
    • Student Counselling and Advocacy
    • OH&S and Student Safety
    • Critical Incidents
    10:30 AM - 10:45 AM

    Library Services (Bernard Lyons)

    • Physical & Digital Resources
    • Library Fines
    • Opening Hours
    • Self-service Kiosk
    • Library Etiquettes
    10:45 AM - 11:00 AM

    Introduction to I.T Services (Prasanna Gunasekara)

    • Access
    • Computer Lab Rules
    • Printing and Storing
    • AMS
    • Moodle
    • WiFi Helpdesk
    • Reset Your MIT Password
    11:00 AM - 11:15 AM

    Centre of Learning (Mr Damian Gauci)

    • Services Provided by CoL
    • English Support
    • Academic Support
    • Presentation Skills
    • Learning In the Online Environment Seminar
    • Peer Mentoring Program
    11:15 AM - 11:45 AM

    Counselling & Advocacy (Liam Gleeson)

    • Counselling Support
    • Advocacy Services
    • Wellbeing Events and Workshops
    • White Ribbon Session
    11:45 AM - 12:00 PM

    Careers, Industry & Alumni (Jared Nathaniel)

    • Introduction to Career Development Centre
    • Overview of CDC Building
      Block 1: Creating Your Professional Identity
    12:00 PM - 12:15 PM

    Academic Services (Helen Macmahon)
    12:15 PM - 12:30 PM

    AIM100 Workshop sessions
    (Damian Gauci & Tasmiha Tarafdar)
    12:30 PM - 1:00 PM

    Lunch is on us!
    1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

    School Overview Session (Heads of Schools) & Course Overview (Course Coordinators)
    1:45 PM - 2:00 PM

    Student Services (Prakriti Chhatkuli)

    Introduction to events
    2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

    Q&A with Professional Staff and Lucky Draw
    3.10 PM - 3:30 PM

    Online Enrolment Briefing (Effie Evryniadis)

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National Lamington Day
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National Volunteer Week
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