NSAC E-Bulletin

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AGGIES “GET TOGETHER”

Calling the Class of 1975.....

The two Carol’s (Coldwell/Brennan & Palmeter/Versteeg) have been talking and thought it would be nice to have a summer get together. For some of us, it has been 30 years since we graduated from NSAC. We felt that we shouldn’t call the get together a class reunion, since we didn’t want to interfere with anything that is happening during the October home coming time.

Sunday, August 7, 2005, is the agreed time. Place - The Brennan cottage in Halls Harbour, NS., from noon until whatever time you want to leave. We thought “pot luck” would be the best way to go, that way we don’t have to guess on numbers.

Everyone is welcome! We would like whoever gets this notice to pass it on to anyone you feel might like to come. If you have any questions or concerns you can contact either one of the Carol’s at 506-278-5577/carol.brennan@fcc-fac.ca or 902-758-3530/ carol.versteeg@ns.sympatico.ca
We hope to get a good turn out - we are depending on you!! I’m sure everyone has lots of stories they can tell!

Open House 2005

Colleagues,

I just wanted to send out a brief word of thanks to you all for the great team-spirit and good effort everyone put in, to the Open House we all enjoyed last Thursday. I was impressed with the level of activity and commitment shown by all. Every place I went on campus, I witnessed our visitors of all ages, enjoying themselves and being looked after well by faculty, staff and student volunteers. Thanks NSAC, for a wonderful showing! It’s events like this that will make a real impact by our university and in the long run do a lot to enhance our enrollment numbers.

Philip

Summer Edition of diaLOG

NSAC has two articles in the most recent edition of the summer edition of diaLOG. The June/July edition of diaLOG is filled with all the news about what’s been happening in Nova Scotia’s exciting life sciences industry over the past couple of months.

Find out about the Atlantic region’s participation in the recent mission to BIO in Philadelphia. Get up to speed on ACOA’s AIF announcement and see what BioNova had to say about it. And be sure to check out the special article on “Developing Biotechnology Skills” from the perspective of one of our members, John Zawadzki.

Click on the following link to read the newsletter: http://www.bionova.ns.ca/cmp_newsletter/default.cfm

NSAC Students’ Union Hours, July 18th - September 1st, 2005

NSAC Students’ Union continues hours for the rest of the summer. We will be moving back into our offices in Cox Institute sometime after August 1st. After the move, we will leave our temporary location in the Dairy Building, and a memo will be posted to that effect to inform the rest of campus at that time.

Mary McPhee is representing the SU across campus this summer. Her hours for the rest of the summer will generally be as follows:
1. Monday - Thursday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm daily (lunch approximately 12:00 noon thru 1:00 pm) for the weeks of July 18th - July 21st, July 25th - July 28th, August 1st - August 4th.
2. Away from campus August 5th thru August 15th inclusive, e-mail checked periodically.
3. Not holding Office Hours August 15th - August 22nd, but will be checking e-mail regularly, as well as reassembling Students Union space in Cox Institute.
4. Monday - Thursday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm daily (lunch approximately 12:00 noon thru 1:00 pm) for the weeks of August 22nd - August 25th, and August 29th -September 1st.

Students’ Union apologizes for any inconvenience due by our scheduled absences, and looks forward to continuing to work with our many campus counterparts. The remainder of the SU executive will return in September, and we will then post office hours and fulfill our respective committee roles. Please feel free to get in touch with us via e-mail, or by phone (895.3963).

All the best for the rest of the summer from SU!

M. McPhee

Arthur Haskins to Retire!

On August 31, 2005, after 31 years of Horticultural work with the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and as the Plant and Animal Sciences greenhouse Manager with the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Arthur Haskins will be retiring – and will be greatly missed by all of his colleagues. The Plant and Animal Science Department will be hosting an informal get together on Wednesday, August 10, 2005 from 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Please come join us to help us celebrate all the work Arthur has done and to wish him well in his retirement. We will be located in Cox Institute, Room 150.

For any questions or inquiries please contact Marianne Clark at 893-6633 or mclark@nsac.ns.ca or Shannon Kilyanek at 893-6677 or skilyanek@nsac.ns.ca.

Everyone is welcome to join us, so please come and help us wish Arthur all the best as we acknowledge his 31 years of dedicated work and friendship.

Please pass this announcement on to any interested persons who may not be reached by this bulletin.