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NSAC Welcomes Back Stephanie Rogers

After 20 months of being on leave, Development and External Relations is excited to welcome Stephanie Rogers back to NSAC into her role as Public Relations Coordinator.  There are plenty of new faces and new procedures for her to get acquainted with.  Please drop by or send her a note and let her know what’s happening in your part of campus.  Welcome back Stephanie! 

New Electronic Sign

With the assistance of Physical Plant and IT, the new electronic sign on Pictou Road has been installed . However, there are issues with components and programming capability.
Once that has been addressed with the sign company and the appropriate hardware and software installed and training complete the temperature and time issues that you may have noticed will be resolved.

MacRae Library introduces new search interface and updated web site.

When a MacRae Library user conducts a search using the WorldCat Local search box, items that are available in the MacRae Library are shown at the top of the search results, followed by resources from other Novanet libraries.  Key services such as holds, Novanet Express and My Account are all still available through the new interface.  An exciting feature of WorldCat Local is that users can now see the results from other Atlantic and Canadian university libraries and libraries around the world from within the same search interface and place an interlibrary loan request directly from the results screen.

The WorldCat Local search box is a key feature of the library’s redesigned web site: http://nsac.ca/library .  The new web site also highlights online databases arranged by subject, new subject guides, a detailed help section and more.  All the search tools users are familiar with, including the Novanet Catalogue, Resolver and A-Z database list are still available from the site.

Staff at MacRae Library will be holding classroom instruction throughout the fall semester, which will include how to use WorldCat Local to find resources.

Questions or comments regarding WorldCat Local or the new web site may be directed to Elaine MacInnis, University Librarian, at emacinnis@nsac.ca or 893-6669.

New NSAC Greenhouse

NSAC is building a new, state-of-the-art greenhouse facility for teaching and research!  Members of the NSAC campus are invited to attend an information session regarding the new greenhouse being built at Cox Institute.  This presentation will include an overview of two environmental sustainability certifications for the new greenhouse - "LEEDS Silver" and "Global Green".  This session will also provide an opportunity for discussion and Q & A.  Please join us Tuesday, September 15 from 2-4pm in Alumni Hall, Cumming Hall.

Recruitment Update

Hello!

During these past few weeks, Recruitment has been extremely busy organizing and planning for our next few months. As this is Orientation Week, I would like to thank the Recruitment staff and Ambassadors for such an incredible year! It is always a pleasure to see all of our hard work come together when we see new students and their supporters arrive on campus and settle in. Janet Walker has done an incredible job of maintaining an organized and efficient plan with Orientation! Congratulations to the committee! In Wayne's last report, it was predicted that we would see 900 students this fall! What an incredible and significant increase over the past few years. When I reflect back to when I accepted the Coordinator position almost five years ago, we were facing a challenging few years ahead of us, with declining numbers of high school graduates, a downward turn in the economy, decrease in agricultural funding and number of farms, and the strong recruitment efforts of the Oil Industry in Western Canada. Campus should be proud that we are the only post secondary institution in Nova Scotia experiencing growth! Collaboratively, we have achieved something other universities envy. Please recognize our Marketing, PR and Alumni Departments, along with our Athletic Coaches who work with us to help recruit every day in many ways. Our Enrollment Management Department is dedicated to the Recruitment, Orientation and Retention of our students. Thank you for sharing in that!

All the best and have a wonderful first week of classes!

Monica

Revised NSAC Desktop Phone List

Please see the following link to the most recent version of the NSAC desk top phone list. Please forward any changes to Theresa Blois at tblois@nsac.ca or call 893-6720.

Student Leader Training

NSAC Student Leaders participated in Training last week to prepare for the upcoming year. Facilitator Vida Woodworth is seen timing one of the teams in a competition demonstrating team work. 7 students on a 4x4 square!

Soccer Pre-Season Camps

Both men's and women's soccer teams have completed their pre-season camps with exhibition games this weekend.

The men's team played AUS members - MT A on Saturday and U de Moncton on Monday. Both pre-season games were losses. Scott Brown scored for the Rams against MTA . Scott is a returning All-Conference Soccer player for the Rams. The team is now well prepared for league play which starts Sept. 12/13 with away games at UNBSJ and STU.

The women's team played MTA on Saturday as well and then travelled to Quebec City to play Ste Foy on Monday. Ste Foy is one of the top AAA teams in Quebec. Again both games were losses, but a great prep for league play. League play for the women starts with the same opponents this upcoming weekend.