City East Undergraduate Report – Jan/Feb – Timothy Pham

Hello everyone,

How is your holiday going? I hope you are enjoying your break, catching up with many plans that you’ve had missed it last year due to the pandemic. Covid situation is getting better now in Australia now I guess and finally we can flight to other states without isolation, which is great. It’s February now, we’re getting towards the end of our holiday. In fact, I’ve started my final year already in SP1. Let’s see what updates I’ve got for you.

Here are some quick updates from my site:

USASA Retreat: The USASA Retreat was a two-day programme which was held at Adelaide Hills Convention Centre in Hahndorf on Wednesday and Thursday 19-20/1/2022. It was a good opportunity for all the USASA board members to gather together for some team building activities, got to know one another a bit more, got to learn more about USASA and how we can be better at delivering our services to you. The retreat was very successful in my opinion with some informative sessions together with some casual chats and games.

Due to my work commitments, I’m unable to attend the UniSA International Student Welcome which will take place at Pridham Hall (City West) on Monday 21/2/2022 from 3-5pm even though I really want to be there to meet my first-year fellow international students and answer any queries that they might have. However, our USASA president Isaac Solomon and international student representative Rohit will be there to welcome you. I’m still contactable if you have any queries, especially those who study health sciences in City East.

On Wednesday 9/2/2022, I will have a meeting with Bridget and Sim (your City East representative) to go through the handover process from your outgoing City East representatives in 2021 and we will make sure that all the good works that they’ve done in 2021 will be continued in 2022. We will also have some discussions around what we could do to benefit our fellow City East students during their time at university and even on line as our study will still be delivered in both forms. If you have any ideas of how you would like City East to look like in 2022, please drop me a line at phahy017@mymail.unisa.edu.au. I open to all suggestions and wait for your email.

This year, I will be a member of the Club committee and the Diversity Equity and Access (DEA) committee. The Club committee members are still discussing about the time for our first meeting to take place and it looks like we will have it on Friday 18/2/2022. I will keep you update with all the news that we will discuss in our next coming Club committee meeting and DEA meeting.

Club Training Conference for USASA Club executives will take place on Tuesday 12/4/2022 at 9am-4:30pm and Wednesday 13/4/2022 at 9:30am-5pm. It’s a great opportunity to update and refresh your knowledge of how to manage your club well. It’s also a good time to expand your networking, learn from your peers and other successful stories. I would love to see you there.

USASA Clubs Welcome is a social event which will be held at Holey Moley on Wednesday 23/3/2022 at 5-7pm. It’s free of charge but you will need to register though. If you haven’t met other clubs’ executives or your USASA reps, why not coming along to the event and get to know one another, share some ideas and support one another?

Campus Fair this year will take place on campus between 11:30am-2:30pm unless otherwise notified. Thursday 3/2 will be online with the clubs’ showcase, Wednesday 9/3 will be at City West, Thursday 10/3 will be at Mawson Lakes, Wednesday 16/3 will be at Magill and finally Thursday 17/3 will be at City East. If you haven’t been to one of these events in the last years, make sure you don’t miss out on this year Campus Fair as it will be one of the most memorable events that you will have during your uni life.

Key dates for February/March:

15/2 – USASA Board Meeting

18/2 – Club Committee Meeting

9/3 – Campus Fair at City West

10/3 – Campus Fair at Mawson Lakes

16/3 – Campus Fair at Magill

17/3 – Campus Fair at City East

23/3 – USASA Club Welcome

TBC – DEA Committee Meeting

I’m so sorry that I haven’t done much this month. I’m so busy with my works and SP1 studies. Hopefully I will have more time seeing you on campus between 21/3 and 17/4 when I have my break. See ya around!! ((:

Cheers,

Tim

City East Report – Nov/Dec – Timothy Pham

Hello everyone,

It’s finally the end of 2020 and I hope your exams went well. It’s time to enjoy your summer break, catch up with friends more often over Christmas and New Year. Congratulations to those who have graduating this year, you did an amazing job over those uni years and I wish you all the very best for your future endeavours. For those who will continue uni next year, I hope you will take this summer to refresh yourself, go on a road trip with your mates and forget your next year courses for this moment as you deserve a great break to celebrate how wonderful you have been studying hard this year.

Here are some quick updates from my site:

There was no Club Committee Meeting held in November as it’s the exam period. If you’re a USASA Club Executive, we would love to see your continuation of support and involvement in this committee next year. The new Club Committee governor will contact you early next year and I hope you will still show your support towards USASA Club activities and events.

The Diversity Equity Access (DEA) Committee Meeting was not held in November due to exams.

On Thursday 3/12 at 2-3pm, Jenny and I met each other in the City West USASA office to write the hand-over document for our next year City East Reps. I hope they will find it useful and you will continue to show your support towards our campus initiatives next year.

Key dates for November/December:

17/11 – USASA Board Meeting

15/12 – USASA Board Meeting

Thank you very much for being my friends and being nice to me. I’m very blessed to have been working with you in 2020. Even though it’s a tough year with Covid but we have made it this far. Thank you very much for showing your consistent support. I wish you all the very best for your future endeavours and hope our paths will cross one day in the future.

Tim

City East Report – Oct/Nov – Timothy Pham

Hello everyone,

Time flies! It’s now nearly the end of 2020 and we are studying hard now for the final exams coming up. It’s now the SWOT VAC week and I guess many of us focus on the exam revisions. However, don’t forget to give yourself a bit of break such as going to gym, exercise, listen to music etc.

Here are some quick updates from my site:

There was a Club Committee Meeting held on Wednesday 28/10. In the meeting, we discussed about some matters around COVID, Clubs and 2021, as well as the Club Awards Feedback. The next meeting will be expected to be held on Wednesday 25/11 at 3-4:30pm. I will keep you updated with the contents of the November meeting in my next report. The Club Committee Meeting will be held online via zoom on the last Wednesday of each month from 3-4:30pm. If you are a club committee member and you would like to join us for the discussion, please do not hesitate to let me know via my email phahy017@mymail.unisa.edu.au or you can contact directly to Joshua Steele, the Club Committee Convenor, via stejr013@mymail.unisa.edu.au, we would love to see you there.

The Diversity Equity Access (DEA) Committee Meeting was held on Friday 6/11 at 3-4pm. In the meeting, we discussed about the Campus Connector survey results and went through some handover notes for the DEA Committee next year. There might be no DEA meeting in December but if there is, I will update you in my December report.

On Tuesday 3/11 at 11am-2pm, Jenny, Melinda and I was at the city east plaza, giving out free snacks and talked to city east students. It was a great time and an opportunity for myself to reach out to my fellow city east students and talked more about our campus. Thank you very much for coming and supporting us.

Key dates for October/November/December:

27/10 – USASA Board Meeting

28/10 – Club Committee Meeting

6/11 – DEA Committee Meeting

17/11 – USASA Board Meeting

15/12 – USASA Board Meeting

All the best for your final assessments! If you have any questions, just flick me a message.

Tim

City East Report – Sep/Oct – Timothy Pham

Hello everyone,

How have you been lately? Uni is getting to its week 12 now when many tests and assignments are due. I hope you are doing well with those assessments and getting ready for the final exams coming up. Don’t forget to allow enough time for resting, some exercise during this period may also help you to have a fresh mind for exam revisions.

Here are some quick updates from my site:

There were no Club Committee Meeting in September as it was during the break. The next meeting will be held on Wednesday 28/10 at 3-4pm. I will keep you updated with the contents of the meeting in my next report. The Club Committee Meeting will be held online via zoom on the last Wednesday of each month from 3-4:30pm. If you are a club committee member and you would like to join us for the discussion, please do not hesitate to let me know via my email phahy017@mymail.unisa.edu.au or you can contact directly to Joshua Steele, the Club Committee Convenor, via stejr013@mymail.unisa.edu.au, we would love to see you there.

The Diversity Equity Access (DEA) Committee Meeting was held on Thursday 24/9 at 12-1pm. In the meeting, we discussed about the Unmet Needs Survey, gender neutral bathrooms, queer spaces and prayer rooms, general actions regarding ENTEXT, general actions regarding Campus Connector, Disability Action Plan update and Diversity Inclusion Framework consultation debrief.

On Tuesday 3/11 at 11am-2pm, Jenny, Melinda and I will be at the city east plaza, giving out free snacks and talked to city east students. If you are free during that time, feel free to come and grab some snacks, fruits and have a chat with us about your uni experience so far and maybe if you have any ideas about how to improve our campus.

Key dates for September/October/November:

15/9 – USASA Board Meeting

24/9 – DEA Committee Meeting

27/10 – USASA Board Meeting

28/10 – Club Committee Meeting

29/10 – DEA Committee Meeting

17/11 – USASA Board Meeting

All the best for your final assessments! If you have any questions, just flick me a message.

Tim

City East Report – Aug/Sep – Timothy Pham

Hello everyone,

How has your uni been going? We are getting through our important weeks now when many of us are having tests and assignments. It is very important that we all can keep on top of our studies. Covid situation is getting a bit better now for Adelaide and I hope we can go back to our normal days soon.

Here are some quick updates from my site:

The Club Committee Meeting in August was held on Wednesday 26/8 at 3-4pm. In the meeting, we discussed about the Covid Marshalls and how the Covid Marshalls need to be present at all USASA Clubs’ events during SP5 this year. The Club Committee Meeting will be held online via zoom on the last Wednesday of each month from 3-4:30pm. If you are a club committee member and you would like to join us for the discussion, please do not hesitate to let me know via my email phahy017@mymail.unisa.edu.au or you can contact directly to Joshua Steele, the Club Committee Convenor, via stejr013@mymail.unisa.edu.au, we would love to see you there.

The Diversity Equity Access (DEA) Committee Meeting was held on Thursday 27/8 at 12-1pm. In the meeting, we discussed about the Unmet Needs Survey, gender neutral bathrooms, queer spaces and prayer rooms, general actions regarding ENTEXT, general actions regarding Campus Connector.

On Tuesday 8/9 at 10am-1pm, Jenny, Melinda and I were at the city east plaza, giving out free snacks and talked to city east students. Apparently, many students were excited about the free foods and they would like to see it again more regularly. I know this year has been a boring year for many of us due to less activities being held on campus so we will try to have another free snacks event next month to have more chance to meet you in person.

Key dates for July/August/September:

18/8 – USASA Board Meeting

26/8 – Club Committee Meeting

27/8 – DEA Committee Meeting

15/9 – USASA Board Meeting

24/9 – DEA Committee Meeting

30/9 – Club Committee Meeting

20/10 – USASA Board Meeting

All the best for your tests and assignments! If you have any questions, just flick me a message.

Tim

City East Report – Jul/Aug – Timothy Pham

Hello everyone,

How was your holiday? I hope you had a great break and come back with the second semester with full energy for another new experience. Yay, we now can be on campus for tutorials, workshops and practicals, we can hang out with classmates everyday as well as study together and help one another throughout university life. Even though there are still some restrictions around but I hope you can still find some enjoyments everyday through your study and other commitments. Let’s get through this semester together!

Here are some quick updates from my site:

The Club Committee Meeting in July was held on Wednesday 29/7 at 3-4:30pm. In the meeting, we reviewed the Terms of Reference as well as discussed about how clubs can operate their activities in the second semester. There will be a COVID plan form that the clubs need to fill out before the activities can be approved. The form link is as follows https://usasa.sa.edu.au/Forms/204. The Club Committee Meeting will be held online via zoom on the second Wednesday of each month from 3-4:30pm. If you are a club committee member and you would like to join us for the discussion, please do not hesitate to let me know via my email phahy017@mymail.unisa.edu.au or you can contact directly to Joshua Steele, the Club Committee Convenor, via stejr013@mymail.unisa.edu.au, we would love to see you there.

The Diversity Equity Access (DEA) Committee Meeting was held on Thursday 30/7 at 12-1pm. In the meeting, we discussed about the international student implications and accessibility due to covid situation in Adelaide, campus connector bus between Magill campus and Mawson Lakes campus as well as further supports USASA can provide. If you are an international student who currently faces difficulties in studying or daily life, please feel free to let us know, we will try our best to support you. Also, you’re a student from Magill or Mawson Lakes campus who is affected by the disconnection of the campus connector buses, please let us know too, we will lobby it for you to have it back.

On Tuesday 4/8 at 1-4pm, I attended a Clubs Strategic Plan Discussion with other board reps and USASA club executives to reflect on what we have done well and not well as well as coming up with some ideas for the future clubs’ supports. We went through the vision, mission, objectives and strategies of new strategic plan.

Key dates for July/August/September:

21/7 – USASA Board Meeting

18/8 – USASA Board Meeting

26/8 – Club Committee Meeting

27/8 – DEA Committee Meeting

15/9 – USASA Board Meeting

Welcome back to the second semester! If you have any questions, just flick me a message.

Tim

City East Report – Jun/Jul – Timothy Pham

Hello everyone,

How were your exams? I hope you did them well. It’s time to take a little break from your study, re-energise yourselves before getting back to another semester. The COVID-19 situation is getting a bit better in Adelaide right now so I guess you can go out and catch up with all your friends or take some trips to some of the beautiful islands in South Australia or the Flinders Range is also another beautiful spot for a go-away for a few days. You deserve a break after working so hard for a semester.

Here are some quick updates from my site:

The Club Committee Meeting in June was held on 10/6 at 3-4:30pm. In the meeting, we discussed about the Clubs Strategic Plan 2021-2023 Update, based on the input, the committee was seeking from club executives in this process distributed via attached Clubs & Society June e-Newsletter. There was a discussion on the Voting in Large Club Election as AGM’s can be incredibly difficult logistically with large clubs, this item was to find ideas to help make the process easier and less time consuming. The Committee also discussed about supporting new International Students in events, working with former students and Alumni. The Club Committee Meeting will be held online via zoom on the second Wednesday of each month from 3-4:30pm. If you are a club committee member and you would like to join us for the discussion, please do not hesitate to let me know via my email phahy017@mymail.unisa.edu.au or you can contact directly to Joshua Steele, the Club Committee Convenor, via stejr013@mymail.unisa.edu.au, we would love to see you there.

I could not join the Diversity Equity Access (DEA) Committee Meeting on 25/6 at 12-1pm due to my exam, however, I will get back to you on where the DEA committee is at in my July report.

On 16/6, I had a Clubs Strategic Plan SWOT Discussion with other board reps to reflect on what we have done well and not well as well as coming up with some ideas for the future clubs’ supports.

Key dates for June/July/August:

16/6 – USASA Board Meeting

15/7 – Club Committee Meeting

21/7 – USASA Board Meeting

30/7 – DEA Committee Meeting

12/8 – Club Committee Meeting

Enjoy your holiday! If you have any questions, just flick me a message.

Tim

City East Report – May/Jun – Timothy Pham

Hello everyone,

How you going? It’s getting colder now as we’re officially in winter. This year, it seems to be colder than other previous years, make sure you keep warm and look after your health well as we’re approaching the exam period. We’re getting towards the end of the semester now, well done everyone for getting this far.

Here are some quick updates from my site:

There was no Club Committee Meeting in May. However, on Wednesday 10/6, there will be a Club Committee Meeting, the agenda is not out yet. The Club Committee Meeting will be held online via zoom and the dates for the Club Committee Meetings are now changed to the second Wednesday of each month from 3-4:30pm. If you are a club committee member and you would like to join us, you can let me know via my email phahy017@mymail.unisa.edu.au or you can contact directly to Joshua Steele, the Club Committee Convenor, via stejr013@mymail.unisa.edu.au, we are more than happy to see you there.

On 28/5, I attended the Diversity Equity Access (DEA) Committee Meeting, we discussed about International Student Support Package (ISSP), Accessibility Services, gender neutral toilets and Muslim cleansing facilities, Unmet Needs Survey. We also discussed about further supports that USASA can provide. There were some updates on the Ally Network and COVID-19 (including counselling services).

On 29/5, I had a meeting with Noah Beckmann, USASA President, and discussed about my plan for SP5 as the City East Rep. There will be some initiatives in City East Campus next semester. If you have anything you want to see on City East Campus in SP5, please let me know.

Key dates for May/June/July:

19/5 – USASA Board Meeting

20/5 – Formal Inquiry

20/5 – Clinical and Health Sciences Formal Inquiry

28/5 – DEA Committee Meeting

29/5 – Meeting with Noah, USASA President

10/6 – Club Committee Meeting

16/6 – USASA Board Meeting

25/6 – DEA Committee Meeting

15/7 – Club Committee Meeting

Keep safe and good luck on your exams! If you have any questions, just flick me a message.

Tim

City East Report – Apr/May – Timothy Pham

Hello everyone,

How have you been going? I guess we are now all getting through the extremely important period when many tests and assignments are due. It’s important that we all manage our time well so that we dedicate enough time for studying as well as enough time for our work and recreation. Let’s stay focus onto our study and let’s pass the courses together!

Here are some quick updates from my site:

On 14/4, I attended the Club Committee Meeting, we discussed about the dispute mediation over club USASA membership, clubs in the time of the COVID-19 epidemic, sourcing masks for students on campus and Halloween party. The Club Committee Meeting will be held online via zoom now on the second Tuesday of each month from 3-4pm. If you are a club committee member and you would like to join us, you can let me know via my email phahy017@mymail.unisa.edu.au.

On 30/4, I attended the Diversity Equity Access (DEA) Committee Meeting, we discussed about COVID-19 and equity (what can the committee members do as a committee and as student leaders). We also discussed about further supports that USASA can provide. There were some updates on the Ally Network and COVID-19 (including counselling services).

Key dates for April/May/June:

14/4 – Club Committee Meeting

17/4 – Academic Review

21/4 – USASA Board Meeting

24/4 – Academic Review

30/4 – DEA Committee Meeting

12/5 – Club Committee Meeting

19/5 – USASA Board Meeting

20/5 – Clinical and Health Sciences Formal Inquiry

28/5 – DEA Committee Meeting

9/6 – Club Committee Meeting

Keep safe and good luck on your assessments! If you have any questions, just flick me a message.

Tim

City East Report – Feb/Mar – Timothy Pham

Hello everyone,

How was your first week at uni? I guess we are all very excited for the new semester and I hope you study has been going well so far. Please use this time at the beginning of the semester to hang around more with friends, joining as many as activities on campus either from USASA, UniSA or other clubs. Time goes very fast and we all will be in the busy time soon when tests and assignments come.

Here are some quick updates from my site:

International Student Welcome: It was a great event that I attended on 24/2 as a volunteer with my other USASA colleagues where we had a chance to meet our new international students, got some connections with them and be their friend. The event was amazing and I met so many great people who I will get connected more often this year.

On 26/2, I had a chance to discuss with Jenny, your City East Undergraduate Rep, about some events and activities that we both will do for you in our city east campus during SP2. We are quite busy during March but we promise you will see us more often on campus with some great activities. We also want to hear from you too! Send me a line on phahy017@mymail.sa.edu.au if you have any ideas on some activities that our peers would like to see on campus. We will try our best to make it happen together. You will start to see some activities after March, come and say hi to us every time you see us on campus. As all my lectures and tutorials are all in city west but I will try to be at east more often.

On 6/3, I had a chance to attend the City East Campus Advisory Group Meeting with Noah, our USASA president, to get some updates on our city east facility projects/upgrades. There are some upgrades occurring on our campus such as the male toilet on level 3 in our library will be done soon in the next few weeks. More soap dispensers in our toilets will be considered to be installed to keep up our hygiene. If you see any things related to facilities that need to be fixed or upgraded, visit the FM Assist to report or send me a line and I will make sure your concerns will be heard by the Campus Facilities Advisory Group.

On 19/2, I attended the Club Committee Meeting, we went through the term of reference, set up monthly meeting time and met the executives from some of the clubs. There will be a Club Committee Meeting on 10/3 where will we discuss about the Club Membership Expiry, Encouraging Active Club Collaborations, Reps and Events, Leadership Programs and AGM Timeframe. If you are a part of USASA Club executives, we would love to see you there. On 20/3, we will have the USASA Club Welcome activity at city west from 4-6pm, come along to grab some foods and make some connections with the executives from other clubs.

On 25/2, I attended the Diversity Equity Access (DEA) Committee Meeting, we went through the term of reference, set up monthly meeting time, went through 2019 review, 2020 goals and update on the Ally Network.

USASA Pub Crawl: We will hold the biggest pub crawl for UniSA students on Friday 3/4 from 7pm till late. It only costs $20 and you will get the t-shirt with many offers from the pubs at west end. Guess what? I will be there as well, don’t miss out on that even though you’re not good at drinking! ((:

Key dates for March/April:

10/3 – Club Committee Meeting

11/3 – Campus Fair at City West

17/3 – USASA Board Meeting

19/3 – Campus Fair City East

20/3 – USASA Club Welcome

26/3 – DEA Committee Meeting

3/4 – USASA Pub Crawl

7/4 – Club Committee Meeting

I can’t wait to see all of you at our events and don’t forget to keep up our good works at uni.

Cheers,

Tim