First Year Mentoring
This page is dedicated to the mentoring program run by the Department of Computing. Mentoring is available to new students enrolled in BSc(Computer Science), BSc(Information Technology) or BSc(Software Engineering).
More information about the uni-wide mentoring programme that our mentoring is part of, see the Uni Life Mentoring Page
News
11/08/08 - Session Details Updated Again
Times on the website are now up-to-date as of the 11th.
07/08/08 - Session Details Updated Again
Times on the website are now up-to-date as of the 7th. There are still plenty of empty spots on friday.
04/08/08 - Session Details Updated Again - New Times on Friday
Times on the website are now up-to-date as of the 4th. There are plenty of empty spots on friday.
30/07/08 - Session Details Updated, and A New Mentor!
I've added the details from tuesday to the website. We've added another mentor, Matt, and I've put his availability up too.
28/07/08 - Semester 2 Session Details Online
This semester's sessions are now online. Will try to update them every day from the signup sheets, but the actual paper sheets at the front desk on level 3 will be the most up-to-date.
28/07/08 - Signing Up For Semester 2
The signup sheets are at the front desk on level 3, just put your name and details in an empty spot. We'll also be bringing the signup sheets to the ST151, ST152, IPE and IOS lectures. If you have any questions about the signup process, or mentoring in general please email me or Mike Robey. Check your email for more info.
Contents
- News
- What is the mentoring program?
- Location
- How to sign up
- What To Do Once You've Signed Up
- Useful Stuff
- Session Times
What To Do Once You've Signed Up
When it's time for your mentor session, here's what you do:
How To Find Your Mentor:
- Go up to level 4 of 314
- Call 3145 from the phone in the foyer
- Hang around till your mentor comes to get you
To Bring:
- Your diary
- An A5-sized notebook
- Something to write with
What is the mentoring program?
To help combat the high dropout rates for students in their first semester, the Department of Computing has introduced the mentoring scheme for new students.
There is a great difference between life at high school and university life. Our student mentors are all currently studying one of our undergraduate degrees with great success. This makes them the best advisers possible because they have recently experienced, with a high degree of success, what you are about to.
The goal of the mentoring scheme is to make sure that students are keeping their study on track and getting the assistance they need, when they need it, in order to do well at university. Every new student will be assigned a mentor. Every student will meet with their mentor for 20 minutes each week to discuss their progress and any problems they are having.
The attendance records for all new students will be kept and students with poor attendance records may not be considered for supplementary exams.
Location
The mentoring is taking place on level 4 of building 314. You can either take the lift or the stairs (which are to the left of the lift). Students don't have access to level 4 so you need to call your mentor from the phone just outside the security door.
Use extension 3145 to call your mentor (this number is on the sheet next to the phone).
How to sign up
Simply send an email to Mike Robey or Elissa Strumpher with the time you want. You can get any of the available slots below that doesn't have a student number.
Useful Stuff
Here are a few useful tips and resources:
Files
Copies of the files that we give you can be downloaded from here:
- Semester Planner: Open Office PDF
- Weekly Timetable: Open Office PDF
- Staff Contact Sheet: Open Office PDF
Some other useful things your mentor might have told you about:
- Importance/Urgency Grid Open Office PDF
- PSP Log Word Doc PDF
(If you can't access these files from here, try from my web space. This will only work from the Computing network)
Putty
Putty is a program that you can use to log in to uni from home. I've written these notes from memory, so the details might be a little different - I will check & update if necessary.
- Download Putty: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html - the one you want is "putty.exe".
- Run Putty & connect to uni: Fill in the name of the server you want to connect to (either "moses.cs.curtin.edu.au" or "ark.cs.curtin.edu.au"), and choose "SSH" as the protocol. You can save these details so that you don't have to type them in each time. Click "connect". Put in your username and password, and you're in...
DIY A5 Diary
Here are the files to make a DIY diary that uses a weekly timetable instead of text lists. If you have trouble using a 'normal' diary, have a go with one like this... Just print out 9 copies of the timetable and one copy of the semester planner. Cut them in half (there're guillotines in the library, I think), and then take them up to the Guild's Copy Centre and get them bound.
Session Times
| Elissa | Wednesday | 1:00-1:20 | 13743916 |
| Elissa | Wednesday | 1:20-1:40 | 13917148 |
| Elissa | Wednesday | 1:40-2:00 | 14077917 |
| Elissa | Wednesday | 2:00-2:20 | free |
| Elissa | Wednesday | 2:20-2:40 | 13647759 |
| Elissa | Wednesday | 2:40-3:00 | 13285366 |
| Elissa | Wednesday | 3:00-3:20 | 13555726 |
| Elissa | Wednesday | 3:20-3:40 | 14189074 |
| Elissa | Wednesday | 3:40-4:00 | 13604369 |
| Elissa | Thursday | 1:00-1:20 | 12999789 |
| Elissa | Thursday | 1:20-1:40 | 13897541 |
| Elissa | Thursday | 1:40-2:00 | 12999653 |
| Mark | Wednesday | 12:00-12:20 | 13746630 |
| Mark | Wednesday | 12:20-12:40 | 14167423 |
| Mark | Wednesday | 12:40-1:00 | 13847122 |
| Mark | Wednesday | 1:00-1:20 | 13947459 |
| Mark | Wednesday | 1:20-1:40 | 13634997 |
| Mark | Wednesday | 1:40-2:00 | 13804004 |
| Mark | Thursday | 12:00-12:20 | 13966218 |
| Mark | Thursday | 12:20-12:40 | 13945479 |
| Mark | Thursday | 12:40-1:00 | 14168439 |
| Mark | Thursday | 1:00-1:20 | 13945411 |
| Mark | Thursday | 1:20-1:40 | 13962795 |
| Mark | Thursday | 1:40-2:00 | 13859606 |
| Dhuha | Monday | 12:20-12:40 | 13989781 |
| Dhuha | Monday | 12:40-1:00 | 13897541 |
| Dhuha | Monday | 1:00-1:20 | 13856131 |
| Dhuha | Monday | 1:20-1:40 | free |
| Dhuha | Monday | 1:40-2:00 | 13972011 |
| Dhuha | Friday | 12:00-12:20 | 13127918 |
| Dhuha | Friday | 12:20-12:40 | 13951340 |
| Dhuha | Friday | 12:40-1:00 | 13961381 |
| Dhuha | Friday | 1:00-1:20 | free |
| Dhuha | Friday | 1:20-1:40 | free |
| Dhuha | Friday | 1:40-2:00 | free |
| Dhuha | Friday | 2:00-2:20 | 13284004 |
| Matt | Wednesday | 12:00-12:20 | free |
| Matt | Wednesday | 12:20-12:40 | free |
| Matt | Wednesday | 12:40-1:00 | free |
| Matt | Wednesday | 1:00-1:20 | free |
| Matt | Wednesday | 1:20-1:40 | 12869374 |
| Matt | Wednesday | 1:40-2:00 | 13107350 |
| Matt | Friday | 3:00-3:20 | free |
| Matt | Friday | 3:20-3:40 | 13169790 |
| Matt | Friday | 3:40-4:00 | 13801746 |
| Matt | Friday | 4:00-4:20 | 13551562 |
| Matt | Friday | 4:20-4:40 | free |
| Matt | Friday | 4:40-5:00 | 13951926 |