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Please forward your submissions to the NSAC E-Bulletin to
the newsdesk at (news@nsac.ca).
for inclusion in the next edition, which run on Monday and
Thursday of each week. Remember you can post notices anytime
on the NSAC Forums at http://nsac.ca/forums
NSAC Student Hoping to Sponsor Refugee
NSAC student Stephanie Gillis is looking for help. She's
hoping to sponsor a 24-year-old refugee to come to Canada.
Ephraim (the refugee) fled his hometown of Eritea to Sudan,
Africa in 2005 after being tortured and arrested for practising
his Christian beliefs.
Stephanie needs a group of five people to come together
to provide a sponsorship program. She and a friend have
already committed. The group will be responsible to help
Ephraim with lodging, food, clothing, medical care, search
for employment, etc. The group also must raise $9,500, to
provide for Ephraim for 12 months. After a year of citizenship,
Ephraim could apply for a student loan and possibly attend
NSAC.
Anyone able to help, either as a sponsor or through donations,
should contact Stephanie at gilliss@nsac.ca
or 843-2624. Stephanie is also fundraising for the cause
by selling tubs of cookie dough until March 16.
NSAC Internationalization Award: Call
for Nominations
The deadline for nominations has been extended
to Friday, March 20.
Help recognize those who have made a difference to the
international initiatives of NSAC by nominating a colleague
for the 2009 NSAC Internationalization Award! Faculty, staff
and students, either an individual or a team, are eligible.
Examples of contributions to internationalization include:
international project work, curriculum development, international
awareness activities and student development. Consideration
will be given to the impact of this activity on faculty,
students and staff, the level of innovation in the activity
and length of time the nominee has been involved in international
activities. For full eligibility guidlines and nomination
form, click here.
New Business Card Design Available
We have gotten a great deal of feedback on the layout issues
associated with the current design of NSAC business cards.
Those with longer names and many accreditations were having
difficulty fitting their information on the cards. As such,
we have evolved the design so it will better meet the needs
of our campus community. In addition, our cards will be
more environmentally friendly. They will be printed in our
NSAC Print Centre which reduces the transportation needs
for delivery, and the ink used is less toxic, more efficient
and takes far less energy to produce than regular toner.
And the business cards will be FSC (Forestry Stewardship
Council) certified, the most sustainable standard available
for printed material. The cards are available to order through
our NSAC Print Centre. You pay the same per card no matter
how many you order so you can order as few as you wish.
To be as green as possible in your ordering, we suggest
printing as you need them to avoid waste and we also suggest
not ordering new cards until you have finished your previous
ones. To order new cards, please submit your order at http://nsac.ca/development/marketing/services/stationary.asp.
CAB Abstracts Trial at MacRae
Library
MacRae Library is currently testing out a 60-day trial
subscription to CAB abstracts through EBSCO. Access to the
trial is for on-campus only. To try our CAB abstracts via
EBSCO, select CAB Abstracts under the MLER database list
on the MacRae Library homepage. You may also select CAB
Abstracts when on EBSCOhost web. Please send any feedback
on this trial to Erin MacPherson, Reference Assistant
at emacpherson@nsac.ca
or 893-3296. (please note we still have
our regular subscription to CAB abstracts via SilverPlatter).
Student Satisfaction Highlights
From Canadian University Survey Consortium (CUSC):
Satisfaction with the process of registering for your courses
— 94% of NSAC students satisfied with the process
of registering for courses:
- Very Satisfied 47% (30% at other Canadian universities)
- Satisfied 47% (50% at other Canadian universities)
- Dissatisfied 5% (15% at other Canadian universities)
- Very Dissatisfied 1% (5% at other Canadian universities)
- Don't know/No Response -1% (-1% at other Canadian universities)
Satisfaction with the availability of courses for your
program — 79% of NSAC students satisfied with the
availability of courses for their program:
- Very Satisfied 27% (19% at other Canadian universities)
- Satisfied 52% (49% at other Canadian universities)
- Dissatisfied 16% (23% at other Canadian universities)
- Very Dissatisfied 4% (7% at other Canadian universities)
- Don't Know/No Response -1% (1% at other Canadian universities)
Rod Shoveller Memorial Award
NSAC's Jenna Hazelton, 3 rd year Eng was awarded the prestigious
Rod Shoveller Award at the 2009 ACAA Basketball Awards Banquet
last Friday evening. The award is for leadership, sportsmanship,
community service , basketball skills and respect for officials
and opponents.
Scholarship Spotlight
Gordon B. Kinsman Memorial Graduate Scholarships
Presented at NSAC
Diane Kinsman, family representative for the Kinsman family,
is shown congratulating Lin Wu, Fuzhou, China, an M.Sc.(Agr.)
student at NSAC, one of the two 2008 recipients of the $1,500
Gordon B. Kinsman Memorial Graduate Scholarships. Lin Wu
also received the $400 NSAC Association of Graduate Students
Bursary. Absent at the time of photo was Kailang Rao, Fujian,
China, also an M.Sc.(Agr.) student at NSAC, the second recipient
of a $1,500 Gordon B. Kinsman Memorial Graduate Scholarship.
Kailang was also the recipient of a $500 Class of 1958 Graduate
Scholarship.
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