Golden Key Swinburne

Written by: Kylie Goatley On Friday 26th May Golden Key Swinburne Chapter spent the afternoon at the Aboriginal Literacy Foundation, who holds book collection drives for aboriginal children twice per year. Our chapter president, Justine Hall, arranged a volunteering day for Golden Key Swinburne members to assist with packing the donated books ready to be sent out. Throughout the afternoon the 6 members in attendance sorted books into appropriate age groups: 0-4 years, 5-9 years, 10-14 years and 15-18 years. This involved sorting over 2,200 books into approximately 40 boxes. It is expected that on average each child will benefit from 3 books each. The books that GK Swinburne assisted in packing were dispatched as part of the foundations Northern Australian Books and Library Project. This project aims to support over 120 schools in Northern Queensland, Northern Territory and North Western Australia The impact of GK Swinburne's volunteer book packing afternoon means that ap...

Written by Justine Hall (GK Swinburne President) Swinburne Golden Key held its Annual General Meeting on May 10th in the Library Conference Room (Penang Room), Hawthorn Campus at 6pm. On the night we elected the following to the executive committee for 2017-2018: President Justine Hall Vice-President Kevin Tuyau Treasurer Carlo Sinay Secretary Liz Merritt In addition to the executive committee we elected the following positions; Newsletter Editor Kylie Goatley Professional Development Officer Batur Changez Intellectual Engagement Officer Pauline Csuba Social Officer Meg Blackie Alumni Liaison Officer Karuna Santosa General Committee Member Sam Bhullar Webmaster Kevin Tuyau Congratulations to our newly formed committee and welcome on-board our new members. If you would like to jo...

Written by Karuna Santosa - Swinburne University of Technology Research Assistant, Pro-Vice Chancellor’s Office of Student Engagement When I received a letter in the mail informing me I was invited to join the Golden Keys International Honour Society, I was quite surprised.  I had heard of the society before but I was not aware of what it did or what it stood for as a society.  The letter provided me information about a new members’ event which I was invited to attend.  I was not sure why I was receiving an invite at this stage of my studies, my marks had always been strong and my average score was steady.  So I decided to ask staff at Swinburne whether they thought it was worth paying $100 to join the society.  Interestingly enough, everyone I spoke too encouraged me to join because they believed it was a great networking opportunity.  I decided to find out more about the society before committing myself to the new members’ event.  I did this by ...