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10 lucky numbers which consequently won MP4 players were drawn by an electronic system at TBU. All those who managed to find a hidden symbol BE IN! STUDY IN ZLIN. on the TBU web pages were entered into the draw. The following 10 persons won an MP4 player each: Michal Krajňanský, Zlín, Michaela Černá, Holice v Čechách, Barbora Šebová, Praha, Veronika Bayerová, Zlín, Jakub Dvořák, Uherské Hradiště, Radek Hála, Ledenice, Alice Píšková, Luhačovice, Martin Dibďák, Uherské Hradiště, Petra Škorničková, Litoměřice, Jiřina Mánková, Dolní Čermná. Congratulations to the winners!

IN.GHOST, the most popular student magazine at TBU, has been published after a rather long pause. The editors worked hard throughout the entire semester in order to prepare 44 pages of high quality texts dealing with Christmas and winter topics. The latest issue of IN.GHOST is expected to ease and sweeten your wait for an exam or the last boring lecture before Christmas, or whet your appetite for the Christmas holidays during your journey back home… For further information (in Czech only) please refer to http://www.inghost.hustej.net .

The TBU Faculty of Management and Economics offers a Bachelor’s programme in cooperation with Huddersfield University Business School in Great Britain. After completing the first two years of their Bachelor’s programme at TBU in Zlín, students have an opportunity to continue their third year at HUBS in Great Britain. The studies are completed with Bachelor’s exams and graduates receive the degree of BA (Hons) European Business. Although they can continue their Master’s studies at the FaME, most of the students who have graduated from Huddersfield University gain further theoretical experience at universities in Britain but also in Sweden, Norway or Korea.

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A regional round of the chemistry olympiad – a competition aimed at secondary school students, in which they can demonstrate their talent for chemistry – was held on Friday 7 December 2007 at the Faculty of Technology of Tomas Bata University in Zlín (FT TBU).

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The 7th annual nationwide student conference entitled ‘The Current Role and Status of Students at Higher Education Institutions’ was held from 29 to 30 November 2007.

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A pre-Christmas charity show entitled ‘Let’s Take Exercises – This Time to Help Dogs’ has been organized for fitness enthusiasts and dog fanciers by students of the Faculty of Multimedia Communications.

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Students of the Faculty of Multimedia Communications at Tomas Bata University invite you to the traditional pre-Christmas sporting event called ‘Paraparáda’ that will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. on Thursday 6 December 2007. But this won’t be just an ordinary sporting event! The sports hall of the Secondary Technical School in Zlín will be transformed into an ocean full of pirates since the topic of ‘Pirates’ accompanies this year’s Paraparáda.

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Public Relations Office and the Student Union would like to invite you to participate in the third ‘Illuminating of the Christmas Tree’ in the history of TBU. The festive event aimed at students, TBU employees and their children will take place at 4 p.m. on Tuesday 4 December 2007 in front of the U2 building (Mostní Street).

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A lecture entitled ‘Work and Travel’ will be held at Tomas Bata University in Zlín at 2 p.m. on 4 December 2007 in the lecture room B in the U2 building (Mostní Street).

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In connection with the event called “Illuminating of the University Christmas Tree”, to take place on 4 December 2007, an official day off starting at 3 p.m. has been announced for that day and that in accordance with Rector’s Decree No. 16/2007.

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ECDL (European Computer Driving Licence) - preparatory course for those wishing to gain the ECDL qualification.

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The Fulbright Commission offers six-week research fellowships in the USA.

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The Faculty of Technology stages a sculpture exhibition of the Zlín-based artist Jaroslav Kovanda. The exhibition will begin at 4 p.m. on 21 November 2007 in front of the FT Dean’s Office. You are cordially invited!

On 19 November 2007 the TBU Rector drew the lucky winning number, which consequently won a language course in Great Britain.

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VELVET 2007
selling period 12 – 24 November 2007

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An international non-profit student organization called IAESTE (International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience) is looking for students interested in taking part in a professional traineeship abroad in the year 2008. An open competition will be held at 5 p.m. on Tuesday 27 November 2007 in the building U2, room No. 0111. For further information kindly refer to www.utb.iaeste.cz.

First projection of the FMC open-air cinema titled ‘Bony, Pop a Lenin’ will take place at 6.30 p.m. on Wednesday 7 November (90th anniversary of the ‘VŘSR’ - Bolshevik Revolution, 1917) in the atrium of the U4 building. Let’s commemorate the last few pre-revolutionary years in an unconventional way!

Election for the office of Dean of the FaME is currently taking place at the Faculty of Management and Economics. Two proposals were submitted by 2 November 2007:

1. prof. Ing. Jiří Polách, CSc., Head of the Department of Enterprise Economics of the FaME
2. doc. Dr. Ing. Drahomíra Pavelková, Vice-Rector for Research and Development and Head of the Department of Finance and Accounting 

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Please accept our invitation to a very special event which will offer a unique opportunity to learn a lot not only about British literature and the English language but also about one of the world’s foremost linguistic experts, David Crystal, and his work.

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Two works by students of the Faculty of Multimedia Communications will be released on TV Nova and ČT2 on Saturday 3 November and on Sunday 4 November 2007.

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A relaxed atmosphere prevailed at the meeting of the representatives of the Student Union and the FMC Communication Agency that took place on Monday 15 October 2007. Their activities were introduced to Mr Bata during the meeting. “We appreciated the great opportunity to meet Mr Bata personally. It is incredible how energetic and young in spirit he is. It is obvious that he enjoys the company of young people.” said one of the students. “I am usually informed about the events at the University by its management, therefore I was happy that I could get to know the way students spend their time and learn of their interests.” claimed 93-year-old Tomas Bata, who willingly posed with students for photographers in front of his father’s statue.

We are pleased to announce the opening of nominations for election of the FaME Dean. The election was called by the Academic Senate of the FaME at its regular meeting on 1 October 2007.

Please accept the invitation of the University Institute of TBU in Zlín to the 2008 Plastko Conference. The event will be held at the TBU Congress Centre in Zlín on 23 - 24 April 2008.
An on-line preliminary application form and detailed information on the Conference are available from our website http://web.uni.utb.cz/id=0_1&iid=2&lang=cs&type=0. If you have any questions, please email blahova@uni.utb.cz.

We are delighted to invite you to the international scientific conference on Knowledge-Based Economy – Trends in Educational, Scientific and Business Development to be held at Společenský dům, Lázně Luhačovice, on 29 November 2007. The event will be hosted by the Faculty of Management and Economics, TBU in Zlín.

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Please accept our invitation to the opening of the exhibition of work by the teaching staff of the TBU FMC Department of Product Design. The event will be held at Alternativa – Kulturní institut, Osvoboditelů 3778, Zlín, on Monday 15 October 2007, starting at 7 p.m.

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Reminder and Extension of Deadline

This is a gentle reminder that the extended and final paper submission deadline for the on-line International E-Conference on Computer, Information, and Systems Sciences, and Engineering (http://www.cisse2007.org) is in two weeks (22 October 2007). The Conference organizing committee has decided to extend the paper submission deadline due to numerous deadline extension requests from potential CISSE 2007 authors. CISSE 2007 has received more than 300 paper submissions so far from over 60 countries.

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The Technology Innovation Centre (TIC) has been awarded a prestigious prize in the category “The Most Beneficial Business Property for the Development of Applied Research”. On 4 October, Slovanský dům in Prague hosted a special ceremony held to announce and award the winners of the 7th annual “Business Property of the Year” contest, co-organized by CzechInvest (Investment and Business Development Agency) and AFI (Association for Foreign Investments). The event was held under the auspices of the Minister of Industry and Trade, Mr Martin Říman.

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On 19 - 25 September 2007, Bratislava, Slovakia hosted the "Prix Danube Festival", the 19^th biennial film and television festival for children and the youth, which introduced 87 broadcasters and producers from 39 countries. The main competition was entered by 104 children's films, particularly from traditionally powerful Scandinavian countries, Great Britain and France, but also from Korea, Japan and Brazil. The competition comprised several categories: feature, animation, educational programmes and documentaries. Within each category, one prize and two certificates of merit were awarded by three juries (adult jury, children's jury and youth jury).

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Please accept an invitation of the Faculty of Technology to attend the inauguration of its new Dean, doc. Ing. Petr Hlaváček, CSc. The ceremony shall be held at the University Assembly Hall in Mostní Street, Zlín, on 10 October 2007, starting at 11 a.m. You are cordially invited to join us at this event.

On Tuesday 9 October 2007, three of Zlín clubs (Golem, Musicland A and Flip) will host a special event organized by the TBU Student Union. Welcoming parties for freshman students will take place simultaneously, starting at 8 pm. All the freshmen, other university students and anybody interested in spending the night enjoying themselves will have a great chance to listen to different sorts of music, dance, take part in various competitions and just have fun. For those who hold an ISIC card there is no admission fee for this event. The fee for freshmen is CZK 30, for others it is CZK 50.

In Golem you can enjoy Senzace příštího léta, Fast Food Orchestra and DJ Boston, in Musicland A DJs Jose&Lexxa, and Flip will offer golden oldies.

The Siemens Company has announced the 10^th award contest for the best Diploma, Doctoral and Research Theses entitled "Cena Siemens - Werner von Siemens Excellence Award 2007". So far, 140 candidates have been awarded and over CZK 4 million has been given to students and research teams.

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On 18 September 2007, an international conference entitled "Education and Knowledge Aiming for the Successful Development of the Zlín Region as a Knowledge-Based and Business Region" will be held in the Assembly Hall of the Academia Centre at TBU in Zlín.

The conference, co-organized by Radanal, s.r.o., Pardubice, the Nutrition Association, Prague, and the Faculty of Technology of Tomas Bata University in Zlín, will be held at the Congress Centre of the Czech University of Agriculture in Prague - Suchdol on 19 - 21 September 2007. The event will be supported by a number of sponsors, exhibiting companies and media partners.

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An agreement on the extension of mutual cooperation between TBU and the East China University of Science and Technology was signed by representatives of both educational institutions in July.
”After more than ten years we have agreed upon intensifying our cooperation, and that regarding the student/staff exchange in particular. Besides, we are planning to continue our cooperation on joint R&D projects with our Chinese colleagues. We would like to have talented students from China studying in our Ph.D. programmes,“ said Petr Sáha, Visiting Professor at the East China University of Science and Technology.

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We are seeking students who have just graduated from university and would appreciate spending a year travelling worldwide and working as International Student Coordinators.

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The refectory Štefánikova U4 will be closed between 09/07 and 29/07/2007.
The refectory Jižní Svahy U5 will be closed between 09/07 and 29/07/2007.

During the mentioned period no meals are available due to holiday.
All employees are entitled to receive the SYAS meal tickets - available in the main cashier's office during the opening hours starting from 09/07/2007.

On 26^th June 2007 a new Laboratory for integrated technological and control systems in buildings officially opened at the Faculty of Applied Informatics of Tomas Bata University in Zlín. The laboratory will be used for teaching, experimental and research purposes and focusing on control, monitoring and management of advanced technological systems in the so-called intelligent buildings. It is above all intended for students studying in the study course Information Technologies, with the specialization Integrated systems in buildings – intelligent buildings, with this study course to welcome its first students after the holidays. Last but not least the laboratory will be used for R&D purposes.

On Friday, 29^th June 2007, Mr. Mirek Topolánek, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, is expected to visit TBU. During his visit he will attend one of the graduation ceremonies.

On Thursday, 21^st June 2007, the Textbook and Souvenir Shop will be closed due to the TBU's new rector inauguration. Thank you for your understanding!

Tomas Bata University in Zlín is ranked No. 11 as regards the evaluation of quality of the Czech higher education institutions (as of 6th June 2007). The evaluation was made in accordance with criteria commonly used in advanced countries, i.e. depending on the results of last year‘s scientific activities and publications. The ranking features 21 public higher education institutions in the Czech Republic.

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Please note:
From 11/06/07 to 12/06/07 the main cashier's office (U2 building, Mostní 5139) will be closed due to the cashier's holiday.
During the mentioned period no cash transactions can be carried out.

Opening hours between 04/06 and 30/06/2007:

Day	Time
Tuesday	9:00 - 11:00
Wednesday	13:00 - 15:00
Thursday	9:00 - 11:00

Closed during July and August !!

The Academic Senate at the Faculty of Technology of Tomas Bata University in Zlín calls the election of a candidate to be appointed as the new Dean at the Faculty of Technology, in compliance with Article 1 Paragraph 3 of the Election Rules. The election will take place during the regular session of the Academic Senate at the Faculty of Technology at 13:00 on 28/05/2007.

From the kitchen table to the EU - Former Erasmus Students invited to Brussels

On 24^th April two former Erasmus Students of Tomas Bata University in Zlín presented their Erasmus Complete project to the European Commission.

The Erasmus Complete project aims at informing future exchange students about all the possible options of spending one semester abroad. It is run as a student to student project – and is closely linked to Tomas Bata University: “It all started in our kitchen during our Erasmus Semester in Zlin” Ricardo Dores, one of the project managers, remembers “and now we have produced the unique idea of improving the Erasmus Programme back at that institution which enabled us to spend this unforgettable semester abroad.”

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In connection with the "Rector's Sports Day", to take place on 10^th May 2006, an official day off has been announced by the TBU Rector for that day and that in accordance with the Rector's Decree No. 9/2007. During the time announced, no classes will be held at the TBU faculties in Zlín and the examination sessions and tutorial hours of academic workers shall be cancelled.

In connection with the Rag Day, to take place on 24^th April 2007, an official day off from 12:00 has been announced for that day and that in accordance with the Rector's Decree No. 7/2007.
During the time announced, no classes will be held at the TBU faculties in Zln and the examination sessions and tutorial hours of academic workers shall be cancelled.

On 10^th April 2007 the TBU Academic Senate elected the new TBU Rector, and that in the third round of the election. Prof. Ing. Ignác Hoza, CSc, currently the Dean at the Faculty of Technology is to head the University during the next four years. Four candidates had been nominated for the post: Besides Prof. Hoza also Prof. Ing. Jiří Polách, CSc., Head of the Department of Enterprise Economics at the TBU Faculty of Management and Economics, Prof. Ing. Roman Prokop, CSc., Vice-Rector for Pedagogical Activities, and Prof. Ing. František Trnka, CSc. To be appointed, one of the candidates had to receive the votes cast by the absolute majority of the TBU Academic Senate members – i.e. at least 16 votes from among 30 Academic Senate members.

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All TBU students and employees are invited to attend a meeting with JUDr. Richard Falbr, Euro-MP, to take place in Otto Wicherle’s Hall (rectorate building U2 – Mostní Street) at 12:00 on Wednesday, 18^th April 2007. Discussion topics: Higher education development strategy according to EU, Czech Republic from the EU's point of view, student participation in improving the quality of higher education.

Invitation to attend lectures held by Mr. James Hill (USA)

All TBU students are cordially invited to attend lectures held by Mr. James Hill (USA) in the U12 lecture hall between 8:00 - 10:00 (Human communication) and between 12:00 - 14:00 (Child abuse) on 12^th April 2007.

The TBU Academic Senate has announced new dates for the university’s rector election. The candidates can be nominated before 10:00 on 05/04/2007. At 12:00 the candidates’ names will be posted on the official board. At 13:00 the candidates will make a public presentation to the academic community. The election of the candidate to be appointed as the new TBU Rector will be held on 10^th April 2007.

The Whitsun Dialogue Symposium, co-organized by the government of the Austrian federal state called Styria within the “Spirit & the Present“ forum, is scheduled to take place between 24^nd and 26^th May 2007. The symposium shall focus on the topic „Europe – Dreams and Traumas“. Students interested in participation who return the registration form by 11^th April 2007 can be granted a scholarship including free admission and accommodation + a part of their travel expenses to be covered.

Contact person: Ms. Birgit Reisenberger, Tel. 0043 316 876 1256, birgit.reisenberger@joanneum.at

Registration form [290 KiB]

On 16^th and 17^th April 2007 an international conference entitled World of Information Systems 2007 will take place at Tomas Bata University in Zlín.
This year's edition (No.4) is expected to be attended by more than 500 participants from the Czech Republic and from abroad. Leading international as well as Czech IT companies such as Microsoft, Oracle, Infor Global Solutions, IDS Scheer etc. will present at the conference. The conference's main organizers are: doc. Ing. Roman Bobák, Ph.D. and Ing. Petr Sodomka, Ph.D.

For further information please refer to: www.cvis.cz

On Friday, 6^th April 2007, the Textbook and Souvenir Shop will be closed due to holiday. Thank you for your understanding.

In connection with the TBU Rector candidates’ presentation, to take place in Otto Wichterle's Hall on 5^th April 2007, an official day off from 13:00 to 16:00 has been announced for that day and that in accordance with the Rector's Decree No. 6/2007.
During the time announced, no classes will be held at the TBU faculties in Zln and the examination sessions and tutorial hours of academic workers shall be cancelled.

The tickets to the Miss Academia final night, to take place in the Municipal Theatre in Zlín on 4^th April, have been sold out already!

The inauguration ceremony of the TBU Faculty of Humanities, established on 01/01/2007, is scheduled to take place in the TBU Assembly Hall at 11:00 on Tuesday, 3^rd April 2007. The new Dean of the faculty, prof. PhDr. Vlastimil Švec, CSc., will be handed over the letter of appointment. Everyone is cordially invited to come!

Tickets for the final night of Miss Academia of the Czech Republic 2007, to be held in the Municipal Theatre in Zlín on 4^th April 2007, will be on sale not only in the theatre but also between 27^th March and 4^th April on the TBU premises.
For more information in Czech please refer to: www.missacademia.cz, where you can also place your votes. Don’t forget to attend the MISS PARTY 2007, to be given in the MusicLand A after the main programme has finished.

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Everyone is cordially invited to take part in the Rag Day 2007, to take place in the “náměstí Míru” square on 24^th April 2007. There will be a manifold programme featuring famous bands, interesting games and the traditional election of the Rag Day King. All the weeks of hard work done by students at the TBU Faculty of Multimedia Communications are a guarantee of everyone having a good time there. For more information in Czech please refer to: www.majales.utb.cz.

Today, i.e. on Wednesday, 28^th March 2007, at the beginning of each lesson, the university students will bring flowers to their teachers and congratulate them on the occasion of the Teachers’ Day. After receiving positive response last year, this small celebration has again been organized by the Public Relations Office in cooperation with the TBU Student Union.

The TBU Academic Senate has not selected any of the candidates to be appointed as the TBU new rector. Two candidates had been nominated for the post: Prof. Ing. Ignác Hoza, CSc, currently the Dean at the TBU Faculty of Technology, and Prof. Ing. Jiří Polách, CSc., Head of the Department of Enterprise Economics at the TBU Faculty of Management and Economics.

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The Czech Swimming Championships for Disabled Athletes, organized by the Czech Sports Association for Mentally Handicapped, will take place in the swimming baths in Zlín in Hradská Street (25 metre pool)) on Wednesday, 28^th March 2007. Co-organizers are students at the TBU Faculty of Multimedia Communications in cooperation with students at the Business and Technical College, Ltd.

The TBU Faculty of Applied Informatics (FAI) will present the study course "Security technologies, systems and management" in their own exhibition stand at the Pragoalarm 2007 (www.pragoalarm.cz) trade fair, to be held in Prague between 11^th and 13^th April 2007 on the exhibition premises in Holešovice. On 12^th April between 13:00 and 17:30 FAI will, in addition, organize a workshop entitled ‘Perspective of university education in the sphere of security’.

All students and university employees are cordially invited to attend the lecture given by Prof. Václav Klaus, President of the Czech Republic, and the following discussion, both to take place on 13 March 2007 between 17:15 and 18:00 in the Assembly Hall in Mostní Street in Zlín. We are looking forward to seeing you!

The TBU Department of Modern Languages would like to invite you to attend the lecture entitled "Interpreting for the European Union or a view from the Czech booth", to be given by doc. PhDr. Ivana Čeňková, CSc. (Institute of Translation Studies, Faculty of Philosophy & Arts at Charles University in Prague) between 10:00 and 12:00 on Thursday, 15^th March 2007 in the U2 building, lecture hall 0111.

The Eurocentre in Zlín would like to invite you to attend the lecture “Interpreting in the European Union – an opportunity for everyone - European Masters in Conference Interpreting (EMCI)“. The lecture will be held in the Regional Authority Building (exposition on the 2^nd floor) at 10:00 on 7 March 2007. ADMISSION: FREE!

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In connection with the TBU Rector candidates’ presentation, to take place on 19 March 2007, an official day off from 13:00 to 16:00 has been announced for that day and that in accordance with the Rector's Decree No. 3/2007.
During the time announced, no classes will be held at the TBU faculties in Zlín and the examination sessions and tutorial hours of academic workers shall be cancelled.

TBU Public Relations Office has organized the lecture “Human rights and business – is there a necessary connection?”, to take place in the lecture hall No. 0111/U2 at 10:00 on 12 March 2007. The lecture will be given by Mr. David Petrasek, policy director in the "Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue" seated in Geneva, Switzerland.

The Student Union in cooperation with the faculty and university authorities is organizing the first official awards to be given to students at Tomas Bata University in Zlín in the Assembly Hall on 7 March 2007.
Everyone is cordially invited to come!

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One World 2007 - an international festival featuring documentary films about human rights will take place between 19^th and 22^nd March 2007 in the Small Stage Theatre in Zlín. The festival is organized by TBU students in cooperation with the “People in Need” organization.

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On Friday, 2^nd February, the first of two semi-finals in the 11^th edition of the Miss Academia of the Czech Republic beauty contest took place in the Hilton hotel in Prague with more than 30 beautiful female students at Czech higher education institutions participating in the pageant. 5 contenders plus one substitute had the luck to be selected by the jury and to go through to the final where the first prize to win will be a car – a Škoda Roomster, to be rented from the contest’s main partner, the Škoda Auto Company, during a period of 6 months.

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On 23/02/07, between 9:00 and 13:00 presentations on development projects carried out at TBU in Zlín in 2006 will be given in the lecture hall No. 0111/U2. All TBU students and employees are cordially invited to come.

An exhibition presenting non-profit organizations in the Zlín Region and entitled "Life Is No Zebra" will be on view between 20/02 and 02/03/2007 in the “Alternativa“ cultural institute in Zlín, Osvoboditelů Street 3778. The opening ceremony will take place on 20/02 at 18:00. FMC students are the exhibition organizers. Everyone is cordially invited to come! Please accept also our invitation to the workshops following on 22/02 at 18:00 (focusing on Ecology, Waste Recycling), on 27/02 at 18:00 (Compensatory Aids, Canistherapy) and on 28/02 (Employment of Handicapped Persons) – all of them to be held in the “Alternativa“ cultural institute.

The Gala Ball of Tomas Bata University in Zlín, seventh in edition already, is to be held on 23^rd March 2007, starting from 20:00 at the Hotel Moskva in Zlín. The Ball is - as usual - being organized by students at the Faculty of Multimedia Communications within the subject called Communication Agency. The entire evening will have an air of French chic.

In connection with the festive gathering of the academic community at TBU in Zlín, to take place on 23^th January 2007, an official day off from 11:00 to 12:30 has been announced for that day and that in accordance with the Rector's Decree No. 2/2007.
During the time announced, no classes will be held at the TBU faculties in Zlín and the examination sessions and tutorial hours of academic workers shall be cancelled.

A festive gathering of employees and students of Tomas Bata University in Zlín on the occasion of the university's 6^th anniversary will take place on 23^th January 2006 at 11:00 in the Assembly Hall of the Congress Centre, Mostní Street 5139, Zlín. All students and employees are invited to come.

Programme:

• welcoming of guests and Rector's opening speech
• presentation of the Interim Dean at FHS
• Rector's Award ceremony
• Doctoral Degree award ceremony
• appointment of new Associate Professors 
• festive toast in the Congress Centre foyer
   
  We are looking forward to seeing you!

During the examination period (02/01/07 - 02/02/07) the opening hours are changed as follows:

Day:	Morning:	Afternoon:
Tuesday	9:00 - 11:00	13:00 - 15:00
Thursday	9:00 - 11:00	13:00 - 15:00

Please note:
From 15/01/07 to 19/01/07 the main cashier's office (U2 building, Mostní 5139) will be closed due to the cashier's holiday.
During the mentioned period no cash transactions can be carried out.

Prof. Ing. Petr Sáha, CSc., the Rector of Tomas Bata University in Zlín and the Chairman of the Czech Rectors’ Conference was appointed a member of the Research and Development Council during a session of the Government of the Czech Republic on 15^th November 2006. Alongside him prof. Ing. Vladimír Haasz, CSc. and Ing. Pavel Vlasák, DrSc. joined the Council as new members.

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The students at the Faculty of Multimedia Communications of Tomas Bata University in Zlín have begun the preparations for the 11^th edition of the Miss Academia 2007 beauty contest. The traditional student competition aiming at selecting the number one female university student intends to dispel the popular myth about beautiful girls not being both good-looking and intelligent. Female university students as well as students of technical colleges will be invited to participate in the contest.

For further information on participation conditions and on the news and progress of the entire competition please refer to www.missacademia.cz. The contest will culminate in the final night held in Zlín in early April, where the new student beauty queen is to be selected, excelling the other participants not only in beauty but in her personal charm and intelligence.

The Tomas Bata Foundation has the pleasure to announce the creation of the „Thomas Bata Foundation Prize" to be awarded to a student of Tomas Bata University for the best thesis written and successfully defended in the English language for the academic year 2006-2007. The Prize is aiming at arousing interest among students in applying their knowledge of English as well as at stimulating the development of bilingualism at TBU. The winning candidate will be offered a two week internship with the BATA SHOE ORGANIZATION in a foreign country and depending on the candidate's line of study.

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