Thank you to all who attended the CCL Open Day on Saturday last. Special thanks to all graduates and parents who spoke about thier expereinces of the CCL. Special thanks to Brian Cull and William O'Donovan for speaking about the CCL from a current student perspective. Please note the closing date for applications is May 8th. Send them to Andre Kenneally, School of Applied Social Studies, UCC. a.kenneally@ucc.ie

We are holding an Open Day this coming Saturday April 14th from 11 am - 1 p.m. in Boole lecture room 1. Anyone who may be interested in the course or may know someone else who may be interested can come along on the day. All welcome.

Good afternoon everyone, Just to remind you we are now taking applications for this coming academic year. Closing date for applications is May 8th. Please find an application form on our super new website below in the 'How do I apply' tab. Please send to anyone you think may have an interest in this information and feel free to repost on your own page regards https://contemporarylivingucc.wordpress.com/ Andi

To mark UN Disability Day our students put together a poster

Friends, families and graduates of the CCL are welcome to the first Reunion Ceili to be held at the Cork Cricket Club. All welcome!

Great news for family and friends of students graduating this Friday November 18th!! Just to let you know that the conferring ceremonies taking place in Devere Hall on Friday 18th of November will be live streamed. There will be a screen in the new bar where people can watch the ceremonies. The live link for Friday, November 18th will be accessible at this link: www.ucc.ie/en/live This stream can be accessed anywhere where there is internet access.

Great news for family and friends of our students who will be graduating this Friday November 18th!!! Just to let you know that the conferring ceremonies taking place in Devere Hall on Friday 18th of November will be live streamed. There will be a screen in the new bar where people can watch the ceremonies. The live link for Friday, November 18th will be accessible at this link: www.ucc.ie/en/live This stream can be accessed anywhere where there is internet access.

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Welcome to UCC our new cohort of CCL students! The CCL team is very much looking forward to working with our new group. We are also happy to announce the graduation date for our outgoing group! November 18th (Friday) at 4:30 p.m., our students will graduate from UCC. Students will receive their information packs soon with their allocated number of tickets. Those who may be interested in seeing the group graduate but don’t have a ticket, are welcome to come up to campus and soak up the atmosphere.

*IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL GRADUATES (PENDING GRADUATES) AND THEIR FAMILIES Dear friend We are emailing you to invite you to come to University College Cork for our Community Partners Annual Summer Event, 2016 which will be held on Tuesday 7th June from 5.00pm to 7.00pm in the Aula Maxima, Main Quad, University College Cork. The focus of this year’s event will be Community / University Research Partnerships. The event will showcase a number of on-going research partnerships between community partners and the University. It will also provide a valuable networking opportunity for community organisations who may wish to explore establishing research links with UCC departments. As with last year’s event our aim is that this will be an enjoyable experience which acknowledges the diversity of community engagement activities between the university and our partners from the community, voluntary, statutory and civil society organisations. As many of you may be involved in community organisations this event is organised with you in mind and we would be delighted if you could attend. Please see the event schedule below and food and refreshments will be provided to attendees. Please let us know if you can attend by emailing Cathal O’Connell at c.oconnell@ucc.ie Best wishes, Angela Veale and Cathal O’Connell Co-Chairs Community Engagement Committee Event Timetable 4.30 p.m. Guided Tour of Honan Chapel (pre-book) 5.00 p.m. Arrival and Sign in at Main Door of Aula Maxima, University College Cork 5.15 p.m. Welcome Address Dr Ronan O’Dubhghaill, Vice President for External Relations, University College Cork. 5.20 p.m. Celebrating UCC-Community Partnerships: Dr Michael Murphy, President of University College Cork. 5.35 p.m. Presentations of Community / University Research Projects 6.05 p.m. Community Partners Networking Opportunity: Cheese and Wine Reception Short Guided Tour of Campus* 6.30 p.m. Event concludes Professor Cathal O’Connell, School of Applied Social Studies, University College Cork, Ireland. Ph: 00353(21)4902832 Email: c.oconnell@ucc.ie

Hello everyone, please find below a link to the CCL page on UCC website. Also included at the top of the link is the new application form. Closing date for applications is April 27th. http://www.ucc.ie/en/appsoc/courses/contliving/

*Important Notice* The new application form for the CCL will be available on Wednesday on the UCC website. I'll post a link on Wednesday morning.