Talk on News Media, New Media and Elections

The US Embassy in collaboration with the Communication Studies Unit of FSSH is organisinf a talk on the above theme by Ellen Hume, US Media expert, on Thursday, October 22, 2009 from 12 30-14 00 hours at the University of Mauritius.

The talk will the held in the old Engineering Building in Lecture Theatre 1 (to access, take the lift in the New Engineering Tower to the second floor, then take the long corridor on the left. LT1 is on the right at the end of the corridor).

Mrs. Ellen Hume is visiting Mauritius under the U.S. Department of State’s Speaker Program. The main theme of her program in Mauritius is: Press Freedom and Journalism Ethics.

Ellen Hume is an Annenberg Fellow in Civic Media at the Center for Media and Communication Studies at Central European University in Budapest. Until June 2009, she was research director of the Center for Future Civic Media at MIT. Hume founded the Center on Media and Society at UMass Boston in 2004 in order to work with students and community media. She is a writer and lecturer about journalism journalism’s role in democracy; the Internet; civic engagement and ethics.

All are welcome.

Professional Profile of Ellen Hume

Diksioner Morisien d’Arnaud Carporan

Arnaud Carporan ek so lekip pe faire ene lapel pou kontribision dans zot deziem edision diksioner kreol morisien.

Check ban detay lor mo blog lor:
http://christinameetoo.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/diksioner-morisien-darnaud-carporan/

Maiden Games 2009

This is the first time in Mauritian universities’ history that an inter-tertiary competition is being organised by the Ministry of Youth and Sports.

The Universities involved are as follows:
- University of Mauritius (UOM)
- IVTB
- Institut Superieur de Technologie (IST)
- University of Technology (UTM)
- JR School
- Swami Dayanand Institute of Management (SDIM)
- Mauritius Institute of Education (MIE).

The football preliminaries are as follows (further info about other pools and scores will be updated):

- 08 Oct 2009- UOM (A) vs IVTB (B)  [Final score 13-0]
- 08 Oct 2009- UOM (B) vs IVTB (A) [Full time score 4-0]
- 13 Oct 2009 at MFA House Trianon- UOM (B) vs IST  [10hrs]
- 15 Oct 2009 at MFA House Trianon- UOM (A) vs UTM [10hrs]
- 30 Oct 2009 at CNFF Reduit- FINAL [noon].

Volleyball (Man) Fixtures [the following matches will be played at UOM Gymnasium]

- 09 Oct 2009- UOM vs JR School [10hrs]
- 14 Oct 2009- UOM vs IST [11hrs]
- 20 Oct 2009- UOM vs MIE [10hrs]
- 23 Oct 2009- UOM vs Swami Dayanand [10hrs]

Volleyball (Woman) Fixtures [Venue: UOM GYmnasium]

- 15 Oct 2009- UOM vs JR School [10hrs]
- 27 Oct 2009- UOM vs MIE [10hrs]

Basketball (Woman) Fixtures [Venue: UOM GYmnasium]

- 13 Oct 2009- UOM vs MIE [13hrs30]
- 16 Oct 2009- UOM vs JR School [13hrs30]
- 29 Oct 2009- FINAL [13hrs30]

Basketball (Man) Fixtures

Not Available

Badminton (Single woman, single man, double man, double woman, double mix) Fixtures [Venue: National Badminton Centre]

- 1st Round- 22nd Oct 2009 [10hrs]
- 2nd Round- 23rd Oct 2009 [10hrs].

UOM athletes are expecting UOM’s staff and students’ support.

Yaveen
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