To usher in the start of summer and the end of another year of studies SUITS will be putting on its first ‘major’ event of 09, a Trivia Night at Manning Bar!

With different question sections, prizes, food and drink give-aways it should be a great night of fun and also a good chance for SUITS to get  the wider USYD community involved.

So if your free that night, definitely come down and join in!  Tickets are only $10 for access members or $15 for anyone else, this includes:

• 3 Drinks of choice (beer, wine, soft drinks or house spirits)
• Food on the night (huge amounts of pizza!)
• & Trivia Comp Entry!!

as well as:

• Winners of each section to receive a prize
• overall winners to receive a major prize which will be announced later in the week
• and student DJs to warm-up the bar from 5pm!

Tickets will be sold at the SUITS BBQ this Thursday and on the night and throughout the week in the IT Building during lunch times. If you know a SUITS executive you can also grab one through them!

Hope to see you there!

Register your interest at the facebook event here

Thank you for those who’ve registered for our upcoming event “Discover your future in IT”! For those who haven’t yet registered, you’re too late because the registration is full!

Not to worry, because next Thursday 1 Oct 09 during the break, we’ll be heading up to Macquarie’s new building at Shelley Street between 12:00pm and 2:00pm.

This is a unique opportunity, because it’s quite a unique office. They call it an ‘activity based’ workplace, where you don’t see offices. There’s not even fixed workspaces!

Macquarie’s new building was featured on ABC Radio National’s By Design recently for its innovative design. You may listen to the audio recording of the program via ABC.

Check out the photo gallery, and register for this event below!

(image source: ABC)

Let’s take a look at your new executive team:

• President: Stephen Merity
• Vice President: Aaron Cowie
• Treasurer: Adam Petrovic
• Secretary: Karmen Chong
• Events coordinator: James Alexander
• Public relations: Simon Mattes
• Industry Liaison: Adam Gawronski
• Undergraduate representative: Luke Anderson
• Postgraduate Rep: (Unfilled – Let us know if you’re interested!)
• IT Officer: Greg Darke

We’ll all be looking forward to a bright and wonderful future for SUITS!

Come back at night at 6pm we’ll be having drinks at Manning Bar and a lot of fun. At around 6:30pm the Sydney Uni Band Comp will start up so stick around to enjoy it.

It’s true that Microsoft here in Australia doesn’t do much development work. But, did you know that Microsoft in Redmond, USA actually hires internationally?

Meet the company next Tuesday, 25 Aug 09 at UNSW K17 Seminar Room from 6pm to 7pm to find out how to get hired in a software development role with just your talent and passion for technology.

There’ll be free food, and bring your résumé along, to win a share of the prizes.

If you make it, flights to the US and other relocation costs is actually covered by Microsoft!

For those whom aren’t into making software, Microsoft has Marketing, Sales and Services intern and full-time positions here in Australia! Find out more about this on 26 Aug 09 from 1pm to 2pm at The Roundhouse, UNSW. Free food and prizes too!

Questions? Contact me (Attn: Industry Liaison) or Lisa (Microsoft International Recruiting) directly on lisabar@microsoft.com.

Attached: Software Development – Microsoft and  Business – Microsoft

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Urgent Notice: This event has has been postponed to the mid-semester break, 29 September, 2009.

Sorry guys, I’m pushing this back a bit because I didn’t quite get the numbers I was expecting. (Why do people go on holidays during the break?) The reason why I’d like this to be more accessible to everyone is because all of Optiver and Atlassian and Google have put in so much to make this a wonderful day, and I would like to share his opportunity with as many people as possible.

So, I’ll keep you updated with any news about this event via Facebook and the SUITS Newsletter and you can keep track of SUITS events via our Google calendar, which you’ll find on our website, http://www.suits.org.au/

By the way, if you’re not getting the newsletters you can let our IT guy (Tim) know by email suits@it.usyd.edu.au

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This year marks our second annual SUITS Camp.  The camp will run from the 20th to the 23rd of July.  The main theme of the camp is a team-based competition which involves various challenges and activities through which teams can earn points and “unlock achievements”.

Activities will include scavenger hunts, problem solving (no coding experience necessary) and a No Talent Night, as well as site visits to potential employers.  Lunch and dinner are included in the cost of the camp which is yet to be determined (somewhere in the range of $50 – $120, depending on whether you stay on or off campus).