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Composting Workshop
Sept 21-22
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Urban Agriculture Conference
Sept 24-25
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Atlantic Agricultural Hall of Fame
October 28th, 2010
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NSAC Scholarship Banquet
October 28th, 2010 |
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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 Parking
NSAC faculty, staff, students and visitors have long enjoyed relative easy access to parking on our campus. Parking is free of charge and available to all.
However, as our enrollment continues to grow as well as the number of student commuters, parking becomes more problematic.
We ask for your patience and cooperation as we continue to monitor the situation. We remind all drivers to please abide by the NSAC Parking Policy and to forward any questions or concerns to Elaine Rector Safety & Security at 4190
http://nsac.ca/admin/policies/NSACParkingPolicy2009.pdf
NSAC Welcomes New Employees
Two new employees have joined the NSAC community this week.
Matthew Leight has joined the Print Centre as Account Associate. He is a recent graduate from the Graphic and Print Production program at Nova Scotia Community College. He began work as a temporary employee, but has now joined the team as a permanent employee. His primary role at NSAC will be to help meet the growing demand for print support and deliver on-site desktop publishing services.
Justine Gelevan has joined the Development team as Branding Assistant for a temporary nine month term. She has recently graduated from a Public Relations program at Mount Saint Vincent University. She will be working on several projects with the team including contributing to the E-Bulletin newsletter,coordinating photo shoots around campus and aiding in the communication of the NSAC brand.
NSAC Showcases Impressive Displays
A new institutional display has been created for use as a backdrop to NSAC presentations, conferences and tradeshow exhibits. Its dimensions are an impressive 10’x30’, designed to bring warmth and colour to existing displays. It pictures a bright blue sky over a field of barley. Barley has become one of the symbols of NSAC based on its importance to the origins of agriculture. The display has six individual panels that can be used as one large piece or separately. This offers flexibility based on available space and also to support multiple groups needing institutional display material on the same day. If you would like to use this new backdrop, it is available for borrowing through the Print Centre. Please contact Glenn at xerox@nsac.ca or 893-4737.
Garden Harvests Great Success
An estimated 500 pounds of produce was donated from all four harvests of the NSAC Community Garden and enjoyed by families around the Colchester area. The NSAC Community Garden was part of a greater branding initiative known as ‘brand splashes.’ These brand splashes are designed to engage NSAC staff, faculty and students in fun, community-based initiatives that show our stakeholders who we are and what we stand for. A portion of the vegetables harvested from the Garden were donated to the Colchester Food Bank. Fresh produce is a difficult commodity to come by when relying on donations, so food bank volunteers and clients, welcomed the donations with open arms.
Big thanks to Meghan Summers as project lead and all of the Community Garden members for their commitment of time and food, to this important community organization.
Other brand splashes have included the coffee giveaway last spring and snow stamping last winter. The goal of these and other brand events is to strengthen our internal sense of community, promote our work – and agriculture – as an important community building block and to give NSAC’s members a new way to make a difference in their world.
NSAC Graduate Student Orientation
Last Friday, NSAC's newest graduate students gathered for their orientation session. This included a welcome from both the Dean of Graduate Studies at Dalhousie University, Dr. Sunny Marche and NSAC's own Dr. Leslie MacLaren, Co-President and VP Academic. Our faculty and staff then gave presentations on their perspectives of the program, campus life, student services, NAGS, etc. Graduate Orientation provides a great opportunity for the students to interact with fellow students, faculty, staff while having a little fun. Since January, 2010, 35 graduate students have started our joint Dal/NSAC Master of Science program.
The Research and Graduate Studies Office would like to extend an official warm welcome to our new students. We wish you good luck in your program and we look forward to working with you all!
Pictured below: Graduate student orientation held on September 10th, 2010 in the Riverview Room.
Updated NSAC Phone List
The most recent version of the NSAC desktop phone list is now available at http://nsac.ca/contacts please take a minute to review the list and submit any updates to Theresa Blois at tblois@nsac.ca or call 893-6720.
Provincial 4-H Show
The Provincial 4-H Show will be held October 1-3, 2010 at the Nova
Scotia Provincial Exhibition Grounds in Bible Hill. Approximately 2400
members and 1000 adults leaders plus their families will participate in
this event that features livestock competitions, a fashion show, floral
arranging competition, dog obedience and handling trials, Tug of War,
Market Steer, Lamb and Turkey auctions and selections for the Royal
Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto. The public is welcome to attend
and admission is free. More...
Senior Program Specialist from International Development Research Centre
Dr Luc Mougeot, Senior Program Specialist with the Canadian Partnership Branch of IDRC will be presenting at the Urban Agriculture Conference. He has offered to meet with a small group of NSAC researchers over lunch on Monday September 27th. At NSAC we want to use this opportunity to help us better understand the present and future directions of IDRC funding as well as showcase our strengths and track record in international work. If you have not received a personal invitation and you are interested in attending, please contact Nancy Pitts (npitts@nsac.ca) no later than Wednesday September 22, 2010.
NSAC kicks it into High Gear - Enrollment up by four per cent
NSAC may have “Kicked it into High Gear!” during this year’s 2010 orientation activities but a specialized university experience remains the primary attraction for nearly 940 students who began classes last week – representing a four per cent increase in enrollment; the third such increase in as many years. Click here to read full article
Atlantic Scholar Awards presented
NSAC is proud to announce the recipients of this year’s most prestigious entrance scholarships. Eight students from across the Atlantic provinces have been awarded Atlantic Scholar awards and a student from China has received the first President’s Scholarship this fall. Click here to read full article
Emergency Notifications
Don't forget to register your cell phone at my.nsac.ca to receive SMS text emergency notifications throughout the year. NSAC clears the list every summer, so even if you've signed up before you will need to again.
Remember that text messaging rates apply! If you don't have a text messaging plan, or don't know if you get free text messages on your cellphone you may be charged a text messaging fee from your carrier.
To add your phone number to the system you MUST LOGIN TO THE PORTAL USING YOUR NETWORK USERNAME AND PASSWORD at http://my.nsac.ca The registration form is on the "Welcome" page.
Harvest Moon Art Exhibition
You and your friends are invited to the opening of the Harvest Moon Art Exhibition by members of the Truro Art Society. Unlike other openings, this one is being held on a Saturday afternoon. As always, there is no admission charge, just plenty of opportunity to view the artwork and chat with friends. Some artists are bringing their sketchbooks, so you will have a chance to look over their shoulders and watch creation in process.
McCarthy Hall, NSCC Campus, 36 Arthur Street
Saturday September 18, 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
(There is parking on Kaulback Street to the west and behind the residence to the east)
MoveOn Colchester
Sustainable Procurement Online Course
As a reminder, all employees who purchase goods, services and construction on behalf of the Province, were required to enroll and complete the on-line introductory training course for Sustainable Procurement by April 1, 2010.
If you purchase, please take the opportunity to complete this course. The course is fun, informative, interactive and provides all staff with a Certificate of Completion. The training is divided into three modules and takes approximately one hour to complete. It is designed so that users can stop and start the program as their schedule permits. For more information or to complete the course on line employees can visit http://nsgov.sustainable-procurement.ca/.
Please contact financial services with any questions at 6602
Atlantic Agronomy Workshop
The Atlantic Agronomy Workshop will be held November 4-5 2010 at the Best Western Glengarry in Truro. Hosted by the Nova Scotia Institute of Agrologists, the workshop provide the practical information and tools agronomists need to do their jobs. On the ground. Every day. Click here for the Agenda and Registration form.
NSAC Homecoming 5 K Run
The NSAC HOMECOMING 5 K RUN 2010 will be held Saturday, October 16, 2010
Registration forms available on-line at nsac.ca/athletics/events.asp
See the registration brochure for more details
Urban Agriculture Symposium
NSAC is hosting an urban agriculture symposium September 24th and 25th in Truro and Halifax.
Planning Urban Agricultural, Systems for the 21st Century
Precedents, Practices, Prospects
The Symposium will bring together the leading scholars and published practitioners of urban agricultural systems for the first time in eastern Canada to synthesize and discuss the precedents, practices and prospects of this rapidly developing field.
Registration fees will be waived for NSAC students, grad students, faculty and staff members. For more information visit: nsac.ca/urbanagriculture
Note to NSAC professors:
Leading North American practitioners and published authors will be presenting their work at this conference. This is a unique opportunity for NSAC students to be exposed to world-class experts on a topic which futurists have identified as one of the ten most important of all emerging issues for the next decade. Already two courses here at NSAC (Contemporary Issues in Agriculture; and Introduction to Systems Analysis) in addition to several courses from the Dalhousie School of Planning will be sending their students to the conference. We strongly encourage other courses, particularly those dealing with business management, international development and environmental science, to likewise try to incorporate this opportunity to learn about interdisciplinary agricultural practice into their curricula. Given that the conference is funded in its entirety by the NSAC Research Office and the Department of Engineering, it would be a shame if as many of our students and faculty as possible did not take advantage of this learning experience.
Zumba Classes
NSAC Athletics is hosting Zumba classes on Sunday and Thursday. Check out the attached poster for more details!
Print Centre Closure
NSAC's Print Centre will be closed on Wednesday, September 29. It will re-open on Thursday, September 30 at 8am as usual. If you anticipate having printing needs around the closure time, please contact the Print Centre at 4737 and Glenn can help you adjust your project accordingly.
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