The story of reMARK…How the pieces fell in together

A marketing students’ association first came in to the limelight after the quality review sessions which were conducted last semester and we saw that all other marketing departments in neighboring universities having an active one and plays a major role in their respective faculties. Then our new comer to the department’s lecture panel; Brand Management Lecturer-Ms. Gamithri Karunasena rekindled the idea of inaugurating a marketing students’ association in us. So making that expectation a reality, the inaugural meeting was held on 5th February 2010 (Friday) at 12.30 p.m. in the Hall no. 10. The principle purpose of having such meeting was to inform the committee members about the developments and future activities of the association. We choose members of our batch randomly for the executive committee representing all the friend groups or so called “sets” (as much as possible) in the 3rd year marketing batch. We didn’t put much effort on going for a voting in a special meeting to appoint the members due to the fact that we want to make this association up and running from the shortest time possible and jumping to work as soon as possible, making it more results oriented rather than worrying on positions and hierarchy.

Name of the association…
reMARK, the official name of the association comprises of two parts. “re” represents the revolution and “MARK” represents the field of study; marketing. The name also follows Marketing Students’ Association, Department of Marketing, Faculty of Management & Finance, University of Colombo.
The main colors of the logo are black, red and white which represent elegance, dedication, innovativeness and truthfulness.

Vision of reMARK…

“To be a innovative student body which provides benefit to the students to improve their talents to equip for the future job market while making the department the best undergraduate harnessing center in the education sector as well as in the industry”


Objectives of reMARK…

• To be a beneficial body for the undergrads who are studying in the marketing stream as well for the department.
• To make necessary arrangements to improve student lecturer interaction
• Provide information and insights in to career guidance and open up new career opportunities for the undergrads.
• Enhance the interaction between the department and the industry.
• Make a platform to undergrads to show their creativity and knowledge gain through their education and special skills to the outside world.
• Promote new ways of learning.