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UOW Pulse/Latest News (Page 3)

Latest News

September 1, 2021

CELEBRATING EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS’ DAY

Research shows that early learning is the foundation for children's lifelong success. In the first five years, children's brains are wired to learn quickly. The foundations for learning, health and behaviour throughout life are laid down in the early years. Each educator at Kids’ Uni works hard to prepare intentional play-based experiences and social interactions within our service to help children develop the learning dispositions and cognitive, social and emotional skills necessary for success...

August 9, 2021

National Student Volunteer Week

National Student Volunteer Week runs from 9 – 15 August, acknowledging and celebrates student volunteers, and promotes volunteering to students and young people across Australia. This year, UOW Pulse will be celebrating the amazing work of our Pulse Volunteers online. 330 Pulse Volunteers have contributed 2,179 hours across 2021 so far, through the challenges of online learning they have continued to contribute to the program and the wider community. Our volunteers have been so important...

August 4, 2021

Clubs Week Online Keeps Students Connected

Lockdown hasn’t stopped Pulse showcasing all the amazing clubs and societies at UOW, kicking off Clubs Week Online to ensure students can still connect and take part in this great community.   During Clubs Week, a range of clubs will be talking about what they do and how to can get involved. Join the Facebook group now to find out more- https://bit.ly/2UJPXFX   Being part of a club at UOW is like being part of a family. Catch...

July 16, 2021

Free hot meals for students during lockdown

Students are at the heart of everything we do at Pulse and we know that some of our students are doing it tough during this challenging lockdown period! To help students out who may have lost work, are feeling isolated or maybe just needing a hearty meal, on Wednesday our Chefs prepared fresh ready-to-eat meals for UOW students to enjoy! With a kitchen full of fresh produce and the Pulse Pantry still operating to support...

July 7, 2021

Indigenous artist Jordan Taunton overcomes adversity

In honour of NAIDOC week 2021, we spoke with 20-year-old indigenous artist Jordan Taunton, from the South Coast of Nowra. Early last month, Jordan was one of 6 feature artists to attended Live Art Week where she painted and brought the campus to life with her amazing traditional piece of aboriginal art, which now sits proudly at her place. Jordan's story is unique, to say the least, and she has overcome a lot of adversity to...

June 30, 2021

Pulse recognised withTAG 7 awards

The annual Tertiary Access Group CampusLink Awards were celebrated last week to acknowledge the best in student services.    Awarding leadership, engagement, outstanding initiatives, marketing, student services and programs, staff development and more - the awards highlight all aspects of excellence and success in the Australian and New Zealand tertiary student services sector.    Pulse is proud to have won five awards and received two highly commended awards, recognising our incredible clubs, volunteer, training program and innovations.    Our Winners   National...

June 4, 2021

Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea

Last week the Pulse team held a picnic on campus to celebrate the Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea, with students and staff enjoying live music, raffles and of course tea, coffee and sweet treats.  It was a great morning and so nice to see so many people supporting such a great cause. Our Pulse volunteers were also out and about on campus collecting donations to help towards our goal of $250. Thank you to everyone who donated,...

May 24, 2021

Food Allergy Awareness Week 23 – 29 May

Food Allergy Awareness Week kicks today and Kids' Uni children’s services centres are leading the way in allergy awareness and are offering the life-saving program Food Allergy SMART to their children this week.  The program talks about the importance of not sharing food with their friends, washing hands before and after mealtimes, and how important it is to tell a teacher or adult when a friend is having an allergic reaction and being aware...

May 20, 2021

NEW CAFÉ, YOGABAR OPENS AT UNIACTIVE

We are excited to welcome Yogabar to UniActive in Building 13.  Owner George, who also runs Ugly Duckling  and his team are looking forward to bringing a new cafe experience to campus. Yogabar offers a range of food and drinks options including vegan, dairy and gluten free, Toby’s Estate coffee made by experienced baristas, delicious smoothies and smoothie bowls, fresh Yogabar signature salads, customisable nutritious meals as well as all day breakfast pots, raw treats,...

May 11, 2021

LIVE ART WEEK 2021 BRINGS CAMPUS TO LIFE

Live Art Week was back on campus last week and it was great to bring the campus to life once again with live art installations, workshops, music and stalls. Our 6 amazing artists created some breathtaking artworks over the 3 days including Mulga artist Joel, Ayjay Art, Samuel Hall, Jedd Iquib and local indigenous artists Zachary from Saltwater Dreamtime, Rob Naylor and Jordon Taunton. Our workshops attracted loads of students who enjoyed making jewellery, lino art,...