We’re pleased to announce that Prof. Dr. Bert Lemmes was on the 21st of August 2011reelected as rector for Cotman University for the academic year 2011/2012.

Prof. Dr. Lemmes continue to function as head for the philosophy department.

The decision to Apple’s XGrid system was taken in the wake of Sony’s decision to cease support for linux as operating system on PS3 systems, which are extensively used at CU CPS’s HPC facility.

XGrid offers the added advantages of utilizing CU’s installed base of Mac OS X systems as well as the current PS3 linux systems for high performance computing (HPC).

If you need to convert a translation memory from one format to another (e.g. trados to wordfast or vice versa) the department for Computational Linguistics at CU will more than likely be able to perform the task for you.

This service should help many freelance translators and translation agencies to be able to keep using the translation memories that they have build up over time, no matter what tm tool the use. It will also be easier to select vendors, which use another tools than yourself.

The newly established Vocational Training Center at CU (CU VTC) will shortly be offering certification in vocational activities. The initial aim is to offer certification to people with considerable amounts of practical experience in a vocation.

The certification can be sought by individuals independently of geographical location because the vetting of the trainee is done by video, as well as by sitting an online exam in the chosen field.

Once again CU is breaking the mould of educational habit. Links to the offered certifications will be added shortly.

Prof. Dr. Andrew M. Patterson joins CU on October 1st 2008, as professor at the department of English literature. Prof. Patterson is an experienced author with several published books under his belt and he has a wealth of experience in teaching English as a foreign language to students in many countries. He will mainly be teaching Creative Writing courses to distance learning students.

However, his expertise might also be utilized by the Department for English Language.

Please join us in welcoming Prof.Dr. Patterson to CU.