2014 In Review: AIESEC At Middlesex University Newsletter

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2014 IN REVIEW 1

LCC ADDRESS 2

OGX IS SEXY! 4

ICX ROCKS! 5

RECRUITMENT & INDUCTION 7

INDUCTION CONFERENCE 10

MY EXPECMY EXPECTATION 12

HELLO MAURITIUS 13

EB RENAISSANCE 14

WHATS FOR NEXT YEAR 17

THANK YOU NOTE 18

USEFUL INFORMATION 19

CONTACT US 20

TABLE OF CONTENT

The year 2014 will go down in record for AIESEC at Middlesex Uni-versity as an amazing year. A year that witnessed much changes and improvements as opposed.

Thanks to the previous and present EB, and the entire Expansion members, we can proudly look back from July 1 to December 31 and see all the amazing things we achieved together.

2015 is here already, laden upon us with a lot of challenges, but to-gether we will achieve our goals!

The aim of this newsletter is summarise the Expansion’s activities and achievements for the first half of the AIESEC term - 2014/2015.

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Dear readers,

It is with great pleasure that I announce our first ever newsletter It is with great pleasure that I announce our first ever newsletter of AIESEC at Middlesex University (Mauritius). Three years since AIESEC MDX is striving to establish a good platform for its mem-bers to develop their potentials while giving back to the society. It has grown from an expansion of AIESEC UOM to an independent expansion and hopefully a full LC by the end of the term 2014-2015. EB Renaissance is working hard to make sure that our members can feel truly valued to be able to achieve bigger and members can feel truly valued to be able to achieve bigger and better. We want to offer you the best out of AIESEC and offer you a variety of opportunities to grab.

Many of us have a wish: Make the world a better place. If we want to change the world and impact the world positively, it starts with us. Take a minute and ask yourself: “What have I done so far to make it a better place? What was my contribution so far? What can I do to make a change?” We are the world, so let’s start with up-grading ourselves and the little world around us.

LCC MESSAGE

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Let’s learn and grow, positively influence each other, work in teams and become exemplary young adults. Our vision “Peace and fulfill-ment of humankind’s potential” can only be reached together. I strongly believe that together we can!

Enjoy your journey through our first newsletter of AIESEC MDX and discover what we have been able to achieve so far. Many of you are already part of it!

I am already looking foI am already looking forward to the next newsletter! Our current members and especially our recently recruited members will surely fill up the pages with golden letters and further achievements.

Buckle up, it’s only the beginning! Open your arms to the land of op-portunities, challenges and growth.

Thank you for engaging along. It means more than you would ever believe!

On behalf of EB Renaissance, I wish you all the very best for the year 2015. May it be a year of self-discovery, growth and achievements.

Warm wishes,

URVASHI APPIAHLOCAL COMMITTEE COORDINATOR 14|15

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AIESEC at Middlesex University, from its inception has been doing a bit better at Outgoing Exchange. One good thing that comple-ments the international blend of students present on campus.

Proud to mention, the Expansion is the leading entity for OGX in AIESEC Mauritius; a claim we will always strive to retain.

Yeah, OGX for us is SEXY!

Kudos to the present OGX Coordinator - Muhsinah Sookun, she has always been part of OGX since her induction into AIESEC. We look forward to amazing results from the department by the end of the term.

OGX IS SEXY!

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Oh yes, for the first time we did it! It was a great feeling, right from the start till the end of the project which saw 6 EPs work with AIESEC at Middlesex University during the period - June to Jul 2014. Therefore, OGX is not the only department to claim a record.

Unfortunately the department will not be involved in the usual DeUnfortunately the department will not be involved in the usual De-cember to Febraury exchange peak period. However, members of the department will be working tooth and nail to create a record for the May to July period.

Back to the first paragraph...

In June 2014, AIESEC at Middlesex worked on its first ever iGCDP project titled: Animal Welfare in collaboration with PAWS Mauri-tius situated at The Vale. This project hosted 6 EPs:- 2 from Shangai, China (Peng, Cindy)- 2 from Hong Kong, China (Max, Kara)- 1 from Singapore (Ping)- 1 from Tunisia (Intissar Hafsi)

and these were the feedback from the EPs:1. It was the best experience in my entire life.

2. It was an enlightening experience because I was able to learn from meeting people from other cultures and contribute, albeit minimal, to a local NGO by showing my care to animals.

ICX ROCKS!

3. A totally new kind of experience and very amazing

in summary, these were their views on Mauritius:

Mauritius is a diverse countMauritius is a diverse country packed on a small island. The lifestyle here is very different from other parts of the world. The only things I can think of which contrast vastly to where I'm from is the public transportation system and working hours of shops and res-taurants. However, diversity and difference are positive, something lacking in our post-modern apocalyptic world.

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The 2014/2015 AIESEC term started off in AIESEC at Middlesex University with the recruitment process - awareness/orientation, interviews, selection.

The process started in October 2014 with on-campus awareness and orientation which saw about 60 students applying for mem-bership. This, of course, is a record number that reflects good awareness and orientation campaign.

Fast forward after applications and interviews, by November 2014, 31 persons were selected. They made up for the November 2014 Intake; a superb league of young mind - We so dearly love them!

Yay, finally the long and stressful recruitment process was over. But then, the induction series was just at hand with the first epi-sode as the official ‘Induction’ event and up next was the ‘Induc-tion Conference’.

RECRUITMENT& INDUCTION

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The induction event was yet another successful one with more than 75% positive feedback. Coming up next was the second (and last) episode of the induction series - the induction conference.

The official ‘Induction’ event slated for 22 November was obviously a good kickstarter for ‘real business’ for the Expansion. We saw the 31 selected applicants go through the AIESEC Induction; this was pure amazing and inspiring both to the EB and the new members.

““Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much”. That was the line taunted by the MarComms Coordinator, and was even the headline on the group photo. There were a lot of challenges, but we started it right. We hope to keep the passion alive as we get into ‘real business’ in 2015.

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Photos taken from the Induc-tion event. It was an amazing one. We look forward to 2015 with high hopes.

Thank you all for being part of 2014!

An AIESEC induction conference is usually a 1-3 day conference for new members to learn more about AIESEC identity and operations, meet other AIESECers, and begin planning your AIESEC Experience.

For the first time, against all odds, the For the first time, against all odds, the Expansion has its first local conference. Yet another milestone reached. the Induction Confer-ence, just as should be, was an eye-opener, an inspiring event that saw about 20 new members rejuvenate their passion towards the vision and mission of the Expansion and AIESEC, at large.

The conference was held on the 6th and 7th of December 2014. A two-day retreat from the usual - family members and close friends, bringing each member close to another. This is one of the many reasons why a conference will always be special to an AIESECer!

So much fun, so much memories, so much deep lessons, with people you only met a few weeks beforehand. It always is an amaz-ing opportunity and experience. Little wonder the statement:

INDUCTIONCONFERENCE

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“WHAT HAPPENS IN A CONFERENCE, STAYS IN A CONFERENCE”

Well except the lessons learnt from sessions.

We look forward to more conferences and memorable experiences from the expansion.

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MYEXPECTATION

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Hello Mauritius, preferred to be written as #HelloMauritius is a Na-tional marketing campaign which aims to project a new visual iden-tity to Mauritius and her culture, tell the stories of Exchange Partic-ipants who travel to Mauritius to make an impact., promote the iGCDP programme and create a sense of belonging to AIESECers in Mauritius.

To this effect, the campaign was officially launched on the 16th of October 2014, and since then it has seen a lot of activities, and has proven to be a top-notch strategy for the first half of the term. We hope to achieve much more through this campaign for the remain-ing half of the term.

To support the campaign, a T-Shirt was launched. Fast-fowrad to few weeks ahead, a Photo Contest was introduced. It’s all about creating the sense of belonging, promoting the country and iGCDP programmes.

HELLOMAURITIUS

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The EB Rennaisance - just a bunch of young minds willing to chal-lenge the status quo; crazy enough to think we can make things better.

The EB team officially assumed respective roles on July 1st 2014 to begin the 2014/2015 AIESEC term.

Let’s rewind a bit...

Looking at the state of affair of the Expansion, even before assuming roles, it dawned on the elected EB team that a lot of work needs to be done if we should record a successful term with positive growth by June 2015.

This, together with teaThis, together with team’s resolution for a change, led to the naming of the team as ‘Renaissance’, meaning rebirth, revival of or renewed interest in something. Obviously, this became the main focus for the term - “reviving AIESEC (love, culture, way) in the Expansion”. One for which we believe the entire team is focused on achieving. Kudos!

Back to present...

The EB team is made up of four amazing young girls, and probably The EB team is made up of four amazing young girls, and probably the most awesome guy around the block.

EBRENAISSANCE

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VARSHINEE LALL- TM Coordinator

“Looking at all the members, I can feel the energy, the passion and the will to create AWESOMENESS! Thank you for making the EB feel stronger. Love from Varshinee.”

CHRIS IDAKWO - Marketing and Communications Co-ordinator

“Whatever you do, do your sincere best, it has a way of letting out the real you, not forgetting that whatever you plant now you’ll harvest later. Thanks for being part of my AIESEC story. Love from Chris.”

MUHSINAH SOOKUN - OGX Coordinator

“Life is like a 10-year bicycle; most of us have gears we never use as Charles Schrulz said once. Love from Muhsinah.”

URVASHI APPIAH - Expansion Coordinator/ICX Coordi-nator

“Looking at all the members, I can feel the energy, the passion and the will to create AWESOMENESS! Thank you for making the EB feel stronger. Love from Urvashi.”

Here are the members of the team and some interesting words:

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“There’s a lot left to achieve in 2015. Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much”

- EB Renaissance

SONIA NATALIE MUKUNDANE - ER Coordinator

“I see something in you guys, I dont know what it is but I’m sure which hard work and consistency it’ll definitely lead you to GREATNESS! Love from Sonia.”

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We’ve gotten so close, we’ve acheived our goals for 2014. The first half of the AIESEC term is over. 2015 is here already, we cannot let it slide.

We look forward with high hopes to an even better half term.

For the Expansion, there are several plans and goals from OGX, to ICX, Comms, TM and ER to be achieved.

Still working hard to retain our claim in OGX as the leading entitStill working hard to retain our claim in OGX as the leading entity, upcoming marketing campigns for ICX and OGX, several on-cam-pus activities and promotions, ICX projects strating in May, exter-nal relation understandings with external bodies, possible training and seminar sessions, and many more. The EB will provide updates when necessary.

On the national level, there are major events and activities that’ll be running from the MCP Election, to the January National Confer-ence, January Global Village, March Induction Conference, Youth To Business Forum.

Remember: “Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much”

LET’S MAKE 2015 A REMARKABLE YEAR!

WHAT’S IN FORNEXT YEAR?

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Special thanks to other stores that provided us with items. We wish you all a prosperous New Year.

Special thanks to Edition Le Printemps for their contribution in terms of stationery towards the LC conference on the 22nd & 23rd of December 2014.

We want to use this opportunity to specially appreciate both small and large businesses, all external entities, an everyone who has supported AIESEC at Middlesex for the past one year.

Special thanks to Hobby World stationery store (at Port Louis) for providing stationeries for our LC conference.

THANK YOUNOTES!

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USEFULINFORMATIONAIESEC in Mauritius exists in 5 universities as a Local Committee or an Expansion and they are:

- AIESEC in CTI (still working)- AIESEC in EU (https://www.facebook.com/aiesec.eu)- AIESEC in Midllesex (https://www.facebook.com/aiesecmiddlesex)- AIESEC in UOM (https://www.facebook.com/UOM.AIESEC)- AIESEC in UTM (https://www.facebook.com/AIESECinUTM)

- AIES- AIESEC Mauritius (https://www.facebook.com/aiesecmauritius)

You can use the Facebook links and drop a message should you need to contact these entities.

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URVASHI APPIAH - LOCAL COMMITTEE/ICX [email protected]

MUHSINAH SOOKUN - OGX [email protected]

CHRIS EKOJOKA IDAKWO - MARCOMMS [email protected]

VVARSHINEE LALL - TM [email protected]

SONIA MUKUNDANE - ER [email protected]

CONTACT US

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“ITS BEEN A WONDERFUL MEMORABLE RIDE. WE WALK INTO 2015CONFIDENT OF WHAT WE’VE GOTAND WHAT WE CAN ACHIEVE!”

EB RENAISSANCE