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NSAC E-Bulletin
Please forward your submissions to the NSAC E-Bulletin to Stephanie
Rogers (news@nsac.ca)
by Friday at 3:00 p.m. for inclusion in the next week's edition.
Tuition Fees Announced
Tuition fees for the 2005-2006 academic year have been determined.
An increase of approximately 3.9 per cent will see tuition rates
for degree programs increase by $19 per course while technical
tuition will increase by $12.
NSAC continues to be one of the most economical choices for
science-minded undergraduates.
“WIth guaranteed provincial funding as a result of the
December 2004 Memorandum of Understanding, NSAC is able to continue
to deliver high quality, competitive programs that are accessible
to our students," said NSAC President Dr. Philip Hicks.
" This agreement gives us the advantage of planning ahead,
thereby, passing along the benefits to our students and their
families."
Campus accommodation costs will increase by approximately three
per cent consistent with inflation.
Canadian Executive Services Organization
(CESO)
Volunteer Opportunities
CESO is a not-for-profit, volunteer-based organization founded
in 1967 providing economic development expertise to Aboriginal
and non-Aboriginal Canadians and clients in countries such as
Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Central and South America and emerging
market economies in Central and Eastern Europe.
The university is a key resource in the provision of advice
and expertise to developing economies. CESO offers an opportunity
for experienced professionals to share their lifetime knowledge
and skills even after they are no longer prepared to offer such
services on a full-time basis. CESO volunteers help resolve
the sorts of difficulties experienced by new and expanding initiatives
and by struggling government agencies—frequently in communities
where such resources are scarce. For the rest of the
article, please click here
Spring is in the Air
Dr. Hicks, Dr. Struik and Dr. Kris Pruski during their recent
visit to the Netherlands.
Baked Beans and Brown Bread Dinner
The NSAC Teaching Associate Group (TAG) presents a Baked Beans
and Brown Bread Dinner in support of the Amphitheatre project
A liter of homemade baked beans and a loaf of brown bread will
be delivered on June 1st to all those who purchase a ticket
valued at $8.00
Help us to provide money for landscape lighting for the Amphitheatre.
Tickets are available until May 26th from TAG
members:
Wayne Bola
Carolyn Crewe
Paul MacIsaac
Laurel MacIntosh
Joan Stiles
Sherry Chaisson
Stuart Gibb
Anne Swan
Judy Grant
Students’ Union May - August 2005
Please note the updated schedule office hours for NSAC Students’
Union May through August 2005. The Summer Executive position
will be fulfilled by Mary McPhee, which includes 20 Hours per
week on campus. Mary’s hours will generally be as follows,
but will be posted each week/month as well:
Monday 12:00 noon thru 5:00 pm,
Tuesday 9:00 am thru 3:00 pm (lunch 12-1),
Wednesday 9:00-3:00 (lunch 12-1), and
Thursday 9:00-3:00 (lunch 12-1).
Mary will also, as Student Union Executive member, be required
to sit on all Committees/Boards/Groups that require student
(S. Union) representation at any time.
It is requested that the Chairs/Leaders of all groups on campus
inform Mary via e-mail (mmmcphee@nsac.ns.ca)
of any student representatives on their committees before May
19th, 2005.
Students’ Union appreciates the patience and understanding
of our colleagues after our move and apologize for any inconvenience
in the past weeks due to lack of communication. We look forward
to working with you all.
M. McPhee
2005 Open House – Challenge to Departments
At Environmental Horticulture, we have the same problem most
programs do. We find ourselves short of ambassadors working
in the secondary school system – ambassadors who will
promote our program to prospective students. We’ve decided
to do something about that, today. We are creating an experiential
learning event for guidance counsellors to be held on NSAC Open
House Day, July 22. And we are challenging each of our other
departments to build an exciting experiential learning event
for that day too!
Just to get your creativity smoldering, I’ll share some
details about our event. We are bringing 20 to 30 guidance counsellors
from across the region, and their families, to campus on Open
House Day, Thursday, July 28th. While their families enjoy a
special day of guided tours and entertainment, guidance counsellors
will spend the day with us, learning hands-on about how we use
applied science to develop horticulture projects and how central
a balanced environment is to project success. We want guidance
counsellors to ‘sell’ our profession to their students
as a true science profession. The group will spend about six
hours with us, first learning the ecology involved and then
building a real-life water feature and working ecosystem beside
Collins. We think guidance counsellors will come primarily to
learn how to install a water feature, but leave with a new understanding
of environmental horticulture and an enthusiasm to promote it
to their students. The event includes lunch at Alumni Gardens
and lots of hands-on fun.
We hope you will think about a similar event for Open House
Day that promotes your program! For more information on this
project, you can talk to Tracey MacKenzie at
tmackenzie@nsac.ns.ca
NSAC Adjunct Professor Seminar Series
Our Fourth presentation in this series is by: Dr. Tony Sturz,
Coordinator, Crop Research and Laboratories, PEI Department
of Agriculture and Fisheries
Title: Beneficial Plant-Bacteria Relationships
in Agroecosystems
Thursday May 19th, 2005 12:00 p.m. to 1:00
p.m.
C.A. Douglas Room Cumming Hall
Please feel free to bring a bag lunch; coffee, juice and cookies
will be provided. Presented in cooperation with NSERC, the Research
and Graduate Studies Office and the NSAC Seminar Committee
Research News
Congratulations are extended to Drs. Ralph Martin and Nancy
McLean on the success of their proposal entitled "Development
and evaluation of tetraploid red clover". NSDAF Technology
Development program awarded $38,300 over the next two years
toward this project.
NSERC hosts Successful University-Industry Partnerships
Workshop at NSAC
On May 11, the Atlantic Regional Office of NSERC (Moncton) hosted
a one-day workshop for Research administrator, Industry Liaison
and Technology Transfer Officers and several funding agency representatives
in Nova Scotia.
The workshop focused on NSERC’s industry partnership programs
- many of which have been successfully used at NSAC. The case
studies presented included one by our own Dr. Raj Lada, who spoke
about the challenges and ‘win-win’ benefits to both
researchers and industry of participation in the Collaborative
Research & Development program.
In addition, excellent overviews by several agencies that fund
or otherwise promote university-industry collaborative research
were given, including ACOA, NRC-IRAP, Industry Canada, CRA (Tax
Credits) and Springboard. Fostering innovation to grow the knowledge-based
economy is a key mission of these programs - the goal is to encourage
researchers and industry to work together to add value to our
economy and improve our quality of life.
Technology Transfer Seminar Notes Available
For those of you who missed the April 27th
workshop given by Dr. Gordon Byrd, Manager of Technology Transfer
at U.P.E.I., his notes are now available from Laurie Eagles
in the Research Office. Dr. Byrd’s seminar provided an
excellent overview of the technology development process from
discovery to commercialization and is timely in relation to
the flurry of knowledge transfer activity being promoted by
our research funding agencies.
Research Office Closed
Please be advised that the Office of Research & Graduate
Studies will be closed on Wednesday, May 18, 2005
to allow staff to attend training sessions in Halifax. We apologize
for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your
support of our continued professional development.
Biosolids and Bioethics - Invited
Speaker, May 25th, 2005
Dr. Jason Scott Robert, Assistant Professor, Center for Biology
and Society and School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University
will visit NSAC to speak on Biosolids and Bioethics May
25th, 2005 Noon to 1:00 p.m. Room 257, Cox Institute
Jason Scott Robert is Assistant Professor of Life Sciences
in the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University.
He teaches in the Bioethics Program within the Center for Biology
and Society. Jason’s PhD is in philosophy (McMaster University,
2000), and prior to joining the faculty at ASU, he was a Canadian
Institutes of Health Research New Investigator and Assistant
Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Dalhousie University.
He has published many articles in the philosophy of biology
and bioethics and his first book, Embryology, Epigenesis and
Evolution: Taking Development Seriously, was published by Cambridge
University Press in 2004.
Jason has been recently preoccupied with determining the roles
and responsibilities of scientists and bioethicists in the face
of controversial science, such as the creation of part-human
chimeras in stem cell biology. He is a member of the Stem Cell
Network in Canada, and he serves on the Advisory Board of the
Canadian Institute of Population and Public Health
All are welcome to attend this intriguing seminar!
September 2005 New Students and First
Year Advising
We are preparing for the arrival of our September 2005 new
students! If you are interested in being a first year advisor
please contact Lynn Crosby at lcrosby@nsac.ns.ca
or by phone 893 6604. For those who already renewed or expressed
interest about first year advising please be informed Lynn will
be in contact with you soon.
Learning Chinese
The first class in the informal series on learning Mandarin
was held on Wednesday, May 11. Gefu Wang Pruski led an enthusiastic
group of about
30 students, who learned the proper way of saying hello! If
you didn't
make it to the first class, you are very welcome to come to
the next class, on Wednesday, May 18, from 12 noon to
1 PM, in Cox 260. We hope to see you there.
Notice of Surname Change
I am pleased to announce that on Saturday May 14th Mark and
I were married. Not out of convention or a sense of tradition,
but to celebrate life and to honour Mark, I am taking his surname.
I will now be known to my undergraduate students as Dr Pitts.
Thanks to ITS for arranging to activate my new email address
(npitts@nsac.ns.ca) and for arranging to have “ncrowe”
remain functional for a transition period during which time
email will be automatically forwarded to my new address.
Nancy (Crowe) Pitts
NSIA Award Winners
The Nova Scotia Institute of Agrologists held their Annual
meeting and Awards banquet April 21, 2005. Susan Simpson, Class
of 1992. Susan Simpson of Truro was awarded the Outstanding
Young Agrologists Award, presented by Kevin Sibley, President
of NSIA (right).
(L to R) Mr. Brian Smith, Susan Simpson and Kevin Sibley
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