NSAC E-Bulletin

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NSAC to Pilot Writing Centre
NSAC has decided to pilot a writing centre for the month of March. Students can get help with basic writing and composition skills. The instructor is Ben Welsh who currently teaches a section in ENGL1001. The Centre will operate from March 9th to 31st from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the MacRae Library Seminar # 3. Students can drop in or sign up for a session at the Library circulation desk. The intent is to provide students with an opportunity to get help with their writing. The following kinds of help will be provided:

- strategies for getting started writing and organizing ideas
- suggestions for improving written work
- identification of writing problems
- assistance with the basic concepts of paraphrasing and referencing.

Please encourage your students to use this service. This is a pilot project which will hopefully lead to a more comprehensive service for students. We need your support. A poster is attached.
For more information: contact Lauranne Sanderson at lsanderson@nsac.ns.ca

The Trend To Full-Text Scientific Information Online
A shift is occurring such that more and more materials are available online as full-text. Before accessing this material, the user’s affiliation must be authenticated (by local IP address of your on-campus computer, or through the campus proxy server). Links are made to publishers’ sites directly from the Novanet catalogue, from specialized databases (Academic Search Premier) and from the Library's web site - MLER pages. This has relieved some of the pressure being felt by the document delivery service/ interlibrary loans service. In addition, as an interim measure, graduate students in the NSAC and Dalhousie University joint graduate program are able to get a NetID from Dalhousie that allows remote access to many of Dalhousie’s electronic resources.

Faculty who have appointments to the Dalhousie Faculty of Graduate Studies may apply, once annually in January, for a NetID for similar remote access.

NSAC Seminar Committee Presents....

Triticale – Past, Present and Future
by Dr. Donald Salmon, Plant Breeder, Alberta Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development

March 16th, 2005 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

C.A. Douglas Room, Cumming Hall

Research Ethics Review: Principles and Pointers
by Pat Lindley, Office of Human Research Ethics Administration, Dalhousie University

March 23rd, 2005 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

C.A. Douglas Room, Cumming Hall

All are Welcome to Attend!!

Research News
This week we recognize the publications of Dr. Phil Warman, Adjunct Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences. Past recipient of the NSAC Research Excellence Award and NSERC 25th Anniversary Award, for holding an NSERC research grant for more than 25 years, Dr. Warman continues to impress the research community with his achievements post-retirement as demonstrated by his publication record.

Wayne MacDonald Retires
Wayne MacDonald, recently retired from Physical Plant, would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for dropping in at the Shop last week with best wishes. It was certainly appreciated.

Varsity Results
UNBSJ defeated NSAC women in semi-final ACAA Championships, March 4th, 79-48.

Mike Ackerley was the recipient of the 2005 Rod Shoveller Award. The Rodd Shoveller Memorial Award is awarded annually to a male or female basketball player in the Atlantic Colleges Athletic Association who has contributed to sport and society through excellence in academics, athletics, leadership and sportsmanship. Congratulations Mike!

Love or Something Like It
NSAC Drama Society presents Love or Something Like It March 9, 10 and 11 at 8:00 p.m. in the NSAc Alumni Theatre. Directed by Kent Loughead and produced by NSAC Student Union. Tickets are $8.00 for adults and $5 students. Please take a look at the attached poster for more information

NSAC Centennial 2005
NSAC continues to celebrate its Centennial with the recent installation of five street banners across campus. These banners, at key locations across campus, have been established primarily for university awareness but may be used from time to time to promote various university events. The banners, three on College road, one on Cox Drive and one on the corner of Cox Drive and Pictou Road, are currently promoting our centennial. For more information on these banners please contact our Marketing Manager, Sarah Morris at smorris@nsac.ns.ca

A variety of Centennial promotional products have been produced as keepsakes of our anniversary year and are currently available for purchase at the NSAC Bookstore. Please have a look and don't miss out.

Alumni Chronicles: As a Centennial project, NSAC is developing a series of afternoon social/seminars in an effort to showcase the accomplishments of our alumni. Each session will be given by a graduate who has made a significant contribution since graduation. This contribution may be scientific, entrepreneurial, social or in any other way which enhances our society. It is hoped that we will showcase the potential of NSAC graduates and that this will provide our current students with role models. We hope that these social seminars will also become a regular event (once/month) where all members of the NSAC community can meet informally for a coffee break and a social time before each presentation.

Please keep posted to the NSAC E-Bulletin for more information on our first speaker, March 18th.

Engineering Undergraduate Seminar
" Engineering Design: It's More than the Sum of the Parts"
Dr. Eldon Gunn, Department of Industrial Engineering, Dalhousie Faculty of Engineering,
Room 25, Banting Building, Thursday March 10 at 4:00pm.