Fun And Games All Part Of Massey University Information Day
Northland students in years 12 and 13 are invited to Check out the Attitude at Albany campus of Massey University on
Information Day, Friday, 17 August from 10 to 2pm.
To encourage students from Whangarei and further north to visit Albany, their closet university, information day
organisers will give $20 petrol vouchers to students who carpool in a group of four or five.
Events on the day includeChannel Z’s James Coleman, Nathan Rarere and Jon Bridges debating a Massey team in a bout MCed
by Bomber, live bands, free sausage sizzles, a prize draw for a 34cm colour television and giveaways are all part of the
information day where students can explore course options at Massey University and discuss career outcomes and
opportunities.
Lecturers from Massey’s Colleges of sciences, business, education, humanities and social sciences will be out in force
with lively tasters of their courses and interactive displays.
Food technologists will help students to make their own candyfloss as well as offering the chance to “can” food and
check out a display of the nasties that grow in your fridge in ‘The Good, The Bug and the Ugly’.
The nutritionists will ask “Can your body take it?” by finding out students’ height and weight and estimating their
capacity to tolerate alcohol. The information scientists will display the Massey robot that can identify and sort
different coloured balls and display bodyworks software for ergonomic products.
A non-stop choice of interesting talks on various subjects offered at Albany will run in three lecture theatres and
include ‘No Sex Please, We’re Sociologists,’ (Social Sciences) ‘Going Gothic’ (Humanities) the ‘Beginners’ Guide to
American Football’ (Sport Business Management), ‘Dracula and Monkey Man do University’ (History), ‘A Mile High – the
truth about Pilots’ (Aviation) and others.
Student liaison adviser Deb Buchanan said the information day is about trying out new things and getting a feel for what
Albany is all about.
“This is a fun day and a great chance to students to get to know about all the different courses and career options
there are here at Massey Albanym” Ms Buchanan said.
“The Albany campus is New Zealand’s northern most university environment; it is modern, purpose built and most
importantly it is personal.
“We now have more than 4000 students but we have not lost our level of personal concern for student welfare and
successful study. We welcome students from the Northland area who are considering going to university, to come in and
identify the advantages that study with us offers.”
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