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Site update: 4 February 2012

2012 Curriculum now available   2012 Excursions   2012 Fridge Flyer


Research: Get paid to drink red wine!

Warren Joel at U3A Hawthorn Summer School 2012
Warren Joel - "A find in the attic"

Summer School has finished and Term 1 is about to start.

A huge vote of thanks must go to all the organisers, presenters and audience participants for what was a very successful series.

Summer School 2012

The Office has reverted to normal Term hours.
[9:30am to 4pm]

Please check the starting date of your courses.
None start before Monday, 13 February.


Vale Barry Munari

We mourn the passing of Barry Munari, leader of our cycling group and co-Tutor of one of our Current Affairs classes. Barry joined U3A Hawthorn in 2001 and was always a willing participant - assisting in a number of roles, including working in the Office, undertaking database work and helping out in the move from Swinburne to Sinclair Avenue.

Barry Munari

Members of the cycling group have sought to have the group renamed the Munari Cycling Group in memory of him. Barry will be sorely missed.


Archives Saved

Thanks to the work of our Archivist, Vida Jarasius, and a group of volunteers [particularly from Michael Mullerworth's Current Affairs class], the archival material which was indundated with water in January has been thoroughly dried and returned to our Archive Filing Cabinets. We thank you, one and all.

Campus Notes image

Amongst the gems is the Hawthorn Campus Notes series, issue 1 of which is from June 1985. A start has been made on digitising them and the first 12 issues are now on the website; see the Newsletters page. The process involves scanning, enhancing [including erasing images of staples, binder holes and blemishes] and saving in the PDF format.

 

Research: Benefits of Red Wine
Carnival of Learning 2011
Excursion - Spirit of Tasmania
New Seniors Online Victoria website
Wetland - new downpour video
Australian Tapestry Workshop
Monash Research Request
Block Arcade
Presidents' Honour Roll
Latest Statistics - U3As in Australia
About University of the Third Age

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Orchestra Appeal

The Orchestra is urgently in need of experienced violinists to replace some unexpected retirements. If you can help, or know someone who can, please contact the Office and ask to be put in touch with the Orchestra's Manager, Ruth Muir.


Strategic Plan 2011 - 2013

The Committee has spent considerable time in 2010 preparing a 3 year Strategic Plan. We were greatly assisted in this processs by our facilitator, David Brownell, whose wide experience includes with the Boston Consulting Group, where he was Vice President and Director of the Melbourne Office, and in subsequent consulting roles, for major business clients, where he has led strategy reviews and senior leadership team development.

The culmination of this work is a plan which will enable the Committee to guide U3A Hawthorn's growth and development. A summary document is available listing the key goals and principles of the Plan. You can download the document here.

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