NSAC E-Bulletin

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NSAC Staff Updates
Dr. Bruce Rathgeber has accepted a permanent position as Assistant Professor, Poultry Products, with the Department of Plant and Animal Sciences after working with the College for four years as the Poultry Research Chair. Bruce can be contacted in his office in Haley Institute at 893-6654 or by e-mail to brathgeber@nsac.ns.ca

Ms. Sarah Morris has accepted a permanent position as the Marketing Coordinator for NSAC. Sarah has just completed a six-month term filling in for the Public Relations Coordinator, Stephanie Rogers, who is now back from Maternity Leave. Sarah's office is in Cumming Hall and she can be contacted at 893-6527 or by e-mail to smorris@nsac.ns.ca

MOU Signed
The official signing of an MOU with the NSAC and CG International was held Thursday, Sept. 16th in the President's Board Room, Cumming Hall

CG International Inc. is a Halifax based company, specializing in international entrepreneurship, business development, community economic development and curriculum development. The company is partnering with NSAC International in an on-going project, and is exploring further joint project development. As well as their Halifax office, they have offices in Portugal, Johannesburg and Palo Alto.

Mr. Chris Curtis, CEO, CG International and Dr. Philip Hicks sign the MOU.
For more information on CG International visit www.cginternational.org

NSAC Attracts National Scholarship Recipients
Last year NSAC joined the consortium of colleges who are members of the Garfield Weston Merit Foundation for Colleges (GWMFC). For the first time we have attracted two national scholarship recipients through this program. National Scholars receive $8,000 renewable scholarships plus have their tuition fees waived at the college of their choice. We are pleased that Tim House of Stephenville, NL and Marissa Lynch, Kinkora, PEI, are two of this year’s GWMFC National Scholars who have chosen to study at NSAC. Ashley Tozer, Antigonish, NS, was the recipient of a Regional Level scholarship through this program.

Garfield Weston Merit Scholarships are Canada’s most prestigious and valuable undergraduate scholarships for colleges; selecting and rewarding talented students who demonstrate service to the community, leadership potential, entrepreneurial energy as well as academic excellence.

Through the financial support of the W. Garfield Weston Foundation, each of the 43 National scholars, selected from every province in Canada, receives $8,000 annually and up to $3,500 in summer enrichment funding over the duration of their program. Garfield Weston Merit Scholarship National Scholars are also supported by 45 top Canadian colleges who generously waive tuition fees for study on their campuses.

In addition to the 43 national scholarships offered in 2004, 27 regional scholarship winners will receive a one-time award of $4,000, while 22 provincial scholars will each receive a one-time award of $2,500.

Varsity Results

Science at Work

Award winning journalist Sandra Devlin is poised to revive “Science at Work,” a weekly column in the Moncton Times and Transcript. She is currently soliciting articles of interest to the general readership of South Eastern New Brunswick. If you are interested in submitting an article or would like to suugest a topic for consideration, please contact Stephanie Rogers for further information at 7247 or by E-mail at srogers@nsac.ns.ca