ISSUE 28 - 17TH SEPTEMBER 2007

NOT THE LANGSIDE BLOG

( or it is at langsidecollege.blogspot.com )

Graduation 2007
Last Saturday over 280 graduands gathered with family and friends in the Barony Hall, University of Strathclyde to celebrate their success in completing their academic courses. The number of graduands was the highest in the history of College ceremonies and reflects the large numbers of SVQ graduands who were taking part in the ceremony for the first time. Students from SVQ Health and Social Care, Children’s Care Learning and Development, Early Years Care and Education, Playwork and Promoting Independence were all delighted to be included in the ceremony and they turned out in large numbers to enjoy their achievement.
The response to the Principal’s charge to the graduands was delivered by Willie Haughey,OBE DTech, who was both humorous, sensitive and brief!
Langside College staff also turned out in large numbers to support the graduands, over 60 academic staff and 14 support staff were in attendance. The support staff should also be commended for the efficient and professional manner in which all students were dealt with including the graduand who turned up at 10.55am for the 11.00am ceremony!
The feedback from the graduates suggested that they experienced a
wonderful morning, enjoying the spotlight and celebrating their awards.
Graduates and staff photographs are available to view on the College web site

Wedding Bliss
Graeme Fraser, Administrator in Arts, Languages and Social Sciences was presented with a cash gift at a gathering of staff on Wednesday 12 September. Graeme (his mother Hannah Fraser was Student Services Manager at Langside College for many years) marries ex-Langsider Alison Fowler on the 15th September.

‘Jobs Fair’
The main concourse of the College was the venue for our annual ‘Jobs Fair’ on Wednesday 12th September. Among the exhibitors were the Hilton Hotel, Territorial Army, Staffinders Job Agency, Business Gateway and the Police. Myra Robertson from the College Guidance section was also available to answer questions and give advice. Many students have commented on the value of this day as it allows them the opportunity to consider part time work as a means of helping them fund their College course as well as considering the possibility of how they might use their qualification at a later date.

60th Anniversary Trivia
Wimbledon Winners in 1947: Women: Margaret Osborne d. D. Hart (6-2 6-4)
Men: Jack Kramer d. T. Brown (6-1 6-3 6-2)

Tennessee Williams’s “A Streetcar Named Desire” opened at Broadway’s Ethel Barrymore Theatre with Marlon Brando as Stanley Kowalski and Jessica Tandy as Blanche DuBois. The play won the 1948 Pulitzer Prize.

Movies premiered in 1947: Gentleman’s Agreement, Miracle on 34th Street, Great Expections, The Bishop’s Wife.

Books Published: Saul Bellow, The Victim
Gerald Warner Brace, The Garreston Chronicle
Martin Flavin, The Enchanted
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
Malcolm Lowry, Under the Volcano
Thomas Mann, Dr. Faustus
Jean-Paul Srtre, Existentialism

Science: The carbon-14 method of radiocarbon dating was developed by Willard F. Libby (US);
The microwave oven was invented by Percy Spencer (US); and
John Bardeen, Walter H Brattain and William B. Shockley (US) developed the transistor.



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