CUFSAA Presentation - UoC to US Grad Life
Dr. Kirthi Premadasa on his recent trip to Sri Lanka mad a presentation with Dr. Oshadha Ranasingha on "Transitioning from a Graduate of University of Colombo to a graduate student in the US". The presentation sponsored by CUFSAA (Colombo University of Science Alumni Association of North America) consisted of many valuable tips to the prospective US graduate student.
The picture released by FOS media above shows Dr. Kirthi Premadasa with Dr. Ranjith Mahanama - Dean Science, University of Colombo. Please visit this link for more details.
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The CUFSAA Mentor List is growing ! Please volunteer !
Within a couple of weeks since its inception the CUFSAA mentor program now has almost 50 mentor ! The CUFSAA mentors simply do this: Suppose a new Sci Fac graduate arrives in the United States or Canada pursuing higher studies or employment. CUFSAA will get the student in contact with a willing CUFSAA mentor in the area/state and the mentor can try and help the student settle down by helping ease some of the “blues” encountered in those early difficult months. There is no major commitment at all . A little bit of advice, a warm smile, a home made meal from a Sci Fac alumni might go a long away towards giving a young student a great start in North America.
We want more mentors so that we can provide a truly phenomenal service to our Sci Fac graduates. Please volunteer by contacting info@cufsaa.org with your name, email, institution (optional), city and state (We will not release contact info without your permission). Remember those early days when you first came here ? Please give back the help that someone would have given you when you first came to this land, so far away from our land of birth.
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From Newsletter Issue 01 & 02
- Opportunities to perform at TAMASHA 2016 - If you or your loved ones would like to do a song, a short dance, or a brief skit at the reunion on Sep. 3rd, do let us know. We kindly ask you to submit a sample of your work and details for us to review. You may email this information to info@cufsaa.org. We will be in touch if your audition is appropriate for the event and is accepted.
- CUFSAA-NA "Take a Book Program" - If you plan to visit Sri Lanka in the near future and would like to take a book with you to donate to the faculty of science, please let us know. We will have a list of books required by the faculty to choose from. Alternatively, if you have books that you would like to donate, please ship them to Dr. Saliya de Silva at 393 Valley Road, River Edge, NJ 07661 or you may bring them with you when you come to the CUFSAA-NA reunion in New Jersey in September and we will arrange shipping to Sri Lanka from there.
- Be a North American Mentor to a new UofC Graduate - CUFSAA is creating a mentor list of our alumni who live in different cities in North America so that, if a new UoC graduate arriving for graduates studies or for a job is looking for a friendly face in the city or the state, we can, with your permission, get this young person in contact with you. If you are willing to help out the next generation of UoC alumni in North America, please send your name, location, and contact information to us at info@cufsaa.org.
- Do you have photos to share at the TAMASHA 2016 event? Please send us your photos (especially those which portray campus times) so they can be shared with nostalgia among your colleagues. We plan to include some in the TAMASHA 2016 program. You can email them to info@cufsaa.org or click on the link below and upload it directly. We also plan to use some of these in various audio/visual segments throughout the event. Please share your memories with everyone!
Make sure you have the rights to post the photos and that you are OK with having them viewed in public.
- Fill out the membership Survey & Get involved - Even if you can't make it to the reunion events on September 2016, we will keep you posted on what is going on. Click on this link to fill out the survey.
Visit the Newsletter Page to read more ...
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