#!SUITSSydney University IT Society

Hi everyone,

Welcome to 2011! My name is James Alexander and I am president of the Sydney University I.T. Society for 2011. For those of you who are returning members, a big welcome back. For those of you who are new to SUITS I hope you have a great year and make sure to get involved at one of our many events this semester.

SUITS is one of the largest student-run I.T. societies in Australia and whether your an I.T. student or an Arts student, taking part in our events will help you get more out of your time at Sydney. Many of our past members are doing their PhD’s in Computer Science at the University, some are abroad at world renowned Universities like Berkeley, while others are working for Google and some of the top firms in Asia-pacific region. University of Sydney has the largest clubs and societies program in the southern hemisphere and taking part in it will greatly enrich your experience at the University.

This semester we are running lots of events. Our weekly Hack Sessions are where students and lecturers present on topical subjects in I.T. and Computer Science. From an overview of Artificial Intelligence to tutorials on CCS3 its a great weekly tech talk. We’re currently looking for presenters so if there is something you have experience in and think other people will enjoy, please do consider presenting. Also on this semester is our weekly BBQ which is our most popular event. As you have probably heard, $1 all-you-can-eat; best BBQ on campus is not a bad deal and it helps bring out students and researchers into a common area to meet and talk. If you’re wearing one of our new T-Shirts you get a free drink which means by the end of the year you’ll be ‘making’ money! Our social nights will be on Wednesday nights with our first social night this Wednesday from 6pm, followed by a first years meet-and-greet in week 2 and then a drinks night in week 3.

If your studying I.T. I highly recommend getting involved as it will greatly help you in making decisions about subjects as well as when you get stuck doing assignments. In the end, University should be enjoyable and SUITS is here to help make that happen. Hope to see you this week!

James Alexander
President 2011
SUITS
president AT suits.org.au

O-Week is 2011 is about to make port and for all new students, from all of us at SUITS (The Sydney University IT Society), Welcome Aboard!

To all new students who may not be familiar with what we do, we are a student organisation, based in the School of IT (SIT), who basically run all sorts of awesome events throughout the year. Just to give you a little taste of all we have going, we run:

• The only weekly BBQ on campus, with gourmet sausages, tomatoes and vegetarian selections.
• Video Games Nights, with a wide selection of console games
• Board Games Nights
• Hack Sessions – Presentations by students and various people around SIT about any IT topic they are passionate about
• Company Site Tours – Give you an idea of what is on the other side of uni

In addition, we will be at some point giving tours around the School of IT, so if you are planning to do any IT units, come give down and take a look.

We will have stands set up in the main O-Week area, and down on the Engineering Lawns for Engineering Day. If you have any questions about who we are, what we do, or any IT related questions, we are here to help.

So, if you are at O-Week look us up. Membership to SUITS is ABSOLUTELY FREE! You can join by clicking the “Join #!SUITS” link on the right of this page. However, just a quick reminder that to access many of the benefits that SUITS offers, such as cheaper BBQ prices, free food at console and games nights etc. you MUST be an access card holder.

To all our existing members, Welcome Back! We hope you had a good holiday, and you are rested and ready for what is set to be an awesome year! A quick reminder that membership lists are refreshed each year, so if you want to continue to be involved, you have to re-register for the new year.

If you want any more information about us, don’t hesitate to email us at suits AT it.usyd.edu.au. There is always someone on the other end happy to help!

Have a Great Year,
SUITS Exec

I’d like to welcome all our new members to SUITS for 2009. Thank you to everyone who came and visited us at O-Week and hope you’ve had some pre-semester fun on the N64 there.

If you haven’t got your SUITS T-shirt yet, there’s still a chance. We do have some stock left, and it’d be wise to get in quick before they all run out. Drop by next Wednesday at the BBQ next week or the Console Night to grab a feed and get your trendy new SUITS T-Shirt.

Be sure to check back to our website for more event updates and announcements!

Congratulations to James Bank for winning the SUITS major prize – an iPod Nano contributed by Optiver. The winner was drawn from everyone who had joined SUITS as a member and was present at the SIT Welcome during O-Week.

Also, congratulations to those winners of our wonder O-Week daily prize draw, contributed by Microsoft.

• The Wednesday prize: Microsoft Expression Web – won by Cleslie Figuron
• The Thursday prize: 1GB USB thumb drive – won by Sheila Uyirwoth
• The Friday prize: HALO 2 game – won by Paul Lui

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