"Civil Cric Fiesta - 2022"

Date: 24th of October, 2022

Venue: Playground, University of Moratuwa

The annual cricket tournament of the Department of Civil Engineering of University of Moratuwa, "Civil Cric Fiesta - 2022" was held on 24th of October 2022 at the university playground which was organized by the Civil Engineering Society of University of Moratuwa. It was a great opportunity for the undergraduates who excelled in Cricket. The event was inaugurated with the presence of  Prof. (Mrs.) C.Jayasinghe (Head of the department), Dr. Loshaka Perera (Senior Treasurer), Dr.Pasindu Weerasinghe (Staff Advisor) and some other lecturers. An opening ceremony took place as a cultural function by lighting the oil lamp and singing the national anthem. 

The Cricket matches were started after the opening ceremony and it was an extensive opportunity for the lecturers and undergraduates of the Department of Civil Engineering to have a break from the daily routine tasks, to re-energize and have fun. The first match was played between 18’ batch and 20’ batch. 18’ batch won the first match against 20’ batch and got qualified for the finals. 19’ batch won the next match against RA team and secured a place for the final match. 

The final match was an epic battle. 18’ batch won the toss and chose to bowl. The opposition team set up a runs for the over-match. The score was 34. 

However, the match went down after their wickets were taken. By the end of the five overs, 18’ batch had managed to score runs. 18’ batch won the tournament and 18’ batch won the girls’ tournament as well, against 19’ batch. 

After the host announced the final result, the lecturers were invited to come on stage and hand over the awards to the winners. After award distribution, Dr. Loshaka Perera (Senior Treasurer) and Dr.L.L.Ekanayake  delivered speeches explaining the significance of sports in university life. Thus a remarkable day came to an end with a DJ night and everyone returned with a heart full of memories.  

 

"iNFLEXION" – Mentoring Program

 

"iNFLEXION" – Mentoring Program

Mentor is an inspired person who empowers us to see a possible future and believe it can be obtained. A powerful push can direct the undergraduates towards a brilliant path along their future carrier. So the 2010 batch of the Civil Engineering Department of University of Moratuwa had decided to host a mentoring program for the undergraduates in collaboration with the Civil Engineering Society. Accordingly, the introductory session on “iNFLEXION”, the Annual Mentoring Program was brought up to the stage successfully on 22^nd of November, 2021. This monumental session was conducted from 6.00 p.m. onwards via Zoom. For year 2021, the mentoring program was decided to be conducted specifically for the level 3 students. On this remarkable day, CES Official Website also was launched along with this session writing down a golden memory in Civil diaries.

 

Giving a warm welcome to the audience, the Head of the department Prof. (Mrs.) C.Jayasinghe delivered a speech emphasizing the importance of encouragement gifted by the mentors when focusing on the goals. Then, the engineers Mr. Poorna Witharana and Mr. Geethanga Wijesinghe from 2010 batch gave out a clear introduction on the mentoring program, opening an outstanding platform for Civil Engineering undergraduates to clarify their doubts to have a great stride towards the future carrier.

 

After the impressive introduction on the program, students were given the opportunity to raise suggestions. There, the 18 batch students requested for a separate session to enhance the knowledge regarding the industry and occupations in the field related to Civil Engineering under the same program. Also another request was raised to have separate Zoom links for conducting mentoring sessions after dividing the students into groups based on the mentor assigned. Accordingly the undergraduates of level 3 were divided into groups and were assigned to mentors considering the interests of the students related to different fields in Civil engineering. Thereafter Dr. Loshaka Perera (Senior Treasurer) shared his ideas about the value of mentoring process expressing heartfelt gratitude to 2010 batch.

 

Actually this program was initiated with the intention of clarifying the doubts of the Civil engineering undergraduates related to the carrier path, encouraging them and enabling both the personnel and professional development, and it paved a golden way for all the Civil Engineering undergraduates of University of Moratuwa towards priceless opportunities.