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Welcome to the first Faculty newsletter for 2011 heralding what is sure to be another successful year for Humanities and Social Sciences at Bond.

During this semester we held a highly successful Dean’s Awards evening on 11 February celebrating the academic achievement of our students from the final semester of 2010. The evening was attended by almost four hundred members of the Faculty community including students, friends, family, sponsors and staff.

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EVENTS

BOND UNIVERSITY FILM AND TELEVISION AWARDS (BUFTA) ROADSHOW

Mr Steve Guttormsen hit the road during March and April to present the annual Roadshow for the Bond University Film and Television Awards (BUFTA).

Visiting schools in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra, Steve held presentations on the awards in conjunction with workshops on lighting, sound, editing and the development of storylines. These workshops form an integral part of helping students to adapt their unique stories to the dynamic field of film and television. Each session concluded with a viewing of last year’s winning BUFTA film. Steve will visit schools in and around Perth in May.

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DEANS AWARDS 103

On Friday February 11, Humanities and Social Sciences Dean Professor Raoul Mortley welcomed almost 400 students and guests to the Cerum Theatre, for the 2010 September semester Dean’s Awards ceremony.

265 awards were presented on the evening to the top achieving students across all subjects in the Faculty, as well as those students who made the Dean’s and Vice-Chancellors’ Lists of Academic Excellence.

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MAJOR DONATION MAKES WAY FOR “MINDFULNESS”

On Wednesday 9 March, the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Research Centre for East-West Cultural and Economic Studies hosted an inaugural public discussion forum on “Mindfulness”.

Chaired by the Dharma Master, Heng Chih and supported by the Centre’s generous benefactor, Mr Alan Chan, the seminar on “Mindfulness” was attended by a broad spectrum of the Bond community including general staff, academics and external guests.

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FACULTY DIRECTIONS

After three months of extensive building work, renovations have recently been completed on Levels 1 and 2 of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences side of the Arch Building. The renovations provided a fresh outlook to many existing offices and reconfigured other administration spaces to incorporate a new meeting room and storage areas.

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WHERE A HSS DEGREE TAKES YOU

CARLY FIGHTS THE GOOD FIGHT ACROSS THE GLOBE

When Carly Sheehan graduated with a degree in International Relations at Bond University in 2002, she went straight to Canberra with her qualifications in hand and an eagerness to work in a government role as a foreign officer. Once she arrived however, she was faced with the harsh reality that obtaining work in those roles was scarce and fiercely competitive.

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STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

ESPRESSO ESSENTIAL CAMPAIGN – SHORT VIDEO WINNER ANNOUNCED

A number of Film and Television students recently entered short films in a competition to market one of Australia’s fastest growing franchises, “Espresso Essential – Coffee for Life”. From the four that entered, the final winner was determined by the amount of Youtube votes their film received.

The short film Coffee Breakdown, created by Andrea Cordova, Vanessa Kellett, Jamie Parfitt and Michael Porter, was the final winner of the competition. The production team included Milan Gandhi, Caitlin Willcox and a raft of other students.

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BOND STUDENTS TAKE OUT BEST STUDENT PRODUCTION PRIZE IN THE OPTUS 180 COMPETITION

A group of Bond current film and television students and alumni have taken out the 2011 Optus 180 prize for best student production.

Each year the large telecommunications company, runs a short film competition in conjunction with MTV and Event Cinemas. Entries to the competition have to be one hour long with a 180 second pilot. A series of finalists are then selected by some of Australia’s leading Film and Television Industry figures. In the most recent competition, the judges included David Wenham, Joel Edgerton and Kat Stewart.

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ACADEMIC NEWS

DR PENNY DE BYL WINS CURRICULUM COMPETITION

Dr Penny De Byl recently won almost $75,000 in android mobile phones and Unity Software for the Faculty through the Unity Technologies Great Education Giveaway. Participants were asked to submit example curriculum and record two short video lectures demonstrating Unity on an Android device. Dr De Byl received the award for her clean and concise content which focussed on android specific development. Judges from the competition included prominent industry figures and electronic education specialists from Europe and USA.

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ANATOMICAL TEXTBOOK TURNS INTERACTIVE – BOND UNIVERSITY ACADEMICS DEVELOP 3D HEART MODEL FOR IPADS

On Tuesday 8 March, Dr James Birt and Assistant Professor Allan Stirling held an official launch of their new 3D iPad app that describes the function and dynamics of the human heart. Aimed at taking the content of an anatomical textbook one step further, the 3D human heart which, when launched, can be used by students to examine a heart from every angle, is poised to revolutionise the way anatomy is taught. Instead of looking at two dimensional, lateral views of a human heart, students can now control their view and study the anatomical structures of the heart at greater depth.

The heart, which is now ready for deployment onto iPads, was developed using 3DS Max and Unity 3D. The comprehensive information contained in the e-book is a perfect example of the way that Bond is diversifying the delivery of education across its faculties.