What I wish I knew in 1st Year REVEALED Topic 1: First Day Essentials Presented by UWA Young Enginee

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What I wish I knew in 1st YearREVEALED!Topic
1 First Day EssentialsPresented by UWA Young
Engineers (UWAYE)
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What I wish I knew in 1st Year

• 5 Minute Presentations everyday this week
• Essential knowledge we believe should be imparted
  to fresher students
• Presented by UWAYE (UWA Young Engineers)
• YOUR Engineering Professional Development Body

www.uwaye.ecm.uwa.edu.au
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1) Textbooks

• In first year you should buy your textbooks
  despite their being expensive
• Shop around for the best deal
• Co-Op Bookshop
• Guild Secondhand Bookshop
• United Booksellers
• Encompass (Broadway Village)

www.uwaye.ecm.uwa.edu.au
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2) Food

• Many places on Campus. Some Meals Expensive.
• Broadway Village Excellent
• Cheap Asian Cuisine
• SupaValue for Groceries/Snacks
• Share a Pizza
• at Broadway
• Dominos
• Late Night Snack
• Emergencies Caltex/vending machines

www.uwaye.ecm.uwa.edu.au
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3) Employment

• Student Services
• upstairs in Guild Village
• 5 membership fee providing access to notice
  board
• Surveys
• (Health, Demographics, Mental Reckoning).
• Higher Education Higher Paid Part Time
  Employment
• Vacation Employment
• Work on your Uni day off
• Drafting
• Computer Programming
• Administration
• Clerical Duties

www.uwaye.ecm.uwa.edu.au
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Week 2 Tuesday (6/3/07) 1pm Matilda Bay
ForeshoreFREE FREE FREESausages, Drinks,
Cricket, Footy
Fresher Welcome BBQ