President's Column

Hi everyone

Time is flying by and we are already into week 5 of semester 1. This means that while it may only feel like uni has just begun, the 2 week holiday break is just around the corner. Yah! Last week I and my fellow president from Auckland Uni met with Auckland City Mayor John Banks to discuss issues that the students of Auckland are facing. In a nutshell here are a couple of the issues we raised and the responses that were given.

Kia Ora everyone

Last week marked the end of an era for many of our AUT students. Last Wednesday, Thursday and Friday were the annual AUT University Autumn Graduation Ceremonies in which over 3000 recent AUT graduands took to the stage at the Auckland Town Hall to receive their official certificates, diplomas, degrees, masters and PhD qualifications. I myself finally graduated from the Bachelor of International Hospitality Management conjoint Bachelor of Business Degree after 4 years of hard work. I can tell you now that it is definitely all worth it in the end. Studies may feel very daunting at the beginning but I assure you with enough hard work, perseverance and support from the great team here at AUT you will prevail. I hope everyone who did graduate last week had a great time and had a wonderful after party. Congratulations to you all!

Hi everyone,
Welcome to week 2 of the AuSM Orientation Festival. As many of you will know last week rocked and we had full capacity for the majority of our events. This week is even bigger and better with such artists as Soulsion, Hangman and Kora playing. We also have the annual AuSM Orientation Retro Foam Party and Guy Cater, our local hypnotist performing. To check out all the info on our gigs please visit our newly re-launched website www.ausm.org.nz .