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19th
–
25th
April 2010
Welcome to this weeks guide. Best of luck ot all of you starting exams. There are a few events taking place this week so if you need to take some time away from the books to unwind check out the list below. Also at the end of the e-mail some info on interesting events coming up.
It has been a very eventful few weeks in socs world with our society awards just before the Easter break here is a list of all our winners Congratulations to all of you. Here is a photo of all the winners of the new fun awards keep an eye on the gallery as we will be uploading lots more photos soon.
Congratulations also to the makers of the new NUIG Soap 'College Road' which is up for a Smedia Award this week.
The Orchestra Society with special guests NUIG Choral Society are hosting their end of year concert which celebrates their 10th Anniversary on this Sunday 17th April in St Nicholas' Church at 8pm.
We are all just back from the BICS National society awards and a great time was had by all. Thanks to all the NUIG crew who participated, you did us proud. For a full list of the winners go here
Best of luck this week and check out the de-stress programme here
Monday
19th April
Love Society
Quietspace: Yoga, meditation
Come and start the day with Love Soc.
Suas Society
AGM
A big thanks to everyone who has helped out or taken part this year! Giving your time was so much appreciated. Global issues was a great success, we had a brilliant Paddy's Day face paintin and a great year of homework club! There are committee positions available for next year as well as a Global Issues co-ordinator and a Mentoring officer. There will be some changes this year with a stipend included for the role of Global Issues co-ordinator and Mentoing officer. The Suas Global Issues seminar series is an interactive course designed to give participants an overview of a range of global development issues as well as the opportunity to engage with field experts from Irish and international NGOs. We run the homework club twice a week with the Galway Refugee Support Group.
Tuesday
20th April
Love Society
Quietspace: Yoga, meditation
Come and start the day with Love Soc.
Suas Society
Interviews
Come and get involved in this great society.
Juggling Soc
Weekly Workshop & Practice
Each week we have a different workshop in something related to juggling. Generally suited for beginners and lots of fun! If that doesn't float your boat we have a host of juggling equipment for you to mess around with instead :)
Socs Box
Greyhound Racenight in aid of the Alan Kerins African Projects
Great night of fun and a perfect chance to let off some steam before the exams.
Ever wanted to own a greyhound but don't have the time to train it or pooper scoop?? Buy your virtual dog for a prerecorded race for €5!! 6 dogs in a race and winning greyhound wins €15! Name your dog....prize for the best name (more original the better!) Bets also taken on the night! Exactly the same as a night on the track, consider the form and calculate your odds! Lots of cash and spot prizes to be won!
This night is in support of 3rd Year Civil Engineering students volunteering in Zambia, Africa this summer with the Alan Kerins African Projects. The Alan Kerins African Projects is a remarkable charity founded in 2005 and to date has raised over one million euro for community projects in Western Zambia.
We would really appreciate your support, hope to see you there on the night!!
Let Yourself Gooooo!
Many Thanks,
Mairead Monaghan, Peter Mahady, Joe Carey and Maeve Murphy
Trad Soc
Weekly Trad Session
Trad Awards Night!!!!Come along to play or just listen! This is the last session of the semester.
Wednesday
21st April
Love Society
Quietspace: Yoga, meditation
Come and start the day with Love Soc.
Suas Society
Interviews
Come and get involved in this great society.
FanSci
Gaming Night
Come and enjoy gaming in the Fansci building.
Chess Soc
Chess Soc Weekly Meeting
Come play with us ;)
Even if you're a complete beginner, or a little bit rusty, just spend an evening or two with us and we'll have you mating your opponent in no time.
Thursday
22nd April
Love Society
Quietspace: Yoga, meditation
Come and start the day with Love Soc.
Chess Soc
Beginners' Sessions.
Mainly for kids and the adult beginners from the classes, but you're all welcome to drop down for a game if you wish.
Friday
23rd April
Love Society
Quietspace: Yoga, meditation
Come and start the day with Love Soc.
Clean up of Dangan Woods –Sunday 25 April
Have you a few hours to spare on Sunday, 25th April to do your bit for the environment and enjoy the outdoors? Why not join in a clean up of Dangan Woods being organised in conjunction with ‘Glan Suas Gaillimh’. Glan Suas Gaillimh is a new community-council initiative to involve the people of Galway in regular clean ups of local forests and parks and to ensure we can have maximum enjoyment of these open spaces by keeping them litter free. Monthly cleanups target a different public area of the city and participation is open to all. It is hoped that members of the NUI Galway community will join in this worthwhile initiative. Please invite others to take part also! Further information from sinead.higgins@nuigalway.ie
Keeping Galway's Forests & Parks Clean (Glan) is on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=333637020606
Date: Sunday, 25 April
Time: 2.30pm
Meeting Point: Sports Centre, Dangan
Sinead Higgins
Environmental Manager
Buildings Office
NUI Galway
Phone: 091 49(5944)
sinead.higgins@nuigalway.ie
Galway Film Centre:
Scriptwriting Clinic
Interest in scriptwriting? Join this writing workshop running in May here in Galway. This four day course will look at how to develop your story idea. It is aimed at both emerging & experienced screenwriters working on their feature film screenplays. It is also aimed at emerging script editors. The class is limited to four writers and two script editors and offers a great experience for emerging writers and script editors to work intensively on their stories with a professional script editor. It will cover the basics such as wants and needs, objectives, obstacles, rising action and ideas on sequencing & structure. All participants read each other's treatments prior to the course commencing. Mark McIlrath is a script editor who works on feature film projects in Ireland, Italy, France and the UK. Each editor works with 2 writers during the course.
How to apply: Writers interested in this course will need to submit a CV and treatment/story outline to education@galwayfilmcentre.ie by 26th April.
Guide length for treatment is 3 to 10 pages. 10 pages is the maximum allowable.
Editors will submit a CV to education@galwayfilmcentre.ie
Course Duration: Four consecutive days.
Course Dates: 7th to 10th May 2010
Course cost:
Writers: €465 unwaged/e475 waged
Editors: €365 unwaged/e375 waged
(These fees include membership to the Centre for the year)
MEDIA Workshop
In addition to the intensive week-long workshop in Connemara, éQuinoxe will hold two Masterclasses for the local industry in association with FÁS Screen Training Ireland, MEDIA Desk Ireland and MEDIA Antenna Galway.
The first of these Masterclasses will take place in Galway on Friday 16th April, when American screenwriter Jim Hart will deconstruct his screenplay for Francis Ford Coppola’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula. There is no charge to attend but pre-registration is required at https://www.screentrainingireland.ie/?fuseaction=course_details&preopen=5&sid=13&id=50482
The second Masterclass will be held in Dublin on Sunday 25th April, when Australian screenwriter Andrew Bovell will discuss his writing and adaptation process, with particular reference to Lantana. Again there is no charge to attend but pre-registration is required a https://www.screentrainingireland.ie/?fuseaction=course_details&preopen=5&sid=13&id=50483
Ability West Archery Day:
Why not test your ARCHERY ABILITY? Come along and learn how to shoot a real bow and arrow. Try out a new sport and help raise funds for a very worthy cause. For €5 you will get a lesson on how to shoot a bow and arrow from trained archers, and get an opportunity to shoot six arrows. Like it and want another try??? After you shoot your first round, you can keep shooting for as long as you like for just €1 for 2 shots. Raffle, refresments and more on the day.
To find out more about Ability West and the services they provide, go to their website http://www.abilitywest.ie/index.html
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Ríona Hughes
Societies Officer
NUI Galway
socsofficer@socs.nuigalway.ie
National University of Ireland, Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland.