News letter Volume 1, Issue III - Addis Ababa University

P A G E 8Spring festival @ AAUThe Chinese languagecenter at AAU and theAddis Ababa ConfuciusInstitute held a celebrationfor the Chinese NewYear, the Spring Festival,on January 24, 2012 onmain campus.Marking of the daystarted with openingremarks by AdmasuTsegaye (PhD), AAUPresident, and Mr. ZhengGuojin, Cultural Counselorof the ChineseEmbassy.“The relationshipbetween China andEthiopia is gettingstronger, and this shouldbe better bonded inacademic collaborations”,said Dr. Admasupainting the need tomake such culturalexchanges in anacademic environment.“As this year is a Dragonyear which falls in thedefinition of bringingsuccess and happiness,AAU hopes to have afruitful alliance withChina”, Dr. Admasuadded.Mr. Zheng Guojin on hispart underlined the rolecelebrating the festivalplays in enhancingcultural exchangesbetween Ethiopia andChina and thanked theChinese language center atAAU and Addis AbabaConfucius Institute forhosting such a remarkableday.Chinese performancegiven by Addis AbabaConfucius Institute studentsand Chinese cultureexperience including ChineseTea, Paper cuttingand Chinese Chopstickswere some of the ingredientsof the festivity.The Spring Festival,“Chunjie” ( ) is themost important festivalfor the Chinese peopleand is time when allfamily members gettogether, just like Christmasin the West.节 春When AAU moves …. Cont... From page 7Dr. Hirut Woldemariam,Vice President for ExternalRelations, Strategic Planand Partnerships on herpart has stressed that theOffice for CommunityServices, which falls in herportfolio, plans to expandsuch public events as suchno more stands optional.“A simple give back to thecommunity could be madethrough hearty efforts, ifnot it is duty bound”, saidErmias Dagne (Prof.Emeritus), a veteran AAUChemist. Prof. Ermias hasshown the gatheringmedicinal and aromaticherbals research productswhich he said would relaxand give comfort besidesthe medicinal value, whichhe presented a miniaturebottle of extracted herbalsto HE Ato Juneydin on agesture showing gratitude.Delegates from theUniversity of Barcelonaand others have madepresentations to glamourthe session.The open day is initiatedby the department ofComputer Sciences CNS,to run for a day and wonimpressions from thecentral office to pull out asa three days exhibitorysession. HE Ato Juneydinhas cut ribbon to mark theofficial opening of the threedays outdoor show,exhibiting AAU’s researchproducts.A A U B I - M O N T H L YThis bi-monthly newsletter is produced by Communications Office of Addis Ababa University.Please reach us on: commoffice@aau.edu.et