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Students: the new poor

The MSA Welfare Office works year-round to run programs like the Survival Centre, Computer Co-op, and Free Food Mondays. Not everyone has the same access to simple resources, like a home, a computer, food and a living income, all of which affect their life at university, and the Welfare service works to assist these students.

Welfare Department

We recognise that not all students will have the same kind of experience at university, and that students from different racial and religious backgrounds, of different ages, students with children, students with disabilities and students of different sexual orientations may all feel disadvantaged or isolated at university, or just have different needs. To get in contact with the Welfare Officers, call 9905 5336 or email welfare.msa@adm.monash.edu.au

Free Food Mondays

Free Food Mondays runs throughout semester. You can get a free meal up in the Airport Lounge at 7:30pm every Monday night during semester. Everyone is welcome! Volunteers are desperately needed for this program, cooking starts at 5pm in Wholefoods kitchen - without cooks there will be no food! In particular we need volunteers to wash up afterwards – if you help with this you will be rewarded with dessert!

Welfare Collective

Interested in helping out your fellow students and running welfare campaigns, come along to welfare collective. Email welfare.msa@adm.monash.edu.au for more details.

Survival Centre

Emergency food and clothing, as well as some donated text books, crockery, cutlery and other items, is available in the Survival Centre, upstairs in the MSA around the corner from the John Medley Library. There are also microwave for you to come and heat up your food at lunchtime. Contact welfare.msa@adm.monash.edu.au for more details.

Free Refurbished Computer (Monash Computer Co-op)

The Monash Computer Co-Op refurbishes old computers for students who otherwise cannot afford them. It works on the basis of student involvement, and asks that recipients do something to help to keep the program running. This can be either technical or non-technical tasks.

If you need a computer and don't have the money to buy a new one, please pick up a form from MSA Reception, fill it out and return it to the Welfare Office (stick it under the door if a Welfare Officer is not there).

To get in contact with a Welfare Officer, call 9905 5336, email welfare.msa@adm.monash.edu.au or go to the Engineers Without Borders website to find out more.

Volunteers are needed for a range of tasks including building computers, installing software and sourcing computer donations from university departments and companies. The Co-op aims to educate students about computers, so even if you have no technical experience and wish to learn please come along. We hold regular working bees, usually on Saturdays, where volunteers are rewarded with a free lunch. Please contact a Welfare Officer for details of the next working bee.

The Co-op also relies on donations of computer parts and second-hand machines, so please donate your old computer. For information on how to donate please contact a Welfare Officer by emailing welfare.msa@adm.monash.edu.au

Events

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MSA Survival Week

Survival Week, held in week 4 of semester one, is a week of workshops, seminars and BBQ's where you can meet people, learn some new skills, and focus on the importance of enjoying uni and how to get the most out of your experience. The biannual Derelicte Ball (in week 5) is also a chance for you to attend an affordable night of entertainment where the theme is all things Derelicte.

For more information on workshops and anything else being held email welfare.msa@adm.monash.edu.au