Author: RotaractArts

Rtr. PP Sandhuni and the Year Baila Night Started

by Rtr. Shenara De Alwis  “That is what I envisioned, to give my best and pay my dues”, says Rtr. PP Sanduni Warnasuriya who is now an Assistant Brand Manager at Ceylinco Life. Ever since the first day she entered the University of Colombo, she had known it from her heart that she would always serve the society who financed both her primary and tertiary education. She adds that it is what she strives to do even today.  As an undergraduate, she had participated in sports and sport events. In fact, she had captained the university’s Table Tennis team during her final year (no clue how she managed to do it; I struggle even to write one article per week😐). …

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Rtr. PP Thakshala and the Headache of University Sub-Culture

by Rtr. Afrah Bahaudeen  Fast forward a year from the official inauguration of our Rotaract Club, and we witness the undertaking of the club under a new President with her own vision and challenges to boot. Juggling studies and extra-curriculars is no easy task for any university undergraduate, no less is taking on the presidency of an organization that has been running for only a year. One understands this kind of leadership to come with its own unique kind of challenges, which is exactly what Rtr. Past President Thakshala Tissera faced as the second person to take on the helm of the Rotaract Club of the University of Colombo, Faculty of Arts. On top of having to lead a team…

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Rtn. Abdul Wahid and the Year it All Started

by Rtr. Theruni Liyanage Since 2010…  Chartered on the 26th of March 2010, the Rotaract Club of University of Colombo, Faculty of Arts, is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Colombo Uptown. The club started with 24 members and was led by the Charter President Rtr. Abdul Wahid Sathar till the end of the 2010/2011 Rotaract year... Reads the introduction to the club’s official history, and goes on to list the succeeding years and the most notable achievements therein. Is this all we could learn from our past? And so began a scramble to reach out to all our past presidents (to varying degrees of success) and to ask them a few questions relating to their Rotaract past and to…

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Deep Roots and New Blossoms – Annual Orientation Program 2020

Written by one of our most enthusiastic prospective members - Vibhath Jayasinghe; many thanks for your extremely detailed description of the afternoon!  As a student who had missed out on the phenomenon that was Interact during his school days, one could say that I headed into the orientation with high expectations. I would be lying if I said I didn't have high hopes going into the meeting, because they genuinely were, and why wouldn't they be? My peers had always spoken very highly of the organization, its incentives and its accomplishments. Considering all the buzz that surrounded both Interact and Rotaract, needless to say I was very excited to witness what the organization had to offer. And thus, I entered…

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