NSAC E-Bulletin

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Tools and Technologies to Control Aleutian Disease in Mink

Bible Hill--Nova Scotia Agricultural College (NSAC) is pleased to announce the recent support of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) of $1.81 million over five years through the Atlantic Innovation Fund for an innovative project that will help to develop technologies which will support management strategies to control Aleutian Disease (AD) in the mink industry.

Mink ranching is a multi-million dollar industry for Nova Scotia. Presently, AD is the number one infectious disease on mink ranches and costs the Nova Scotia mink industry over one million dollars annually in testing and removing infected animals. Although the Nova Scotia mink industry is internationally recognized for its exceptional quality, AD severely limits both production and the sale of breeding stock in national and international markets. Complete article...

2007 NSAC Internationalization Award

Do you know of a staff member, faculty member or student who has been very active in international activities at NSAC?

This might be a person who has been active in international projects, or who has started a new initiative, or who has been getting students and others interested and involved. If you know someone like this, nominate them for the 2007 NSAC Internationalization Award!

Nomination is simple - simply send the name and an outline of why that person is deserving from two people. Send to Dian Patterson, NSAC International, by March 12, 2007.

Nominations can come from staff, faculty and students.

Click here for more details, or call NSAC International at 893-6514.

International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and its Implications for Canada Seminar

Presented by Dr. Bryan Harvey, Department of Plant Sciences from the College of Agriculture and Bioresources, University of Saskatchewan.

The seminar will take place Wednesday, January 31, 2006 at 3:00 p.m. in Room 257, Cox Institute.

All are welcome to attend.
This seminar is sponsored by the NSAC Seminar Committee.

Hello from Recruitment!

During these two weeks, Craig and Nick have been traveling the province and meeting with prospective students. I’ve been busy planning University Day and am almost finished the leg-work. The 400 invitations to Guidance Counselors are going out in the mail today and all of our prospective students have been contacted. The registrations are rolling in! Just as a reminder: please send in your Expo and Tour forms.

This time of year is busy for Recruitment, as we have several on and off campus activities that we plan and host. So far this month, we’ve hosted 70 grade 11 and 12 science students from local schools and we would particularly like to thank Judy Grant for her tireless efforts. The students love her labs and we appreciate all she offers to our events.

In addition to these students, we also have the pleasure of hosting the 4H conference again this year. Engineering, Business and Social Science, Environmental Horticulture and Animal Science have all offered to contribute to the events by creating hand’s on activities for the students. Thanks to each department and facilitator!

Off campus, recruitment is assisting in the planning of the NSISP Student Conference in May, held at the Annapolis Basin Conference Centre. At this event, NSAC will have the opportunity to meet with 70 international High School students who are in the process of exploring Nova Scotia post secondary institutions. As one of the committee members, NSAC will be well represented as I will be interacting with the students over three days.

Until next time,
Monica

Photo of the Week

Varsity Results

Photo: Corrina Phillips (17) and Melissa Sellars (12) block against Mt.A.