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15/04/2026

A time of reflection and celebration. 🌟Congratulations to the graduating class of 2026!
4/4 ✅🎓

13/04/2026

On behalf of the Communication & Development Staff and Students Association, we would like to congratulate the graduating class of 2026! 🌟🎓

08/04/2026

Bits and pieces of the Easter Games 🤩

19/03/2026

Celebrating an epic orientation with our freshers on Sunday, 15th March 2026. Here’s to a year of growth, connections, and making memories!🎉🎊🥳

13/03/2026

Attention C4D First Years! ✨️

Come along and meet your peers, connect with seniors and kick-start your university journey! 🎓

📅 15th March 2026
⏰ 6:00PM – 8:00PM
📍 RKLT, UoT Taraka Campus

We have made slight changes in our venue and timing, as shown above. We apologize for any inconvenience.
See you there! 👋

12/03/2026

Attention C4D First Years! ✨️
Come along and meet your peers, connect with seniors and kick-start your university journey! 🎓

📅 15th March 2026
⏰ 2:00PM – 4:00PM
📍 CDS Department

See you there! 👋

13/08/2025

The Executives of The CDSSA hosted the Industrial Talk program on Saturday the 9th of Aug 2025 at RKLT✨✨

‼️The Industrial Talk is a program that takes place every year of the Second semester of school. This is when the Final year students give presentations about their PWE(Professional Work Experience) or industrial Training during the first semester.

Here the Final years talked about their experiences working in the field ,they talked about the environment and conditions they worked in and the people they've met and the Tasks they carried out and even gave advice's where it was needed to their fellow CDSSA juniors.

The Program began with Opening Remarks from the CDSSA president - RYAN GIUSU

Following that began the final years presentations.
They where Four speakers for the night starting of with;

✅DELMA MANUKI- PNG UOT PUBLIC RELATIONS

✅SAMANTHA NUTKENA- EVANGELICAL LUTHEREN CHURCH

✅BELINDA BOI- DULUX GROUP PTE

✅MOSES PENA- THE NATIONAL

In house guest speakers included ;

🔵MR MILBA- A lecturer and Final year coordinator

He came on to give his remarks and criticisms on the presentations and highlighted important details from his observations and also gave some much need advices to the student Body.

Guest Speakers where also invited to give speeches and criticisms and also gave presentations about themselves and their careers.They Spoke about what life is like after finishing tertiary level education and going into the workforce and the challenges and benefits you will come across and how to handle them.

The speakers included:

1. LUCY KOPANA - PNG UOT PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICE

2. RUTH KUSAK DAVID - HEAD OF PROGRAMS FOR GROW PNG LTD

3. JEREMY MARK- WAFI GOLPU MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS SUPERINTENDENT

After the guest speakers gave their presentations, The CDSSA president - Ryan Giusu- gave his closing remarks and the guests where presented with Gifts by the President and Vice President - Sandra Ali.

The night ended with light refreshments and the CDSSA students left inspired with knowledge and advice for the future.✨✨

Posted by CDSSA media coordinator- Joshua Rupen

08/04/2025

"To the following incredible graduates of the School for Communication and Development Studies Class of 2025, 🎉✨Congratulations for this amazing achievement It's been a long 4 years of your education and your hard work and dedication , passion, resilience, and commitment have truly shone throughout your studies. As you step into the next chapter of life may you continue to chase your dreams, make a difference, and inspire others. Wishing you all the success and happiness in the world!"
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18/09/2024

On July 27th, the 2024 CDSSA Executives hosted the 2024 CDS Industrial Talk; the theme for this event was "To Inspire Aspirations By Sharing Experiences From Different Fields of C4D".

This initiative allowed three Final Year students to share their experiences from their Industrial Training. The three speakers of that night were;
1. Kamakan Malipu - Lae City Authority
2. Nerius Kotiti - West New Britain. Prov. Government
3. Teshilda Beiyo - Links of Hope PNG

We also had our lecturers give remarks on their observations of the final Year students and their journey of teaching them, namely;
1. Mr. John Milba - Industrial Training and Final Year Coordinator & Lecturer
2. Mr. Sefo - Lecturer

Guest speakers were also invited to share their experiences from the different fields of C4D, namely;
1. Mr. Scott Waide - the founder of LEKMAK
2. Ms. Sheila Harou - Senior Social Performance External Affairs Advisor for Wafi-Golpu Joint Venture.
However, Ms. Sheila Harou was not able to attend due to personal reasons, leaving the invitation open to 2 men which attended on her behalf.

As we started the night off with our speakers sharing what they had, we ended it with light refreshments. The speeches given by our speakers, lecturers and the experiences shared by our final Year students were amazing and very much appreciated. We, the CDSSA Executives, want to thank everyone that participated in making this event a success and for the speakers of the night for making the time and sharing what they had.

10/08/2024

The PNGUOT Open Day was an event during which the Papua New Guinea University of Technology invited the high-schools in Lae to visit and explore what happens in the institution. It was a chance for students to get a firsthand look at the institution, its facilities, and activities.

The link to our pictures taken is attached below;
https://photos.app.goo.gl/So8De1m9oo15MqTn6

18/05/2024

Meet the Executives, Part 2. The faces of the CDSSA.

"Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day." —Jesse Jackson

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