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Looking ahead over the coming weeks, alumni and friends will have plenty of opportunity toexpand horizons, connect with old friends and new, and enjoy the variety of performance onoffer.

Continuing Education courses for curious learnersThe latest Centre for Continuing Education (CCE)programme is now out featuring over 100 evening,daytime and weekend courses. Subjects includelanguages, writing, astronomy, art history, politics andmore.

View programme onlineDownload the programme as PDF file

You can also view the Centre's ProfessionalDevelopment one and two-day courses

Phone the CCE team on 0800 864 266 to requestcopies of either programme or to talk to us about ourcourses.

16 September for popular Golden Graduates event

Professor John Montgomery

The University's "Golden Graduates" - includingalumni, staff and supporters - are being invited toattend a luncheon on 16 September that promises todeliver fine food and fascinating food for thought.

The annual Golden Graduates event has grownenormously in popularity with 380 attending last year,up from just 140 at our first such occasion in 2003.This year's event is again set to be a highlight of theUniversity's calendar, with Professor JohnMontgomery, Chair of Marine Science and Director ofthe South Pacific Centre for Marine Science, taking therole of alumni speaker and the former Dean ofScience, Emeritus Professor Dick Bellamy, sharingreminiscences.

Read more about Golden Graduates Day

John Key launches Entrepreneurs' ChallengeThe $3 million University of Auckland Business School Entrepreneurs'Challenge funded by the generous endowment from one-time student,London-based international financier Charles Bidwill, was launched on 23July by Prime Minister the Hon John Key.

The Entrepreneurs' Challenge offers young and promising entrepreneurialcompanies financial support and mentoring to move ahead.

Read more about the launchVisit the Entrepreneurs' Challenge website

ALUMNI EVENTS

16 SeptemberGolden Graduates Day

UNIVERSITY EVENTS

6 AugHow things look (and whatthings look that way)Philosophy lecture series

6 AugRiding alone for thousandsof milesA Confusius Institute freemovie

8 AugStaff and Guests inRecital: Ensemble Selisih(Germany)

9 AugHaydn Extravaganza - acelebration of the pianoworks of Joseph Haydn

11 AugWriting New Zealandhistory in the twenty-firstcentury: This is not arenaissance

12 AugState sponsorship or giftexchange: Two models oftranslation transactions inmodern China

12 AugSongwriter of the Year2009: semi-final

13-14 AugNZ Governance Centre:Small and mediumenterprises and familybusiness conference

13 Aug - 15 OctInaugural Lectures by ninerecently appointedprofessors

18 AugWriting New Zealandhistory in the twenty-firstcentury: Some old stuff:Engaging a public past andpresent for the future

18 AugMarginal Benefits:Post-colonialism, multi-culturalism and identity inHong Kong fiction andpoetry

19 AugEthics for a Broken WorldPhilosophy lecture series

19 AugSongwriter in Residence:

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Tongan architecture postgraduate wins internationalarts award

A Tongan Master of Architecture student at TheUniversity of Auckland has been awarded a place inthe coveted Commonwealth Connections InternationalArts Residencies programme.

Semisi Fetokai Potauiane, who graduated with aBachelor of Architectural Studies in 2007, is drawingon his exposure to Western-Pacific art traditions toresearch Polynesian (Moana) architecture.

Read more about Semisi's award

Melbourne and Sydney events attract wide interestMelbourne and Sydney alumni and friends turned outto events on 20 and 21 July, respectively, for news oftheir University, a stimulating address on how theBusiness School contributes in the current economicclimate and the chance to mingle over canapés withfellow Australia-based alumni.

Read the report and view the photo galleries

The Great Auckland Super City Debate"Is the Super City Superb or Insuperable?" This moot for The Universityof Auckland Society Debate generated much controversy, rebuttle andexcitement at a packed Musgrove Studio last month.

Read more about the Debate

School of Music presents: The University of AucklandStrings, Sunday 23 August

A wonderful concert of classical music: The University Strings willcelebrate the bicentenary of the great composer, Joseph Haydn, whenthey accompany distinguished staff members cellist Martin Rummel andviolinist Elizabeth Holowell OAM in concertos by Haydn. In addition, theUniversity Strings will play one of the youthful symphonies composed byMozart.

Click here for more details and to buy tickets

Future engineer wins new mobile phone

L.A. Mitchell

21 AugFree harpsichordmasterclass: JohnO'Donnell (Australia)

23 AugThe University of AucklandStrings

24 AugMonday Night Jazz:Jennifer Zea & CherieMathieson

25 AugWriting New Zealandhistory in the twenty-firstcentury: Anzac anthems:New Zealand history andthe two World Wars

28 AugJohn O'Donnell - soloharpsichord

30 AugStaff and Guests inRecital: Voice of the Whale

View a full list of Universityevents

BOOK OF THE MONTH

Bill Culbert: Making LightWorkIan Wedde (UoA DistinguishedAlumnus and 2009 UoA Writerin Residence)Auckland University Press, HB;illus; RRP $99.99; Alumniprice $85

This sumptuous first book oncelebrated New Zealand artistBill Culbert's life and work willbe launched at the Gus FisherGallery on 22 August andfollowed by a public event: BillCulbert in conversation withdistinguished alumnus IanWedde. Two of Culbert'sartworks are included in theGus Fisher Gallery showAC/DC, opening 21 August.

For more information, go tothe Gus Fisher Gallery website

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Our Orientation Day competition was won by Nelson Pearson, who isreturning to New Zealand from the US to begin an Engineering Degree atThe University of Auckland.

Read more about the competition

Online lecture - positive parenting and the wellbeingof children

Professor Matthew Sanders was appointed as Adjunct Professor inParenting Studies and Family Psychology at the Faculty of Education atthe end of 2008.

In his first public lecture at The University, Professor Sanders argues thecase for evidence-based parenting programmes, which should bedestigmatised and made widely available.

Watch Professor Sanders' lecture online

Black Panther to give lectures, show artwork in NewZealand

The former Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party will deliver apublic lecture and mount a solo exhibition when he visits New Zealand asthe Elam International Artist in Residence at The University of Auckland.

Emory Douglas created the striking graphic images that came torepresent the Black Panther Party in the 1960s, '70s and early '80s. Thegroup was founded in 1966 in Oakland, California, and was one of thefirst organisations in US history to militantly struggle for ethnic minorityand working class emancipation.

Read more about Emory Douglas' lecture and exhibition

Setting the 2020 agendaThe University of Auckland will help tackle some of the major issues facing New Zealand in aforthcoming public policy seminar series.

"Big challenges for a small nation: setting the 2020 agenda" will comprise lunchtime seminarsfeaturing some of the University's, and the country's, most respected commentators on suchkey issues as the future of MMP, the future of energy, leadership and Auckland's Supercity,and the future of education.

Read more about the lecture series

Courses and Careers Day - 29 August

Go to the AUP website

Download the AUP orderform

LATEST HEADLINES

3 AugAuckland authors win atinaugural awards

29 JulyUniversity of Aucklandwins at Montana BookAwards

28 JulyL.A. Mitchell appointedinaugural Songwriter inResidence

Mayor initiatesconstruction ofbiotechnology incubator

27 JulyMāori and Pacific rolemodels spread the word inMāori Language Week

24 JulyAlumnus wins best firstbook of poetry prize

22 JulyExcellent teachershonoured

21 JulyProminent Fijian academicjoins University ofAuckland

20 JulyResearchers investigateKiwi solution for childhoodeczema

9 JulyKudos for threepostgraduate students

FEATURED VACANCY

Science Analyst, ViceChancellors OfficeFull time, Auckland CityCampus

The office of the PrimeMinister's Science AdvisoryCommittee requires a ScienceAnalyst to support the ChiefScience Advisor, ProfessorPeter Gluckman.

Read more about this vacancyand apply online

View current vacancies on theUniversity website

IN EVERY ISSUE

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The University of Auckland's Courses and Careers Daywill once again give prospective students and theirfamilies the opportunity to sample the best of whatNew Zealand's leading University has to offer.

Hundreds of potential students will converge on theCity Campus to learn about the University's extensiverange of degree programmes and research activities,as well as meet current students and staff.

This year it is even simpler to plan your day atwww.coursesandcareers.auckland.ac.nz

Until next month,The Alumni Relations TeamThe University of Aucklandwww.alumni.auckland.ac.nz

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