e:Connect April 2007
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THIS MONTH'S SPECIAL OFFERS FOR YOU Alumni Travel Deals e-Communities can earn you Dymocks Dollars! Dymocks Discount for UTS:Alumni members |
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WHAT'S ON On Wednesday 18 April, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ross Milbourne invites you to celebrate the outstanding achievements of UTS alumni at the 2007 Alumni Awards Reception. RSVP by Friday 13 April. Alumni Wine & Cheese Tasting Event Put Wednesday 23 May in your diaries, because it's the date set for the very popular Alumni Wine and Cheese Tasting Event! RSVP by Wednesday 16 May. |
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LIFELONG LEARNING AT UTS |
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CONSIDER SUPPORTING SCHOLARSHIPS AT UTS |
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WHAT'S HAPPENING AT UTS |
| ALUMNI BENEFITS |
Sailing on Sydney Harbour 
Why not see a different side of Sydney and spend a leisurely afternoon sailing on the beautiful Harbour?
The UTS Union owns a 30ft yacht, and on Friday or Sunday afternoons, 1pm - 4pm for just $30 per head for UTS:Alumni members or $40 non-alumni members, you can enjoy a relaxing sail on Sydney Harbour, or learn the art of sailing. Professional and friendly skippers can take up to 5 passengers on the yacht.
To book your day out, please contact the UTS Sports Office on 9514 1454.
Log on to the UTS:Alumni online interactive member area
Your e-Business Directory and e:Communities are now online!
To better connect alumni members and promote networking, UTS:Alumni has launched your online interactive member area. The member area features an e-Business Directory where you can list your business or professional details FREE of charge. Plus you can view and update your details as they appear in our database and join alumni networks.
The e-Business Directory is just the beginning, e-Communities is now online too.
e-Communities is an online service to help alumni meet and network with fellow UTS graduates all over the world. You'll be able to chat online to help solve professional problems, or just catch up and keep in touch with each other and your UTS faculty. It's also a great way to find out about professional career development and employment opportunities.
To access these features, simply login at www.members.alumni.uts.edu.au
If you are not yet registered with UTS:Alumni, register now! Membership is FREE and available to all graduates of UTS and its antecedent organisations.
For a full list of UTS:Alumni benefits, please visit the Member Benefits section on the UTS:Alumni website.
| ALUMNI NEWS |
Shining at the New York Film Festival
UTS:Alumni congratulates Masters in Media Arts and Production graduate, Marcus Gillezeau for his win at the prestigious New York Films Festival.
Marcus co-produced the Australian documentary film My Home - Your War. The film won the Gold World Medal for Best Documentary. Shot in Baghdad over three years before, during and after the Coalition presence in Iraq, My Home - Your War takes us inside the home of an every-day Iraqi family as they deal with the disruptions and terror of war as it affects their daily lives.
This film was also picked up by SBS and screened on April 3rd.
Congratulations Marcus!
Landmark Land Rights
UTS Law alumnus, Trevor Close recently signed the first Indigenous Land Use Agreement in NSW.
Trevor, an indigenous Australian leader, negotiated with the Premier for the Githabul people of northern NSW to have joint management control of World Heritage-listed national parks. Trevor has made history, securing the biggest native title deal struck on Australia's eastern seaboard.
Trevor's achievements were covered by an SBS World News Tonight report.
An inspiring achievement, Trevor!
Sophie Lee takes on Hollywood
Australian actress and UTS alumnus, Sophie Lee has written a debut novel about the cut-throat Hollywood film industry. Sophie's novel, Alice in La La Land, will hit book stores this month.
The delightfully quirky and endearing lead character, actress Alice Evans, is sure to win the affection of readers. A series of disasters in her home town causes Alice to flee to Hollywood where she finds life is not the glittery stuff of dreams - it's a Hollywood nightmare.
Sophie, after completing a Graduate Certificate in Writing in 2005, is currently studying for a Masters in Creative Writing at UTS.
| ALUMNI EVENTS |
Beautiful Minds, The Centennial Exhibition of the Nobel Prizes
Time & Venue:
- 6.00pm - Foyer, Tower Building 1, UTS Broadway for exhibition viewing
- 6.50pm - Chancellery, Tower Building 1, UTS Broadway for presentation by Professor Svante Lindqvist, Director of the Nobel Museum and drinks
Date: Tuesday 17 April, 2007
Enquiries & RSVP: To the Alumni and Development Office by 4pm Friday 13 April
E. alumni@uts.edu.au or T. 02 9514 8036
Please note, RSVP is essential as places are limited for this exclusive event.
The exhibition runs until Saturday 30 June at the UTS Tower Building 1, and is open Mon - Fri: 10 am - 8 pm, weekends and public holidays: 10 am - 5 pm.
For further information on Beautiful Minds, The Centennial Exhibition of the Nobel Prizes, please go to http://www.nobel.uts.edu.au/
2007 UTS Alumni Awards Reception
The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ross Milbourne invites you to the 2007 Alumni Awards Reception.
The Alumni Awards celebrate the outstanding professional and voluntary achievements of UTS alumni, staff and students in many varied fields of endeavour.
UTS takes this opportunity to recognise the exceptional contribution UTS alumni make to the community through innovation, professional practice, leadership and community service.
The Alumni Awards Reception will be an opportunity to catch up with old friends, network with fellow UTS alumni and recognise the outstanding achievements of UTS graduates.
So, please join us in celebrating the successes of UTS alumni.
Time: 6pm for 6.30pm start
Date: Wednesday 18 April
Venue: The Chancellery, Level 4, Tower Building 1, UTS Broadway
RSVP: alumni@uts.edu.au or T. 9514 8036 by Friday 13 April
To download your invitation, please click here.
This event is open to all UTS alumni and their guests. Please pass this invitation on to anyone you know who would be interested in attending.
For further information or enquiries, please contact Lella Gardner, Promotions Coordinator on 9514 8035 or by email: lella.gardner@uts.edu.au
Nobel Distinguished Public Lectures and Seminars
UTS is hosting Beautiful Minds, The Centennial Exhibition of The Nobel Prizes.
Curated by the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, Sweden, the Exhibition's international tour visits UTS in April on the penultimate leg of its six year, 14 country tour before heading to Abu Dhabi. The Exhibition is proudly sponsored by the Nobel Museum, Volvo and UTS.
In hosting Beautiful Minds, UTS expresses its commitment to creativity, innovation and peace. The exhibition will include scholarly, public and educational programs that will involve international Nobel Laureates, staff and students from across the University.
Nobel Exhibition FREE Public Events
For a full list of the FREE public lectures and seminars, please click here.
Bookings are now open.
UTS:IT Postgraduate Information Evening
UTS:IT has a range of courses for the experienced professional, intended to satisfy various career development needs. Available programs for the Spring 2007 intake include:
- Graduate Certificate in IT Project Management
- Graduate Certificate in Strategic IT Leadership
- Information Technology Program
- Interactive Multimedia Program
- Internetworking Program
- IT Management Program
Prove that you are serious about your IT career and take the next step. Come to our Postgraduate Information Evening.
When: Monday 7 May at 6pm
Where: UTS Building 10, Room 10.4.280
RSVP: jennyd@it.uts.edu.au by Tuesday 1 May
UTS:Engineering Postgraduate Information Evening
Whether you want to strengthen your management skills, develop specialist technical skills, or achieve a balanced combination of the two, UTS:Engineering's postgraduate programs can get you there!
Come along to the UTS:Engineering Postgraduate Information Evening to find out how you can advance your career.
Date: Tuesday 8 May, 2007
Time: 6pm with light refreshments served
RSVP: engineering@uts.edu.au or phone 9514 2666
Click here to download your invitation.
For more information visit www.eng.uts.edu.au
Alumni Wine & Cheese Tasting Night
Put Wednesday 23 May in your diaries, because it's the date set for the first Alumni Wine and Cheese Tasting Night for 2007!
Hosted by UTS alumnus Toni Paterson, Winner of the "Madame Lily Bollinger Medal" for excellence in wine tasting; author of the consumer wine guide Wine: What to drink in 2006; and Australia's youngest and only resident female Master of Wine.
Toni will take guests through a series of red and white wines from Australia's premium wine growing regions with cheese to compliment each wine tasted.
A fun evening not to be missed!
Time: 6pm
Date: Wednesday 23 May
Venue: Sky Room, The Blackett Hotel, Level 9, 70 Kings Street, Sydney
Cost: $35.00
RSVP: RSVP and Payment essential by 16 May
E. alumni@uts.edu.au T. 9514 0836 or F. 9514 8033
To register for this event, please download the invitation here.
Perusing the Perineum: Evidence, Experience and Education
by the UTS Centre for Midwifery, Child and Family Health
Perusing the Perineum is a seminar for midwives, obstetricians and educators involved in perinatal care.
Expert practitioners and researchers from backgrounds including midwifery, urogynaecology, physiotherapy and obstetrics will present on a range of issues. Topics include preventing perineal trauma during birth, perineal repair, effective pelvic floor care and Cesarean Section to protect the pelvic floor.
Date: Friday 25 May
Time: 8.30am to 4.00pm
Venue: UTS Gallery Function Centre
Program: Download the information flyer and program
RSVP: Registration form to be submitted by Wednesday 16 May
For more information visit the UTS Centre for Midwifery, Child and Family Health website or phone 9514 4834.
| ALUMNI CAREERS |
Online job vacancies for alumni
UTS:Alumni members can now search for job vacancies online via the UTS Careers Service website: http://scmapp.itd.uts.edu.au/scm/jobw.
If you have not yet registered with UTS:Alumni, click here.
You will need to log on to the online vacancies site using your alumni email account details. To activate your alumni 20mb storage account visit https://email.itd.uts.edu.au/webapps/myaccount.
Click on the 'Activate your account!' link and follow the prompts to set up your UTS:Alumni email account.
You will then be able to access your email account via UTS Webmail: www.uts.edu.au/email
If you have any further queries please contact UTS:Alumni.
E. alumni@uts.edu.au or T. 9514 8036.
| ALUMNI NETWORKS |
NEW UTS:Alumni Sustainability Network
A UTS:Alumni Sustainability Network is being formed, and we are seeking expressions of interest from members who would like to join the Network.
Membership is free and open to all registered UTS:Alumni with an interest in the pressing issue of sustainability.
For more information, please contact the Alumni Office.
P. 9514 8036 or E. alumni@uts.edu.au
JOIN a UTS:Alumni Network today!
Are you interested in opportunities for social and professional networking with alumni from your faculty, or who live in the same region, or work in the same field as you? Then join your UTS:Alumni Networks and keep in touch and add to the friends and colleagues you made in your university days and meet more UTS people.
Alumni members are closely involved in running networks, with support from the UTS:Alumni & Development Office. Graduates are welcome to join an existing alumni network, or can set up a new alumni network with assistance from the UTS:Alumni & Development Office.
For a full list of active UTS:Alumni Networks click here.
If your preferred Network is not up and running yet, why not contact the Alumni Office to set it up?
P. 9514 8036 or E. alumni@uts.edu.au
| GRADUATE PROFILE |
Mr Joseph Renzi
Bachelor of Information Technology, 1996
Joseph graduated with distinction from UTS in 1996 with a scholarship degree in IT and Business Management.
Following a position as a project manager at IAG/NRMA, he developed SwapAce.com - an innovative marketplace that allows individuals and businesses to buy, sell, swap and meet in trusted communities.
SwapAce.com was recently named as one of the "Top 10 Australian Coolest Companies" by Australian Anthill Magazine, and has grown into a unique marketplace that has over 200,000 members from over 150 countries.
This year, Joseph launched UniSwap.com.au - which is an official partnership with a number of university groups to provide Australian university students with an all-in-one marketplace that allows students to save money through buying, selling, swapping and meeting in trusted communities.
Since its inception, Joseph has been instrumental in achieving over half a million dollars in private investment, obtaining a significant government grant for commercialising emerging technologies (COMET), and being awarded a finalist in the Secrets of Australian IT Innovation competition. Joseph helped to develop the international patent that makes SwapAce.com unique. SwapAce.com offers innovative/patented features such as an electronic offer management system and an electronic bartering/negotiation system.
Joseph manages a team of more than 20 people, who range from 18 years to 65 years, including some UTS students and graduates.
Please keep us updated with your career news, or any achievements and awards you may have received. We are preparing our next e:Connect and would love to hear from you.
Email your career news to alumni@uts.edu.au
| THIS MONTHS SPECIAL OFFERS FOR YOU |
Want to leave the rat race behind and do something completely different? UTS:Alumni can access special travel deals. With lots on offer, from coastal helicopter flights to 'Red Centre' holidays to Uluru, there's plenty to satisfy itchy feet!
Here's a small taste of what's coming up:
- Coastal Rush Helicopter tour - Sat 14 April, $199 per person
- Blue Mountains Day Trip - Sun 15 April, $79 per person
- Whale and Dolphin Watch in Port Stephens - Sat 21 April, $125 per person
- White Water Rafting - Sun 22 April, $72 per person
- Urban Koala Weekend - Sat 28/Sun 29 April, $245 per person
- South Coast Trip - Sat 28 April, $89 per person
- Action Paintball - Sun 29 April, $80 per person
- Extreme Melbourne Tour - Thurs 3 - Mon 7 May, $319 per person
- Uluru Big Trip - Tues 3 - Wed 11 July, $975 per person
To find out more, or to book your travel adventure, call the UTS:Sports and Recreation Office on 9514 1454
e-Communities can earn you Dymocks Dollars!
UTS:Alumni has launched your NEW online e-Community forums for alumni networks. And to celebrate we're giving you the chance to earn some Dymocks Dollars, so join now and make the most of your e-Community!
The e-Communities are online forums open to all registered UTS alumni. All you have to do is log in and sign up to an e-Community and you will automatically be in the draw to win a $50 Dymocks voucher.
e-Communities is a great way to keep in touch socially and locate 'lost' friends and colleagues from university days.
You can also use it to:
- Ask and solve questions about professional issues
- Promote and search for employment opportunities
- Network with UTS graduates in your field
- Receive information about and publicise events
- Investigate continued learning with UTS short courses
- Locate friends and colleagues from your student days at UTS
Simply login at www.members.alumni.uts.edu.au. Your user name and password will be your student number and alumni membership number (shown on your alumni card). We advise you to reset your password after you log in.
If you can't recall you student number, send an email with 'e-Communities' in the subject line to alumni@uts.edu.au . For security reasons, please include your full name and date of birth in the body your email.
To make the most of your e-Community, encourage as many people to join the online forums as you can. The more graduates who use it, the better it will be as a tool for communication and networking.
We are working to add to the list of free UTS:Alumni benefits throughout 2007. So, send us your ideas on how you'd like to be more involved as a member of UTS:Alumni. E. alumni@uts.edu.au
Offer ends Friday 4 May, 2007. Winners will be contacted via email.
Dymocks Discount for UTS:Alumni members
Attention bookworms! Dymocks is offering a special discount to UTS:Alumni members.
All you have to do is sign up to the Dymocks Booklover program at http://www.dymocks.com.au/Booklovers/default.aspx to receive a 5% discount on your web purchases or purchases made at any Dymocks stores.
Plus, receive an additional 5% discount off ANY purchase (excluding gift vouchers) at Sydney's George Street store when you present your UTS:Alumni card.
So plump the pillows of your reading chair and start shopping today!
| LIFELONG LEARNING AT UTS |
UTS:IT has a range of short courses for the experienced professional, intended to satisfy various career development needs. Prove that you are serious about your IT career and take the next step.
There is a 10% discount available for all registered UTS:Alumni members. When booking, please quote your membership number.
Upcoming Courses:
CCNA 2 & 4 - Routers and Routing Basics - commences 28/4/07 http://it.uts.edu.au/course/shortcourse/cisco/ccna4.html
Programming in C - commences 1/5/07 http://it.uts.edu.au/course/shortcourse/programming/c.html
SQL Server 2005 for Business Intelligence - commences 1/5/07 http://it.uts.edu.au/course/shortcourse/programming/sqlbusiness.html
Network Security - commences 23/6/07 http://it.uts.edu.au/course/shortcourse/cisco/netsec.html
Places are limited, to ensure you do not miss out, please submit an application form to secure your place in your preferred course.
Please include your credit card details and fax to +61 2 9514 1844 without delay.
You will be charged approximately 1-2 weeks prior to the commencement of the course. We reserve the right to cancel any course which does not attract sufficient participants.
Please note there is no academic credit for these courses.
For full details, visit http://it.uts.edu.au/course/shortcourse/index.html or phone 9514 1806 or 9514 186.
Registered members of UTS:Alumni are entitled to a 10% discount on selected short course programs. So take advantage of this offer and continue your education!
For a comprehensive list of all current UTS short courses, please visit: http://www.shortcourses.uts.edu.au/
| CONSIDER SUPPORTING SCHOLARSHIPS AT UTS |
Consider support for scholarships at UTS
This year, UTS is working to increase the funds available to make it possible for disadvantaged yet able students to complete a course at our university. UTS is appealing to the business community, UTS staff, alumni and other generous people to help UTS fund scholarships for disadvantaged students.
Already many students, some with disabilities or from disadvantaged backgrounds, have benefited from this generous support.
Donations to the fund are fully tax deductible and your contribution will be of lasting benefit to the students and to society.
I would like to support scholarships at UTS