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Upcoming Events
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.
Centre of Excellence for English Vocabulary Conference, 6th & 7th April
The Centre of Excellence for English, Al Ain Colleges welcomes you to its third annual conference, “It’s all in the Words!”
The conference will take place over two days with the focus on vocabulary.
Tuesday 6th is Faculty Day, dedicated to teaching and learning vocabulary, and we have a superb collection of presentations and workshops to be delivered by faculty from all seventeen colleges. Details of all our presenters, and their abstracts maybe found on the conference website.
This year we have included a second conference day on Wednesday 7th April, which is exclusively for Bachelor Year 1 students from across the Higher Colleges of Technology. There will be a morning of presentations and workshops for students followed by a vocabulary quiz in the afternoon. We anticipate teams from all the Colleges will participate in the competition.
To register please visit the Conference website: http://cee.hct.ac.ae/
‘Words, so innocent and powerless as they are, standing in a dictionary; how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to choose and combine them’ – Nathaniel Hawthorne
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
Al Ain Men’s College hosts another successful HDF Men’s Inter-College Quiz Competition
Al Ain Men’s College was the venue for the Annual HD Foundations Men’s Inter-College Quiz Competition held on Tuesday 2nd March 2010. Six HCT mens’ colleges from Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al Khaimah and Sharjah, competed in the event.
Selected teams from each college accompanied by their supporters, were challenged over seven rounds of intense competition in the following categories.This year’s quiz featured an innovative and sophisticated hi-tech arrangement. It gave students the opportunity to augment their key learnings in the Higher Diploma Foundations courses with an element of competition, problem solving, teamwork and of course fun! It also helped the teams and supporters develop their listening skills.
- General Knowledge
- The UAE
- Geography
- Vocabulary
- Spelling
- Grammar
- Math
Despite the inclement weather all teams made it to Al Ain. In a strongly contested competition, Sharjah Men’s College triumphed over Al Ain Men’s College with Abu Dhabi Men’s College taking third position.
Geoff Stout, English faculty Al Ain Women’s College, played the role of quiz master extraordinaire while Brent Mills, Director, Al Ain Colleges and Tim Smith, Associate Director, Al Ain Colleges presented the trophy and medals to the first three teams.
The event concluded with a sumptuous BBQ in the AAMC foyer for all the teams, supporters and faculty from the six colleges.
Zoo Visit for Student Projects
Foundations students visited the Al Ain Wildlife Park & Resort one February 18th as part of their research writing project. After the visit, students have to choose an animal that they will feature in their project looking into details like description, habitat, food and problems or threats. They are encouraged to talk to the zookeepers, interview staff to learn more about their chosen animal and take pictures which they can use in their project and will be part of a photography exhibition displayed in the college.
Although the Al Ain zoo is a common destination for people living in Al Ain, students say it is the first time they are visiting it with a project in mind. Several of them said it gives the zoo trip a whole different perspective while many students admitted that this time, they actually paid more attention to the tour guides and the information written about each animal. For more pictures of the trip, you can click on this intranet link to view them. (Site access is on-campus only).
Foundations Students Hold Team-Building Day
Working as part of a team and understanding the basics of teamwork, trust and learning together were concepts that Foundations students tried to apply in a variety of activities aimed at building effective teams. Students arrived in casual and sports clothes and worked together to get the top prize: being the best team. Having fun while learning to solve problems together, communicate and share responsibilities were some of the skills Foundations students learned on the day. They also learned how to lead a team and how to be a part of a team. Participants enjoyed the challenges and activities and said that it was something many of them experienced for the first time. View more pictures from this intranet link (access on-campus only.)