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| Significant Events on campus since 2006 |
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| 7th
July 2006 |
Installation
of Dr. Ridling Margaret Waller as the 12th Principal
of WCC on the 91st year of the college. Dr. Mani
Jacob, General Secretary, All India Association
for Christian Higher Education (AIACHE), New Delhi
presided. |
| 10th
& 11th August 2006 |
UGC
sponsored Regional Seminar on “Herbal Medicine
- The Changing Scenario” organised by the
Department of Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology |
| 5th,
6th & 7th October 2006 |
The
Annual College Play “Blood relations”
of Sharon Pollock’s award winning play was
directed by P. Rajani. |
| 16th
October 2006 |
Inauguration
of Black Spot campaign by Smt. Letika Saran IPS,
Commissioner of Police, Chennai (Former student
of the Department of Mathematics - 1971). |
| 23rd
February 2007 |
His
Excellency Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, President of
India delivered the convocation address to the returning
graduates (2006). |
| 2nd
April 2007 |
Dedication
of Faculty Internet Access Centre by Dr. Rita Jacob
Cherian, Former Principal (2003-2006) in the Information
Resource Centre. |
| 5th
May 2007 |
Dedication
of the new academic block as Dr. Renuka Mukerji
Somasekar Block in memory of Late Dr. Renuka Mukerji
Somasekhar, Former Principal (1956-1965 & 1971-1981). |
| August
2007 |
Commencement
of two new Post Graduate programmes – M.A.
Human Resource Management and M.Sc. Chemistry. |
| 7th
July 2007 |
A
memorial service for late Dr. Renuka Mukerji Somasekhar
and a thanksgiving service commemorating the 92nd
year of the college was organized. Rt. Rev. Sundar
Clarke, Former Bishop, Church of South India, Diocese
of Madras delivered God’s message. |
| 9th
August 2007 |
Home
Science block named as Mason Block in memory of
Late Dr. Eleanor D. Mason, Former Principal (1950-1956)
by Dr. Joanne V. Creighton, President, Mount Holyoke
College, Massachusetts, USA. |
| 10th
& 11th August 2007 |
Commemorating
25 years of autonomy an International Conference
on “Reinventing Paradigms in Liberal Arts
Education” was organized in Hotel GRT Grand
Days. The conference was sponsored by the United
Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia (UBCHEA)
and United Church Board for World Ministries (UCBWM).
The conference was inaugurated by Mr. David T. Hopper,
Consul General of the United States of America and
Dr. Patricia Stranahan, President, United Board
for Christian Higher Education, New York. Ten resource
persons from USA, Hong Kong, Manila, Indonesia and
Chennai delivered Lead Lectures.
Dr.
Betty Cernol McCann, Programme Director,
UBCHEA, Hong Kong
Dr. Joanne V. Creighton,
President, Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts,
USA
Dr. Barbara Wong Fernandez,
Dean, Institute of Education, Far Eastern University,
Manila, Philippines
Dr. Diane Obenchain,
Professor, Calvin College, Michigan, USA
Dr.
Joy Evans, St. Mary’s College, Indiana,
USA
Dr. Jeffrey A. Lawton,
Department of Chemistry, Eastern University, St.
Davids, Pennsylvania, USA
Dr. Rajagopalan,
Head, Department of English, Madras Christian College,
Chennai
Dr. Birgit Linder,
China Program Director, UBCHEA
Dr. Jesudas
M. Athyal, Associate Professor of Social
Analysis, Gurukul Lutheran Theological College,
Chennai
Dr. Esther Kuntjara,
Petra Christian University, Surabaya, Indonesia |
| 4th,
5th & 6th October 2007 |
The
annual College play ‘In flight – a journey’
- An evocative mix of four short American plays,
strung together by a single theme was directed by
Yog Japee, a well known theatre and film personality. |
| 16th
October 2007 |
State
level seminar on “Current Trends & Techniques
in Biotechnology” organised by the PG Department
of Biotechnology in collaboration with Tamil Nadu
State Council for Science & Technology.
The seminar was inaugurated by Rev. Fr. S. Ignacimuthu,
Director of Entomology Research Institute, Loyola
College & Former Vice-Chancellor, University
of Madras and Dr. S. Vincent, Member Secretary,
Tamil Nadu State Council for Science & Technology.
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| 7th
& 8th March 2008 |
National
Conference on “Innovations in Higher Education
– Quality Enhancement & Sustenance”
sponsored by National Assessment and Accreditation
Council (NAAC) was organized by Dr. Gomathy Shivaji,
Coordinator for the Internal Quality Assurance Cell
(IQAC), WCC.
Dr. K. Ponmudi, Hon’ble Minister for Higher
Education, Govt. of Tamil Nadu delivered the Inaugural
address. Prof. S. Ramachandran, Vice Chancellor,
University of Madras, Chennai delivered the Keynote
address and Padma Bhushan Dr. V.C. Kulandai Swamy,
Former Vice Chancellor, Anna University, Chennai
delivered the Presidential address. |
| 14th
March 2008 |
Spring
Sing by the College Choir – ‘a tradition
revived’. |
| 2nd
April 2008 |
A
Memorandum of Understanding with Hanze University,
Netherlands was signed, to offer a collaborative
program - one year Post Graduate Diploma in Facility
Management. |
| 24th
April 2008 |
The
new redesigned college gates were dedicated by Rev.
Jebaraj Samuel, Former Principal, Hindustan Bible
Institute and College,Kilpauk, Chennai. Between
the gates is a pillar, 36 ft in height resembling
a burning candle thus symbolising the college motto
“Lighted to Lighten”. |
| 26th
April 2008 |
Shri
P. Chidambaram, Honourable Union Finance Minister
of India addressed the graduating students at the
annual convocation. |
| 13th
June 2008 |
Ms.
Ida Araya and Ms. Margaret Stewart, students from
Eastern University, Philadelphia, USA registered
on an exchange program for one semester. |
| 7th
July 2008 |
A
Thanksgiving service to commemorate the 93rd year
of our college. Rev. Dr. Mani Chacko, Director,
Ecumenical Christian Centre, Bangalore lead the
service. |
| July
2008 |
The
University of Madras granted affiliation for M.Phil
programme in Biotechnology. |
| 24th
July 2008 |
WCC hosts the
awareness program on ‘Save the girl child’ orgnaised
by the National Cadet Corps Directorate of Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry
and Andaman Nicobar. Commodore UN Chitnavis, Nav Sena Medal
presided. |
| 24th
July 2008 |
Inauguration
of the UGC sponsored Career Oriented Programme on
Management of e-Business by Shri Asit K Barma, Vice
President, Satyam Computer Services Ltd. Coordinator
of the program Ms. Suja, Lecturer in Economics shared
the dynamics of the course. |
| 29th, 30th August
and 1st & 2nd September 2008 |
The Annual College Play 'Kattiyakaran', written by the well known playwright, N Muthuswamy was staged in English with a bilingual touch, to recall the flavour of the original Tamil script. The play was directed by N. S . Yamuna, a noted theatre personality in Chennai |
| 4th & 5th
September 2008 |
National Conference on “Stem Cell Research – The Present and Future” partially funded by Tamil Nadu State Council for Science & Technology was organized. Dr. Judia Harriet Sumathy was the convener of the conference.
Mr. Mayur Abhaya Srisrimal, Executive Director, Lifecell International Pvt. Ltd. delivered the Presidential address. Dr. S. Vincent, Member Secretary, TNSCST delivered the Keynote address. |
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