Halls Newsletter Issue 1 2016

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Welcome to all

in the Massey University Halls family.

My name is Koli Sewabu and I am the Acng Accommodaon

Manager for the Halls of Residence. I am one of the many sta here at

Massey University who bids you a warm Manawatu welcome. Living in the halls

provides you with opportunity to grow as a person, where you will meet many people

from dierent backgrounds. Approach your new community with an open mind and embrace

the diversity of values and interests that you’ll come across.

I saw many of you parcipate in the Orientaon Programme and hope that this has made your transion

to University life a lile smoother. For those who missed out, make sure you have a chat with your RA to ndout who you can talk to about seling into your studies and university life, parcularly if you are sll trying to

nd your feet! Transional is a process that each one will go through in your own dierent ways- we’re here to

help and guide you along the way, so please let us know how we can support you along the way.

During the rst 4 weeks we saw many of you parcipang in fun events such as Crazy Sports Day

and Relay for Life. A tremendous eort was put in by all the halls turning up to the Relay—a cause close to Massey’s

heart. It was also great to see many students make the most of the electrical tagging service. Coming up this half of the

semester is our Annual Tree Planng Event at Pit Park. I encourage you all to get involved, it’s a fun way to get

to know your fellow residents and give back to Palmerston North.

By now the realies of your academic workload should have sunk in with upcoming assignments and tests. If you are

looking to succeed in university by upskilling yourself both academically and personally, then you have the opportunityto tune in online to various seminars. StudyUp: Knowledge to Go provides academic based seminars to help you

enhance your wring and study skills so that you can be the best student you can be.

Checkout hp://owll.massey.ac.nz for more details. CROW (Counselling Resources On The Web) introduces

online tools to assist you with common areas of concern for students.

If you have any quesons, concerns or queries related to living in the halls, please talk to your RAs. They

are very important people as they are your rst point of contact if you have any problems and

quesons. They have a wealth of knowledge about the dierent services available on campus and

can refer you to the appropriate assistance you may need. Our management team has an

open door policy as well, so feel free to come talk to them if need be.

Be engaged, stay connected and get involved with all Massey has to oer.

Best wishes for the year!

Inside this Issue

Meet the Team

Calendar

Community Events

The Gumboot Shield & Tally

Important Informaon

Massey Manawatu

Halls Newsletter Issue 1. April 2016

Accommodaon Services

Level 2, The Student Centre. Ph Xtn 84163

[email protected]

http://owll.massey.ac.nz/http://owll.massey.ac.nz/


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CALENDAR

April

19

12pm Photography Club Inial AGM MUSA Lounge

20 12-1.30pm MUSA AGM MUSA Lounge

20 5.30pm Literary Society Inial AGM MUSA Lounge

27 12.30pm Make Your Own Light Sabre MUSA Lounge

28 6.30pm Treasurer Workshop MUSA Lounge Register interest by the 21st to [email protected]

28 10.30-12pm Mindfulness for Academic Success TBC Register interest to hp://pncounselling.massey.ac.nz

May

3-4 All Day Red Cross Blood Donaon MUSA Lounge

4 11-2pm Mid-Week Market Concourse

5 10-11am Pink Ribbon Morning Tea MUSA Lounge

9-11

Various Massey Manawatu Graduaon Ceremonies The Regent

11 11—1.30pm The F******* Word MUSA Lounge

25 6.30pm Love Shouldn’t Hurt—Leslie Elliot MUSA Lounge

28 1-4pm Tree Planng at Pit Park Pit Park

29 7am Manawatu Striders Marathon, 10/5km Walk Rec Centre

30 All week Semester 1 Social Leagues Finals Rec Centre

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Meet the Team The Accommodaon Services Team is

made up of 30 Residenal Assistants (RAs),

2 Community Development Coordinators,

3 Assistant Accommodaon Managers, and the

Accommodaon Manager. All sta live on Campus

and our role is to ensure the welfare and enjoyment

of all residents living within the halls.

If you have any queries or concerns about life in the

halls, our sta, or policy, please feel free to come

to level 2 of the Student Centre and Lorraine,

our administrator will put you in the

direcon of someone that

can help.

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Welcome to the Halls:

Welcome to the halls 2016! We look forward to assisng you with your accommodaon queries during the year such as

accommodaon contracts, fees and room /hall maintenance. Our oce hours are 7.30am – 6.00pm Monday to Friday and we are

open on weekends from 11.00am – 3.00pm.

How is your room?

Compleng your room inventory:

It is important to us that your room is comfortable and everything is in good working order. By now you should have logged into the

CLV student portal and completed your room inventory. If not please ensure that you do this urgently to ensure that anything that is

not right in your room when you checked is recorded early to ensure that you are not charged for any damages you are not

responsible for at the end of your stay.

Maintenance: Reporng problems in your room or shared common spaces

From me to me you may nd that there are things that may need our aenon in either your room or shared common spaces

such as the Hall shared kitchen or bathroom facilies. You can use the CLV student portal to report maintenance issues online and

our maintenance team will be able to go in and x it.

Where do I go to log into the CLV student portal?

hps://portal.clv.co.nz/StarRezPortalMasseyCLV

Your log in informaon has been provided to you with your check in informaon leer – if you are unsure of these details, please

email our team [email protected] and we can assist you with reseng your password and log in details.

Semester Breaks:

All Totara residents have to vacate and completely clear out their rooms and hall fridges for the 3 week break, so that extramural

students can use these rooms. Please help us by ensuring that your key is returned to our oce no later than 10.00am on the 26th

June. If your keys are not returned by this me we will unfortunately need to order a lock and barrel change for your room and you

will be charged the $151.00 replacement fee. Our oce will not be open at this me so you will need to return your key in the key

return slot located on the le hand side of our front door as you look into the oce.

All Halls except Totara as your contract is for 38 weeks, the three week break between semesters is part of your contract period.

The following opons are available for the Semester break that you need to be aware of:-

(1) Meal Rebate for Catered halls only except Totara: Your residenal agreement covers the period 28th

February 2016 – 20th

November 2016 inclusive. If you do not intend to stay over the mid-year break from 27 June to 15 July you can get the

charges for your meal plan credited back to your accommodaon account for that period. Please note you will need to hand

in your key to the RSO for the enre break for this opon. Failure to hand in your key will result in full charges for occupancy

during this me.

(2)

During the Semester Breaks the normal weekly charges will apply as this break is included in your 38 weeks contract.

(3) If you are paying your accommodaon fees by weekly direct debit, your payments will connue over the Semester Breaks

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Storage:

Storage facilies are available at a small cost of $30.00 per locker. This is fully refundable provided the locker is le in good order. You

will need to provide your own lock. Spaces are limited, please enquire at the Residenal Services Oce.

Direct Debits:

If you are paying by direct debit, please remember that your direct debits started on the 16th

of March and will connue for 33

consecuve weeks with your last debit on the 26th

October 2016. If you have handed in your direct debit form recently, the debit

takes two weeks to set up and will start on the 23rd

March 2016. You will need to make the payment that is due on the 16th

March

over the counter by cash or EFTPOS. Alternavely payment can be made by internet banking to the Campus Living bank account.

Accommodaon Accounts:

The due date of your accommodaon fees has already passed, if you have opted to pay for the full year or full semester payment,

please ensure that you have already done so.

Should you nd that you have any problems or queries in regard to your accommodaon payments please come in to speak to one of

our front oce sta.

A reminder email will be sent to students who have chosen to pay their fees by full semester payment or two upfront payment

instalments in June that their next instalment is due the 1 st of July.

** We encourage you to start making payment instalments towards your accommodaon fees early to ensure that payments are

made by the due date. Instalments can be made by direct credit to the Campus Living bank account number, which is provided on

page 9 of the Residenal Agreement, or by sending in cheque payments made out to Campus Living Villages NZ Ltd. If there is likely to

be any problem making payment, please contact us via email [email protected] so we can work with you to set up an

alternave payment plan which suits.

CHAPLAINCY

Welcome to Massey everyone! I hope your rst four weeks have gone okay and you are seling in. I know we

have already met some of you here at The Centre, which has been great. Feel free to drop in any me to chill

out, study, make yourself a free hot drink, and/or have a chat with one of us chaplains. “Chaplain” basically

means supporter, mentor, or pastor, and we are here to listen to what is going on in your life, and support

you in any way we can. We have a parcular interest in the spiritual side of life and are here to talk about this

too, if you want to.

We also have a parcular interest in pancakes… come and get some for free on our

Pancake Nights - Wednesday nights from 7 - 8:30pm. We would love to see you there!

The Chaplaincy Team

The Centre—Next to Tawa Hall and the Colombo Bus Terminal

mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]


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EVENTS

Hall & Community

The rst 4 weeks of Semester is always a me full of

events and opportunies to build hall spirit and get to

know one another. Whole community events on oer over

this period included Pancake and Games Night, Internaonal

Night, Crazy Sports, and Sex and The City.

There were also a number of Hall events going on including

an inter-hall water ght, amazing races, and quirky

fundraisers for the relay for life.

Events are a great opportunity to take some me out,

regain perspecve, and get to know others in the

Community. If you have any great ideas be sure to

Share them with your RAs. Otherwise,

Get involved in what’s going on and

have fun!


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It’s your right to choosethe future of New Zealand

– don’t waste it! Most of us are already enrolled and voting – have you joined us? If

you haven’t, you’re giving up on your voice on the big issues affecting

us all. Only those who are correctly enrolled get to vote and have

their say on the decisions that will shape the future of New Zealand.

It’s a small action, but one that can have a huge effect on you, your

family and New Zealand. Be a part of the decisions that affect you.

It’s your right to vote. If you’re a New Zealand citizen or permanent

resident and have turned 18, you need to be on the electoral roll.

Ready to enrol? Want more information?

Visit elections.org.nz or facebook.com/ivotenz

STUDENT LIFE

The MUSA AGM will be taking place on

Wednesday the 20th of April ( Next Wednesday)

12.00 - 1:00pm at the MUSA Lounge

Get along and nd out what’s going on!

Student membership on Council

Massey University’s governing body is the University Council. Council members include lay,

academic and student members and are responsible for overseeing the management and

control of the aairs, concerns and property of the University . Student membership elecons are happening

now. Find out who your nominees are, decide who you think will best represent the student voice and VOTE!

VOTE AT: hps://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/about-massey/university-management/

university-council/student-elecons/student_vote


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EDUCATION AND CAREER

Login to hps://careerhub.massey.ac.nz using your Student ID &

password. It is the same for all Massey systems.

Most informaon is pre-set for you but you do need to select two

things so that Massey Career Hub knows what you are looking

for. Click on the cog in the right hand corner:

Preferences – select the type of work, occupaon, type of events and

the College you belong to.

Communicaon – select the type of informaon you would like to

hear about.

Make sure you book in to events that you are wanng to aend. That

way we know you are coming and you will receive a reminder about

the event.

Research the employers who are registered, if you nd one you like

the sound of then make sure you follow it so that you know when

they start adversing jobs.

Your Dashboard is a useful tab to show a range of things such as your

event bookings and the employers you are following.

Start planning your job search now, learn when employers recruit for

summer interns and graduate roles; nd out what they are looking for

in terms of skills and experience.

Did you know that organisaons are recruing right now for graduate

roles starng in February 2017 and summer internship roles for

2016/17 – all with closing dates before Easter! Did you also know that

some organisaons will ll half their graduate roles (and somemes

all of them) with their summer interns! So if you think you would like

to work for Fonterra, ASB, PwC, KPMG (to name just a few) then check

them out today because this me next year you might need to be ap-

plying for their internship programmes!

Have you liked us on Facebook yet: hps://www.facebook.com/

MasseyUniCareers/?ref=hl

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WELL-BEING

Student Counselling Service

Some things in life are still free – even at university. For many students, not just those who have recently moved to

New Zealand, counselling is not necessarily something you may have encountered before and many people still feel

that they are “staunch” and don’t need to approach a counsellor – perhaps through embarrassment or through

misunderstanding, talking to a counsellor can be somewhat scary for people. the Counselling Service is funded via

the Student Services Levy which you have all already paid, so it is free for all students although we aim to provide a

limited number of sessions so as to be able to see more people.

What is counselling?

In the Student Counselling Service our stated objective is to assist students to minimise the impact ofemotional or psychological difficulties on academic achievement. In other words – while you are trying to

study life happens and gets in the way – that is normal. Most of the time we will manage them on our own or with

the help of family and friend, and by so doing we are better at coping the next time! But sometimes reaching out to

other people can be important as well.

Counselling offers an opportunity to talk to someone who will listen without criticism. Some people come to

counselling because they need a friendly ear, or a different perspective on a situation or to develop some additional

strategies. It offers more than talking to a friend - the time is all yours to talk about what is important to you - and you

will not have to face the person the next day in class!

People use counselling for a variety of issues, and not just because there is “something wrong with them”.It offers a safe space to put into words the thoughts and feelings that are inside you - and in doing this gain some

understanding and control over them. Knowing when and how to reach out to other people and to accept help is a

really important skill in life!

Within a very few limits, which will be discussed with you, everything which happens in the session remains

completely confidential so there is no fear of your family, your friends, the Halls staff, or anyone else even finding out

that you are making use of the Service.

How do I arrange it?

The Student Counselling Service is on Level 1 of the Registry – and shares a reception space with the Massey

Medical Centre. To make an appointment you should go to the website (http:pncounselling.massey.ac.nz) and followthe links to the initial questionnaire. We find it is really useful for both counsellor and client if this questionnaire is

filled in comprehensively, providing as many possible times as you can. Alternatively you can email

[email protected] call extn 85533 (again – the same as medical) and we can arrange for you to be

seen promptly. In addition we host a “self -help” website www.massey.ac.nz/selfhelp with heaps of useful information.

We also run two increasingly popular workshops – Mindfulness for Academic Success and Stress Less.

Don’t let things interfere with achieving your goals while you are at Massey.

Come and talk about the stuff life throws at you – before it grows and becomes less manageable!

We recommend that you have the flu vaccine to reduce the risk of being unwell during study and exams!

Contact or pop-in to the Medical Centre to find out if you’re eligible for a free vaccine.

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WELL-BEING

Register Now!

http://pncounselling.massey.ac.nz

Mindfulness for

Academic Success

Balance . Wellbeing . Success

Semester One 2016

A ve-session series

Thursdays 10.30am—12.00pm

April 28th, May 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th

Palmerston North Only

Free for All Students and Sta

Train your aenon and

Improve concentraon

Maximise brain performance

Overcome procrasnaon

Reduce stress and anxiety

Enhance well-being

Learn how to learn beer

What people have said they got out of aending

the Mindfulness Workshops:

“I am able to sit and focus on my study easier.

I am less likely to

get worked up about issues”.

“I am more aware of the movaon behind my acons.

This

itself helps me to live my life in a way that is likely to bring more

happiness.

I am happier.”

“I have more awareness of things around me rather than always

being stuck in my head.”

“I am feeling more calm and less irritable”.

“I feel I’m managing stressful situaons with more ease than in

the past – they don’t seem to last as long.

I tend to sleep beer

on the nights that I have done a mindfulness exercise before

bed.

It (the workshop) helps you to manage stress – related to

studies as well as other stress in life.

It can also help with

focusing on study.”

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RESIDENTS OF THE MONTH - MARCH

Congratulations to the following residents who have been selected as residents of the month for March

2016 for their respective halls. The purpose of this award is to acknowledge the significant contribution

that a resident has made within the hall during the last month. Each will receive a coffee voucher fortheir contributions to the community.

Jacobi Brumeld

ATAWHAI

Teigan Boyce-Towler

CITY Teresa Winward

COLOMBO

Harriet Sherwood

C+B

Kendell Berry

EGMONT

Chaoke Hu

KAIRANGA

Rachel Gee

KIWITEA

Kaitlyn Percy

MATAI

Renee Eme

McHARDY

Kent Hawkins

MIRO

Luke Oxford

MOGINIE You Lu

ROTARY

Mikayla

Woodyeay-Smith

TAWA

Ashley Bates

T+R

Ben PIgo

TOTARA

Sarah de Bruin

WALTER DYER

Prole of the Month

Teigan has been selected because of her all round impact in the hall. She has

enthusiascally parcipated in all the events and hall meengs so far. Despite

being one of the youngest residents, her inuence in encouraging others

socially, academically and welfare wise did not go unnoced. Teigan is a greatsupport to fellow resident’s academic and emoonal needs. Teigan's kind

heart, oneness mentality and community spirit compelled us to choose her as

the winner for this month despite the s compeon from one other resi-

dent, Lachlan Doyle, who we think deserves recognion as well. - City RAs


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The Gumboot Shield The Gumboot Shield encourages

friendly rivalry, a balanced and respecul

study environment, and movaon to get

involved in the Halls community.

Halls can win points towards the shieldthroughout the year at our community events,

during social leagues, and for posive

behaviour. At the end of each year, the Hall

with the most points is awarded a dinner

at a restaurant in town.

Walter Dyer took it out in 2015.

Who will it be in 2016?!

Gumboot Points as at the 12th of April 2016

1st

Matai

82

2nd Miro 74

3rd Egmont 73

4th = City/Craig. & Bin. 70

6th McHardy 64

7th Moginie 58

8th Walter Dyer 54

9th = Colombo/Totara 44

11th Atawhai 40

12th Tawa 37

13th Kiwitea 32

14th Kairanga 25

15th Rotary 18

16th Tararua & Ruahine 15

Documents

Halls Newsletter Issue 1 2016