News & Events

e:CONNECT March 2005


This issue includes:

University News and Initiatives

Revolutionary daylight technology
UTS graduate wins Sundance Documentary Fund
Winner of ticket to seminar by Australia's most successful entrepreneurs

Alumni Events

International Alumni events
Australian Alumni Singapore Golden Jubilee
UTS Golf Day
UTSpeaks
Gallery

Making a Difference

Architecture students plan for a new community centre
How are you making a difference?

Lifelong Learning

Develop your software on time and under budget
Wound Management workshop
IT short courses

Alumni Services

Changes to the Email Forwarding Account service
Business Facility
Career News

Revolutionary daylight technology

Research conducted by UTS applied physicists and daylighting experts has led to revolutionary Australian technology that 'pipes' heat-free natural light into a building.

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Graduate wins Sundance Documentary Fund

Congratulations to director/producer Melissa K Lee for the documentary 'Yukai' which has been chosen as one of the successful applicants of the Sundance Documentary Fund. 'Yukai' is a one hour documentary about the Japan-North Korea abduction cases which saw dozens of ordinary Japanese citizens kidnapped under bizarre circumstances in the 1970's and 80's.

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Winner of ticket to seminar by Australia's most successful entrepreneurs

Congratulations to Miles Sowden for winning the complimentary ticket to 'Transformation through Innovation and Entrepreneurship', a seminar by some of Australia's most successful entrepreneurs, held 9 March.



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International Alumni Events

Alumni are invited to attend a range of international events being held this year in indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Shanghai.

IKAMA Jakarta - Friday 8 July 2005
Singapore - Wednesday 20 July 2005
Kuala Lumpur - Saturday 23 July 2005
Hong Kong - Thursday 28 July 2005
Shanghai - Monday 1 August 2005

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Australian Alumni Singapore Golden Jubilee

Alumni are invited to attend the Australian Alumni in Singapore's Golden Jubilee celebration taking place on Thursday 17 March 2005. The Gala Dinner will see the launch of the commemorative Golden Jubilee publication.

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UTS Golf Day

Alumni are invited to participate in the UTS Golf Day, a friendly competition played alongside academics, staff and students. This is always a very popular day, so be quick to book!
Date: Friday 15 April 2005
Venue: Kogarah Golf Course
For further information please p: +612 9514 1889 or e: Dimi.Tromboukis@uts.edu.au

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UTSpeaks: Getting past the 'gut-feeling'

This free public lecture examines the use of science to successfully predict which new technologies, products and services are most likely to succeed.

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Gallery: Mathieu Gallois

This overview of the art, design and architectural concepts of Mathieu Gallois includes a quarter million passport photos, a house made entirely from polystyrene and a glowing lounge set.

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Architecture students plan for a new community centre

Architecture students are working with the diverse community based around the La Perouse Panthers Rugby League Club to draw up detailed plans for a new community centre.

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Develop your software on time and under budget

Whether you plan to be a better software project manager or move into project leadership, you can profit immediately from this new short course taking place every Tuesday in April 2005. For further information please contact Maria on p: +612 9514 2404 or e: course convener Associate Professor chris.peterson@uts.edu.au.

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Get with IT - UTS short courses in Information Technology

Alumni are invited to attend a vast range of IT short courses designed for those currently working in IT or wanting to get into the industry. Courses include:

CCNA Preparation Stage 2
CCNA Preparation Stage 4
Developing Windows and Web Applications using Visual Studio.NET
Fundamentals of Java
Fundamentals of Unix (Solaris and Linux)
Java Programming Advanced (J2EE)
Object-Oriented Programming with C++
Programming in C

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Wound Management Workshop

The Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health is bringing together two well known wound-care practitoners to facilitate this Wound Management workshop.

Date: Friday 29 April 2005

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Changes to the Email Forwarding Account service

If you are an existing user of the UTS Email Forwarding Account (EFA), we would like to inform you of some changes.

The UTS Email team is implementing a new email address ending in '@alumni.uts.edu.au'. This means that your existing '@uts.edu.au' address will change to '@alumni.uts.edu.au'.

You are advised to inform your contacts of your new UTS email address so that they may update their address books. Current emails being sent to your old '@uts.edu.au' address are now also forwarding to your new '@alumni.uts.edu.au' address as well as your nominated forwarding account. Your current '@uts.edu.au' email address will continue to function until the end of 2006.

Business Facility in the Alumni Office

Registered members are invited to use the alumni business centre in the Alumni office. If you would like to make a booking, please contact us on +612 9514 8036.

Career News

Please keep us updated with your career news, or any achievements and awards you may have received. We are preparing our next publication and would love to hear from you.