Development and External Relations Update

The Development and External Relations office UPDATE is a monthly summary of activities in the section and is published for your general information. If you have questions, please contact Jim Goit or call at (902) 893-7950

• The Open house committee met and decided to move the date for this years open house to July 29th from the traditional last saturday in July. This will give the opportunity to a true "open house" and involve everyone on campus.
• Jim and Tim worked with Theresa to implement the Executive Intranet site. Minutes of Executive meeting and other administration items will be placed on-line for the campus community once the have been approved for release.
• Jim worked with the Leave-a-Legacy committee on this springs campaign to remind people of the importance of giving through wills and life insurance. The group of charities will jointly sponsor a supplement in the newspaper and circulate a brochure. This is good impacted for the cost to NSAC.
• Jim attended information session on wireless communications with both Rogers and Aliant during the month. We are working with IT to develop a workable proposal for wireless calendaring and e-mail that could be implemented across the institution. There are continuing issues of security and compatibility with our current systems and cost is always a factor but we are making progress and should have a proposal to take to executive soon.
• There were two NFB film screenings on campus this month. The first was the premier of the film "Animals" and was very well attended filling Haley 200. The second film, "Crapshoot", happened a week later on shorter notice and had a much smaller attendance. Both were promoted through the campus network however we had more time to promote the first film.
• CFI media event and the NSERC celebration on March 24th were both well attended and well covered by the media. Team members played an important part in the success of these event and both were chronicled on the website.
• Jim prepared a web announcement for the signing of the MOU between the World Vegetable Centre and NSAC. Follow up newsletter articles will be written.
• The NSAC was the recipient of a significant bequest for the Gordon Kinsman Scholarship. We well be highlighting the fund in future newsletter articles showing the positive effect that planned giving can have on our endowments.
• Susan worked in conjunction with Brian Crouse and Stuart Gibb on Recruitment and Marketing issues and strategies for the EMC, to be incorporated into the Enrollment Management Plan.
• The Department of Business & Social Sciences is working on preliminary market research regarding the proposed BA, BMgt, and BTech in Management and Susan worked with their team on the survey content.
• Susan participated in two EMC meetings and presented the NSAC Integrated Marketing Communication Plan to the EMC.
• Susan has also been working on compiling, costing and prioritizing items that will be affected by the name change -- many thanks to those who have provided input!
• Working in cooperation with Jill Rogers and Raj Lada, Susan developed a preliminary survey to determine the level of interest our current students have in a proposed new MSc in International Agriculture. We are still waiting for more surveys to be returned, the deadline is April 8th.
• The Centennial Logo Graphic Standard Guidelines and logos are now posted on the website at: http://www.nsac.ns.ca/marketing/Graphic%20Standards.htm
• Susan met with the Recruitment Team to begin work on new program information sheets that will incorporate the look and feel of our other recruitment materials.
• Susan attended a business breakfast to launch CoRDA's 2004-05 Business Plan. It was an excellent event with ample opportunity for networking and see how NSAC can be more involved in local initiatives.