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Welcome to U. C. College
Alumni Website.
Website for the Union
Christian College Alumni and Friends |
Photo Courtesy of Mahendran |
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Highlights
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Then |
Today |
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In 1921, Union Christian College began as an
adventure. Sixty Students
A handful of teachers
A room loaned by a seminary
An old court building gifted by the
Maharajah of Travancore and
The sublime dream of four young pioneers.
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Today, the vision of the founders stands
materialized as an institution of eminence.
Fifteen undergraduate programs
Twelve postgraduate programs
Eight centers for doctoral research
Nearly 100,000 alumni now spread all over
the globe.
Alumni chapters in India, Middle East,
North America. |
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Wherever they are and whatever their life
journey has taken them to, there is one thing all alumni of UC College
shares. That is a passion for the college. All agree that their alma mater and their time at the
college has left an indelible mark on their lives.
The objective of this website is to keep you
abreast of the news of the alumni as well as the news from the college.
We hope to keep you connected. The dream continues... |
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UCC Alumni Chapter Inaugurated in Kuwait |
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A meeting of the former students and
families of Union Christian College (Aluva) in Kuwait was held on
Friday, the 23rd of October 2009 from 5.00 to 7.00pm at Salmiya. The
chief guest at the function was the former Principal, Dr. C. Joyce
Mathew. A business session of the meeting was
conducted. The following were elected as office bearers of the UC
College Alumni, Kuwait chapter.
Mr. Mohammed Sageer - President
Miss. Anitha Earaly - Vice- President
Mr. Cyriac George - Secretary
Mrs. Reena George - Joint Secretary
Mr. Bipin Madhavan - Treasurer
Mr. Narendran Menon - Joint Treasurer
Executive Committee Members:
Mr. Sajeev Mathew, Mr. Prakash Menon, Mr.
Bobby Paul and Mr. Asif Pedikat.
Dr. C. Joyce Mathew
officially inaugurated the Kuwait Chapter of Alumni of the Union
Christian College following the meeting.
Now the Kuwait Chapter has
their own official website.
http://kuwait.uccollege.org/
The website is currently
under construction; you can read the full report of the inauguration and
see some photos in the website.
Please contact Cyriac George, secretary, at 99597294 for
further information. |
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UC College Unveils Plans for the New International
House |
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The objective of the
International House is to help the College take up the challenges of
globalization and International Dependence. The college has exchange
programs with Austin College and Hope College, both of USA. As a result
of this, there will be more faculty and student exchange. There is a
need to provide residential facilities for the visiting international
guests as well as our alumni, facilities that provide international
standards. The International House is expected to provide that. (Read
more about the International House.) |
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Prof. T. C. Joseph Botanic Garden
Inaugurated on Jan 10, 2009 |
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The Dedication Ceremony of Prof. T. C. Joseph Botanic Garden
was held on Saturday 10th January 2009 as part of the
Botany alumni reunion. The Rt. Rev. Dr.
Zacharias Mar Theophilus Suffragan Metropolitan,
distinguished old student and member of UC
College Standing Council, was the chief guest.
Photo Gallery - Tour the New Gardens
The
Project Backgrounder.
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New Feature: Class Photos |
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We are introducing a new
feature called Class Photos. We hope that as we collect more and more
historic class photos, we will have an up to date collection of all
graduating classes in UCC.
Take a look at what we have so far.
If you don't see your class photo, how about sending it to us. You can
send a good scanned photo to the webmaster at living <at> icbs.com.
Thanks. |
A vintage class photo from UCC. This is the first
batch of women students in UCC (circa 1939-41).
You can see more
class photos here.
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Articles |
Reminiscences on Prof. T R AnanthaRaman
Prof. AnanthaRaman is remembered for many different things
by people who worship him literally. It may be for the "AnanthaRaman
Manthra" the frugality and conservation. It may be for the
dedication as a teacher. One present teacher called him a
"saint" of UCC. JP, an old student of Prof. AnanthaRaman
recalls fond memories of his teacher in this must read
article. It also has some rare photos and letters.
On Prof. Anantharaman- my
father and my teacher by Trikur Ramanarayanan
After reading
the moving and compelling article by
JP on my father, Prof. Anantharaman, I feel the urge to pen a
few lines of my recollection of my father (also my teacher) touching on
the ‘Anantharaman mantra’, so eloquently expounded by JP, and his role
as a teacher in the class room. I am very grateful to JP for bringing
out vividly and truthfully the characteristics of my father. As I join
with him in extolling my father, I do so not as a son praising his
father, but as a student praising his teacher.
Story of a Father
Caught between serving the nation at time
of war and being with the family when the first born was
going through a serious health crisis, Major Jacob Philipose
had to make a choice. He did. This article appeared in
Vanitha in February 1999. In JP's own words, "I was at the
bottom of the pit when the incident described here has
happened. Some of you may have gone through or may be going
through similar or even worse experience in life. If this
will give you inspiration to stand your ground when
calamities strike, I will say "mission accomplished"." JP is
one of the distinguished sons of UC College.(1951-55)
Article in Malayalam in pdf format.
Christian Identity In A Secular World
To many people, Christian higher
education is associated with academic excellence and service
to humankind. One can understand why Christians would think
this way, but what is remarkable is that a good number of
non-Christians in countries where Christianity is a minority
religion also think so. Christian higher education has
impacted many lives and indirectly exerted a significant
influence in many societies. The men and women who went
through Christian higher education may not become
Christians, but they often learn Christian values that
affect the way they view the world and make important
decisions.
Read the full
article
More Articles
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Special
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Standing Behind
the Promise:
A Distinguished Alumnus Making it Whole
The name Dr. K.C. Chacko is
familiar to most of us. The first thing that comes to our
minds when we hear that name is his love for the alma mater,
UC College. Dr. Chacko had the privilege of working under
the founders of the college and he knows first hand what
their vision was for the college. He learned that it is
better to give than to talk big and not following up.
One of the long cherished
dream of KC (as he is called by his friends) is the
International House. KC knows that before a college can become a
world class institution, it need to have the logistics to
support it. In this global age, visitors need a place to
stay comfortably in a place that has state of the art
communication systems available. Plus, you need conferencing
facilities to communicate with outside world. International
House is designed to have all these. Recently, the college
GB has approved this project. (See Details here.)
The project also
has the support of several outside organizations.
Recently (December 2007), KC
has donated $10,000.00 towards this project. He hopes that
the rest of the alumni will take his lead and donate
generously to make this project a reality.
In the past, Dr. Chacko
contributed $5000 to the college. The primary purpose of
this donation was to help college in funding expenses
involved in international linkages and to fund the operation
of the alumni office.
Dr. Chacko was very hesitant to
publicize this information; I had convinced him that by
making this public, we may motivate other alumni to come
forward and to do his/her share to the college. One of Dr. Chacko's pet projects is the UCC Directory Project. He hopes
to see that come to come to fruition soon. (see below)
Dr. Chacko wants everyone to
know that you can now donate money to the college through
AANA, the North American Chapter of the UCC Alumni
Association that has got full Non Profit Organization
Registration from the Internal Revenue Service. So, all
donations made through AANA may be tax deductible (but check
with your tax advisor to be sure.)
Class photo of Dr. K.C.
Chacko
More Information about
tax benefits of donating through AANA can be found here. |
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New UC College Alumni
Yahoo Group to Streamline Communications |
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Have you heard about the new UC College
Alumni Group? It had been the "talk of the town" lately. Lot of
excitement about the old friends meeting each other electronically. The
principal and several of the management team members of the college also
contributes to this forum regularly.
If you are not a member of this group,
you are missing a lot. The membership is free and is open to all UC
College alumni, faculty, and friends. You can also join if you are a
current student enrolled in UC College (gives you a head start of being
an alumnus!) You can join by entering your email below and clicking on the the "Join Now" button.
Ask your friends to join too. If you are sending email inviting them to join,
ask them to join by sending an email to:
uccalumni-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Thank you.
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Academic Website of the College |
UC College
academic website gives detailed
information about the college, academic programs, faculty,
administration etc. The address of this website is: www.uccollege.edu.in
If you want to know about the courses offered, the departments, faculty,
admission materials etc., please visit that website.
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