ULAB Adventure club will be taking a trip to the Sunderbans this January.  The Sunderban is the largest mangrove forest on earth, famous for its beauty and the thrill. The trip will start on 15th January 2010 and will be completed by 19th January 2010. Adventure club has arranged a 150 feet sea going vessel for the trip.

The places of attraction of this trip are, Kachikhali , Katka, Kokilmari and Karamjal Reserve forest.  A tremendous beach trekking (2:30 hrs walk) is planned from kochikhali to katka’s Jamtali beach.  I , on behalf of the ULAB  Adventure Club. It’s an all ULABIAN Trip to a new world of adventure, beauty and thrill.

For information contact
Mehdi Rajeb
Advisor, Ulab Adventure Club
Lecturer, Business Adminstration
University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh.

“Why Do We Enjoy Horror Narratives?”
English & Humanities Seminar Series Fall 2009

Mr. Shahnewaz Kabir, Senior Lecturer of DEH, ULAB, presents a paper entitled “Why Do We Enjoy Horror Narratives?”

The topic is usually considered as one of the many aspects of the vast theme of “Paradox of Horror”, which centrally involves the emotion of horror. The emotion of horror is generally considered to engage a mixture of physical agitation, fear, revulsion, and disgust. If we know that watching a film or reading a book or listening to a story is going to result in such sorts of feelings, then why do some of us put ourselves through the experience? Why is it that there is an audience of horror if people abhor and avoid the common elements of horror in the ordinary life?

Mr. Kabir’s presentation primarily introduces a way of plausibly explaining the attracting power of horror narratives instead of developing a comprehensive theory to address the paradox.

Program Details:
December 17, 2009 (Thursday)
11.30 am to  12.10 pm
Room No. 401, Campus A

Seminar on

“Designing Memory Circuits for Modern Microprocessors”

By
Dr. Ataur Patwary (INTEL Corporation, Portland, OR, USA)

Venue: ULAB Auditorium, Campus – A
December 21, 2009
11.30 am -1.00 pm

ULAB Students Present Campaigns on Child Rights.

Media Studies and Journalism (MSJ) Department students presented their communication campaign plans on child rights to the international non-government organization Save the Children Australia on December 17, 2009.  The 16 students enrolled in the course “Development Communication and Advocacy” – facilitated by ULAB Faculty Marium Akther – explained their public awareness plans (to include communication objectives, evaluation measurements, sender, message, channel and environmental strategies) together with prototypes of communication materials (such as posters, brochures, pamphlets, etc.). 

Save the Children may use the student works as inputs for their communication campaign plan aimed at increasing awareness among children in the country’s six divisions regarding the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of the Child.  The campaign will start in early 2010.

To prepare for the activity, Save the Children Team Leader G. Nayeem Wahra delivered a talk on child rights in general and on the UN charter in particular on October 28, 1:10 to 2:30 at the Seminar Room, Campus B.  On December 9, ULAB Faculty Dr. Rathana Peou conducted a critiquing session on the students’ draft plans.  On December 10, the students attended a briefing regarding the operations of Save the Children Australia and visited one of their projects in Dhaka – the Aparajeyo Bangladesh Shelter Home for Street Children.

On December 17, students presented their communication campaign plans to G. Nayeem Wahra, MSJ Head Jude Genilo and other NGO representatives.  The said campaign plan and the prototypes of communication materials will be included in the department’s curriculum integration exhibit entitled “Dialogues Amidst Contradictions: Dialectics of Family Relations in Contemporary Bangladesh” on December 21.  To show their appreciation, the NGO will give a certificate to students who have demonstrated outstanding work.
  
Save the Children is committed to child protection.  Its vision is of a world which respects and values each child, listens to children and learns, and where all children have hope and opportunity.  Its mission is to fight for children’s rights and to deliver immediate and lasting improvements to children’s lives worldwide.  ULAB’s MSJ course Development Communication “introduces students to the definition, theories and approaches of development communication.  It also looks at the types and techniques of development support communication, diffusion of innovation, and the role of communication in agriculture, health, environment and community development.  It places emphasis on public awareness campaign planning, which will be the final requirement of the course.”

Media Studies and Journalism (MSJ) Department students of the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB, http://www.ulab.edu.bd ) will present on December 17 (2:00 to 4:00 p.m.) their communication campaign plans on child rights to the international non-government organization Save the Children Australia at the Seminar Room, Campus B.  The 16 students enrolled in the course “Development Communication and Advocacy” – facilitated by ULAB Faculty Marium Akther – will explain their public awareness plans (to include communication objectives, evaluation measurements, sender, message, channel and environmental strategies) together with prototypes of communication materials (such as posters, brochures, pamphlets, etc.).  Save the Children may use the student works as inputs for their communication campaign plan aimed at increasing awareness among children in the country’s six divisions regarding the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of the Child.  The campaign will start in early 2010.

To prepare for the activity, Save the Children Team Leader G. Nayeem Wahra delivered a talk on child rights in general and on the UN charter in particular on October 28, 1:10 to 2:30 at the Seminar Room, Campus B.  On December 9, ULAB Faculty Dr. Rathana Peou conducted a critiquing session on the students’ draft plans.  On December 10, the students attended a briefing regarding the operations of Save the Children Australia and visited one of their projects in Dhaka – the Aparajeyo Bangladesh Shelter Home for Street Children.

  On December 17, students will present their communication campaign plans to G. Nayeem Wahra, MSJ Head Jude Genilo and other NGO representatives.  The said campaign plan and the prototypes of communication materials will be included in the department’s curriculum integration exhibit entitled “Dialogues Amidst Contradictions: Dialectics of Family Relations in Contemporary Bangladesh” on December 21.  To show their appreciation, the NGO will give a certificate to students who have demonstrated outstanding work.
 
 Save the Children is committed to child protection.  Its vision is of a world which respects and values each child, listens to children and learns, and where all children have hope and opportunity.  Its mission is to fight for children’s rights and to deliver immediate and lasting improvements to children’s lives worldwide.  ULAB’s MSJ course Development Communication “introduces students to the definition, theories and approaches of development communication.  It also looks at the types and techniques of development support communication, diffusion of innovation, and the role of communication in agriculture, health, environment and community development.  It places emphasis on public awareness campaign planning, which will be the final requirement of the course.”

For further information, please contact Taufiq Aziz at 01714273436.