OPEN DAY 2010 - Sunday 15 August
Open Day 2010 is your chance to visit our beautiful North Terrace Campus, to learn what we're all about and get your questions answered. No matter what your age or your interests, there's something for everyone at Open Day. We'll help to match your interests with specific areas of study, show where university can lead you and explain the student services available to make it all happen. Here are just some of the many activities on Open Day. For full details, pick up an Open Day program on Sunday 15 August or visit the website: www.adelaide.edu.au/openday
ACTIVITIES & TALKS Faculty Displays & Activities will give you a taste of the excellent work being done by University of Adelaide students and staff. See how 3D technology is helping to provide breakthroughs in molecular biology and medicine, find out how research affects what farmers grow and what you eat, learn how your brain works and take a psychological test, or see how digital technology is changing the way we teach history. All these and many more activities and displays will demonstrate the wide-ranging educational opportunities available at the University of Adelaide. Talks are also extremely important for visitors to Open Day. To find out more, see the Talks Timetable.
ENTERTAINMENT Open Day offers a variety of entertainment right across campus, from the Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition, to music and theatre performances, sports and clubs demonstrations, and much more. ELDER CONSERVATORIUM PERFORMANCES See music students in action at the Reading Room in the Barr Smith Library. Find out what it's like to be professionally trained at one of Australia's oldest and most distinguished specialist music institutions.THEATRE GUILD PERFORMANCES - WRITE OH! The Theatre Guild proudly presents three short pieces of new work written, performed and directed by students of the University of Adelaide in the spectacular setting of the Barr Smith Library Reading Room. Directed by Michael Allen and re-staged for Open Day by Bart Csorba. Short, sharp, dynamic performances that run for approximately 20 minutes.ADELAIDE UNIVERSITY UNION (AUU) + CLUBS, SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT There's two parts to university - study and the social aspect. The Adelaide University Union (AUU) provides everything you'll need outside of the classroom and enriches your life on campus! These services and events give you an exciting campus community and culture that will be both meaningful and useful.Visit the Taib Mahmud Court to experience a taste of what the AUU does all year round. Listen to live music, watch some demonstrations, eat some tasty food or get a free massage or painted face! A range of clubs available to join will also be on display. Joining a club is a great way to meet people of similar interests, giving you a break from the pressures of the classroom. THE THREE-MINUTE THESIS (3MT) COMPETITION As part of this inaugural competition, higher degree-by-research students will have three minutes to present a compelling oration on their thesis topic and its significance in language appropriate to a non-specialist audience.See full story here.
TOURS There are tours to suit just about everyone's taste - art and heritage tours, general campus tours, tours of laboratories and facilities, and even self-guided tours. MITCHELL BUILDING Go on a self-guided tour of the University's oldest building. Situated next to the Art Gallery of South Australia, the Mitchell Building was first occupied in 1882 and housed the entire University in its infancy.Today it accommodates the University's senior administration, including the Office of the Vice-Chancellor and President. A war memorial for students, staff and graduates who served in World War 1 is located in this beautiful heritage building along with portraits of former Vice-Chancellors. MUSEUM OF CLASSICAL ARCHAEOLOGY Explore the treasures on display in the Museum including an Attic Marble Lekythos fragment (4th century BCE), terracotta sarcophagus from Tarquina (Southern Etruria, Roman, ca 100 BCE) and Villanovan cremation urn (Northern Italy, 9th century BCE).TATE MUSEUM The Tate Museum was established in 1925, named after Ralph Tate, Elder Professor of Natural Sciences at the University from 1875-1901. The collection includes minerals, rocks and fossils that illustrate geological phenomena, and specimens collected by Antarctic explorer Sir Douglas Mawson.PUBLIC ART A tour of North Terrace public artworks by South Australian artists on the North Terrace campus. The tour will encompass work by Geoff Wilson, Greg Johns, Hossein Valamanesh and Johnnie Dady.ACCOMMODATION Tours will be held of The Village, St Ann's College, Lincoln College, Kathleen Lumley College (postgraduate), Aquinas College and St Mark's College.
LIBRARY, ART & HERITAGE A program of events, activities, talks, performances and exhibitions highlight the arts and cultural aspects of University life.
BARR SMITH LIBRARY The Barr Smith Library is South Australia's largest research library. The Library will be open from 9am-5pm and will feature a range of art and cultural experiences. Visitors are encouraged to visit the Barr Smith Reading Room. The Reading Room is one of the University's hidden treasures. Enter from the grand steps on the eastern side of the building or follow the signs from the Library's main entrance to Level 2 North. Friends of the Library will be there to greet visitors, show them the Reading Room and answer questions. Come and see a 'Life Impact' exhibition on the world-changing research contributions of some of our graduates and academics. The exhibition is on Level 1, outside Rare Books and Special Collections.
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