UOW Alumni Network E-News

Volume 16 August 2007
UOW Alumni Network E-News is a bi-monthly email newsletter which keeps you up-to-date with University developments and alumni activities. More information on the UOW Alumni Network is available at www.uow.edu.au/alumni Your suggestions and comments are always welcome. To give us your feedback, email alumni@uow.edu.au

Your Vote for UOW’s Future: University Council Graduate Election
UOW graduates have the opportunity to contribute to the University’s future and help maintain its ranking as one of Australia’s leading universities. University Council elections will be held in October this year. You can stand as a graduate member, or vote to elect two graduates to represent the alumni community on Council. To participate in the upcoming Council election, register online at http://www.uow.edu.au/about/governance/UOW027049.html

UOW Graduate’s Exhibition Featured in Ireland’s Day of Reflection
Creative Arts alumnus, Dr Lycia Trouton, has recently returned from Northern Ireland where her ‘Linen Memorial’ exhibition was a focal point at Ireland’s Day of Reflection. The day pays tribute to the thousands who lost their lives over the 30 years of sectarian violence in Ireland. The traveling Irish memorial appeared at UOW before it went on tour around Australia and overseas. Read more

Thumbs Up to New Way of Changing TV Channels
The days of scrounging around sofas searching for hand-held remotes will soon be over thanks to a ‘wave of the hand’ technology developed at UOW. The all-seeing wave controller is the brainchild of Australian scientists Dr Prashan Premaratne of the School of Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering and ANU PhD student Quang Nguyen. They have developed a box that lets television viewers change channels, switch on the DVD player or simply switch off a program with the wave of a hand. Read full story


Help Breakdown the Barriers
The UOW Circle of Visionaries have already donated over $20,000 in 2007 towards dementia education and training programs and students in need, but we need your help to reach our target of $30,000. Your gift will help our internationally-renowned dementia centre improve the quality of life for Australians living with dementia, and help young people who are disadvantaged by financial hardship, carer commitments, ethnicity or disability. You will receive a tax deductible receipt and 100% of your gift will go directly towards these vital projects.

Read more about the Appeal and real-life stories. Donate now online through our secure donations page.

Free Concert by Members of the Wollongong Symphony Orchestra: Music with an International Flavour
The Office of Community & Partnerships is hosting a free lunchtime concert featuring members of the Wollongong Symphony Orchestra at UOW as part of International Week running from Aug 13-17. The concert will be held on Wednesday 15 August from 12.30pm to 2pm at the new outdoor stage on the Duckpond Lawn. All alumni are invited to attend. More information

Exhibition: Mind the Gap … Between the Folds
Mind the Gap … Between the folds, retrieves the identity of a female convict, Rosina Smith, who arrived in Hobart in 1828 with a trunk of valuable dresses. The convict records, or black books of early colonial Van Diemen’s Land have provided the bare facts of conviction, appearance, voyage, arrival, assignment, servitude, marriage, births, freedom and escape. Opened on Thursday 9 August, the exhibition will run until 31 August. Full exhibition details

Antarctic Visions on Show in Wollongong
Most of us are unlikely to have the chance to visit the coldest place on Earth, so it has been brought to us. The exhibition, ‘Aurora: Extraordinary Visions of Antarctica’ is a collection of photographs taken by scientists and technicians who live and work in the Australian Antarctic Territory. ‘Aurora’ is visiting UOW’s Science Centre and Planetarium and will be on display from early August until the September school holidays. More information

Campus News Magazine
The July 2007 edition of Campus News has been mailed out to all UOW graduates. If you did not receive your copy of Campus News the Alumni Office may not have your current postal address. Please update your details

Tell Us Your Story
UOW is very proud of its graduates and we are eager to find out about your achievements, career highlights and goals since leaving University. Tell us your story

Last reviewed: 3 December, 2008