Golden Key Swinburne

The annual Academic Breakfast of Golden Key Society was held on the 3 rd of July 2018 at Café Blac, which is located in Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn. This was the first event that was organised by the 2018 committee and it turned out to be a great success. The main determination of the Academic Breakfast is to network with the members and to inform about the great community services that the chapter is involved in. It was a pleasure to meet the invited Golden Key honorary members of the Swinburne Chapter and network with most of the Academics who’s been involved with the Chapter.  The most prominent of the guests being Swinburne Vice Chancellor, Linda Kristjanson and Ernst & Young Partner, Terence Jeyaretnam. The event was opened by Enuri, our Academic Officer of the committee and handed the rest of the event to the President of the Chapter, Philip. He mentioned about the history of Golden Key, important stats and events that our chapter has held and the achiev

Written by Deyna Yohana (Social Officer) and Alyssa Pascual (Newsletter Editor) For the month of July, it was the Golden Key Swinburne Chapter’s turn to host the monthly Hot Chocolate Networking Event. The night of July 26th, it was an excellent turn out with the full leadership committee present along with some new and existing Golden Key members coming along to indulge in warm, hot chocolate and delicious churros.  The night was held at the El Churro cafe in Hawthorn, right near Swinburne University. The first twenty people who arrived received a free hot chocolate or coffee. There were sweet, crispy churros to share and snack on which was perfect for a winter’s night. It was a great night where people socialised, talked about upcoming events and bonded over hot drinks Our social officer, Deyna organised and coordinated the event. A nice success of the night was that a Golden Key member that visited the O-week Golden Key stall just days before was informe

Written by Deyna Yohana (Social Officer) and Alyssa Pascual (Newsletter Editor) Golden Key Swinburne Chapter hosted a very colourful O-week stall, full of photos and posters, on the 24 th and 25 th of July to introduce Golden Key Society and raise awareness of our goals and visions to the new Swinburne students arriving for Semester Two. In addition, it was a chance to meet and build relationships with existing members and promote events such as the Hot Chocolate networking event happening later that month, along with the upcoming Intellectual Engagement Speaker Event and Victorian Alliance Ball. Prior to the event, the committee came together in their monthly meetings to brainstorm and contribute ideas around enjoyable activities for students and making it an approachable, friendly and interactive stall. We had a Spin the Wheel game with prizes such as lollipops, redskins, GK pens, GK notepads, fidget spinners, free hot chocolates and a challenge to win a $1