Thought for the week ...

TABLEtalk

Even when I'm super tired, TABLEtalk is still one of my favourite times of the week.  Last night we said "welcome back" to some continuing students, "hello" to Jose and Emma, new students from Ecuador and Vietnam  ...  and a very sad "goodbye" to Afaf from Jordan.

We had a great time playing my new, yet to be patented, 'Getting to Know You' board game.  In fact we could have gone on well past our 9:30pm stop time!!

I know that it's hard for new students to come out in the dark and the cold on a Thursday evening, but I can't begin to express the benefits of TABLEtalk. Come along and see for yourself.

Here are some things students have said ...

World Cafe starts again

It's that time of year when all our activities are starting up again. Yesterday our weekly World Cafe got off to a great start with approx. 60 students, both new and longer-term, paying us a visit.

Knife Angel sculture

Hope you haven't missed out on seeing this incredible sculpture at Rochester Cathedral  ...  Saturday Sept 28th is your last chance.

Created as a national monument against violence and aggression the statue took four years to make, is 27 feet tall (8.23 metres) and is made from 100,000 confiscated knives.

This inscription etched in to one of the knives,

sums up everything ...

Leeds Castle

Many thanks to the International department at University of Kent for allowing me to join in a day trip to Leeds Castle. 

It was just a shame that of the few Kent internationals from Medway Campus who signed up for this day  ...  only five people turned up :-(

In addition to the castle, the grounds are beautiful. Although it rained part of the day, it was still good to explore.

Day hair day!!!

Bargain Corner

For the past seven days we have been running our

Bargain Corner

here on Campus and I would like to say ...

to all those who have helped out with our sales  ...
Veroni, Jeff & Niduka, Jana, Frank, Aiste, Rania, Elodie, 

Loni, Ahmed, Nadia, Ijeoma and Sue.

In addition to serving the Bargain Corner, all of these folk 
have been welcomers to those who are new
and way-finders to those who are lost.

Throughout this week we have made a total of

All of this money will go towards subsidising future student social events, such as bowling and pizza & film nights.

If you have not yet discovered the Bargain Corner, it is run my Medway Campus Chaplaincy and is located in Pilkington Building.  We look forward to meeting you :-)

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Thought for the week ...

Congratulations, Dev & Suvarna

These lovely people are Devashish and Suvarna, both of whom graduated from the University of Greenwich, having successfully completed their Masters programmes. 
But, in the process of all that study  ...  fell madly, deeply in love.

Whilst I've been here, sweating away over preparation for a new academic year, many of our former students have been in Mauritius for Dev & Suvarna's wedding. 

Sonali has been sending photos and videos, and making me feel more and more sad and jealous about everything I've missed