• Founding Director of the Fred Hollows Foundation, Gabi Hollows, will speak at the launch of UOW Cares at 12.30pm in the University Hall foyer.
UOW Cares is part of the Workplace Giving Program. Further information about The Fred Hollows Foundation in Australia see <http://www.hollows.org.au/Gabi/> or for information about UOW Cares visit www.uow.edu.au/about/community/giving
Representatives from all 10 charities involved in the program will be present tomorrow.
The UOW Cares Workplace Giving Expo begins at noon. Further information Leanne Crouch on (02) 4221 3110 or 0423 055 648 (m).
• The world’s first table tennis triples team game exhibition will be held at the University of Wollongong at 2pm in the main hall of the University Recreation and Aquatic Centre. The event is part of the Illawarra Innovation Showcase and follows the success of this innovation in ‘Australia’s Next Big Thing’ competition. Top players of the Illawarra District Table Tennis Association will demonstrate the game together with audience participation.
For further information contact Professor Günter Arndt on (02) 4221 3378.
• A Maths Teachers’ Day will be held from 9am to 3pm with all sessions taking place in Room 102 of the McKinnon Building (Bldg 67). The ideal time for photo/filming opportunities would be the morning tea break at 10.30am when participants will gather in the foyer of the McKinnon Building. About 40 teachers have so far registered to attend. There will be a variety of speakers including Dr Michael Evans from the International Centre for Excellence for Education in Mathematics. It will also be the launch of the Summertime Maths DVD which was the brainchild of Dr Caz Sanderson and the launching pad for Dr Anne Porter and her team’s most recent Carrick grant success see http://www.math.uow.edu.au/subjects/summer/ For further details phone Associate Professor Jacqui Ramagge on (02) 4221 3388 or visit www.uow.edu.au/informatics/maths/about/mathsday/index.html
• Book launch – “Sports Bra Fitness” Wearing the wrong bra during exercise can cause discomfort and pain, as well as affecting sports performance, meaning the right bra is an essential piece of sporting equipment for all women. Despite this, a study conducted by UOW of 115 adolescent women found 88% did not wear correctly fitted bras during sport and 85% failed a simple knowledge test on bras and bra fit.
To help women of all ages independently buy well-fitting bras, Breast Research Australia (BRA) at UOW’s Biomechanics Research Laboratory has developed Sports Bra Fitness. This booklet has easy to follow information on how to choose the right bra to and how to tell if it fits correctly.
The booklet includes instructions and tables to calculate bra size, and provides a “Bounce-O-Meter” tool for women to measure the amount of bounce and breast discomfort they are likely to experience during sport.
Sports Bra Fitness will be launched at the UOW UniShop bookstore at 11am. Sportswomen from the Illawarra Academy of Sport will attend.
For more information contact Deirdre McGhee at the Biomechanics Research Laboratory on (02) 4221 4980 or 0439 371 319(m)
