Plenty of news this week – hopefully some of them might counter our week 5 blues!
1. Appointment of our Postgraduate Representative
2. Malaysian Food Festival MFF
3. Play Host to Imperial
4. CUMaS Sports
5. Sponsor Events: Ethos and Accenture
6a. ABACUS Annual Oxbridge Boat Party
6b. Invitation to Inspire event
1. Appointment of our Postgraduate Representative
CUMaS is pleased to announce the official appointment of new postgraduate representative, Geeta Appannah from Darwin College. She’s been here for a year so drop her an email if you need to ask anything! Her email is ga282@cam.ac.uk
There will potentially be a postgrad formal next term so watch this space!
2. Malaysian Food Festival MFF
Here’s a reminder as to when MFF will take place. Please save this date! There promises to be lots of authentic, delicious Malaysian food 😀 (Attached is a poster to get the enthusiasm going :D)
Date: Saturday, 20th November 2010
Venue: St Paul’s Church
Ticket Price: To be confirmed
We are also in need of volunteers:
1) Can’t cook? No worries, there is no experience necessary! If you’re free that Saturday, please fill in the spreadsheet here. The upside of volunteering is that you’d get to eat for free, of course, and helping out is a great way to meet people and have fun.
2) Do you have a blender that we can borrow? We’d need it to blend chili for the MFF. If you own one, we would greatly appreciate it if you could lend it to us. Please contact Shan at welfare@cumas.org
3. Play Host to Imperial
Members of the Imperial College Malaysian Society will be visiting Cambridge on 27 Nov 2010 and we need volunteers for it! Basically just to bring them around, essentially college-visiting, punting (depending on weather) and formal at Pembroke. It is completely up to you to do what you think would be a good day out in Cambridge! Perhaps tea at a nice cafe (or get Chelsea Buns from Fitzbillies or crepes from Cambridge crepes or milkshakes from Shake Away!), a visit to the Arts and Crafts Market on St John’s Street or a trip to Market Square, a visit to the Botanic Gardens, or perhaps even a trip to the Fitzwilliam Museum or faculties if there are keen beans in your group! Depending on number of volunteers, each will get a number of Imperial students for you to show around. The whole day is very flexible, you can do what you deem fit. In the form here, you can state your availability i.e. day or evening. Day shifts would include lunch, punting and touring. Evening shifts would include touring (continued) and hosting them for a formal at Pembroke (places are limited and priority given to those who volunteer for the whole day). For the formal, please indicate by 20th November if you would like to come.
4. CUMaS Sports
The Oxbridge Games organised by CUMSA will be held at Oxford this Saturday, so there won’t be any sports during the weekend. But badminton will still be played this week.
Sport: Badminton
Date: Friday, 12 Nov 2010
Time: 6p.m. – 8p.m.
Venue: Queens’ College
5. Sponsor Events: Ethos and Accenture
Please take note of our sponsors’ events; they provide a wealth of opportunity for your future career and networks.
Ethos interview
Applications for the Ethos interview is now closed, but to successful applicants, the following is a reminder for the upcoming Ethos Interview.
Date: Tues, 16th Nov 2010
Time: 9am – 2pm
Venue: Robinson College
Ethos presentation: Tipping Into Obscurity: Can Malaysia Break Free of the Middle-Income Trap?
Date: Tues, 16th Nov 2010
Time: 7pm – 9pm
Venue: Erasmus Room, Queens’ College
Nibbles provided!
Ethos: Facebook event link
Accenture presentation
Date: Wed, 1st Dec 2010
Venue: Murray Edwards College
Accenture case study competition
Date: Thurs, 2nd Dec 2010
Venue: Vivien Stewart Room, Murray Edwards College
(Note: There will be a free dinner with Accenture at a budget of £35/person for participants – venue to be confirmed)
Accenture: Facebook event link
6a. ABACUS Annual Oxbridge Boat Party
Cambridge ABACUS (Association of British and Chinese University Students) and OUAPS (Oxford University Asia-Pacific Society) are proud to announce that the Annual Oxbridge Boat Party on the London Thames will be held on Saturday 27th November 2010 on the largest luxury entertainment, conference and party boat in London – the P.S. Dixie Queen.
The theme this year will be “Shanghai Grand”. Prepare to be transported back to the glitzy 1920s Shanghai; an era of romance, glamour and wealth, an age of jazz, smoking pipes and luxurious fur coats, in just one evening of bedazzlement, fun and indulgence.
The link is: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=165120060184515
6b. Invitation to Inspire event
The CUSU Black Students’ Campaign would like to invite you to attend ‘Inspire’, an event which draws together leading minds on issues of race equality in higher education. The event will be held from 2pm on Saturday 13th November at the Keynes Lecture Theatre in King’s College. Please see the attached flyer for further information.
The Black Students Campaign seeks to promote race equality and support and empower all Black and Minority Ethnic students throughout the University of Cambridge. This event is being held as part of the University-wide celebrations for Black and Minority Ethnic History Season and CUSU Stands Up Against Racism.
If you would like to attend this event please e-mail umb22@cam.ac.uk . Please also find attached a flyer with further details.