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Oscar Zi Shao Ong AUU President

Welcome to the University of Adelaide to all the first-year students! I am delighted to (finally!) able to welcome our incredibly patient international students (that we missed a lot) to our lovely campus! 欢迎 来到阿大！For everyone else, welcome back! I hope you have a well-deserved break and ready to face the new academic/COVID year! Currently doing a PhD in Mechanical Engineering, I am also your 2022 Adelaide University Union (AUU) President! The AUU is the student peak body on our campus, led and governed by a team of elected directors to provide direction and oversight to the organisation. Key services we provide are student care, student employment, clubs (my favourite service!), volunteering, student media, student representative council and events all year round! University is hard, and my job is to make your university life much easier by ensuring you receive all the support you required and make your university experience something you will cherish for a lifetime.

The feeling of lost and not knowing what to do is common amongst first year students, I have been there, as a lonely international student standing in the middle of the hub. It’s easy to just stay in your own comfort zone and don’t participate in anything but your university experience is what you make of it. And I encourage you make the most of it! University life only come one time and repeated feedback shown people who graduated, don’t remember “e=mc2” but remember their student experience!

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With a membership, you get access to discounts on a range of different places, including coffee in the hub, merchandise and placement clothing from the General store which we operate, and car parking! AUU members also get exclusive free access to specific events and giveaways!

I can’t believe COVID is still going on after 2 years- so please get vaccinated if you can! It protects you and the people around you! We will be working with SA Health to provide vaccination to students during O’Week so please make sure you take the chance to get vaccinated. Also, to help plan your life, we have prepared a free 2022 AUU diary which you can grab it from our hub office from one of our student ambassadors! ready to listen to your concerns so feel free to come by and knock on my door even if you just want to rant about how hard university life is!

Oscar Zi Shao Ong AUU President

oscarzishao.ong@adelaide.edu.au Facebook/WeChat ID: oscarong1997