Summer 2009 Newsletter 1
1. Spreading Joy and Happiness
2. Green Initiatives at Trough
3. Pembroke Men's Tennis
4. Internship in India
5. Cambridge Volunteers in Nepal: Summer Teaching
6. CU Yachting
7. CU Music Link: Committee nominations
8. Wolfson Howler: Steve Williams Headliner
9. CU Aisa Law and Business Associaton: "Being Global"
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1. Spreading Joy and Happiness
Dearest friendly folk of Pembroke,
Welcome back! I hope you had an amazing Easter!
First of all, a MASSIVE thank you and congratulations to *EDDY FLOWER*
who is Pembroke's Access Volunteer of the Vacation. Staff who worked
with Eddy on the Cambridge University Science Festival described him as
"indispensable" and "an utter star". Please have a look on the JPC
Access Board to see Eddy in action and maybe your faces too! There'll be
a present waiting in Eddy's pidge to show just how much we appreciate
his work.
This week has also been really busy with visits from schools and my
first adventure out with the Access Bus. We managed to get around
schools in Bedford and Peterborough and it was a day of great fun
enjoyed by all. A HUGE thank you to ELLIE WHEELER, CATHERINE AINSWORTH,
JOE FITZPATRICK and our driver JACK TAVENER. Feedback from the schools
is great and the schools will be returning to visit Pembroke soon.
I NEED VOLUNTEERS - We have 30 Year 10 students coming from various
schools in Great Yarmouth this Tuesday (28th April) and I need people to
sit with them while they eat their lunch between 12.30-1.30 and give
them a tour of college. This is the perfect break from revision with a
guaranteed feeling of good for the rest of the week. Please let me know
if you can help with this!
A wise man said to me recently that us students are heroes and idols to
the students who visit and are desperate to come here. Remember that -
this term may be more stressful than most, but you are all fantastic
people who are making a true difference to peoples lives.
With best wishes, love and happiness,
Laura :)
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2. Green Initiatives at Trough
The start of the Easter term has seen the introduction of some brand new
green initiatives in Trough. The water machine will fill a bottle with
filtered sparkling or still water, 20p covers maintenance costs and for
the expensive filters.
Also new this term is an incentive to bring your own mug! 10p off the
coffee price, they'll even wash it for you, return it to a shelf for the
next time you need that coffee break. You could even donate a mug!
The final point of note is the creation of the Environmentally Friendly
Catering of the University of Cambridge (EFCCAM) Facebook group. The
group is open to suggestions on how you think catering could improve. The
link is
>http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=79407070924.
Join and have your say.
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3. Pembroke Men's Tennis
Pembroke is looking for players for it's Men's Tennis Team. If you are interested, please contact Pete Jefferys (pjj22)
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4. Internship in India
The Cambridge-India Partnership would like to draw students' attention to
an opportunity to apply for an internship in India at the British School in
New Delhi. Two places are available to Cambridge students. Further
information and application instructions are available on the
Cambridge-India website at:
http://www.cambridge-india.org/visits/#British_School
We would be grateful if you could circulate this email to undergraduates,
including those in their final year - they should apply directly to the
British School.
tb395@admin.cam.ac.uk
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5. Cambridge Volunteers in Nepal: Summer Teaching
Cambridge Volunteers in Nepal are a student-run charity that sends 14
volunteers each summer to teach in Nepal. Recently a number of spaces in
the charity have become available. Each teaching placement lasts for 6
weeks in one of our three schools. You will either live in the Children's
Peach Home (orphanage) or with the Headmaster of the school. You will teach
in the school during the day and in the evenings and weekends you have time
to do what you want. Most volunteers use this time to run games for the
children or to take part in the Nepali prayers and dancing. We encourage
volunteers to travel round the country as it's a once in a lifetime place
to visit. You can enjoy trekking around Everest or track rhinos in the
national parks or take part in Buddhist prayers. Nepal is a truly
spectacular country. Cambridge Volunteers in Nepal is a student-run charity
so there are no administration fees.
More information is available at
http://sites.google.com/site/cambridgevolunteersinnepal/ or by emailing
teachinnepal@googlemail.com . Go to the website to find the application
form. The deadline for applications is Friday 1st May.
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6. CU Yachting
Need a break from term time stress, or are you looking for an awesome
and cheap holiday this summer? Why not give sailing a go? No prior
experience required.
This summer our very own club Yacht will be sailing round the amazing
Baltic sea. Come one of our many trips this summer and experience
exploring islands, having barbecues on the beach, partying late into the
night and soaking up the culture in the land of the midnight sun!
Escape from Cambridge during term and spend a weekend cruising around
the coast line of England, or for the more adventurous, cross the north
sea to Belgium.
We also offer dinghy sailing at grafham water, a reservoir not far from
Cambridge with trips going out most weeks. All skill-levels, including
beginners, welcome.
Come and find out more at the CUCrC squash 7:30 - 9:30 on Sunday 26th
April in the Green Room in Caius. Or come to our summer launch party 7
- 10, Thursday 30th April, upstairs in the Maypole. Alternatively
check out our website at www.cuy.org.uk.
(gac43)
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7. CU Music Link: Committee nominations
CUML (Cambridge University Music Link) is a society for all Cambridge
musicians whatever standard, instrument, genre or ambition. Our aim is to help musicians get together for setting up bands, playing,
performing, writing and just having a damn good time.
Details of all the roles up for grabs are listed below.
Please email Edie (eal36) with a 150 word blurb about your experience and
why you'd be great for a position if you're interested in a role.
* President
* Vice-President
* Ents
* Publicity
* Treasurer
* General Members
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8. Wolfson Howler: Steve Williams Headliner
RIGHT. Let's go and comedy it up large - It's Wolfson Howler time innit.
THIS MONDAY - 27th April 8pm
Headliner: Steve Williams -
- Chortle Award nominee
- BBC New Comedy Award Finalist
MC: The magnificent Ed Gamble
With support from:
Alex iambic - Cambridge based comedy poet, runs the Upbeat Open-mic nights @ The Hopbine. www.myspace.com/alexiambic
* Freddy Syborn - RSC Other Prize Winner and Footlights Harry Porter Prize nominee. 'Excellent...Syborn is clearly one to watch, both as an actor and writer... Shocking, Hilarious'. Varsity.
* Phil Wang - compère and organiser of the King's Jest. 'Promising' 'Spontaneous yet perfectly at ease'. Varsity.
* And More TBA.
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8pm
Tickets £6 on the door (£2 Wolfson members).
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9. CU Aisa Law and Business Associaton: "Being Global"
"Being Global - Willett International Ltd - A Case Study in International
Expansion"
Time: 7-8:30pm 1 May Friday
Venue: Auditorium lounge Robinson College
Prof Alan Barrell from Entrepreneur in Residence, University of Cambridge,
Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning, Judge Business School, will speak to
the title "Being Global - Willett International Ltd - A Case Study in
International Expansion"
The talk will explore the broader aspects of "Going Global" with a smaller
or medium sized business in the engineering and technology fields. It will
be based on real life experiences and will focus especially on the
successful establishment of this industrial electronics company in China in
the 1990s. "Being Global" has come to mean a great deal for the speaker who
spends his life working around the world now, with companies and in
Universities - with the Next Generation of World Citizens.
The speaker has spent many years also in the Hospital field and Health Care
industry and will touch on special considerations in these fields in his
talk."
(mz274)