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CIT Students’ Union Magazine
Volume Nineteen, Issue 7
STUDENTS’ UNION ELECTIONS 2018 / 19
IN THIS ISSUE:
• Nominate your Class Rep - Union Council Awards 2018
• Enter CIT SU and Photographic Soc Competition
Your Union
• All the latest CIT News, Sports, Socs and much more... Your Voice
IS YOUR CLASS REP
AMAZING?
Take a few minutes to nominate them for an Award
Class Reps are nominated for Union Council A Class Representative provides many services to
Awards by their classmates – it takes just a few their class and these can include:
minutes and it offers the perfect opportunity
* Representing their class at a Union Council level
to thank them. An online form will be emailed
to your MyCIT account and will be available at
* Liaising between the Students’ Union and
class groups
www.citsu.ie. Hard copies will be available from
* Sitting on course boards
the SU office. We urge you to take a few min-
* Attending NStEP and Sparq at CIT events
utes to nominate your Class Reps if you consider
* Liaising with academic staff
them worthy. Forms should be submitted by the
* Information dissemination
21st March 2018.
* Organisation of class events and hoodies
Class Representatives act in a voluntary capacity to The Union Council Awards recognises the contribu-
enhance the college life of the students in their tion of Class Representative to the Students’ Union
classes by engaging with the Students’ Union, aca- and to the Institute as a whole. At this ceremony all
demic staff and other Institute staff. Their involve- active Class Representatives are presented with a Cer-
ment is integral to the success of events, projects tificate of Merit recognising their voluntary contribu-
and campaigns organised by the Students’ Union. tion to Students’ Union activities which is endorsed
by the Institute’s Registrar & Vice President for
Academic Affairs and the Students’ Union President.
Check your MyCIT email for further details
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CONTENTS
4 SU OFFICERS’ ADDRESS #FANCYFOLLOWINGCIT
12 PHOTO GALLERY
18
lumni success stories
A CIT Business & Science Ball 2018
USI NOTICEBOARD
5
CIT SU & PHOTOGRAPHIC
13 CROSSWORD
19
FLYNNER’S FLYING COLUMN
6 Get Hard cash the easy way!
SOCIETY COMPETITION 2018
Let’s talk Brexit and tea
VOLUNTEER ABROAD 2018
14 SPOT THE BALL
19
8 CIT SU ELECTION RESULTS WIN! meal vouchers
Announcing the team for 2018-19 CIT SOCIETIES
15
International Students Society Last issues winners:
9 PHOTO GALLERY
RAG Week 2018 CIT SPORTS PROFILES
16 Spot The Ball: Patricia O’Sullivan, DBE 1
Boxing, Karting & Motorsport, Rowing Crossword winner: Leona Irene Stack, DB
AVAILABLE
FOR SUMME
R
BOOKINGS
See pictures from Naked mile, Bad Girls Prom & all RAG Week events inside
Opening soon for Bookings Academic 18/19!
CIT Students’ Union, VP Education Stephanie Kelly Advertising Opportunities
Bishopstown, Cork. E: sueducation@cit.ie CIT has 17,000+ full and part-time students with
VP Welfare Stephanie Fogarty over 1,500 staff. Why not use expliCIT to promote
Tel: 021 433 5274 your business to this large audience?
Web: www.explicit.ie E: suwelfare@cit.ie
Our copy deadlines, advertising rates and techni-
Email: supublications@cit.ie Projects Officer Sam Power cal specifications are available from our website
E: suprojects@cit.ie www.citsu.ie and upon request from the Publica-
Communications Officer Rob Shaw tions Office in hardcopy or via email.
CITSU @cit_su E: sucommunications@cit.ie
expliCIT Production, Design & Advertising Entertainments Officer Shauna Hickey
expliCIT magazine is published monthly by CIT Students’
Union. The views expressed in the magazine are those of
Keith Brown, E: supublications@cit.ie E: suentertainments@cit.ie their authors and are not necessarily those of CIT Students’
Union. All articles and pictures are the property of their
CIT SU President Sam Dawson Entertainments Manager Mick O’Mahony respective owners and should not be reproduced without
E: supresident@cit.ie E: Event@cit.ie their permission.
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STUDENTS’ UNION OFFICERS ADDRESS
you again for being so supportive and having
Hello Everyone, RAG WEEK the Craic with us. We also want to say a huge
Hope you all had an amazing time for RAG As RAG Week has now come to an end we well done to all the societies for their amazing
Week and got involved in all of the festivities. would like to take this chance to say a huge events which helped drive up the donations
We still have much more to come this year, in- thank you to all of you who donated and partici- for CIT RAG. We will announce the total figure
cluding Student Race Day, Eclectic Picnic, pated throughout the week(s). As you all know of the funds raised for The Down Syndrome
Union Council Awards, Equali Week, Exam every euro makes such a huge difference when Centre Cork very shortly.
DeStress and by elections. We also continue it comes to charitable donations. Rag Week, or
to work hard representing you on a range of more appropriately Snow Week, was extended USI CONGRESS
important matters including the MTU process, over two weeks as many of the events were We have been working on opening our applica-
the college calendar and resource planning & postponed while there was some serious Snow- tion process to attend USI as a delegate, and
management. Be sure to stay up to date with man and Igloo building underway. So thank hopefully it will be ready by the third week in
us and all the activities we have planned.
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March. If you have an interest in Projects Officer, to be elected and the Students’ Union President. physical complications, including
how Students’ Unions operate or A by election will be held after the We believe formally recognising organ failure and even death. This
would like to know more about Easter holidays to fill the position voluntary work is really important year the focus is on the importance
USI, it is an event not to be missed. of Communications and Projects and supports Class Reps when of early intervention. There is more
Congress is an annual event held Officer. If you are considering go- graduating and seeking employ- information available from the SU
by USI over the course of a couple ing for one of these posts, give us ment opportunities. Office.
of days and it is where all the USI a call and we’ll give you all the in-
Officer board for the next academic formation you need regarding the ISSE In keeping you up to date with the
year are elected. Also this is where roles. Sincere thanks to all of you who welfare workings of the SU we
all of the policies that colleges want took the time to fill out this year’s are pushing the USI Campaign –
USI to implement are discussed. It
really is an event not to be missed
CLASS REP AWARDS Irish Survey of Student Engage- CHATS FOR CHANGE. This cam-
IS YOUR CLASS REP AMAZING? ment. The response rate in CIT was paign is a national one that aims
and it is a great way of getting to up on last year and we are delight- to encourage all students to stop
know people from all around the If you have a Class Rep who you
feel does a great job, nominate ed to see this students taking the and take a minute to have a cuppa
country and make lifelong friends. opportunity of voice their opinions and have a chat to each other. As
them for a Union Council award
to acknowledge their voluntary on CIT and Third Level Education students you can relate to other
SU ELECTIONS efforts. There is more information in general. Be assured, the infor- students regarding mental health
Congratulations to all involved in about these awards in this issue mation you provide will be used to and stresses that you face. So if
the election process. We wish next of expliCIT and we look forward to further enhance your college expe- you haven’t received a chats for
years Executive the very best: recognising the hard work of our rience. change cup yet, pop into the SU
President, Aaron Buckley Reps and thanking them for eve- to see our VP Welfare and get your
rything they have done throughout WELFARE CORNER CHATS FOR CHANGE cups.
Vice President Education,
Steph Kelly the year. Class Reps will shortly The International Eating Disorder
Vice President Welfare, receive an invite to the event and Awareness Week Launch took Sam Dawson, Steph Fogarty,
Jeff Jones we sincerely hope as many Reps place here in CIT in the Curve Gal-
as possible can make the Award lery on 26th February. Eating disor- Steph Kelly, Sam Power,
Communications Officer, Ceremony. Each Class Rep at the ders have the highest mortality rate Shauna Hickey & Rob Shaw
to be elected event will receive a Certificate of of any other mental health condi-
Entertainments Officer, Merit signed by CIT’s Registrar & tion, and are unique in that they YOUR SU Executive
Darragh Cashman Vice President of Academic Affairs can and do result, in very serious
USI Noticeboard
The Student Achievement Awards (SAAI) USI Postgraduate Symposium | 22nd February
The Student Achievement Awards, now in its fifth year, USI launched a new conference for 2018 focused on
is the annual opportunity for the Student Movement in engaging postgraduate students and the issues they
Ireland to recognise the contribution of students to the face, both locally and nationally. Postgraduate Voice:
life of Ireland and the student community. The awards A USI Symposium ensured that postgraduate students
will take place on the 19th of April, 2018. You can see are being listened to by their representatives, and pre-
the full list of categories and how to nominate someone sents an important opportunity to bring together stu-
here: http://usi.ie/awards/ dents, Students’ Unions, institutional staff, and other
agencies to discuss the issues that matter to postgrads.
International Women’s Day | March 8
Where: Trinity College Dublin Front Square National homeless and housing march | Apr 7
When: March 8th, 4.30pm Housing is a Human Right - Protest. Organised by the
National Homeless and Housing Coalition of which USI
What: A couple of speeches, and photo stunts using
is a key member of. Assemble 1pm at the Garden of
suitcases that students were encouraged to bring with
Remembrance, Parnell Square, Dublin. More informa-
them, then left in a line from TCD to the Garden of Re-
tion on Facebook www.facebook.com/NationalHome-
membrance to meet the Coalition to Repeal the 8th’s
lessandHousingCoalition
main march.
Video Doc
USI believe in the benefit of health for all students - so
you can now see a GP online for free! We are delighted
to announce that our Partnership with Video Doc has
now officially been launched! Video Doc which is an on-
line GP Service, is now FREE to students from all USI
affiliated institutions across the Island of Ireland - that’s
all CIT students!
Check out the service: http://info.videodoc.co.uk/usi
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the ongoing Flynner’s
By James Flynn
Brexit saga... Flying Column
E
urostar, which manages the rail Meanwhile, FF leader, Micheal Martin, and Las Vegas (2017), is something that
connections between London and and Finance Spokesperson, Michael hits all corners of American Society.
Paris, have launched a new Lon- McGrath, have attacked the Govern- And sadly, the reason for such evil is
don-Amsterdam service. Fantastic way ment for permitting the sale to go ahead; because, despite the ready level of edu-
for our carefree youth to get to a fave was it not FF who were responsible for cation and social support that students,
student destination without the hassle this via the Celtic Tiger property bubble, and everyone else, can receive, there is
of airport security. Or are the Europhiles resulting in the 2008 Bank Guarantee no shortage of extremely angry individu-
playing the ganja card to try to keep Brit- and the 2010 Bailout so as to save the als who, whatever the reasons, choose
ain in Europe? Since railways have easy Irish Banking system, PTSB included, not to learn to rise above their particular
security checks (in a relative sense), you in which Martin was a key government issues and allow themselves cross the
would be forgiven for thinking the whole member throughout the duration? fine line into derangement and pure evil,
ploy is to encourage the import of weed Brexit or not, with a culture where prop- inflicting death and never-ending suffer-
back home to Blighty and have London erty is priority over people, there is not ing on innocent people. Being a wake-up
go up in a puff not seen since the 1953 going to be too much incentive for our call on us all, it is why everyone needs
Smog, and hook the Brexiteers on what educated students to stay in Ireland for to learn to be inclusive and watchful of
they are cutting themselves off from. too long post-graduation... one another, and not to be afraid to ei-
Bit of silly talk, I know, but good way to ther call for help or look out for anyone
put it - Remainers using the Eurostar’s who needs that helping hand. Ireland
new product to illustrate should be thankful
what Britain is going to that there is no gun
be missing out on by culture on the scale of
cutting themselves off America, but that is no
with hard frontiers, es- reason to be sanguine
pecially bearing in mind against some luna-
the European Commis- tic ever coming in to
sion’s free interrailing manifest their issues
programme projected on, say, some stu-
for all students who hit dent body with some
18. firearm; gun culture is
But then again, who is evident in this country
going to be afraid of what when you look at the
should be the question, for with Theresa THE MAIN AGENDA… gangland shootings that are common-
May wanting an indefinite transition pe- In the United States during St Valentines place in Ireland’s cities – the thugs must
riod, and Brussels being just as bad for Day, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High be getting their hardware from some-
not making any real effort to veto their School, in Parkland, Florida, a former where. Bad enough violence throughout
departure, the whole saga is turning into student, Nikolas Jacob Cruz, brought Ireland is evident already when you look
a big, tiresome crap joke that no one a firearm into the school and opened at the reports of physical violence and
is going to be sorry to see the back of, fire, killing 17 and injuring 14. Thankfully assault in this country every week.
when social reform is what is needed on he has been arrested and is awaiting Which brings me onto the situation with
all sides so as to ensure our futures. prosecution for pre-mediated murder, Europe. The continent has seen their
Back home in Ireland, where the but over in America, school massacres own fair share of shootings – including
vulture is king. are situations that have been too com- terrorist atrocities like the ISIS Paris
monplace, which include in recent years Massacre in 2015 – but also include
Permanent TSB have been given the
those at Umpqua Community College school massacres in EU Members Brit-
green light by the Irish Government to
Shooting (2015, 9 dead), Columbine ain (1996), Germany (2002 & 2009),
sell property portfolios to vulture funds,
(1999, 15 dead) and Virginia Tech France (2012), Belgium (2009) and Fin-
meaning no less than 14,000 mortgage
(2007, 32 dead). One thing that exac- land (2009) in recent years with death
holders are really fearing for their fu-
erbated this long list of mass murder is tolls each ranging between 2-16. But
tures. The PTSB Board are certainly not
the ease which US citizens can acquire let us not forget the 77 killed in Oslo,
going to put up that lovely couple in their
firearms and the gun culture that has ex- Norway in 2011 by evil Anders Brevik,
recent ad campaigns sitting up late at
isted since America’s foundation (it was 67 of them being teenage summer camp
night fretting at their personal budgets
illustrated in the 1998 episode of The students. Also in the 2005 Beslan Mas-
wondering how on earth can they “Keep
Simpsons ‘The Cartridge Family’). Don- sacre in Russia that saw 334 children
Going”.
ald Trump has not helped anything by murdered. Russia, like America, is cer-
Let us see whether Taoiseach and FG being totally empathetic to the NRA, but tainly lax with gun control, and under
Leader, Leo Varadkar, and his Finance surely it is an issue that successive US the rogue leadership of Vladimir Putin,
Minister, Pascal Donohue, are going to Presidents have failed to tackle with any do not expect any improvements there.
be so quick to recommend the Bank of meaningful adequacy? For besides the But in Europe and the EU, this must be
Mammy and Daddy to help out all those school massacres, gun culture, as illus- a sign that, even in the more prosper-
mortgage holders with uncertain futures. trated by the atrocities in Orlando (2016) ous regions, there must be something
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seriously wrong in European society another regarding the need for firearms
that such atrocities can be equally com- to be so easily available. Once this is
monplace on the US Level. There may concluded, then we might see our world
be nothing on the line of the NRA in the become a safer, more secure and more
EU, but the perpetrators must be getting tolerant place to live in; but again, is the
their weapons from somewhere, with the political will and courage there?
EU Armaments Industry, including fire- Meanwhile in the Middle East, the Syr-
arms, being sizable enough to rival that ian Civil War sees well over 400 people
of America and Russia. And the EU are killed in explosions during the same time
certainly not doing anything to help the as the Florida school shooting. But, of
US situation by importing weapons to course, with that human tragedy hav-
America to be sold in the gun shops to ing developed thanks mostly to US, EU
the public. And if the planned militarisa- rotten in both European and American and Russian interests – including arms
tion of the EU with PESCO really gears societies to say such horror can be com- imports and funding – acting as sponsor-
up, things are going to get progressively monplace. What needs to be done is a ship of the conflict, do not expect such
worse in all those respects. serious discussion and solution drive on political will and courage to rise up any-
Obviously there is something seriously the socio-economic situation in line with time soon.
WHAT’S THE CIT-UATION ERE?!
Plus, one evening at home, though all the shopping had
been done, I could not believe it when all the tea bags
ran out – I had to rush to the corner shop to get a box of
St Patrick’s Day is coming up, and the question is: what
Barry’s Gold to keep myself going over the TV and the
does it mean to be Irish? Guinness? Leprechaun Hats?
fireplace, which, with biscuits and cake, makes my night.
Rebel Ballads? Round Towers? They do no harm – the
Guinness certainly does not, but I am going to tell you But when RAG Week was launched this year in the Tour-
what I think does the job. ism Building with a Coffee Morning, myself, dropping CIT
SU a visit, popped in to give my support, and, having
My college years always saw me with my silver flask for
never missed any of the coffee mornings (why are they
the tea. Black Tea, which I topped up with hot water in
not called Tea And Coffee Mornings?) while as a student,
the Tourism Building, keeping a constant supply of bags
felt relieved to meet up with my old comrades and the CIT
in my locker. I would also take the flask to the Hurling and
Presidency again, but what made my morning was the
Football Matches with my lunch - Barry’s Classic. The CIT
cakes – and I said to my Chaplaincy Mates: “If you do not
Ceremonies and CIT SU Meetings always had the pot of
have tea on the grounds, and good tea at that, then the
Bewleys brewing to keep us refreshed.
Institute is nothing”. Yep. You have got it!
TEA. The one thing one that defines what it is to be truly
Irish, anytime, all year round. As Mrs. Doyle said: “It does
not matter what time it is, there is always time for a nice
cuppa!” Which I often stated to the lecturers when I
pushed the time for classes on these happy mornings,
after having stuffed myself with cake and gallons of tea!
HAPPY DAYS
Cheltenham is coming up!! Last year saw me win
big, will I see a repeat? And the Grand National
next month…
MEND YER WAYS
Hitting the booze first thing in the
morning on Student
Raceday or the moment the do
ors open over Paddy’s
Weekend; for God’s sake, get som
e soakage into
yerselves first. And remember:
it’s a Marathon,
NOT a sprint.
FIND JAMES FLYNN ON FACEBOOK - THE FLYNNER FILES (current affairs), DA FLYNNER
ROUNDS!!! (off-the-wall humour). #flynnerswordsofwisdom – FACEBOOK/TWITTER.
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CIT
STUDENTS’ The Students’ Union
UNION Executive 2018/2019
ELECTIONS 2018
? ?? ?? ?
AARON BUCKLEY
JEFF JONES
STEPH KELLY
DARRAGH CASHMAN
President
Aaron Buckley
Batchelor of Business (Honours)
Vice President Education
Steph Kelly
Early Years Education Graduate/VP Education
Vice President Welfare
Jeff Jones
Information Technology
Communications Officer
To be elected
Entertainments Officer Congratulations to all
Darragh Cashman
Community Development the successful candidates
Projects Officer on their election.
To be elected
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Photo Gallery All in aid of
The Down Syndrome Centre, Cork
Bad Girls Prom!
Nearly Naked Run
CIT PostGrad Society RAG Week Table Quiz
Despite a postponement caused by the Beast from the East, the CIT PostGrad
Society held the annual RAG week table quiz and raffle in the Woolshed Baa
and Grill on Monday the 5th of March. With some great support from the lo-
cal business community, we raised a large amount of €553 for the Cork Down
Syndrome Centre.
The challenge was met by all in attendance, and a great night enjoyed by eve-
ryone (we hope!).
The CIT PostGrad Society is a society run with the aim of allowing postgradu-
ate students a chance to relax, socialise and escape from a demanding sched-
ule. We provide a great networking opportunity, and some of our recent events
have included an after dark trip to Spike to Island, fabulous dining and a team
building weekend in Kenmare Adventure Centre. If you would like to be added
to our mailing list and stay informed of future events, please contact:
postgrad@citsocieties.ie or our Facebook page.
The Committee / Quizmasters Table Quiz winners!
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Photo Gallery All in aid of
The Down Syndrome Centre, Cork
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#FancyFollowingCIT
See more at:
twitter.com/CITAlumni
www.cit.ie/alumni
Interested in the paths that current students and soon to be graduates are taking? The CIT
Alumni Office offers you that opportunity. Check out some of these profiles and get a taste for
how successful you could become after your chosen course at CIT...
The CIT Alumni Office develops
and supports alumni relations
at CIT through a number of ini-
tiatives. The office encourages
links between CIT and its grad-
uates and supports the ever-
growing CIT Alumni Association
(association of former students
of the institute). The Association
currently has 26,798 members.
LAUREN ARTHURS LOUISE BENSON
Colm O’Regan Lauren Arthurs Louise Benson
Colm graduated from Bachelor of As part of a module Lauren had to set Louise Benson is an CIT alumni of
Music in CIT Cork School of Music, up a blog during her Marketing degree Business, with a masters in Food Mar-
he continued to train there as a con- in Cork Institute of Technology. The ed- keting, she has more than 10 years’
ductor before leaving Cork for the ucation and advice she received during experience in the FMCG industry,
UK to work in musical theatre. He the course has helped her grow Love from Direct Mail Manager with Hidden
worked in the UK and the US before Lauren, her fashion and lifestyle blog Hearing Ireland to Marketing Manager
taking on the role of musical director to influencer status. Renowned across of Veronicas snacks.
for productions such as “Starlight Ex- Ireland and the UK, the Cork native is
She is a Senior Account Director at
press” and “Wicked” the musical. now based in Dublin. She acts as a
Greenhouse since 2014, one of the
fashion and beauty ambassador for
As a graduate he feels that the var- leading branding agencies in Ire-
big brands such Penneys (Primark) and
ied career paths of CSM’s graduates land, her key clients Include Galtee,
recently returned from a cruise around
are a testament to the breadth and Boyne Brewhouse, Devils Bit, Bfree
the US with Disney. With an impressive
standard of music education on offer. Foods, Kepak, and Healys Honey.
40,000 followers across her social me-
The tuition and opportunities avail- Her passion lies within the food sec-
dia platforms you can keep up with her
able to him there opened up so many tor where a consumer focused com-
here: www.lovelauren.eu
possibilities he previously didn’t mercial approach to creating, build-
know existed.
Virginia Foley ing and growing strong brands is key.
http://greenhouse.ie
Virginia is an entrepreneur and founder
of BrandWagon.ie, a digital marketing
and PR consultancy, she is a CIT Mas-
ter’s graduate in PR and New Media.
Her wealth of knowledge and network-
ing gained in CIT led her to work with
Electric Cork on various event and she
has collaborated with influencers such
as Eimear Varian Barry, Emer O Ma-
hony, and most recently Sile Seoige.
She is currently sharing her knowledge
of the digital environment working as a
lecturer at New Minds Digital Market-
ing College. For digital marketing and
storytelling tips, catch her here:
COLM O’REGAN VIRGINIA FOLEY
www.brandwagon.ie
12CIT SU &
Photographic Soc
Competition 2018
Would you like to see your photo on the cover of expliCIT?
Now in its FOURTH year, the Students’ Union in conjunction with the Photographic
Society invite you to submit a photo on any subject which is meaningful to you
Email your entries to:
photographic@citsocieties.ie adding your name, course and year
The winning entry will be reproduced on the front cover of the next issue
of expliCIT and will also receive €50
Deadline for receipt of entries is 9th April
13CIT Volunteer Abroad Programme recipients
Each year students who volunteer and volunteer programme: SERVE volunteer as a group for 4
abroad go away and return with a The Hope Foundation is based in weeks to 4 different locations.
new fresh perspective on life and Kolkata: We have 4 individuals travelling to
culture. The CIT Volunteer Abroad Mozambique this year: CILLIAN
MICHAELA O’SHEA is studying so-
Programme awards students with O’DONOVAN (Mechanical Engineer-
cial care and is going for 5 weeks as
both bursaries and scholarships to ing), KEITH DAVITT (Manufacturing
part of the Hope Foundation. Also
help eliminate the financial barrier for Engineering), CIARÁN Ó DÁLAIGH
with the Hope Foundation are DIANE
students to fulfil their dream of volun- (Common Engineering)and NEVIN
KEATING and CHARLOTTE MC-
teering abroad. HALL (Software Development).
BURNEY studying Applied Art and
The programme is partnered with 3 are travelling for 4 weeks. DEAN OKE studies community de-
Cork based organisations - SERVE, velopment and is also travelling with
EIL offers a variety of programs in
EIL and The Hope Foundation. They SERVE to the Philippines.
different countries.
provide several unique programmes
KIRAN SHAJU in Biomedical Engi- The group is sure to do some qual-
for students to participate in which
neering is travelling to South Africa ity work to help both people and ani-
vary in duration from 4 weeks up until
for 4 weeks. Avinash Nagarajan, mals on their journeys. We are look-
12 weeks. This year 10 CIT students
studying Computer Science is travel- ing forward to hearing their stories on
have been awarded scholarships
ling to Vietnam for 6 weeks with EIL. return.
which covers the cost of their flight
REFLECT GUATEMALA
Guatemala is a country in Central America
with rich culture. I’ve had the honour of
working with some amazing people dur-
ing my time in Guatemala, thanks to the
Volunteer Abroad Program here in CIT and
I’m currently on a journey of reflection.
Please come along to view moments cap-
tured on my adventure in the Curve Gal-
lery, Student Centre, CIT. This exhibition
entitled “Reflect Guatemala” is running
from March 20th to 24th. I would espe-
cially like to invite you to the opening night
Tuesday March 20th at 5.30pm where I
will share with you my experience in Gua-
temala.
As part of my volunteer experience I am
becoming more aware of the United Na-
tions Sustainable Development Goals.
There are 17 goals that we are encour-
aged to achieve by 2030 especially Goal
4, Quality Education, which takes an im-
portant role in the exhibition and my re-
flection in general.
The Volunteer Abroad Program sends over
a dozen students abroad every year. I’m
so grateful to have been a part of it and I
can’t wait for this years bunch to experi-
ence an adventure of their own.
Jackie Ni Fhogartaigh
Societies Intern
14CIT International Students Society LIVE CIT, LOVE SOCIETIES
For full list of societies go to http://societies.cit.ie
Tết Việt celebration of the Vietnamese Lunar New Year took There was a lot of audience engagement during the event. MC’s
place in CIT’s Rory Gallagher Theatre. The event was organised Hien and Oscar, who is the representative for CIT Internation-
by the CIT International Students Society along with Vietnamese al Students Society, engaged with us by asking the audience
students from the course PR with New Media Dora, Hien, and questions about the Vietnam culture. The Vietnamese Language
Nga. Among the guests were Deputy Lord Mayor, Fergal Dela- Pronunciation Challenge was also fun to watch.
ney, Cllr. Paudie Dineen and Vice President of External Affairs at
Five members from the audience volunteered for the chal-
CIT, Orla Flynn.
lenge and they received gifts afterwards for participating. After
From start to finish, the event was pure magic, the audience of the event a Vietnamese Food Reception was held in the West
80 people really enjoyed learning about Vietnam’s rich culture, Atrium at CIT. There was an array of traditional foods on offer
food, song and dance. Among the songs was Hello Viet Nam for tasting including their famous Traditional Vietnamese Sticky
which was performed by the extremely talented Nga and Hien. Rice Cake, which was made from Glutinous Rice, Mung Beans,
The lyrics to the song was included in the programme guide for Pork and Pepper. It was delicious!
the event so we were able to sing along.
By Elena Canty Master of Arts in Public Relations with New Media, CIT
STUDENT
BUSES leave
CIT from
Midday onwards
RACEDAY (across from Tourism and
Hospitality building)
Thurs 22nd March 2018 Cork Racecourse
MALLOW
Please note...
RACE DAY wristbands
WILL BE CHECKED before
you get on the buses.
YOU NEED A CIT BAND TO
GET ON A CIT BUS!
If you have a counterfeit wristband,
you will be refused admission on buses
and wristband will be confiscated.
NO ALCOHOL ON THE BUSES
OR BUS LOADING AREAS!
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Vladamir Belujsky Cara Powell and Ian Kelleher from the CIT Boxing Club. Pic. John Allen
All You Need To Know: CIT Boxing Club
Upcoming Competitions: We will be Past Honours: Last year Ian Kelleher be Ian Kelleher, Alex O’Keeffe, Daniel
entering the Intervarsity Champion- took home gold at the Intervarsitys and Galvin and Ahmed Kone.
ships which take place on the 10th/11th was selected to fight for the Irish Col-
Training Details: Monday from 5:30-
and 16th/17th of March. We expect to lege team over in England in 2016. In
7:00pm and Wednesday 6:00-7:30pm.
be in contention for a good few medals addition every participant from CIT
We are currently doing an intensive 6
this year due to the quality of training took home a medal; Cathal Kean and
week training leading up to the Intervar-
and boxers in our club. We are due to Brian Hennessy took home gold, Alex
sity Championships.
start training in a newly allocated space O’Keeffe, Darnel Laffen and Vladimir
in H-block with a fixed boxing ring and Belujsky took home silver. How To Contact Us: you can sign up in
bags so we believe that we can give this the sports office to get the weekly texts
Road to the Intervarsitys, what does it
competition a really good go and come about training or follow us on facebook
involve? Becoming a boxer is more of a
back with the most medals this year! CIT boxing club and message us.
lifestyle choice than just a sport. In or-
der to be successful, you need to keep
your body in peak condition at all times,
and you constantly have to refine and Date for your Diary!
develop your strength, agility and tech-
nique. You need to manage your diet,
train every single day, and have serious
drive and determination. We do a lot of
cardio as well as sparring as much as CIT STUDENTS & STAFF,
FUN WALK
possible. With the new facility we ex-
pect to be sparing lots of rounds to pre-
& RUN
pare us well for competition.
Club beliefs: We believe that if you train
hard you will fight easy. Mistakes should
for students & staff on
happen in training not in the fight. Any-
Wednesday 14th of March at 1pm.
one who wants to learn how to box are
Keep the training going or start training!
more than welcome to come along for
Great fun guaranteed!
training whether they want to compete
or not. All are welcome. Players to look , FREE MEDALS FOR
RELA XED PACE ENTRY ALL PARTICIPANTS
out for… we have a big team this year NO PRESSURE
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who are all capable of winning Irish ti-
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16Tim O’Donovan, Megan McCarthy and Barry Sheehan from the CIT Karting Club. Colm Hennessy and Cathal Merz from the CIT Rowing Club.
Pic. John Allen Pic. John Allen
All You Need To Know: All You Need To Know:
CIT Karting and Motorsport CIT Rowing Club
Club Number of Members: 15
Number of Teams: 3 Competitions entered each year: Irish Provincial Indoor
Championships, Irish Indoor Championships and the Irish
Competitions Entered Each Year: We are half way through University Championships
the Intervarsity Championship which consists of 4 rounds of
Achievements to date: Gold and silver medal in the men’s
competition - Cork, Meath, Louth and Belfast.
500m at the Provincial Championships and silver in the Men’s
Past Honours: At the 1st round of the current year in White-
2000. A gold and silver medal in the men’s 500m at the Irish
water, Louth our A team finished 2nd overall. We had 3 CIT
indoor championships. Successful in our application for Bank
members in the top 10 - Shane O’Leary 2nd overall and Aar-
Of Ireland Sponsorship.
on Browne 5th overall and Jeff Riordan 8th overall. In the
2nd Round Athboy Meath our A team finished in 2nd overall Important dates: Friday 13th of April, the Irish University
while Aaron Browne was 2nd overall & Shane O’Leary was Championships at the National Rowing Centre in Farran,
6th overall. Cork.
Road to the Intervarsitys: We’ve 2 nights karting in Water- Club goals: Maintain a high sporting level among all club
grasshill and National Kart Centre planned for semester 2 members, promote increased participation and try build the
where potential drivers will be choosen by the club com- club so that it is one of the most successful on campus.
mittee. Practice details: We train in the CIT elite gym every Mon-
Club mission: To win the drivers championship outright and day and Wednesday and in Shandon boat club on weekends.
also to be in the top 3 with any of our teams at all rounds Most athletes do additional training throughout the week.
Drivers to look out for… How to contact us: Check us out on our Facebook page @
Shane O’Leary Motorsport Ireland kart racer with capabili- CIT rowing club or call into the sports office for club commit-
ties of winning races and championships in Ireland against tee contact details.
some of the best in the world. Shane is currently in 2nd in By Jason McKenna, CIT Rower
the intervarsities.
Aaron Browne Junior Rally Driver who drives a 1600 Civic,
a quick driver with a bright future in Rallying. Aaron is cur-
rently 4th in the championship
Jeff Riordan: National Hotrod driver capable of mixing it with
some of the best drivers in the world. Currently qualifying for
world championships in Ispwich in July. Jeff is currently 6th
in the championship.
Our top 3 drivers have all an equal chance of winning cham-
pionship as the points are very close. We have 3 very experi-
enced drivers in the mix, this shows the level of commitment
that is required to win races and championships.
Training Details: Approx 4-6 training sessions per year nor-
mally €10 for 30 mins
How To Contact Us: • Sign up in sports office • Find us on
FB CIT Karting • Email: shane.oleary3@mycit.ie Jason McKenna and James McCarthy
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