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Thomas
Joseph Memorial Endowment
Fund at UCC
Mr. Priyabal Joseph and Mr. Rohan Joseph, USA,
have made arrangements with the college for the instituting of Thomas
Joseph Memorial Endowment Fund at UC College in memory of their father,
late Mr. Thomas Joseph who was a member of the Union Christian College
football team of yester years. This announcement coincides with the 25th
anniversary (today, September 19, 2005) of the demise of that
distinguished alumnus of UCC.
The amount of the Endowment Fund will be Rs. 100,000. (Rupees One
Hundred Thousand).
The purpose of the endowment is to give an annual scholarship, named
Thomas Joseph Soccer Scholarship, to a full-time student of the Union
Christian College football team, who has demonstrated excellence in the
game as well as academics. In addition to money, the winner will be
given a certificate, and a plaque bearing the image of Mr. Thomas
Joseph.
UCC takes pride in the memory of its distinguished alumnus. We also
thank Mr. Priyabal Joseph and Mr. Rohan Joseph for their gesture towards
the college.
UC College Establishes the Alumni
Development Office
Our new principal, Manager, and the Governing
Body of the College are very much interested in strengthening the Alumni
and International Linkages. One sign of it is the start of the Alumni
Development Office (ADO). This office started functioning in the
Founder’s Memorial Auditorium on 27 th July 05.
The office started functioning with a seed
money offered by Dr. KC Chacko, an alumnus of the college now residing
in Denver, USA.
The proposal for the UCC International
Office has been accepted by the Governing Body. GB has resolved to
authorize the principal for undertaking this project. The project is
expected to be completed within three years.
As part of this effort, steps will be
taken to publish an alumni directory within two years.
The college encourages all alumni to
contribute to the ADO. US alumni who would like to offer funds for ADO
or similar projects (with US Tax Concession) can send the money through
the United Board New York.
Reception for Dr. K. E
Leelamma,
Dept. of Psychology
Dr.
K.E. Leelamma, Dept. of Psychology, visited USA from
Nov-December 2005. She was invited by Austin College to continue her
research on the quality of life of women and other research
related to gender studies at their campus.
A UC College Alumni Reception
was given to Dr. K.E.
Leelamma in New Jersey on Saturday, December 17, 2005.
The reception was hosted by Pravin Philip, an old
student of Psychology at the college now residing at
Princeton, New Jersey.
Here is an Excerpt From Pravin About
the Event:
"We had a small get together
in my house for around 12 adults and 10 children
in honor of Dr. Leelamma. We had around 5-6
psychology grads. The others were from other
departments or were spouses and children.
The evening was begun with a word of
prayer
led by by Fr. Jose AinikkalI (one year my junior)
at the Psych department.
I think everyone enjoyed the company
as well as the lamb biriyani, raita, veg curry,
papads, alu paratha etc. GV and his wife
brought along a Christmas Cake (made by
GV's wife).
We also made several new friends in
the
area which bodes well for future alumni activity.
We also looked at recent pictures
taken at UCC
and shared stories about our time at UCC as
well as our adventures since.
Special thanks to Dr. Leelamma for
coming
and being such a gracious and affectionate guest
among us.
Dr.
Leelamma's Letter
Dear friends,
I am really thankful to you for
providing information about my US
visit, in the college website and yahoo group. It was a higher
learning experience to me. I met many old students in US and
experienced the love, concern and warmth of UC students to their
teachers. Especially I am grateful to Dr. Jacob Mathew, coordinator
of website for providing information of every step of my voyage.
I was in Austin College, Texas for my research programme. From
Austin college I went to California for meeting old students. Disney
land and Hollywood created a euphoric feeling in me. New York
exploration with old students was an unforgettable experience.
Thanks to Pravin, Ramesh, Thomas Mathew sir, Jacob Mathew sir,
Chacko sir and others for providing all support.
Best regards
Dr. K. E. Leelamma
College Celebrates
Reunion Day
2005 It was
the week when the college rolled out the red carpet to all alumni.
Several distinguished alumni of the college shared their views. The
principal shared the work going on in taking the college to the
next level. Read the full details. UBCHA Team Visits UC College
A UBCHA team including Dr. Patricia Stranahan
( the president designate), Dr. Betty Abregana (India Programme
Director) and Sr. Santhi Manuel (United Board Trustee) visited UCC in
September 2005.
After spending a
wonderful time at the college, the team also went to Marthoma College
Thiruvalla with our principal Dr. Varghese John.
A special thanks to Nan Hawkins, Director
of Alumni and Web communications of UBCHEA, for updating the UBCHA
grantee list in the UB website to include the name of UCC.
College Celebrates Onam
The college celebrated Onam festival
on 9th september. There were the "pookkalam" and tug-of-war
competitions under a fairly clear sky. The whole campus
reflected the mood of celebration.
Charlotte Ericson Joins the College
Charlotte Ericson, the Young Adult
Volunteer from the US has just joined the college community.
She will be here for a year. She will be helping the alumni
office of the college.
Charlotte may contacted at:
uccalumni@gmail.com
Other News:
The dedication of the New Women's
Hostel Building (South Block) was held on Wednesday, the
17th of August 2005. The building is in between the East and
West Hostels.
The new MCA building is under construction in the Eastern
part of the
college campus. Watch out when you pass by !!!
College Community was
Shocked to Learn of the Death of PKV
This is how Dr. Rajan Varughese, ex-Principal
of UC College announced the news to the alumni in the UC College Alumni
Forum on July 13, 2005:
"One of our
dearest alumni PKV passed away. Today the UCCollege Community had a
condolence meeting. Adv.A.Jayasankar gave the condolence address.
Dr.Varghese John, Principal presided over the meeting held in the Varkey
Memorial Hall."
Naveen Mathew, an alumnus of the College,
expressed the sentiments of the alumni this way:
"PKV was of a rare breed among the
political figures of Kerala. While showing the news of PKV's passing
Asianet showed some clippings of UCC for about 5 seconds."
UCC has arranged a programe of the alumni,
friends, and the college community , "Remembering PKV" in the VMA Hall
at 3.00 pm on Monday, July 25. Sri J. Chitharanjan, former minister,
MP, and an old student of UC, spoke.
Bus Accident
There was a bus accident in the Parur
Alwaye route. Prof. Muraleedhara Shenoy and
several of our students were in the bus; some had minor
injuries, but no major ones.
Update: Prof. Shenoy is all right. So
are most of the students except one or two who had to be in
hospital for a day.
College Welcomes Marie Kikuchi
Marie Kikuchi, an undergraduate student
from the International Christian University, Tokyo, is our
guest here for six weeks from Monday, July 18,2005. She is
here for part of her academic work in service learning.
Alumni
Get together
A group of alumni in and around
Pathanamthitta had a half-day get-together-and-lunch on the
15th of July.
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