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2009 Truro United Way Campaign
Colchester County has once again planned some great activities in an effort to raise money for the Truro United Way. Activities will run from Oct.26 - Oct.30. The first fundraiser will be:
NSDA 2009 United Way Kick Off Luncheon:
When: Monday, Oct.26
Where: Riverview Room, Jenkins Hall
Time: 12 p.m. - 1 p.m.
Eats: chili or chicken chunky soup, roll, apple crisp and coffee/tea
Cost: $8
Luncheon tickets are on sale now! Contact:
Pam Taylor – Hancock – 893-6528
Jody Graham – MacRae Library – 893-4709
Ginger Stoddard – Harlow – 893-6580
The Fun Stuff:
Door Prize of a “day off” donated by Maurice Graham (you have to be there to win!). A visitor from United Way will be on hand for any questions you may have.
Tickets must be purchased by Friday, Oct.16 (bring your ticket to get in as well as to register for the door prize).
Stay tuned for a full list of activities!
"Natural Structures for the Garden" Workshop
NSAC is hosting a two day workshop with special instructor Deb Hart, a talented artist from England as well as an instructor of landscape management at Writtle College. The workshop will focus on creating natural structures out of willow for your garden.
Date: Saturday, Oct.24 and Sunday, Oct.25
Time: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. both days
Click here for more information
Library Tutorial Sessions
Throughout October, the MacRae Library will be holding weekly tutorial sessions on some of the tools available to assist you with your research.
Session 1:
Beyond Google: Try a library search tool or two!
This session will give patrons an overview of the search tools available through the library and how to best use them to find information. Library staff will demonstrate WorldCat Local, Novanet, its journal search tool (Resolver) and an Article & Research Database Search.
Session 2:
Refworks – If you’re not using Refworks, you’re working too hard!
In this session, you’ll learn how to create a RefWorks account, export articles, create a bibliography and more.
Those attending the sessions are encouraged to bring their laptops and follow along with the presentation.
Each session will be held in the AV Section on the main floor of the MacRae Library (see the Circulation Desk for directions).
Sessions are limited to 15 participants. To register, please e-mail Erin MacPherson at emacpherson@nsac.ca or sign up at the Circulation Desk.
Library Help Session Schedule
Beyond Google:
Tuesday, Oct. 13 at 2 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 19 at 3 p.m. (*Reserved for faculty, post-docs and staff)
Tuesday,
Oct. 27 at 3:30 p.m.
RefWorks:
Thursday, Oct. 15 at 3:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 21 at 11 a.m. (*Reserved for faculty, post-docs and staff)
Thuesday, Oct. 29 at 2 p.m.
NSIA Fall Tour
NSIA is hosting a Fall Tour on Thursday, Oct.8. Stops are Scothorn Farms Ltd, Masstown Market and Kittilsen's Honey. The tour will run from 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Tickets are $15 for NSIA members, $20 for non members and $10 for students.
Contact Bob Vair by tomorrow at 902-893-4448 or nsagrologists@eastlink.ca for tickets.
Click here to see the poster
Second Annual Nova Scotia Mushroom Foray
During the weekend of Sept. 18, over 75 mushroom enthusiasts gathered in North River, Cape Breton for the second annual mushroom foray. Organized and sponsored by DNR, such forays will establish a data base of mushroom species in NS. The 2008 foray was the first in NS, and lead to the establishment of the Nova Scotia Mycological Society.
In spite of some showers on Saturday, the participants were enthusiastic and came back to the North River Community Hall with several hundred individual specimens which represented over 120 species. Expert mycologists were on hand to confirm identification. Samples of all the species were photographed and collection data compiled for the database.
On Sunday there were workshops on growing your own mushrooms, dyeing with mushrooms, a special trek gathering only edible mushrooms and the chef of the nearby Chanterelle Inn gave a cooking workshop.
NSAC was represented by several graduate students, faculty and staff. The photo below shows the graduate students enjoying the excellent food provided by the folks of the North River Community Center.
NSAC grad students
Pam Craig, Jeff Nimmo, Sridhar Ravichandran, David Hobson, Labib El-Ali andTerri MacPherson
Network Outage
Location: AgriTECH Park
Start: Sunday, Oct. 4 at 8 a.m.
End: Sunday, Oct. 4 at 12 p.m.
The AgriTECH Park wireless link to the main campus network will be offline Sunday, Oct. 4 during the standard maintenance period. All College network services at AgriTECH will be affected and should be considered unavailable during this time. This outage will impact all staff, students and any other organizations currently using the network at AgriTECH Park.
Services considered unavailable include but are not limited to:
- Internet/Intranet
- All server based file and print services
- Groupwise e-mail access (on- and off-campus)
Please contact David Miller (893-6231 or millerdl@gov.ns.ca) if you have any questions regarding this outage.
Fridays @ 3
Speaker: Heather Hughes,
Manager, Research and Graduate Studies
Topic: "NSERC Graduate Scholarship Information Session"
Date: Tomorrow
Time: 3 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Location: Cox Institute, room 257
Refreshments will be available.
All are welcome to attend.
Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada Seminar
Topic: Adapting to the Changing Scientific Paradigm
Speakers: Emily Kierstead and Don Murray
Date: Tomorrow
Time: 12 p.m.
Location: Cox Institute, room 257
Starting with DVD, “The Awakening Universe” - Exploring the birth and evolution of the universe.
Emily Kierstead is an educator, composer, musician and seminar facilitator. She is also the leader of “The Universe Story” presentations.
Don Murray is an author, educator, seminar facilitator and columnist. He is interested in scientific and mythic dimensions. Don and Emily are both very concerned about the ecological crisis.
For more information contact Ralph Martin at rmartin@nsac.ca
All are welcome!
Research Chair Candidate Seminar Today
Dr. Mehdi Sharifi, candidate for the Nutrient Management Industry Research Chair, will present a seminar on his research and perspectives on nutrient management in Nova Scotia. There will be an opportunity to meet with Dr. Sharifi following his seminar from 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.. The meet-and-greet will be held in C.A. Douglas Room. A light lunch will be served.
Date: Today
Time: 10 a.m.
Location: Cox room 257
Photo of the Week...
Photo taken by Meghan Summers of carrots grown in the Community Garden.
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