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FIJI NATIONAL UNIVERSITYSTUDENTS’ ASSOCIATIONNewsletter
February 2017
IN THIS ISSUE- Know your FNUSA executives.-VC/FNUSA Joint Roadshow.-Upcoming events and news from FNUSA.
M essage of the President
M essage from the Editor
Firstly I wish to acknowledge the FNUSA Council Members for electing me as their First President of FNUSA. On this same note, Acknowledgment is sent to the Office of the Registrar, the Office of the VC and our Steering committee who has given life to FNUSA. It is indeed an honor to serve the Largest Students Association in Fiji.FNUSA Stands vital community where members share their ideas, learn from each other, and grow together. And ultimately we are about supporting the students with whom we are to work with. FNUSA is committed to work with the University and recommend appropriate resolutions passed by the FNUSA Council.At Fiji National University, we
pride ourselves on being sensitive to the needs of the students that we serve. The FNUSA facilitates the process in which that goal is reached by working with students and the university. Branch Student Senate meetings are a time for Class reps / Students representatives from all organizations on the campus generate resolutions and present feedbacks and ideas to ensure the university provides a perfect environment for their education.FNUSA is one of the strongest pillars of this university amplifying the united voice of students at all levels in a very diplomatic and civilized manner. Students are the customers of this university and members of FNUSA.
FNUSA is working closely with the Office of the Vice Chancellor and Office of the Registrar. FNUSA is looking forward to work together with FNU Alumni Association, other University Student Associations, NGOs and other Organizations. I invite you to encourage others to become aware of our FNUSA and its branches and engage with them. Much like most of the work we do on our campuses is about students, this work we do for FNUSA is about you, our members. I hope you continue to find that fnusa nourishes your professional development needs. I hope you also continue to find that FNUSA allows you to connect with the colleagues new and old.
Greetings
Greetings
It is with tremendous excitement that I present to you, the Fiji National University Students' Association's second volume of our monthly newsletter.
With a broad array of information and the latest events of the FNUSA, the editorial team of FNUSA is deter-mined that this periodical will demonstrate the activities and messages from the FNUSA.
I invite each and every one to take full advantage of the information contained in this newsletter and enjoy the spectrum of our work.
Jignesh SharmaPublic Relations Officer
Ketan LalPresident - FNUSA
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M essage of the Vice Chancelor
K now your FNUSA Executives
The Fiji National University is working on establishing a close and collaborative working partnership with its newly formed Students Association. FNU Vice Chancellor Professor NigelHealey said students are central to the University and the institute would ensure a high quality education service for current and future students. Professor Healey, while welcoming students at a dinner function organised by the Nasinu Students’ Association, outlined various plans for FNUSA. “I am very excited to us building a dedicated FNUSA headquarters building in the next couple of years. I am also looking forward to working with the team on how the sports facilities here on campus can be improved by putting in place things like a gymnasium, more football fields
and so on,” said Professor Healey. “Over the next three to four weeks, the FNUSA President and I will visit every campus to meet with the staff to explain to them the importance of both FNUSA and the campus based associations. “ VC Healey will also engage with students at each campus and discuss development plans. “I’m pleased to see how the FNUSA is gaining momentum. It is important that this association flourishes both at national and campus level representing the voice of the student population to the university. Students come to university for much more than a Diploma or a Degree. This is a really important time of your lives and that it’s important that we provide you as much support as we can. The university essentially exists for you the students,” said
Professor Healey. The presence of the FNU Alumni Association (FNUAA) members was acknowledged at the dinner and students were informed on how they could obtain mentorship and guidance from this association.
PresidentKetan LalPhone: 8345696Email: [email protected]
Vice PresidentIlisapeci SiliPhone: 9374881Email: [email protected]
SecretaryYashnil LalPhone: 9420268Email: [email protected]
TreasurerMohammed Rasheed IgbalPhone: 9946619Email: [email protected]
Public Relations OfficerJignesh SharmaPhone: 9259419Email: [email protected]
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V ice Chancelor / FNUSA Joint Roadshow
P reparation for Council Meeting
Over the few weeks the Fiji National University Students Association president Mr Ketan Kirit Lal and the VC are planning to visit our 10 branches to see and meet the staff and students and personally see what are the issues which they are facing. VC Healey stated “we have also agreed to undertake a joint VC/FNUSA president road show over the next few weeks. In which he and I will jointly visit each campus and hold one meeting with staff and one meeting with students. I will host staff and
although we will discuss a range of matters, I will introduce the president and he will outline FNUSA’s plans for 2017 and beyond. Mr Lal will host the students meeting but I will have chance to speak to the student body and hear their views first hand.” The road show will start on the 9th of March 2017 from the Namaka campus in the morning and from there they will move to the Labasa campus in the afternoon. On the 10th of March 2017 in the morning they will be at the Natabua campus and in the
after at the Ba campus. For the campuses in Suva the dates are still to be proposed.
The FUNSA is in preparation phase for the upcoming Council Meeting from the 3rd to the 5th of March 2017. All the 10 branch presidents of our campuses together with the FNUSA President and the Execu-tives will be part of the council meeting. The three day meeting will start on the 3rd, where the Senior Management group (SMG) members will address all
the presidents and stake holders of FNUSA. Followed by on the 4th and 5th the 10 branch presi-dents who form the FNUSA council will have discus-sions on important issues. The proposed council meeting will be held at the De Vos on the park and it will be chair by the Nasinu Student Association pres-ident Madam Fifita Soko.
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F NUSA Headquarters & Branch Office Spaces
The FNUSA is in their transitional phase and are on route to establish their headquarters at the Nasinu campus. The Office space will be quarters 30, which is being converted into a dedicated office space with all the necessary equipment’s to help the students. The construction will be done two phases, were phase 1 will include with the office space and board room so work can be started by the FNUSA executives. Phase 2 will include the extension of the kitchen space and the storage area. The total construction is proposed to be completed by the end
of February or early March. Also with this the FNUSA PRO with the Student life coordinator and the registrar’s office are working to establish office space for each branch. To date 7 of the 10 branches have been given office spaces and are in construc-tion phase and are proposed to be up and running by early March. For the 3 branches who do not have office space the registrar’s office and the Student life coordinator are working to secure office spaces for them.
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