Spring is in the air! Get excited as we farewell what was a frosty winter. The weather is warming up, longer days and balmy nights mean there’s a renewed motivation to get social, move your body and engage in life on campus. What can you do differently to embrace Active August? Still thinking about joining a club? It's not too late. Change is in the air and it’s a great excuse to try something new!
ACU is participating in STEPtember this year and we want you on our team! Step up and take on the challenge to complete 10,000 steps a day for each day of September for children living with cerebral palsy.
There will be giveaways and prizes for one lucky stepper each week for achieving their stepping goal and showing us how it's done via a simple tag on Instagram @thetrackacu.
Join us for this annual Aquinas campus event. Bring your pets to the area near the St Thomas Aquinas statue in the Quadrangle for a Blessing after Mass! Fr Eladio will be there to bless all of your beautiful pets - and we will all get to meet your precious pet.
This year's Sustainability Week is 'renewability.' To celebrate renewability, Student Life, Campus Ministry and ACUSport are hosting a community closet.
Students and staff are invited to donate their clean, pre-loved clothing, books and sporting goods to the Student Life office (613.G.27 on the quad - look for the orange octopus!) any time leading up to the event. All donations will be sorted and displayed on the quad for this event - like our very own pop-up op shop!
Peruse the donations, donate something yourself, and take an item to upcycle into your own life! All remaining donations will be given to our local Vinnie's, who will have a representative on-site for the event.
In addition to *new* clothes, books, and sporting items to bring home to your closet, we will have a free vegetarian food truck on campus for the duration of the event, while supplies last! Come down for spring rolls and cheese arancini balls.
Once you've found an item or two you love and you've had a delicious veggie feed, you'll also be able to plant and take home your own basil plant. Once it sprouts, there is no more going to the store for plastic-wrapped herbs - and you've just made your kitchen that much more sustainable!
We want to know where our basketballers are. ACU Sport is looking at possible inclusion in the University Basketball League (UBL) and wants to better understand the who, what, where and when of students who ball. If you play, have played or love basketball we'd love to hear from you.
Complete the two-minute survey and tell us where you ball.
Thanksgiving Liturgy
In Week 5, Campus Ministry and the School of Physiotherapy will be engaged in a Thanksgiving Liturgy for the generosity of body donors who give of themselves in the form of body donation. Donors and their families freely give such a precious part of themselves in order to assist students to develop necessary knowledge and skills in their learning in order to assist others. We remember these donors and their families at this time and we also think of our Physiotherapy students on campus who benefit from such a generous gift.
For more information contact tanya.kehoe@acu.edu.au.
Student clubs and societies
Student Life runs a number of student clubs and societies offering students an opportunity to get involved in the ACU community outside of their regular classes. We offer a selection of student clubs and societies which includes faculty-based, faith-based, special interest-based or politically based clubs. You can check out what the Ballarat campus has on offer here.
If you don’t see a club you would like to join and think we should start one you can get in touch with Student Life Ballarat via email and learn how to start your own club or society.
Body Fit Training ACU exclusive
BFT Ballarat South is offering ACU students an exclusive discounted membership deal. From only $45/week you’ll receive access to unlimited group fitness classes, suitable for all levels of experience, designed to help you achieve your goals. It provides a supportive and inclusive community with risk-free memberships. To secure your exclusive ACU membership rate contact the studio manager on 0458 963 001, or send a message on Instagram.
