Alumni E-News

Alumni E-News is a Centennial project aimed at keeping alumni up-to-date with news from the university including important announcements, student and alumni achievements, athletic news and upcoming events. You will still receive your alumni magazine, the Agricola News, by mail, free-of-charge if you wish. In this monthly, E-newsletter you'll find brief news items and for most, a link to our alumni website for more detailed information.

Host Families Wanted!
The Host Family Program, a program supported by the Colchester Immigration Partnership, matches International students studying at the NSAC with a community host family, for one week duration upon arrival in Truro (August 29-September 5). The host family program’s function is to make the transition to Canadian culture easier for the student as many of them are away from their home country for the first time. The host family acts as a support to the student by helping them get settled in the community. After the initial one week stay has been completed, the Immigration Partnerships hopes that both student and host will have created a bond and subsequently remain in contact with each other and perhaps share holidays together throughout the year.

Host Families are needed for the 2005-2006 academic year. For more information, please contact: Creston Rudolph, Welcoming Community Program Coordinator, Colchester Regional Development Agency (902) 893-8099

Ninth Annual Agri-Golf Classic
The 9th annual event was held at the Amherst Golf Club on July 22. Twenty-seven teams hit the course for a great day of golf and laughter.

Overall Winners: Maritime Pride Eggs (63)
(S. Barkhouse, C. Sweeney, C. Barkhouse, G. Miller, C. Reid)

Overall Winners: Maritime Pride Eggs
S. Barkhouse, C. Sweeney, C. Barkhouse, G. Miller, C. Reid)

The specialty winners were:
Longest Drive Men - Charlie Reade - Maritime Pride Eggs
Women - Joan Clark - Mornglow Farm
Closest to the Hole Allan Parker- World Potato Congress
Dave Hopkins - RBC Royal Bank
Accuracy Jed Ritcey - Marchant Mania
Most Honest Team NSDAF - Roz Penfound, Susan MacKenzie, Anne Alexander, Pam Osburne, Bruce Cox

Top Alumni Team: PEI Watts Alums
S.Watts, D. LeClair, K. Murray, A. Rogers, S. Thompson

Top Teams by Division:
Alumni PEI Watts Alums (64)
(S.Watts, D. LeClair, K. Murray, A. Rogers, S. Thompson)
Business Shur-Gain Ltd (64)
(D. Tedford. D. Grimm, E. Smith. D. Colpitts, R. MacDiarmid)
Farm Fisher Farms (64)
(T. Fisher, S Fisher, A. Prest, T. Miller, B.Wallace)

Top Farm Team: Fisher Farms
T. Fisher, S Fisher, A. Prest, T. Miller, B.Wallace

Thanks again to all who participated in this year's event. The 2006 Agri-Golf Classic is already in the planning stages and as soon as a site and date are confirmed, we will announce it in the E-News.

Varsity Rams

The 2005-06 season will begin in September for the NSAC teams in NS Rugby Union, Maritime Women's Rugby League and the Atlantic Colleges Athletic Association . Fall sports (rugby, soccer and woodsmen ) will hit the practice circuit as soon as students arrive on campus and the winter sports (basketball and volleyball) will begin in October.

The year's highlight will be in March (9-11) , when NSAC plays host to the 2006 CCAA Women's Volleyball Championships. Watch the website
(www.nsac.ca/athletics) for league and championship schedules (soon to be posted)

NSAC President Inducted into Canadian Academy of Health Sciences

When the President of the United States wants advice on a public health issue, he calls the United States’ National Academies. When the Prime Minister of Great Britain wants to seek similar counsel, he usually turns to the Royal Society of Britain. But when the Prime Minister of Canada wants similar advice, who does he call?

Well, that’s not always entirely clear, given the more narrowly defined mandates of many Canadian organizations. Now, however, owing to a recent initiative by a group of leading health care leaders and researchers, the Prime Minister will be able to call the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS)recently created to:

1. Develop informed, strategic assessments on urgent health issues;
2. Inform public policy on these issues;
3. Enhance Canada’s readiness to deal with global health issues; and,
4. Provide a recognized and authoritative Canadian health science voice internationally.

NSAC President, Dr. T. Philip Hicks has been elected a Fellow of this prestigious organization, one of only 63 members selected nationwide. Click here to see full article.

NSAC Open House 2005 A Success

Mailing Address Issues Continue

The Development and Alumni Relations Office continues to have issues with the computer system that manages our mailing addresses. While things have become much more stable, we have recently run a procedure to clean up after the entry of information from the Harris Alumni Directory Project. In the vast majority of cases this has improved the accuracy of our information, however in a small number of cases it has reverted the preferred address of various alumni to an old address. Unfortunately, this seems to have occurred mainly for those who have given us updates within the past few months and for those alumni who have alumni parents who also listed them during the Harris process as part of their household.

We are not sure how much of this has happened but we would ask for your understanding and help by letting the office know where this has occurred. The Agricola News is arriving in mailboxes now, so we are beginning to uncover the problems.

The accuracy of the contact information is a priority for us so we appreciate your help in keeping it accurate and current.

Thank you

Jim Goit