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Upcoming Events
Foundations Team-Building Day, 8th February
Students and Faculty of Foundations Program @ AAMC will have a variety of team-building activities on Monday.
Cycling Race @ Madinat Zayed, 17th & 18th February
Madinat Zayed Men's College will host this year's WRDC Tour de Al Gharbia, their first Cycling Race event and calls on students from HCT men's colleges to take part and form a team. Each team needs four (4) members. Interested students can contact the Sports Coordinator to sign-up.
HDF Inter-College Quiz, 23rd February
HCT's annual Higher Diploma Foundations Inter-College Quiz is held at AAMC. Our students will compete against other male students from around the HCT colleges. A similar Quiz is also scheduled for female students and is hosted by Al Ain Women's College. This year, the quiz for the female students is schedule on 9th March.
HCT Sports Day, 25th February
HCT's annual Sports Day will be held at Dubai Men's College on Thursday, 25th February with competitions in the fields of Football, Volleyball, Basketball, Table Tennis, Fooseball (Baby Football) and Billiards. Students who want to participate in this event should contact the Sports Coordinator to sign-up as well as to get more information.
Clean-Up the UAE Day, 2nd March
AAMC is an active supporter of the environment and takes part in the annual "Clean-Up the UAE" campaign where students from all schools, colleges and universities spend a day cleaning-up an assigned area. For more details, watch this space.
Program Choice and Career Choice Week, 14th to 18th March
Each year, AAMC helps students choose their respective programs and also counsels students with their career choices via several events that highlights the various programs at AAM and HCT as well as invite members of the community to present a variety of careers available to young Emiratis. This is also an opportunity for students already in various programs at AAMC to showcase the best in their courses as well as what they have learned.
HCT Graduation, 7th April
Graduation Ceremonies will be held in Al Ain for the Al Ain HCT Colleges. More details soon.
Library Week, 11th - 15th April
Hunt for Information, register for the One Book, One HCT Reading Program or simply get caught learning in the Library. More details on how to win some prizes soon.
One Book, One HCT launching, 18th April
Imagine all students and faculty at all HCT colleges reading one book? Yes! One Book, One HCT aims to do just that! Watch this space for more information. Exciting activities and surprise prizes coming soon!
Green Day / Environmental Awareness Day, 20th April
Activities that help students be more conscious of the environment as well as opportunities for teaching and learning with the environment in focus. More details soon.
Blood Donation Day, 4th May
Students and staff have the chance to save lives by donating blood to the UAE Blood Bank via Al Ain Hospital. We donated 184 pints last year and 164 pints the year before. Let's try to equal or top our last record by encouraging as many healthy and able students to donate blood.
Graduating Students' Forum, 10th June
Graduating students assess their experiences and skills learned in the time spent at AAMC. Feedback from this forum allows AAMC the chance to improve facilities, course content and general student services to current and incoming students as well as help gauge our effectivity in teaching and learning.
College News
Student of the Month
Khaled Mohammed Al Saedi is a semester two student from the Diploma in Information Technology program and is chosen as December 2009's Student of the Month.
The College went on a semester break and it is only now that we are able to give Khaled his certificate. He is quite happy receiving his reward as shown here with Associate Director Tim Smith, Foundations Program Supervisor Val McGrath and English teacher Mike McPherson.
Entrepreneur Project 2009 at Al Ain Men’s College
During semester one from August to December 2009, students in their final year of Business and IT Higher Diploma programmes at Al Ain Men’s College participated in the Al Ain Men’s College ‘Entrepreneur Project’. This semester-long course involved students writing detailed business plans for a small business start-up with a strong social or environmental benefit. Students came up with a wide range of ideas including e-books for use by schools and colleges, an online auction site to recycle used goods and solar-power-producing roof tiles. Mentors from the local business community were invited to the college to give advice and, ultimately, to assess the students’ work.
Several organisations provided trophies and prizes:
- Injazat Data Systems
- Focus Profiling
- Money Works magazine
- Empost
Other participating organisations included:
- EnTech
- The National Newspaper
- Daman Insurance
- Al Ain Junior School
- Unibeton
The project has now been running for three years and looks set to continue in the future. As one mentor said after the final session on 30th December, “Thanks for giving us the opportunity to participate in this event. I was really impressed with the strategic direction of the students along with their projects and skills”.
AAMC Struggles to Move in the Sand
Dubai Men's College hosted their annual Beach Volleyball and Football tournaments for all male students of the HCT. This year, we fielded teams to both the volleyball and football events. Despite valiant efforts from our students, AAMC didn't fare so well coming up in fourth place in both events where a total of 6 colleges competed against one another. In football, we conquered Fujairah, tied with Sharjah and Madinat Zayed but lost to Dubai and Ras Al Khaimah. In volleyball, we lost to most teams but triumphed over Ras Al Khaimah. Sand indeed is a tricky terrain and it was a struggle for our students to win over more experienced players. However, we did put up a good fight and our volleyball and football team members promised to work harder and try to win the top prize in these events in the coming year. Support our teams and encourage students to join in these teams and be more active in sports. For more details, contact the Sports and Recreation Coordinator.
Al Ain Men’s College students visit the Emirates Cement Factory
On Wednesday 23rd December, 2009, Al Ain Men's College (AAMC) Diploma in Electrical Engineering students visited the Emirates Cement Factory in Al Ain as part of a course requirement for ELEC 3131. The aim of the visit was to recognise the role of electrical machines in industries and to follow one of the important electrical networks, such as the local cement factory. On arrival they were introduced to the electrical network of the factory which involved transformers, feeders, motors, and their protection. Students had a chance to follow the electrical network step-by-step from the primary substation to end loads such as motors and control panels. They also had hands-on experience of the industrial process itself by making the final cement product. The success of this visit demonstrates AAMC's commitment to linking classroom activity with industry requirements. The students were so enthused they suggested such visits should be conducted frequently.