UniVative Illawarra winners to be announced

Feb 22, 2007

Winners from this year’s innovative UniVative Illawarra program will be announced at lunchtime tomorrow (Friday 23 February) following an all morning judging session.

There are six teams of students in all within the competition. Each of the three host business organisations have had two teams working intensively over the past three weeks to make recommendations/solutions on a real workplace issue confronting the host organisation.

The host organisations this year are Pillar Administration, Global Coffee Solutions and Junior Chamber International Illawarra.

Team presentations will begin at 9.30am tomorrow with a question time following after each session.

Careers Service Manager, Mr Martin Smith, said that student focus groups conducted at the end of 2006 indicated strong student interest in workplace learning activities – and opportunities to apply their disciplines to the world of work.

“The UniVative Illawarra program caters for these interests and has harnessed the enthusiasm of students from a wide variety of disciplines from domestic and international students,” Mr Smith said.

Judges (including Mr Smith) have been drawn from the University’s Community Engagement Committee and consist of David Fuller (Director of the Innovation Campus), Monique Harper-Richardson (Manager of Community and Partnerships); and Fran Walder (Senior Manager, Strategy, with the Academic Registrar’s Department).

MEDIA PLEASE NOTE

Best photo/filming opportunity: 1-2pm on Friday 23 February in the foyer area of the Function Rooms at UniCentre (Bldg 11) when certificates will be presented to the winners.

For further information contact Workplace Learning Co-ordinator with the Careers Service, Sue Rejske, on (02) 4221 5655 or UOW Careers Service Manager, Martin Smith on 4221 3324 or 0409 319 462 (m).

For more information, contact:

media@uow.edu.au
University of Wollongong
Ph: (02) 4221 5942; fax (02) 4221 3128