Humans of UniHall | Son's Story

Thursday, 16 March 2017

Someone asked me “Why don’t you get an English name?” I answered “Don’t you know what Son stands for? Be smart, be original, be noble and be Son.”

I grew up in Saigon, Vietnam. The city which you can see motorbikes almost everywhere. The city which you can enjoy various types of food from different cultures without paying more than $10. The city which is always busy and crowded. The city I love the most. The city I called home. I never thought that I would leave this place.

But…

UWA Student Guild testing out the new bean bags

Brand New Movie Room at UniHall

Thursday, 9 March 2017

The Common Room in K House has been revamped just for our UniHallers.

University Hall has listened to the residential community about how students would like to use their common spaces around the Hall. Spending a night in with friends watching movies or having a gaming marathon are two favourite past times at the Hall.

University Hall O-Week

O-Week Haller Highlights

Thursday, 9 March 2017

University Hall kicked off the year with some incredible O-Week activities.

Freshers traveled from all over the world, Australia and Western Australia to move into UniHall during our Welcome Day. From there everything began with a Welcome BBQ where freshers met the UniHall team - Principal Mark Sampson, the Residential Advisors and most importantly other residents who they'll be living with among the community.

Amok Island at University Hall

Amok Island at University Hall

Monday, 27 February 2017

Amok Island has captured elements of the diverse community at UniHall through a street art wall piece outside our standard premium rooms.

What was once just a space for residents to lock up their bikes is now an area for them to wander past and take in the intricate parts of the wall piece. It’s a great way to relax after a stressful day at classes.

Xander, Amok Island artist, describes his style as abstract and realistic at the same time. He uses the bare minimum in colour palette and geometric shapes to represent a subject.

Anaesthetics Prize Winner 2016

Noongar medical student has eye on the prize

Monday, 14 November 2016

It is exciting times for the last cohort of undergraduates in the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery who are a week away from graduation before they enter our hospitals officially as doctors.

It is an especially wonderful week for one student. Declan Scott, a proud Wirlomin, Noongar man has been awarded the 2016 ANZCA/ASA Gilbert Troup Prize in Anaesthetics, supported by The Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) and the Australian Society of Anaesthetists (ASA). 

Murray Giles Little MA, the forgotten one

Murray Giles Little MA, the forgotten one

Tuesday, 18 October 2016

Murray Giles Little is a name that doesn’t readily come up in conversation or in print when scholars or historians refer to prominent educators in Western Australia. Nor, for that matter, is Mr. Little mentioned in the annals of The University of Western Australia (UWA), where he studied. Sometimes, even when a particular person rises through the ranks to become the Western Australian Director of Education between1940-50, he can slip through the cracks.   

Warlang Festival

Warlang Health Careers Festival

Thursday, 29 September 2016

The School of Indigenous Studies together with its counterparts at Murdoch, Curtin, Notre Dame and Edith Cowan Universities have organised the first combined Health Careers Festival. It will be held in the Bush Court at Murdoch University on Thursday 6 October from 10am–2pm.    

Dr John Victor Fall

Dr John Victor Fall

Tuesday, 20 September 2016

I first met Dr John Fall in February 1976 having arrived fresh from Fiji as an undergraduate student. Like any typical international student, I was home sick, having never left Fiji before. I met Dr Fall on Sunday 22 February at dinner, my second day in Australia. He became a lifelong friend, mentor, teacher and inspiration.

Kamsani Bin Salleh, UWA graduate and artist

Monday, 18 July 2016

Communications and Media Studies graduate, Kamsani Bin Salleh has been selected as one of 10 artists to capture their view of Perth and WA as part of The Sunday Times PerthNow’s 10th birthday celebrations.

Kamsani’s art will be on display at the WA Art Gallery with the other 9 artists from 20 July until 1 August. 

Kamsani has recently completed a painting for the Department of Immigration and Border Control’s Perth office celebration of NAIDOC Week. 

UWA’s Indigenous students gain from the New Colombo plan

Friday, 8 July 2016

The New Colombo Plan (NCP) has published a short video to promote the participation of Indigenous students in the NCP program, an Australian Government initiative to increase the number of Australian undergraduate students studying in the Indo-Pacific.

Ziggy Fatnowna and Brianna Ozies were two of 10 Indigenous students from UWA who had opportunity for a cultural immersion experience in Bali in September 2015.  In this short clip, they talk about their experiences pursuing Indigenous Knowledge studies through a New Colombo Plan mobility grant.