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LATEST NEWS!

     
28.07.2009  

Embrace will be providing training in conjunction with the Centre of Multicultural Youth (CMY). This will be taking place over three Tuesdays, starting on the 28th of July. Each session will run from 5pm-7:30pm with dinner provided. There will be no cost to attend.

Please email us if you intend taking advantage of this great opportunity!

Stay tuned for more details!

 

 

   

What: Tutor training run by CMY
(http://www.cmy.net.au/)

Dates: Tuesday the 28th of July
Tuesday the 4th of August and
Tuesday the 11th of August.

Time:
5pm - 7:30pm.

Where:
Volunteer Resource Centre (B20/21)
Campus Centre (Building 10)
Monash Unversity Clayton

Why come along?
 This is a fantastic training program run by experts in the field. You are strongly encouraged to take full advantage!

 

19.05.2009  

Well, the IGM was a success! Warm thanks to all those who came and helped us to get quorum. Embrace is now officially a Club with Monash Clubs & Societies. To read more about it, please download the IGM Minutes.

Congratulations to those who were elected to positions. We hope you can establish Embrace further to keep assisting students into the future. Those elected were as follows...

President: Brendan Payne
Vice-President: Paul Zaharias
Treasurer: David Bowly
Secretary: Lisa Harrison
Member Without Portfolio: Georgina Taylor

However other positions, such as Tutor Manager are still available, and a large number of the committee will need to move on next year. If you are keen to help out in any capacity please let us know and don't hesistate to get involved!

 

 

     
19.05.2009  

Embrace will be holding its Inuaugural General Meeting (IGM) for registration as a Monash Clubs & Societies Club on the 19th of May, between 12:30 and 2pm.

Download a Map that can be used to inform other Monash students

If you are a Monash student who believes Embrace is a cause worth supporting, we would love to see you there. We've scheduled it so those who have a lecture at 12, can come along at 1 (or those with a lecture at 1 can come at 12:30). If you can only make it between lectures, we'd still love for you to come along. There will be free pizza provided including vegetarian options (please let us know if you have other dietary requirements). In addition to electing positions, there will also be the chance to chat to other Embrace members, and to hear more about plans for Embrace. We hope to see you there!

 

    What: Embrace IGM

Date: Tuesday the 19th of May

Time:
12:30pm - 2pm. Even if you can only stay for part of it, you are most welcome to attend.

Where:
Monash Uni Clayton, Building 29, Lecture Theatre S14

Why come along?
 Because Embrace needs your support! Come and meet other tutors and of-course help yourself to a free lunch!
15.04.2009   Embrace has paid for $690 worth of textbooks for VCE students still without textbooks. A big thank-you to Endeavour Books for the generous discount they offered us, which will allow us to assist more students in need this year. Please visit the Endeavour Books website and recommend them to those you know who are in need of textbooks.    

Endeavour Books

http://www.endeavourbooks.com.au/

20.02.2009
 

Embrace is once again in need of more Uni student volunteers to expand our operations, and help more students across Melbourne. Please visit the Volunteer page to find out how you can get involved!

Monash students can keep an eye out for the Embrace O'Week stall at Monash Clayton. We will be there from 12-4pm on the 24th, 25th and 26th of February, as well as the 3rd of March.

     


 

2008

 

 

     
18.10.2008
 

Embrace has paid for students to attend Yr 12 end of year revision lectures with TSSM! Thanks to Embrace and TSSM, 24 students were given the opportunity to attend a total of 56 lectures usually valued at $87 each. We are very excited to be able to provide this service for free, as many students desperately wanted to attend, yet would not otherwise have been able to afford the cost. This would not have been possible without the generous discount offered to us by TSSM, so please recommend them to everyone you know who is undertaking VCE.

 

 

 

 

TSSM

http://www.tssm.com.au/

08.10.2008
 

AMES is providing two days of free tutor training for volunteers. This will be held over two Saturdays, Saturday the 11th of October and Saturday the 18th of October. They will run from 10am until 3pm, with a free lunch provided. The location will be AMES City Campus, 255 William Street Melbourne. If you are interested please email us at admin[at]embrace-education.org before the deadline of the 8th of October.

 

   
17.09.2008
 

This semester Embrace has received 8 computers that were repaired by Engineers Without Borders. We have also received pre-loved computers from other generous members of the community. Embrace is extremely grateful for these amazing donations; having a home computer for study can make such a difference to a student. If you have a used computer that you'd like to donate please contact us at donations[at]embrace-education.org

 

   
08.09.2008
 

Embrace donates $1100 worth of textbooks and studyguides to Springvale Secondary College. Springvale is the most disadvantaged school in Victoria on a number of levels such as socio-economic status and non-English speaking background. Indeed over 90% of Springvale's students come from a non-English speaking background. We are very happy to be able to assist Springvale in this way, as well as with the Homework Club, In-School, and Individual tutoring programs.

 

   
18.08.2008
 

Embrace sister organisation STEW held a successful Inaugural Fundraiser Movie Night on 18 August 2008! It featured a documentary highlighting the struggles and hurdles refugees face when settling into Australia. Thank-you to everyone who came along to support STEW!


   
14.07.2008
 

A warm welcome back to Uni for the start of semester 2. This is set to be a big semester for Embrace with a number of things in the pipeline including...
- looking into making Embrace a Monash Club in 2009
- rearranging the Embrace Committee
- extending our services to more schools, such as Carwatha College

 

   
01.07.2008
 

Embrace has received a generous grant of $7000 from the Fouress Foundation, who have been a fantastic supporter of Embrace.

 

   
24.06.2008
 

Two new Tutor Managers, Paul & Michael, have been drafted into Embrace Management. Check under the Volunteer page for their profiles, which are soon to be uploaded.

 

   
14.03.2008
 

Embrace has received a generous donation of leftover Daffodil Day pens from the Cancer Council. These pens will be used and distributed to our students and schools.

 

   
01.01.2008
 

Gavin Jennings, (Minister for the Environment & Climate Change,
Innovation & Member for South Eastern Metropolitan Region), has kindly provided Embrace with office space at his office in Mt Waverley. We are very grateful to Gavin as this will greatly enhance Embrace's efficiency at delivering services to our clients.

 

   

24.11.2007

  Embrace is recruiting volunteers for 2008! Please visit the 'Volunteer' page to find out more information on how you can help!    
21.12.2007
  Embrace donates computers to students! Check out this Youtube video for the breaking news > Click here!


 
17.11.2007
  Foundation for Young Australians project, 8windows, headed by Kiran Atmuri, has teamed with Embrace Education to provide Embrace with the new and fresh website you're on right now! The aim of 8windows is to improve volunteering and youth organisations' ability to promote themselves, and also to allow eager volunteers to be able to discover and easily learn about the worthy organisations, creating an overall synergy where community projects will be better able to grow and achieve their aims. The project received national backing and funding for up to 3 years from the Foundation of Young Australians. Please check out the 8windows project website to learn about their work!  

Kiran Atmuri of 8windows with Emil Kogan of Embrace Education discussing the new website design.
       
       

 

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