ALUMNI LUNCH IN NEW YORK on 18th April 2010
ST. XAVIER'S COLLEGE MUMBAI ALUMNI/AE LUNCH IN NEW YORK
Dear Alumna/Alumnus,
Greetings from St. Xavier's College Mumbai!
Your Alma Mater has just completed 140 years. We have had year-long celebrations in 2009, culminating in an Alumni Dinner on the 3rd of January this year. We were happy to have a large number of alumni on campus; we felicitated a number of eminent alumni, and released a Commemorative Coffee-Table Book on the College featuring some lovely photographs of our educational infrastructure and activities and a well-written history. Several alumni including some from the U.S. wrote in later, mentioning that they were not informed of the event which they would have liked to attend. We do need to update our database of alumni/ae.
I am presently Principal of the College and am on my way to Mexico for an International Meeting of Jesuit Administrators of Universities and Colleges. Our Vice Principal for Academics, Dr. (Ms.) Vivien Amonkar, is also invited to the Mexico event. We have arranged to travel with a stopover in New York.
It is my pleasure to invite you to an Alumni Lunch on the 18th of April 2010. This will be a chance for all of you on the East Coast and elsewhere in the U.S. to get-together yourselves and with the present leadership of St. Xavier's. While we are finalising the venue at a Manhattan restaurant, we invite you to keep this date free. It will be from 11.00 am to 3.00 pm over lunch. A small contribution to help defray the organisational expenses including lunch would be welcome. You are encouraged to bring your spouse along. A copy of the Commemorative Coffee-Table Book on the College would be available at $100. Those who have seen it, have appreciated the quality.
We would be pleased to share with you through an audio-visual presentation, the recent developments in the College and especially about our efforts to continue the rich tradition of excellence that our faculty and students have been able to achieve. We are on the verge of a new beginning, with the University about to grant us Academic Autonomy to design our own courses, frame our syllabii and have our own evaluation, with the University continuing to award the Degrees. We will be the first such College in Mumbai. At this exciting time, we welcome the involvement of alumni, with your rich international experience, to share with us what you would like to see at St. Xavier's. Our alumni have often appreciated the role that St. Xavier's College has played in their lives. Here is a chance to touch base, once again.
Please let us know principal@xaviers.edu or vivien.amonkar@xaviers.edu if you can come on the 18th of April, so that we can make the appropriate arrangements. Could you pass this message on to other alumni/ae you may know?
All the best with your own work and relationships.
Fr. Frazer sj.
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Dr. Frazer Mascarenhas S.J.
Principal, St. Xavier's College, Mumbai.
www.xaviers.edu principal@xaviers.edu
Prof. Melky Alvares bids us adieu
We regret to announce that a stalwart of the College, Prof. Melky Alvares of the Chemistry Department, has left us for his heavenly abode on Wednesday 9th September, 2009.
His friends, former students, colleagues were present at a Memorial Service on the 14th of November, 2009, in the Multi Media Room of the College on the first floor - the MMR was dedicated to his memory by an alumnus, a few years ago.
Prof. Melky is remembered by generations of students for his academic contribution to their lives, especially for giving them a love of the subject and teaching them to "think out-of-the-box".
Prof. N. S. Gorekar passes away
We regret to announce the passing away on the 1st of August 2009 of Prof. N. S. Gorekar, of St. Xavier's College and the Heras Institute. He was interred the next day. He was a renowned scholar and mentor to hundreds of students. His published work is on Islamic Culture and History, Persian Literature, Indo-Iran relations etc.
A Condolence Meeting was held on Thursday 20th August 2009 at 5.30 pm in the College Hall.
We mourn the loss of a great teacher and researcher, and we offer our prayerful support to his family and to the staff of the Heras Institute.
Fr. Frazer Mascarenhas S.J.
Principal
Lets get together .... :-)
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The St. Xavier's College Alumni Association is a link between the Institution and the generations of students who have passed through its portals. There are Xavierites in every sphere of the nation's life, shining in their quest for excellence and contributing their mite to India's peace and prosperity. Xavierites consider it their privilege to associate themselves with their alma mater, and this Association makes it possible.
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To our Alumni/ae
It is awesome to imagine a host of Xavierites, spread out over the globe, touched by the magic of Xavier’s. A global host of alumni/ae, with memories of what, many say, were the best years of their lives.
In our globalised world, with every corner networking with the other, generating synergies, we at Xavier’s seek a link-up with alumni spread afar and near. Our Alumni Association has completed a century and going strong. Alumni can be a powerful force for change, for revolution in society, for the betterment of humanity. Perhaps the time has come to get in touch and work up these synergies.
In Bangalore a group of 30 alumni have decided to get together and form an association of their own. In England and other parts of the world, there already exist some formal and informal groupings of Xavierites. The aim is always to enjoy fellowship but also to give back to society. Alumni of Jesuit institutions across the globe are encouraged by Fr. Kolvenbach, the Jesuit Superior General, to begin works that seek to bring equity and justice to peoples. Some groups have started schools for the disadvantaged and other socially relevant projects to further this cause.
Collaborating in strengthening the education in your alma mater is also a good cause that you can adopt. This does not just mean financial collaboration but also other types like offering to take guest lectures in the area of your expertise when you are in Mumbai, sending us the latest books and audio visual material you may be in possession of in different subjects, helping with placements for our present students and, of course, sponsoring infra-structure on campus. Alumni have recently enabled us to upgrade our Audio-Visual Facilities, begin a well equipped Language Laboratory and build up a Digital Library. Your collaboration will be very welcome.
Please contact principal@xaviers.edu or Ms. Emily Andrade, Xavier Development Programme Coordinator at xdp@xaviers.edu
Frazer Mascarenhas S.J.
