Starting a new graduate course can be both exciting and daunting! During Orientation Week, the MGA strives to provide you with all the information you need to start your studies armed with everything you need to know to thrive.
We create free, fun-filled opportunities for you to get to know your campus or digital environment and make some new connections with other students.
Read on for an overview of the benefits you can reap from the MGA’s Orientation program.
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IMPORTANT NOTICE: To ensure the health and safety of all staff, volunteers and participants, we require physical distancing, regular hand sanitisation and QR code check-in and/or event registration for all on-campus events. You must always carry a face mask with you when you leave home unless you have a lawful reason not to. It is strongly recommended you wear a face mask whenever you cannot keep 1.5 metres distance from others. If you are feeling unwell, please stay home and do not attend any on-campus events.
Coursework Virtual Orientation (Session 1)
Join the Monash Graduate Association (MGA) for a virtual orientation session on Zoom. You will hear about our free online and on-campus events and programs designed to connect you with your community. Find out about MGA advocacy, a free service that can help you through academic issues big and small. Meet the MGA president, make connections with your peers and ask a panel of current students any questions you like. There’ll be prizes to win too!
Wednesday, 14 July 2021
3:00pm to 3:45pm
Meeting ID: 862 8194 7615 Passcode: 2021
Ready, Set, Brunch! (Clayton)
Are you a new Clayton campus graduate student? Get a headstart before O Week and join a group of Monash Graduate Association volunteers (who are also current students with lots of experience) for an informative tour around Clayton campus.
The tour will end at the Secret Garden Eatery where participants can meet and socialise with other new graduate students over a free brunch.
Thursday, 15 July 2021
10:00am to 12:00pm
Meet @ Graduate Student Hub, Ground Floor Building 89, 21 Sports Walk
Clayton campus
Coursework Virtual Orientation (Session 2)
Join the Monash Graduate Association (MGA) for a virtual orientation session on Zoom. You will hear about our free online and on-campus events and programs designed to connect you with your community. Find out about MGA advocacy, a free service that can help you through academic issues big and small. Meet the MGA president, make connections with your peers and ask a panel of current students any questions you like. There’ll be prizes to win too!
Thursday, 22 July 2021
4:00pm to 4:45pm
Meeting ID: 829 5593 4692 Passcode: 2021
Coursework Mentor Program
Looking for a way to find your feet as a new graduate student at Monash? Consider getting paired with an experienced graduate coursework student mentor from your faculty, who will guide you to not only survive but thrive in your first year. The MGA peer mentor program is open to all new graduate coursework (Masters) students commencing in July 2021. The program includes six sessions over an eight week duration.
Register by 5:00pm on Wednesday, 28 July 2021
Program kicks off on Monday, 2 August 2021
Virtual Hangout (Social)
Are you a Monash graduate student studying abroad and looking to make friends? Don’t wait any longer – your people are just a video chat away!
This Virtual Hangout will connect you socially with a network of Monash graduate students. There’ll be new activities every session, with games to play, puzzles to solve and new friends to make! And the best part – winners get their prizes mailed to their home address!
Wednesday, 4 August 2021
5:00pm – 6:00pm
Academic Support Webinar
When starting a Masters, we all hope that nothing will go wrong, but we sometimes encounter problems and issues we do not expect. With stories based on real-life student experiences, MGA student advocates Sarah and Ying will run you through some of the most common unexpected situations faced by Masters students. They will give you the tools to manage and respond to the unexpected.
Tuesday, 3 August 2021
3:00pm – 4:30pm
New Student Competition
Want to win an MGA Hoodie? It’s simple! All you need to do is submit your most creative answer for ‘When life gives your lemons, make ______________’. Send us your answer and details via the link below.
We’ll be giving out X10 hoodies for the best answers. Not in Melbourne? No problem! We will post the prize to your mailing address! The competition opens on Monday, 12 July 2021 and closes on Friday, 23 July 2021.
This competition is open to newly enrolled Monash graduate students (on campus and off campus) for Semester 2, 2021. Please read the Terms and Conditions HERE
HDR Mentor Program
Are you a new Monash PhD or Masters by Research student looking to find your feet quickly? Apply now to be mentored by a peer student with valuable experience and guidance to offer.
The MGA HDR mentor program is a 12-week program commencing in late August. You will be matched with a current student from your faculty who will provide regular, guided check-ins and help you to settle into your research journey.
Register by 5:00pm on Friday, 13 August 2021
Program kicks off on Monday, 23 August 2021
HDR Virtual Orientation
Join the Monash Graduate Association (MGA) for a virtual orientation session on Zoom. You will hear about our free online and on-campus events and programs designed to connect you with your HDR student community. Find out about MGA advocacy, a free service that can help you through academic issues big and small. Meet the MGA president, make connections with your peers and ask a panel of current students any questions you like. There’ll be prizes to win too!
Wednesday, 25 August 2021
3:00pm – 4:00pm