Aumni 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.

In this monthly, E-newsletter you'll find brief news items and for most, a link to our alumni website for more detailed information.

Homecoming 2006 Survey

The NSAC Planning Committee is already thinking about Homecoming Reunion 2006 and we want your input.

Please take a few minutes to complete our short survey which will help the Alumni Office determine what our membership would like in terms of Reunion programming. We appreciate your feedback.

The Homecoming Survey can be found at http://nsac.ca/alumni/homecoming06.asp

Thank you for your participation.

The Atlantic Agronomy Workshop

Rodd Charlottetown Hotel, Charlottetown, PEI
January 17-18, 2006

Organized by Canadian Society of Agronomy
http://www.agronomycanada.com

The Canadian Society of Agronomy (CSA) is organizing the 3rd biennial Workshop for agronomy people to meet to exchange ideas and research results. The meeting will be run as an "at cost" event covered by registration fees.

Please click here for the full article.

NSAC delegation investigates tree fruit research in Japan

A team of NSAC researchers has completed investigative travel to Japan to study the current tree fruit research and development activities and also to investigate the possibility of developing collaborative research and academic programs between NSAC and the Japanese tree fruit research institutes.

Caption: (L to R) Dr. Philip Hicks (NSAC President); Dr. Eitaro Miwa (NARO President); Vasantha Rupasinghe (NSAC tree fruit bio-product research chair); Charles Embree (NSAC adjunct professor and AAFC pomologist).

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NSAC Students Awarded Study Abroad Bursaries

Three NSAC students: Jerome Gonsalves, David Brennan and James Uhlman, have been awarded travel bursaries for semester abroad programs. All three student participants in the student exchanges will attend partner institutions in Norway, Mexico and the United States.

Funding is provided by Human Resources Development Canada for the North American Mobility Project and by the University of Life Sciences in As, Norway.

Alumni Meeting in Florenceville

The NSAC is coming to Florenceville, New Brunswick.

The NSAC Alumni Office would like to have an opportunity to get together with our alumni in Northern New Brunswick to fill you in on what is happening at your alma mater. We’d also like to stay connected with you and hear what is happening in your lives.

Nick Marchand a member of the NSAC Recruitment team will be in the Florenceville area on Wednesday, November 23rd , 2005 and would love to get together with you for an evening of casual conversation and fellowship in the main meeting room at the Florenceville Motor Inn, 239 Burnham Road beginning at 7:00 p.m.

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Marketing Recruitment Campaign Goes to the Movies
NSAC is getting in front of thousands of teens and young adults in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and PEI. Between November 4th and December 1st, movie goers can catch NSAC ads in the concession area of theatres. As with the rest of the campaign, target markets are being driven to NSAC's website to see the answer to an interesting applied science question.

NSAC appears in Progress Research & Discovery Magazine
In Atlantic Canada, world problems are being tackled by innovative researchers working in partnership with business, universities and the financial community. These success stories are featured in the second issue of Progress Research and Discovery.

NSAC launches its “Big Ideas” campaign- Win an iPod nano!The NSAC Public Relations office is looking for your “Big Ideas.” As you know all great stories have great beginnings and great beginnings at NSAC start with you.

We are looking for your big ideas that we can take and develop into great stories. We are looking for all ideas, big and small, that we can use for a variety of purposes and publications. You could even win and iPod nano! Click here to find out how.

NSAC hosts sod-turning for the Atlantic Canadian Centre for Poultry Research

You are cordially invited to the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Wednesday, December 7th, 2005 at 11:30 a.m.for an official sod-turning for the Atlantic Canadian Centre for Poultry Research.

The $6.2 million facility will provide research capabilities in all phases of poultry production from hatching to value-added product processing.

Please RSVP to Jo- Anne Jordan at (902)or by email at jjordan@nsac.ca

Eduscience21
Strengthening NSAC through Continuing Education

NSAC has taken a step forward in its efforts to serve the agri-food industry.

The Board of Directors of Eduscience21, a company newly formed by NSAC, approved a fund-raising strategy and business plan to help professionals remain at the cutting edge of their professions. The objective of the new enterprise is to promote customized, online professional development opportunities to working professionals in the agri-food industry in partnership with NSAC.

Please click here for the complete article.

There’s Still Time for This Tax Year

The calendar year 2005 is coming to an end and fund raising efforts at NSAC are preparing for the change of taxation years. Contributions made to one of the several NSAC campaigns before the end of the December can be claimed as a deduction for the 2005 tax year.

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Fall Varsity Results

Alumni Team
(front l-r) Donnie MacGregor, Paul Perrin, Steve Doucette (aka Bo), Jeremy Smith

(back l-r) Jeff Kay, Nick Marchand, James Oxley, Garth Perrin.

This is just one of the alumni teams who participated in Varsity Alumni Weekend this past October at the Langille Athletic Centre. If you are a former athlete or are just interested in following the NSAC Rams progress, you can view the NSAC Fall Varsity results by visiting http://nsac.ca/athletics. Standings for teams participating in the Atlantic Colleges Athletic Association can be seen at www.acaa.ca