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Orientation

Guidelines

A working party with the following representation was extablished to develop University wide guidelines for the development and conduct of orientation activities.

Chair Liz Smith, Director, Transition
Members

Graham Daniel (Faculty of Education)
Padma Nathan (Faculty of Business)
Paul Shaw (Student Services)
Matthew Evans(Student Administration)
Lisa Griffin (Library)
Kerry Browning (Marketing)
Libby Douglas (Faculty of Arts)
Lucy Webster (Faculty of Science)
Dianne Lane (Learning and Teaching)
Brian Roberson (Information Technology)
Kim Stone (CRGT)
Sue Moloney (Office of International Relations)
Vicki Pitcher (Student Central)

The Guidelines are complete and available here.

Responsibility for the coordination of orientation activities lies with the Divsion of Student Services.

New student welcome screens

New students will now a be welcomed and presented with key information upon acceptance of offer. The welcomes will be customised depending on student demographics including whether a student is Indigenous, international, enrolled in a policing course or their age group. Examples of the welcome screens can be viewed at the following links:

The final stage of the welcome screen directs students to the orientation web site.

Orientation web site

A new Student Orientation web site was developed in late 2010 and is available at http://www.csu.edu.au/orientation This site replaces the Student Life and Guide to Learning web sites.

The ongoing responsibility for the maintenance of the orientation web site lies with the Division of Student Services.

Transition for TAFE to University

A Working Party chaired by Roz Brennan-Kemmis was formed to address the specific orientation needs of those students entering CSU via a TAFE qualification – in particular those who may enter with a credit package. The Terms of Reference of the Working Party are available here [206kb .PDF]

Chair Ros Brennan, Faculty of Education
Executive Officer Liz Smith, Director, Transition
Members

Roy Sanders (Faculty of Education)
Zelma Bone (Faculty of Business)
Bill Anscombe (Faculty of Arts)
Andrea Bishop (Faculty of Science)
Simon Thomson (Student Services)
Lisa Griffin (Library)
Jill Harris (Learning and Teaching Services)
Angela Hampton (Marketing)

The final report of the Working Party is available here.