Welcome to the School of Human Life Sciences (HLS). The School of HLS offers five main undergraduate degree programs (M3G, M3H, M3L, M3Q and M3R) and also teaches students enrolled in nursing and education degrees.
I am your First Year Co-ordinator and along with the First Year team at HLS, I hope to make your first year experience an enjoyable one. All 2012 new semester 2 HLS students are invited to our orientation day will be held on Monday 16th July at 1 - 2pm in C140, 2011. If you have not received any information about this day, please contact Beryl Binns (Beryl.Binns@utas.edu.au). Beryl and I are your first point of call to assist with your enrolment and we are available throughout the year to assist with your transition into university. You are strongly advised to attend our Orientation day as this is where you will learn a lot about life as a university student, meet new friends, obtain your semester 2 timetable, learn your way around the Launceston campus and meet relevant academic and professional staff.
As your First Year Co-ordinator, I have compiled a list of frequently asked questions (and answers!) that are often posed by first year students. You can access them from the First Year Resources area to the right. If you have any issues that have not been explained in the FAQ, then have a look through the 'Where to find help & information' guide, or feel free to contact me. Orientation day will also, hopefully, answer many of your questions.
Enjoy your first year!
Regards,
Tracy Douglas
First Year Co-ordinator, School of Human Life Sciences
The results of the recent quiz of the First Year HLS Challenge have now been assessed and added to team points on the leaderboard - check the Leaderboard to see how well your team is doing. “The Radioactives” are now in the lead with “Anatomical Beasts” close behind in second place. “Something Fancy” is in a secure third place as these were the only teams represented at our very informative Scholarships and Careers event in August. We hope that you gained some important information regarding resumes and applying for jobs and scholarships and that you enjoyed the sausage rolls and quiz! I was pleased to see that all teams knew the answers to the microbiology questions and questions on scholarships but team knowledge of the recent Wimbledon and Tour de France results was a bit patchy!
Primoris humanus vita scientia challenge will conclude at the end of semester 2 with a final Challenge function and the presentation of the Challenge shield to the winning team. In the meantime there will also be a Health Science forum for Health Science students in September and a couple of team challenges to complete outside of events, so keep your eyes on your email and the CXA172 MyLO site. Final points will be awarded to teams via challenges sent by email in the coming weeks.
Obviously the three teams at the top have their eyes firmly set on trying to win however, for those teams who are not in a winning position – there will be other prizes awarded on our final Challenge day which you may be eligible for!
Also if you have any ideas for the last Challenge event to make it a really fun end to the Challenge, please contact Tracy or Beryl. We are always looking for new ideas!
Meanwhile... keep your eyes on your email and we hope to see you all at the final Challenge event in October.
Kind regards,
Tracy.