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NSAC Marketing Campaign
Working for You: Name Badges
Name badges are essential at many events NSAC
faculty, staff and researchers attend. But everytime an employee
leaves an organization, thir name badge is thrown out. This
won't be the case at NSAC.
Created by a Canadian company, the Mighty Badge is composed
of three parts, the metal backing, an insert and a lens cover.
The on-campus print house will print the inserts and assemble
the badges for you. All you have to do is submit your list
of names. When an employee leaves, the insert can be removed
and a new one can be inserted. All name badges are equipped
with a magnetic back.
Click
here to place your order for NSAC branded, reuseable
name badges.
Kings County Federation to Host Land Trust
Conference
The Kings County Federation is hosting a Land Trust Conference
Monday, Nov. 17. Pre-registration is required.
Click here for the details.
New Staff Member at Plant and Animal Sciences
The Department of Plant and Animal Sciences is pleased to
announce that Sarah Gatti-Yorke has joined us as of Oct.
1 in the position of physiology lab instructor. Her lab
classes are BIOL2006 - Mammalian Physiology and BIOL3008 – Growth,
Reproduction and Lactation. Sarah’s office is located
in the Haley Institute.
Sarah is a former student of NSAC achieving her B.Sc. (Hons)
in 2005 and her M.Sc. in 2008.
Welcome, Sarah!
Upcoming Energy Solutions for Our Farms Conference
The Federations and Alliance of Agriculture in Atlantic Canada
are organizing a conference dedicated to finding energy solutions
best suited to agriculture in Atlantic Canada. Network with
experts and farmers who are actively using technologies and
processes to reduce input costs and generate revenues at the
first conference dedicated to finding energy solutions that
will work for the agriculture industry in Atlantic Canada.
Workshop topics will include energy conservation, heating
alternatives, biogas, wind and solar options, biofuel technologies,
energy
crop options and carbon credits. The keynote speaker will
be Dr. Thomas Homer-Dixon, the award-winning author of The
Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity, and the Renewal
of Civilization. The book details how societies can
adapt to complex economical, ecological and technological change.
When: Nov. 18 and 19
Where: Delta Beauséjour, Moncton, N.B.
Registration is $50.
For more information,
visit atlanticfarmenergy.ca or
call 1-877-666-7117.
Organic Agriculture Symposium: Fundamentals for Professionals
The Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada (OACC) is collaborating
with provincial organic specialists from across the country
to host a symposium for agricultural professionals to learn
more about organic agriculture and research. This symposium
is funded by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s ‘Advancing
Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food’ (ACAAF) program
Part II of this symposium will be held on Tuesday Dec.
2. This session will provide information on organic production,
including horticulture, grains and livestock systems.
Regional symposium locations are being set up across the country,
including a location on the NSAC campus. If you can’t
attend in-person, all the presentations will also be broadcast
live online in both French and English.
The registration deadline is Nov. 25. To register
please, visit oacc.info/symposia/welcome or
e-mail Kristen Lowitt, research symposia co-ordinator with
the Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada at klowitt@nsac.ca
NSAC Truro United Way Fundraising Results
Thank you to everyone who supported the various events held
to raise funds for the Truro United Way.
Click here for a recap and the final results.
Stuart Gibb Retirement
The Department of Environmental Science invites you to a reception
for Stuart Gibb, who retired at the end of September. This
celebration will be held in the Collins Building on Nov.
21 from 3 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Stuart began his career at NSAC in 1984 with the Plant Science
Department working in the greenhouses. Since then he has worked
in the tissue culture lab, worked as Greenhouse and Grounds
Manager and finally, as a teaching technician in the Environmental
Horticulture program.
Please join us in wishing Stuart well
as he starts off on this journey.
Blue and Gold Awards Gala Friday, Nov.14
The Alumni Affairs office is pleased to announce the recipients
of the 2008 NSAC Blue and Gold Awards. The Blue and Gold Awards
recognize our alumni for their exceptional achievements in
the areas of volunteerism and contribution to the agricultural
industry.
Rob Gordon (class of '85) has been named as Distinguished Alumnus.
Sarah Turner (class of '98) will receive the Young Alumnus
Achievement Award. The Alumni Volunteer of the Year award will
go to Phil
Stead (class of '65).
Perhaps you have worked with Rob? Taught a class with Sarah?
Volunteered on a committee with Phil? On Friday, Nov. 14, 2008
the nominees will receive their awards at a banquet held in
Jenkins Hall. We hope you will come spend an evening with these
NSAC alumni stars. Spouses are also welcome.
There is no charge for attending the event but space is limited.
Please RSVP to the Alumni Affairs office tmurray@nsac.ca or
893-7247. You can also register online here. Doors open at
5:45 p.m. and dinner is served at 6:15 p.m.
Scholarship Spotlight
Truro Area Student Receives Karen Meek Memorial Scholarship
Colette Wyllie, Debert, N.S., a third year B.Sc.(Agr) Environmental
Sciences student received the $1,500 Karen Meek Memorial
Scholarship at NSAC’s Scholarship
Banquet. The scholarship recognizes academic performance, financial
need and contribution to campus life. Pictured with Colette
are Eric and Pauline Meek, Canning, N.S., parents of Karen
Meek, who studied at NSAC from 1980-82.
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