Orientation 2020

VICE CHANCELLOR’S
ORIENTATION HOST PROGRAM
Congratulations

We are so happy that you have taken the opportunity to be a host for new students as part of
the VC’s Orientation Host Program.

The next few pages will take you through all you need to know to be a successful host. Please
read it carefully before you turn up on the first day.

If you have any questions you can contact Tia Milohis at tia.milohis@adelaide.edu.au

Many thanks and good luck.

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Training Agenda
• Your role
• Representing the University with integrity and professionalism
• Your knowledge
• Tips & Tricks
• Bus Stop Tour guidelines
• Support and Assistance
• Thank you breakfast or lunch

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Your Role

1. Meet the host support team from Ask Adelaide on Western

Drive at 8:00am, Monday 24 February 2020

• Wear the polo shirt provided.

• You will be allocated a group of students from your faculty area by the host support team.

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Your Role
2. Record details of your students on the forms provided
• Welcome your group and make them feel comfortable – check you have the student ID
numbers written down.

3. Take your group to the Welcome Talk and on a Campus Tour

• Take students to your allocated Welcome Talk in Bonython Hall
9:00am, 11:00am or 2:30pm
• Take your group on a Campus tour to all the ‘Bus Stops’
• Take your group to Goodman Lawns or other designated screening spot by 12:20pm
Welcome to Country, VC Welcome, free lunch, activities
• Provide advice and referrals as required
• Share your experiences and stories

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Your Role

4. Arrange to meet again on your Faculty Day

This step is only for those of you who are also signed up to be a Peer Mentor for your Faculty.
You should have separate instructions on your duties for the Faculty day.

• Talk to your students to arrange a place and time to meet them on your Faculty Day (you may
receive an email with more information)
• Attend Faculty/School events
• Provide advice, referrals, introductions and support

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Orientation Day
Bonython Hall Welcome Talk
• You will accompany your group of students and listen to the welcome talk
• The Host Support Team will let you know the time of the talk
• Have students seated in Bonython Hall before the scheduled start time

Conduct your Campus Tour

• Follow map provided
• A representative from each bus stop will give a brief explanation on their service. They will
also be available to answer more complex questions from the students.
• Ensure that all your students receive a stamp on their O’Week planner.
• Share your experience
• Get your group of students talking to each other
• Stop and chat about life at University

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Orientation Day
Formal Welcome on Goodman Lawns
• Have your group gathered at your designated place (may not be Goodman Lawns) by 12:20
ready for the Welcome to Country and the VC’s Welcome
• Remind them of the free lunch being served straight after the welcome.
After lunch
• Hosts designated the 2:30pm Welcome Talk will usher their students into Bonython Hall by
2:20pm.
• Remind them of the AUU Clubs Land in the Hub Central
• Point out the social events on all week – refer to the planner.
• Remind them where and when you will meet for their Faculty Day (if applicable)
• You can stay with your group or leave them to wander through the stalls on campus after you
have taken them to a Welcome Talk and completed the Bus Stop Tour.

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Faculty Day
Meet at appointed time and place on Faculty Day.

• Take students to the location of the Faculty event

• Follow instructions provided by your Faculty

Tuesday 25 February 2020

• Faculty of Sciences
• Faculty of Arts

Wednesday 26 February 2020

• Faculty of the Professions
• Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Thursday 27 February 2020

• Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences
• Faculty of Sciences (Waite and Roseworthy)

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Representing your University with
integrity and professionalism
• Look at the notes and information we have provided
• Think about your role before you start
• Plan some positive stories and experiences to discuss with new students
• Be nice to any parents – and send them off for a coffee
• Treat every question (and every new student) with respect

Remember:
• You cannot – and should not – give program advice
• You cannot – and must not – give Visa advice

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Your knowledge

• We don’t expect you to know everything about the University.

• Answer questions honestly and if you don’t know the answer, refer to Ask Adelaide.

• Share your experiences at university (the good and the challenging) but recognise that
everyone is different so may experience things differently.

• Try your best and don’t be afraid to check with the Ask Adelaide team if you get stuck!

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Tips & Tricks

• Be here on time and in the right place on Monday 24 February 2020, 8am
• Dress appropriately and comfortably – Your coloured polo shirt must be your top layer.
• Have fun
• Share your positive experiences
• Talk with the host support team if you need anything
• If parents turn up refer them to the host support team
• Don’t go too fast during the day. Take your time and keep the group talking
• Encourage the group to talk with each other – one of the key achievements is that they make
friends with each other

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Your ‘Bus Stop’ Campus Tour
What is the Bus Stop Tour?

• The Bus Stop tour was designed to take all students to the location of support services rather
than just telling them where it is.

• There will be a representative from the support service at the bus stop that will give a brief
overview of what services they offer and how they can help current students. They will also
be there to answer questions. You do not need to know much about each service – the rep will
be there to answer questions.

• You must ensure that all the students in your group receives a stamp on their planner from
each bus stop.

• Hosts will be split into 3 groups – each group will have a different plan to follow on the day
to ensure your students attend 1 Welcome Talk, 1 full Bus Stop Tour and the VC Welcome on
Goodman Lawns.

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Your ‘Bus Stop’ Campus Tour
It is expected that the tour will take at least 1 to 2 hours.

A few points that may help with the tour:

• Allow the group to catch up and stop before you start speaking and the representative starts
speaking.
• Encourage questions about each location
• Share your experiences about good places to study and socialise
• Speak clearly and loudly
• Remember your group may be quite diverse. Students can be local, international, mature-age,
school-leavers, those who are first-in-family to attend university and those who already have
degrees. Celebrate this diversity - it’s one of the things that makes the University of Adelaide
great
• Keep it fun. Help the new students enjoy the tour and enjoy it yourself.

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Your ‘Bus Stop’ Campus Tour

• You will all receive a printable map with the route and bus stops highlighted – please have
this available on the day to follow. We will have spares as well.

• You will also receive some talking points on each of the bus stops to use as talking points.
Please refer to this throughout the tour.

• It is imperative that you follow the route outlined on the map to ensure that students still see
our beautiful campus and get to all the bus stops.

• In your training pack you will also find a document outlining the plan for each host group –
you will be allocated a group number on the day.

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Bus Stop Tour
(Bottom of Campus)

1. Student Care
Hub Central

2. Adelaide Uni Union (AUU) and Social

Clubs
Union House

3. Adelaide Uni Sport (AUS) and Sport

Clubs
George Murray Building

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Bus Stop Tour
4. Counselling, Medical, Health and Wellbeing
Horrace Lamb Building

5. YOUR Faculty Office

Various locations – see next few slides.

6. Maths Learning Centre / Writing Centre

Level 3 of Hub Central

7. Ask Library
Level 3, Hub Central, Barr Smith North

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Bus Stop Tour
8. Study Abroad
Level 4 Hub Central

9. Career Services
Outside Level 4, Hub Central

10. Ask Adelaide & International Student

Support
Level 4 of Hub Central

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Bus Stop Tour
While in the Hub:
If you pass these on your bus stop tour, mention:

• Print / scan areas (and how they work)

• Lockers (and how they work)
• Tech Crew (next to Ask Adelaide)
• Project Rooms – booked online from student web page
• Co-op Bookshop (Level 4)
• The General and the Post Office (Level 4)
• Student kitchen (Level 4)
• Food outlets
• Security Services - Oliphant ground floor, southern end (temporary relocation until April
2020)

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Bus Stop Tour
While in the Hub:

This year the students will be receiving a FREE and exclusive 2020 t-shirt and Student
Guide (notebook). The stall will be set up in the Hub on Level 4, all they need to do is
show their student ID card as a new student.

Before you get to the stall please make sure all your students have their ID card or ID
number ready for the stall holder.

The best time to take your students there is at any point you are in the hub and it is a
convenient time.

It may take a while to get all your students organised so keep this in mind in case it
effects getting to a Welcome Talk or Goodman Lawns. They can get the T-shirt and
student guide at any point throughout the week.

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 Arts

The faculty office is located in the

Napier building on the ground Security –
relocated to

floor
ground Floor
Oliphant
Building until
April 2019

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Engineering, Computer
and Mathematical
Sciences
Security –
relocated to
ground Floor
Oliphant
Building until

The faculty office is located in the April 2019

Ingkarni Wardli building on

Level 1

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Health and Medical
Sciences

The student support hub is

located in the Helen Mayo
Security –
relocated to
ground Floor

North building on the ground

Oliphant
Building until
April 2019

floor

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Professions

The faculty office is located

in the Nexus 10 building on
level 1
Security –
relocated to
ground Floor

The School of Architecture and Built Oliphant

Building until

Environment is on Level 4 of the

April 2019

Horace Lamb Building

The Law School is located in the

Ligertwood building on the ground
floor.

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Sciences
Security –

The Sciences Service Hub is relocated to

ground Floor
Oliphant Building

located in the Darling building until April 2019

on the ground floor

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Cycling Facilities
Students can freshen up, store their stuff, fix
their bike, or change their clothes at one of the
University’s end-of-trip facilities.

Point out Treadly on Campus – your one stop

repair and retail bicycle station at Hub
Central.

To gain access to secure bike sheds just search

for ‘bike shed’ in Ask ADEL.

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Some discussion points
• Use Ask ADEL
student.ask.adelaide.edu.au

• Printing quota of $18 is applied twice a year in January and July – top-up online from the
student web page
• Make friends in your discipline area – form a study group
• Bike shed access – search ‘Bike Shed’ on Ask ADEL
• Plan your time – don’t leave everything to the last minute
• Use the Hub Central, the Library and other study locations and get into a study routine
• Join a club, start a club, play sport, be active – all these things help establish a balance and
help students achieve at University
• Make friends outside your discipline area – be social

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Support and Assistance

Ask Adelaide
Telephone 8313 5208

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Thank you breakfast or lunch

• We are organising a free breakfast or lunch for all hosts to be held in March or April
• Details will be sent to you by email
• We will be keen to get feedback from you on this day about how well you think the program
went
• Certificates will be available on the day but if you can’t make it you can collect yours from
Ask Adelaide at a later date

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