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Orientation Programme To Be Held At SMS Varanasi
Jun 11th
New session of PGDMs programme began at SMS on 22 July. Academician and industry stalwarts gave blessing to all students.SMS Varanasi welcomes each of the newly admitted students with a sense of warmth in its lush green and serene atmosphere endowed with a building of architectural marvel. The orientation programme began with the lightning of lamp at the altar of goddess Saraswati and garlanding of her statue by the chief guest Mr. S.K.Saxena, Special Secretary, Delhi Government, Guest of Honour Prof Asim Mishra, Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow and Distinguished Guest of the programme Prof P.Das Gupta, IIFT, New Delhi. The director of the institute Prof P.N.Jha greeted the newly admitted students with his blessings and exhorted the students to strive for academic excellence, personal values and social concern. Prof K.M.Pandey (Former Registrar BHU) had also congratulated the students on this auspicious occasion.
On the one front Director of the institute had congratulated the students for their journey of two years and other front Guest had discussed the corporate expectations from the new generation of Management graduates. Maintaining the corporate ethics in adverse situations, need of participative management, innovation in business and academic practices and application of ancient Indian wisdom in modern management has been the major input for students out of orientation programme.
In this way students got a chance to interact with the industrial vanguards and the world class academicians and the trainers invited from the top industrial houses and the institutions of repute. On the very first day itself the students came to know what the industry expect of them and how to proceed to attain the excellence through academic rigour and corporate interface.
Book Sale Finder Acquires Book Sale List
Jun 9th
Book Sale Finder finds new technology in acquisition of Book Sale List.
Helen Oram, owner of Book Sale Finder, commented: “We are very pleased to have acquired Book Sale List. Some of the technologies that Book Sale List uses are of interest to us and we hope to include them in future related web sites.”
Ms. Oram continued, “Since 1994, Book Sale Finder has provided Library Friends and other non-profit groups with free book sale listings, and we are proud that we’ve been able to bring buyers to non-profit book sales for over 15 years. Although many book dealers rely on our website, most visitors are book collectors, homeschoolers, avid readers, and other book lovers; they appreciate the book sales and the many dedicated volunteers who make them possible.”
“My husband and I love to attend book sales and we’re glad that we can help continue this community tradition that benefits so many people,” she said.
Projects Abroad Edinburgh Information Evening
Jun 7th
Projects Abroad is the leading global organiser of overseas volunteer work placements. Our wide range of projects, including Teaching, Care, Conservation & Environment, Medicine & Healthcare, Sports, Community projects, Business, Law & Human Rights and Journalism, are designed specifically for the needs of the communities in which we work, whilst giving our volunteers (aged 16 – 75) the very best experience of volunteering abroad.
Last year Projects Abroad had over 1500 UK based volunteers travel to 26 different countries on 5 continents to participate in over 500 projects. Over 40% of volunteers are undergraduates and more than 6% of the volunteers from Projects Abroad are from Scotland. One of these volunteers is Louise Ratcliffe who did a Medicine and Healthcare project in Ghana for 1 month during the summer holiday of her fourth year of University.
Katharine Hepburn Film Series
May 27th
On Saturday August 7, Kent State University Museum’s MOVIE DATE WITH KATE regional film series joins with PlayhouseSquare’s “Cinema at the Square” at the Palace Theatre in co-presenting a 2 p.m. screening of the classic Spencer Tracy-Katharine Hepburn comedy “Adam’s Rib” (1949).
MOVIE DATE WITH KATE supports the museum’s exhibition “Katharine Hepburn: Dressed for Stage and Screen,” opening Oct 2nd, and partners with major classic movie venues and cultural institutions throughout Northeast Ohio. ”Adam’s Rib” is the second film in the ongoing MOVIE DATE WITH KATE series.
Prospective patrons can either buy a ”Cinema at the Square” movie ticket through PlayhouseSquare or opt for a special afternoon package benefiting the Kent State University Museum by calling the museum at 330.672.3450.
The fashion museum’s afternoon package includes: a movie ticket for “Adam’s Rib,” two passes to the museum, and a private “After-Rib Reception” following the film at the newly relocated Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative (CUDC), 1309 Euclid Avenue, a few doors west of the Palace. The After-Rib Reception will feature displays of CUDC architectural project design work on Milan (Italy), a special presentation of images from the museum’s Hepburn collection, and complimentary wine & appetizers.
“Adam’s Rib” (directed by Hepburn’s favorite director George Cukor) is the sixth movie to pair Katharine Hepburn with Spencer Tracy. Tracy and Hepburn he was always billed first — did nine films together over a span of 25 years, the first being “Woman of the Year “(1942) and the last, “Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner?” The couples’ on-screen chemistry and off-screen relationship is Hollywood legend.
“‘Adam’s Rib’ is listed by the American Film Institute as seventh in its ‘Top Ten’ list of romantic comedies,” said Nathan Scott, Venue Booking Manager at PlayhouseSquare who selected the films for this season’s Cinema at the Square series.
The plot pits married attorneys Amanda and Adam Bonner on opposite sides of a trial in which Doris Attinger (Judy Holliday) is charged with shooting her two-timing husband (Tom Ewell). Adding to the courtroom battle between the sexes is David Wayne as the piano-playing “serpent” in the Bonner household’s Eden, constantly disrupting their domestic Eden with Cole Porter’s sardonic tune “Farewell Amanda.”
“And of course, throughout all the shenanigans, Hepburn is dressed beautifully, Walter Plunkett’s costumes reinforcing her position as an icon for style-conscious professional women,” said Jean Druesedow, the director of the Kent State University Museum, adding that Miss Hepburn even kept the black evening gown she wears in Adam’s Rib for herself.
“That dress will be prominently displayed in our exhibition,” she promised.
TO ORDER TICKETS: Call 330.672.3450 to reserve the afternoon package benefiting the Kent State University Museum ($30 and including a movie ticket, two KSU Museum passes and “After-Rib” reception) To buy just the movie ticket ($5) through PlayhouseSquare, call 216.241.6000.
About the Kent State University Museum:
Closely linked to the Shannon Rodgers and Jerry Silverman School of Fashion Design and Merchandising at Kent State University, the Museum contains important collections of fashion and decorative arts; provides students with first-hand experience with historic and contemporary fashions, as well as costumes representing many of the world’s cultures; and serves both the University and the community through exhibitions and public programs, and, by appointment, research in the collections. 2010-11 marks the Kent State University’s Museum’s 25th anniversary, and pre-opening programming for the Hepburn exhibit culminates in the museum’s 25th anniversary gala “25 Years of Dazzle” at the museum with special guest Robert Osborne, host of Turner Classic Movies. Honorary chairs for the gala are Reuben and Isabel Toledo. After the exhibition opens, a full schedule of events will cover Miss Hepburn’s influence on fashion, her life and artistry, stage and screen costume design, and the impact of the entertainment industry on fashion.