Personal Story Behind Project

The idea for this group can be traced back to my personal experience at the UQ Market Day for semester 1, 2009.

Market Day serves as a welcome party to UQ for new students. It involves entertainment, market stalls and clubs and societies looking for new members. Tables representing clubs and societies are set up around the entire circumference of the great court. I arrived at Market Day excited about the possibilities of mingling with other postgraduate students and joining some clubs. I found, however, that very few of the clubs applied to me. Instead, most seemed to be geared toward undergrads. I walked around the oval for hours and only ended up briefly talking to one person at the Social Work Students Association’s table.

I left Market Day feeling deflated, defeated and alone.