More importantly, the day marked a new initiative on which the FoCh volunteers have embarked upon. A model of mentor-student matrix has been adopted with each volunteer (and a back-up) taking up responsibility of following up and mentoring a specific set of students. This has been a long pending activity and we’re hoping it would yield a lot of positive results. 7 mentors are assigned approximately 12 – 13 students each and identify themselves with the letters in F R I E N D S.
Freshly minted – students & mentors
Fresher’s day was conducted with great enthusiasm for all new students joining the FoCh family at St. Teresa School on June 26th, 2011. The senior students took a lot of ownership of the events and warmly welcomed the new students while entertaining everyone present with their spontaneous programs.
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Empowering the Graduates-to-Be
This year at FoCh has something special about it. We have the largest batch of graduating students and most of them have been with us right from their Pre-University years. It would be specially rewarding to see them graduating with flying colors, and at the same time take steps to add value to their personalities.
Towards this, 20 students spent four days from 7 to 11 June, 2011 at Graduate Finishing School, where the GFS team conducted an intensive residential workshop with focus on preparing them for their Interviews next year.
The modules covered were Analytical Skills, Introduction to Soft Skills, Effective Communication, Inter personnel Skills, Facing Interviews, Resume Preparation, GD Tips, Career Options and Practice of Frequently asked Interview questions.
Daily the classes started at 9:00AM in the morning and went on till 7:00 PM, the students also used the computer lab facility from evening 7:00 PM to 11:30 PM. On the last day, everyone went to KRS for a memorable outing.
This exercise has tremendously boosted the motivation levels of the students and the bonding among them. We hope the enthusiasm is sustained and would also plan for follow-up sessions in the later part of the academic year.
You are invited to view the photo-album of the workshop here.
All students and volunteers at FoCh Bangalore are extremely thankful to Venky (co-ordinator of GFS and erstwhile FoCh volunteer) and Praveen Gudi (instructor at the camp) to have made this possible.
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The season of outings
November to February – its the time of the year that is best suited to venture out and we tried to ensure that FoCh students do not miss the bus.
On 7th February, the B.Sc students, BE Students and 2nd Year B.Com had a day-long outing to Srirangapattana and Mysore accompanied by volunteers Akash, Murtuza and Divya.
On 9th January, the PUC II students had an adventurous outing to Ramnagar and Savandurga on the outskirts of Bangalore led by the volunteer team of Deepak, Ravi, Harish, Nagarjuna and Kiran.
These two outings were preceded by an outing of the PUC I & 1st year B.Com students to Ranganthittu bird sanctuary with volunteers Anil, Rajesh, Divya and Murtuza on 19th December, 2010
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TFN 2010 – Wheels of volunteering
This December, FoCh volunteer Akash will take up the challenge of touring the Nilgiris on cycles for the second straight year.
During his bid to cycle through 1020 kms of forests of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, Akash would engage in spreading the word about FoCh among the cycling community, the aspirations of needy students, inspiring stories and volunteering anecdotes.
The FoCh family wishes him success in his endeavor.
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