For the second consecutive year, Gavel club of University of Colombo proudly presented the Transcend 2019 on 18th December, at the university library auditorium. This year, Transcend was organized in collaboration with the Career Guidance Unit of the Faculty of Science, University of Colombo; and was funded by the AHEAD project. Co-Chaired by GV Sasinidu […]
Extending the bond between the Gaveliers, the Gavel Club of the University of Colombo organized its 159th educational meeting with the Gavel Club of the Uva Wellassa University. The moments are often fleeting but the memories that Gaveliers make with each other will last for the rest of their lives. For some Gaveliers, the meeting […]
“When black cats prowl and pumpkins gleam, May luck be yours on “Halloween.” On a dark, gloomy evening of the final day in the month of October, a horrifying bunch of ghosts, ghouls, vampires and zombies made their way towards the ZSR at the Faculty of Science in the University of Colombo, for there was […]
“I speak two languages, Body and English.” – Mae West. Yes, your grammar and vocabulary are definitely important, but the way you use your body language can raise your speech to a whole new level. Your posture, eye contact, gestures and facial expressions are some of the things that make up your body language. Let’s […]
Have you ever wondered how to spend an evening which is encased in a pearlescent glow due to a sudden downpour, yet is blessed with plenty of buttery, warm sunlight? Well, the Gaveliers of the Gavel Club of University of Colombo could find an ideal way to spend such an evening, as they chose to […]
In the previous installment of “A Gavelier’s Survival Kit”, an introduction was made to the “Club Leadership Manual” which revolves around the various roles a Gavelier could perform at Gavel Educational Meetings. So, picking up from where we left, we thought that it would be a great idea to talk about the said ‘Meeting Roles’. […]
A Guide to Competent Leadership and Realizing that You Can Get Rewarded for being Grammarian that Many Times! So, if you aren’t really all that interested in giving CC Speeches, what else can you do at Gavel Club, and more importantly, what do you get to show for it? It may surprise you, but Gavel […]
This is the second part of the installment on the Competent Communication manual. In part 1, we saw how a complete beginner, Kawmadee, under the watchful eye of her mentor, Abishake, learned the basics of public speaking. Now, let’s follow her as she refines her skills through the next few projects in her Competent Communication […]
As a student of Mathematics since my school days, I’m familiar with the system of education where we learn a difficult concept one baby step at a time. Let’s take Calculus for example. We learned basics of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division as kids. Then we learned basic algebra, followed by Integration and Differentiation at […]
Taking a page from Hitler’s Book In typical Gavel Club fashion, the 5th Installation Ceremony of the University of Colombo Gavel Club unravelled on the 12th of September, at the DHPL Hall, 5.30pm onwards. The registration desk was overflowing with Gaveliers hailing from various clubs who showed up to support the incoming and outgoing Executive […]