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St Agnes college hosts Intra-collegiate arts fest ‘Artspire’

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August 29, 2019

Mangaluru, Aug 29: St Agnes College (Autonomous), Mangaluru organised the Intra-collegiate festival of arts ‘Artspire- To be inspired 2019-20’ on 28 August 2019. Students from arts stream showcased their exceptional talents and skills in various competitions. Sr. Dr. Jeswina A.C principal of the college along with Mrs. Shanthi Nazareth dean of Arts and Artspire coordinator and faculty of economics Mr. Derik Dias and vice president of Arts Ms. Sarah Monis lightened the lamp and inaugurated the occasion. 

During the inaugural address Sr. Dr. Jeswina A. C told the student to do participate in the events and make use of the opportunities and platforms and bring out the hidden talent. Indigenous culture was the theme of Artspire 2019-20.

There were 10 teams with 12 participants and each team was named after a state. The events varied from declamation, photography, RJ Hunt, stand up comedy, documentary presentation, quiz, PowerPoint presentation, rajneethi- a play on politics, dance and fashion show. Each team was highly competitive. Characters from English literature took life in declamation, emotions spilled out in dance, culture of different state was shown through fashion show, stand up comedy entertained the audience, Rj hunt brings out the best RJ's of college, expressions spoke through photography, rajneethi showcased the real politics, quiz tested the height of knowledge, PowerPoint presentation showed their creativity and presentation skills and documentary on historical place gave life to hard competitions. Team Andra Pradesh became the overall all champions. Team Rajasthan and team Uttar Pradesh secured the runner up. Sr. Carmel Rita administrator of the college gave away the prizes to the winners during the valedictory.

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February 13,2020

St. Agnes College (Autonomous), Mangaluru, which is celebrating its centenary year, celebrated 99th college day and merit programme of the academic year 2019-20 in P.U College Auditorium on February 11.

Ms. Philomina Lobo, Retired Director, Secondary Education department of public instructions, Government of India was the chief guest of the programme. The programme began by evoking the blessings of God. Sr Dr M Jeswina A.C, Principal, St Agnes College, Sr Dr M Maria Roopa A.C, the Joint Secretary, Mr. Ronald Pereira PTA Vice President, Mr Charles Pais the Controller of Examinations ,Dr Subha Rao were  present.

Ms. Seemanthini, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Applications presented the annual college report digitally, highlighting the achievements of the institution, staff and students for the academic year.

Addressing the students, Ms Philomina Lobo advised, “You have knowledge and intelligence but you need to pray for wisdom. Use your talents in the right way.” She also mentioned that the companies today are looking forward for skilful youngsters and asked the students to “be skilful” in order to achieve success in life.

Students received Principal's role of honour, various scholarships and merit certificates for their excellence in academics. The cabinet members of the current academic year were also awarded on the occasion. The Principal gave a token of gratitude to Ms Philomena Lobo, who is also an alumna of the college. Mrs Meera, HOD, Department of History proposed the vote of thanks.

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February 25,2020

The Post Graduate Department of English, St. Agnes College (Autonomous) organized COSMOPOETICA – a Two-Day International Poets Conference, transcending the boundaries of language and bringing together scholars from English, Hindi and Kannada languages. The key-note speaker was Dr Hima Urmila Shetty and the Panel of Experts included Maggie Harris, a Commonwealth short stories award winning poet of Broadstairs, Kent; Dr Kathryn Hummel, a visiting professor at IIT Hyderabad; Prof Raj Rao, acclaimed poet and novelist, former HOD of English, Savithribai Phule University; Lata Chouhan from Bangalore; Vijay Tiwari from Ahmedabad; Dr. Nagaveni Manchi, an acclaimed Poet and Professor, Govt College, Carstreet and Ms. Chandrakala Nandavara, former Principal of Ganapati PU College.

Dr Sr Jeswina A.C., the Principal; Dr Sr Maria Roopa A.C. the Superior and Dr Sr Vinora A.C., graced the occasion.

Dr Geralyn Pinto, the Staff Convenor; Dr Malini Hebbar, the HOD and Ananya Sneha the student Convenor organised the Conference.

The highlight of the Conference was the Poetry Workshop, Slam Poetry Competition in three languages and paper presentations on various aspects of poetry.

Overall the conference drew together poets and academicians to discuss poetry as a genre and practice with ignited minds.

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