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Extended orientation programme Semester 2, 2011

Date

Description of weeks

Date

Venue

Time

Activity

18 – 22 July

Semester 2 Orientation week

MSA Orientation programme
http://www.monash.ac.za/prospective/orientation/

As per orientation schedule

25 - 29 July

Week 1 Semester 2 begins

Thursday 28 July

Lecture Theatre 6

13h30 – 14:30

Academic support for MSAFP (Foundation Programme Students)
Opportunities for support for Foundation Programme students on campus
Debbie Lees

1 - 5 August

Week 2

Thursday 4 August

Lecture Theatre 6

13h30 – 14:30

MSA Community Engagement – opportunities to change the world. 
Find out about volunteer opportunities available at MSA, in Australia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Kenya.
Craig Rowe

8 - 12 August

Week 3

Thursday 11 August

Lecture Theatre 6

13h30 – 14:30

The truth about drugs
A new way of looking at addiction
Quintin van Kerken

15 - 19 August

Week 4

Thursday 18 August

Lecture Theatre 6

13h30 – 14:30

Who’s having sex with whom? Sexual relationships, HIV/AIDS and prevention in South Africa
Professor Geoffrey Setswe

22 - 26 August

Week 5

Thursday 25 August

Lecture Theatre 6

13h30 – 14:30

Student motivation. How can I keep my motivation levels high at university?
Rosa Malherbe

29 Aug – 2 Sept

Week 6

Thursday 1 September

Lecture Theatre 6

13h30 – 14:30

Emotional intelligence – survival guide in adapting to student life in higher education
Makheni Motana

5 - 9  September

Week 7

Thursday 8 September

Lecture Theatre 6

13h30 – 14:30

Meta-cognitive Brain Maps. An innovative approach to assist you with your studies.
Rosa Malherbe

12 - 16 September

Week 8

Thursday 15 September

Lecture Theatre 6

13h30 – 14:30

Improving reading skills – essential skills will be shared and practised
Frikkie Korf

19 – 23 September

Week 9

Thursday 22 September

Lecture Theatre 6

13h30 – 14:30

Positive Living – encompasses Clinic, counselling and HIV / AIDS.  Promoting good living. Exercise, mental health services
Chris Maiketso

3 - 7 October

Week 10

Thursday 6 October

Lecture Theatre 6

13h30 – 14:30

Supplementation and nutrition – Eating healthy, eating disorders and good nutrition
Mokgadi Tefo (13h30 – 14h00)
Fitness and drugs – Johan Smith(14h00 – 14h30)

10 - 14 October

Week 11

Thursday 13 October

Lecture Theatre 6

13h30 – 14:30

Examination writing strategies – strategies to assist you when you write your examinations
Frikkie Korf

17 – 21 October

Week 12

Thursday 20 October

Lecture Theatre 6

13h30 – 14h30

Exam stress and time management –
Nomkosi Mbatha and Dashendren Reddy