La Trobe Student Union News

Engineering Society Trevor Bird visits LTU La Trobe University was lucky enough to host distinguished lecturer, CSIRO Chief Scientist and IEEE President of Antennas & Propagation, ...

Naturalist Society VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES Tasmania Devil 21 May-1 June 2012 VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES · REMINDER - Volunteers required for Tasmania Devil Work [21 May – 1 June 2012; Tas] One volunteers ...

Naturalist Society Darebin Creek Froggers Events Frogs are one of the most iconic and amazing creatures living in our waterways. In fact,scientists label them as an "ecological indicator" ...

Asian Students Association UPCOMING SIGN UP STALLS! Upcoming sign up stalls: THURSDAY, 17TH MAY, 2012 11.30AM-2PM MONDAY, 21ST MAY, 2012 11.30AM-2PM TUESDAY, 22ND MAY, ...

Asian Students Association ASA BAR HOP! 24TH MAY 2012!! A Bar Hop isn't a BAR HOP without a BUNNY HOPPING...so an ASA BAR HOP is coming soon... and there WILL BE a BUNNY HOPPING. We will be ...

Mid Year End of Exam Party tickets available now!! Tickets to the official La Trobe University End of Exam Party are available to purchase now. EAGLE BAR 8PM - 2AM LA TROBE ...

Engineering Society 'THE BEER FACTOR' Do you have a pioneering beering invention that can possibly make the beer experience even better than it already is? The Beer Factor ...

Apply to be an Open Day Guide Open Day is to be held on Sunday August 26 and is fast approaching. We require enthusiastic, outgoing, and friendly current students to ...

Fair Trade Expo on TODAY in the Agora The La Trobe fair trade expo will take place on Wednesday 16 May at the Melbourne campus as part of 'Fair Trade Fortnight' which is running ...

Engineering Society Titanium Challenge 2012 CSIRO is running a competition for undergraduate students, inviting them to explore the properties of titanium and you can be eligible for ...

International Day Against Homophobia May 17th is the International Day Against Homophobia and to celebrate the Student Union and the University is hosting a free lunch and ...

Ease the Squeeze on Students! La Trobe University Student Union demands that the University ease the squeeze on students now! We think the University should: Have ...

Help make La Trobe more queer friendly The "That's so straight!" Campaign is all about raising awareness of Homophobia in the community. The campaign is brought to you by the La ...

Blue Stocking Week Blue Stockings is a celebration of women in higher learning. It seeks to empower women at all levels of higher learning and this year is ...

Want improved cycling facilities at La Trobe? Hey everyone, if you ride to uni, make sure to sign the Environment Office's petition to have the University improve cycling facilities, ...

Engineering Society Altium Tutorial Huge Success! The Altium Designer was held on the Thursday 3rd of May 2012 in the Beth Gleeson Building between 5:00 - 8:00 pm. The tutorial is part of a ...

African Students Association Conga for Congo Event In the Agora, May 9th Africa is more than just a continent faced with poverty, war and conflict. This event is being held by ASA and ESP to portray and ...

Free furnitiure for La Trobians First Friday's Furniture is a program developed by La Trobe University to reuse furniture within La Trobe University or in the homes of ...

Latest Rabelais just launched Your Student Magazine Rabelais, Volume 46 has just been released. It's edgy, irreverent and relevant. Pick up your free copy from the ...

Art Room available for students We have an art room available for Students to use on Fridays. It features a large work table which seats approx 12 people comfortably, a ...

Sustainable Meats BBQ this Thursday The Student Union Environment Office is hosting a Sustainable BBQ this Thursday at the Eagle Bar from 08:30pm, featuring sustainable meats, ...

Want more buses from La Trobe to the stations? Hey, sick of the poor standard of sustainable transport at la trobe? [Click ...

Wednesday Acoustics (Open Mike) at the Eagle Bar We've launched 'Wednesday Acoustics' at the Eagle Bar in the Beer Garden. An open mike session is open to all students and staff. If you ...

Fill out the NUS Survey to secure your future education The National Union of Students is the peak representative body for Students in Australia. They lobby on our behalf to ensure we continue to ...

Need help with an academic, administration or welfare issue? La Trobe Student Union offers a Student Advocacy service which assists students on a range of academic, administrative and welfare related ...

Calling all Bands and Musicians The Student Union is creating a database of bands and musicians from La Trobe Uni to potentially draw from for future events. Not all band ...

Calling for 2012 Tax Help program volunteers “Volunteer now to become an accredited Tax Help volunteer in 2012. You’ll need to be prepared to undergo a 2 day training program conducted ...

Roleplaying Group Silly Games Day Preperations In the beginning of Semester 2 we will be running a silly games days. Dates are yet to be announced. We are looking for people to run a ...

Unicare Unicare AGM On 12th April, Unicare is holding its AGM at the WLT Foyer at 4pm to elect its executive members! Come along!

LTSU Clothes Swap The Student Union will be hosting a HUGE student clothes SWAP in the Agora on Thursday the 19th April. To be involved drop your unwanted ...

QUEER BEER QUEER BEER is an event brought to you by the La Trobe Student Union Queer Department for the benefit for all Queer Students of La Trobe, ...

Engineering Society AMSI Internships Pre-placement Training To encourage links between industry and mathematical scientists the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI) is proud to announce ...

Engineering Society Engineering EXPO Following the success of the Engineering Careers Expo in previous years, Engineers Australia, Victoria Division will deliver another ...

Student Union Merchandise **LA TROBE UNIVERSITY STUDENT UNION MERCHANDISE NOW AVAILABLE** We now have a whole range of fantastic merchandise for sale over the ...

Community Garden New Coordinator for the Garden! Just like to welcome Nick to the garden. He's stepped up to be a new coordinator at the garden, helping with communication and publicity ...

Engineering Society Volunteers The IEEE and ESOLU are always looking for enthusiastic volunteers. You do not have to be an engineering or science student to join, you ...

PEMSO Part-time, Evening, Mature Age Student Organisation PEMSO Lounge (underneath the Union Hall) will be officially re-opened as of Thursday, May 3rd, 2012 - 12.00pm (noon). Hopefully things ...

Join in the Pride Week Celebrations It's Pride Week at La Trobe, The rainbow flag will be raised over La Trobe University in the spirit of promoting a healthy and supportive ...

Queer Collective this Thursday The Thursday Queer Collective meets every Thursday at 12pm in the Queer Lounge. (located next to the Women's room in the Union Offices, ...

Society of Music First Meet 'n' Greet and Affiliation Paperwork all in order, it was only a matter of attending the 'Clubs and Societies' Meeting and be approved in order to get affiliation. A ...

Wednesday Queer Lunch Lunch in the Lounge is an event held every wednesday at 12pm where queer students can come along to the queer lounge and eat their lunch ...

First Year Ball - TICKETS SELLING NOW! LA TROBE FIRST YEAR BALL TICKETS SELLING ! Click on the link at the bottom of the page to purchase tickets!! Wednesday 4th April : 7pm ...

Join La Trobe's footy tipping competition Welcome to the La Trobe University Footy Tipping Competition. [Register now](http://www.latrobe.edu.au/student-services/ft/sign_up.php) to ...

Tonight First Clubs Council meeting for 2012 Thinking of starting a new club in 2012. Our first Clubs Council meeting will be on Wednesday 07th March in the Hooper Lecture Theatre. ...

Great new members discount at McDonalds Free Wifi

Fancy yourself as a busker We're looking for buskers to perform at our Thursday market, if you think you have the goods we'd love to schedule you in. You will need ...

International Women's Day Lunch this Thursday Come along and celebrate International Women's Day this Thursday at the Airport Lounge, Glenn College from 12:30 - 2pm. Have a free lunch ...

Environmental Action Collective meets Thursday Interested in the Environment? La Trobe Environmental Action Collective (LEAC) meets every Tuesday at 3pm in the Union Meeting Room. Level ...

FREE Members BBQ in the Agora Tuesday! The Student Union Members bbq is brought to you on Tuesday by the Welfare Department from 12:30.. Come on down at Lunchtime and have a ...

Seven Women First Stall of the Year! 'Yesterday brought with it the first Seven Women stall of 2012! You may have seen us all camped out near the Co-op Bookshop. We were the ...

Student Union La Trobe Women's Network The Women's Network runs weekly meetings out of the Women's Office and organises events and campaigns around specific women's issues. ...

Great new member discount at Storage King Heidelberg West Storage King Heidelberg West are offering a fantastic member discount, 1 month FREE storage OR 25% discount for storage. Storage Units of ...

FREE Breakfast Club Every Wednesday the Student Union Welfare Department will be hosting a FREE Breakfast for students from 08:00am to 11:00am. Come and join ...

FREE Fried Rice in the Agora TODAY The Student Union is bringing you a FREE lunch of fried rice today in the Agora. Come down, have some free food and learn about the Fund ...

Asian Students Association ASA'S ANNUAL FREE BBQ! WHAT? FREE BBQ FOR MEMBERS 2012 WHERE? AGORA! WHEN? 12-3PM WHO? ALL 2012 MEMBERS AND MEMBERS FROM 2011 WHO ARE READY TO HAVE AN ...

Christian Union Base Camp 2012...see the BIGGER picture... Base Camp 2012 has already been! Hopefully you were able to join us, but if not, we'd love to have you come along to our mid-year camp, ...

Christian Union O Week = Success! O-Week is over for another year! The Christian Union enjoyed a fantastic response from new first-year students again in 2012! The ...

International Students Welcome - 16th Feb in the Eagle Bar The Student Union will be hosting an International Student Welcome on Thursday 16th February in the Eagle Bar from 5pm. All students ...

Members get great coffee discount Our friends at Caffeine are now offering a fantastic coffee discount for Student Union members. 30c off any advertised coffee price when ...

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A welcome from the LTSU President Welcome to La Trobe! My name is Clare, and I’m your LTSU President for 2012. **What is the Union?** LTSU is in its second year of ...

FREE Stage Lighting Workshop **Want to light up your life?** Student Theatre & Film will be holding a two day technical stage lighting workshop. You will learn how ...

Choral Society Website suggestions Hi there. Now that LTSU has launched this site, your friendly WebMaster has decided to give up on developing the LaTUCS Wordpress site, and ...

Student Union Online Bookshop Now Open Our Second-hand online bookshop is now open for sales! Get in early to secure your books. The online bookshop will not hold your ...

Student Union Festival TODAY on the Simpson Lawn!!! **STUDENT UNION FESTIVAL!!** The highlight of O Week is the Student Union Festival. Lock it into your diary now! The festival will ...

Having trouble affording books for 2012? **2012 Coop Bookshop Vouchers** La Trobe University through it’s affiliated student bodies and the Co-op Bookshop is committed to ...

Need Legal help? **Legal** Student Legal Service provides free legal services to La Trobe University Student Union members. The Service is run by a ...

LTSU presents Children Collide TONIGHT!!! Get your tickets online now!! The Student Union present **Children Collide** supported by Hunting Grounds and The Charge Wednesday 22nd Feb in the Union Hall. ...

2012 Memberships available now! **2012 LA TROBE STUDENT UNION MEMBERSHIP CARD** The 2012 La Trobe Student Union Membership Card has arrived! We can now confirm that ...

Make money from your old textbooks **The LTSU Second-hand Bookshop now accepting books for sale in 2012** Books can be handed into the LTSU reception desk. 9.15am -4.45pm ...

Have you been asked to Show Cause OR Are you seeking a review of your final mark? Show Cause: Writing a Show Cause letter requires you to really think about your circumstances and to seek out the appropriate actions to ...

Rate your course and lecturers The Student Union plans to create a Counter Course Handbook for students. The handbook will tell students (from a student’s perspective) ...

Vision Generation Child Health Now petition success :) Vision Generation ran a Child Health Now stall throughout week 11 to spread the word about maternal and child health issues in the ...

Sign the VGEN Petition Voice your support for an increase in Australia's international aid contribution to promote improved maternal and child health in the ...

Astronomical Society Astronomical Society Interest Groups Satellite Groups We are formally organising some of our activities and are ready to start tailoring them to your particular interests. ...

La Sociedad 07/09/11 Amigos, Two things! Firstly, next week we'll be having another conversation / wine night next Thursday, once again in la casa de Tim ...

Pipe Band Uniform and Banner Grant Passed It was great news last night at C & S Council meeting that our grant was passed. This means we will look more professional with our ...

Vision Generation 40 Hour Famine BBQ Fundraiser success! The La Trobe Vision Group made $429 last week at our 40 Hour Famine fundraising BBQ!! Great work to everyone who was involved or bought ...

French Club To keep up to date with our latest news & events, please visit our facebook page or club website French Club FACEBOOK page: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=128460503834098 French Club ...

Pipe Band Weekly Tuition sessions for Sept 2011 Thursday's at 4:30-7:00 pm, Board Room, Union Building. All welcome, caters for all skill levels including beginners and anyone who is ...

Astronomical Society Astronomy Lecture Series Steve Fleming, our resident Astronomer, will be delivering a lecture series on Thursdays, 10am-12pm in the Szental Lecture Theatre ...