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Food for Fines

Reduce or clear your library fines — with food!

Click here for more information.

New Web Stats

The 2008 web statistics show an increase in traffic for nsac.ca.

In 2008 nsac.ca received over 8.3 million hits, representing over 22,000 page views per day. In 2007 we recorded 6.3 million hits.

Some interesting facts are that Tuesdays are the busiest day, and 12pm-1pm being the most active hour of the day. We had 285,824 unique visitors to the website. These statistics do not include other sites that are hosted on campus.

Personal Use of Government Owned/Leased Vehicles

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) mandates that the personal driving of an employer’s vehicle is a taxable benefit to the employee.CRA Form RC18 (Calculating Automobile Benefits) must be completed for all employees and elected officials who have access to a government owned or leased vehicle during the year. Click here for more information as well as a link to form RC18.

Fridays @ 3

“Organic Fruits and Vegetables:
Are they safer and more nutritious?”

Dr. Robert Prange
Research Scientist
Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada
Atlantic Food & Horticulture Research Centre

Date: January 16, 2009
Time: 3:00pm
Location: Cox Institute, Room 257

All are welcome to attend!!

This seminar is sponsored by NSAC’s Seminar Committee and the Graduate Communications Class of AGRI5700

Print Shop Grand Opening January 22nd

Glenn Desmond and the rest of the team of the newly outfitted NSAC Print Centre invite you to be their guest for a grand opening celebration on January 22nd. The event will run from 1:00-3:30 in the afternoon. You can have a tour, find out what's new and how we can help you with your documents. And, of course, great food and door prizes. There will be sessions running in break-out rooms on various topics and you can even bring your specific projects or challenges and get some help on the spot. We can't wait to show off our new, and greener, print centre!

Varsity Results

Basketball

Jan 9 NSAC at Kings
(w) 64 - 70
(m) 55 - 99

Jan. 11 NSAC at UNBSJ
(w) 66 - 83
Top Scorers for NSAC: Jenna Hazelton with 28 points, and Jennifer Lutes, Meagan MacLeod both with 12 points.

(m) 52 - 82
Top Scorers for NSAC: Josh McGill and Jon Kennedy lead the scoring for the Rams with 13 points, Thomas Teakles had 12.


Volleyball

Jan 10 USA at NSAC
(w) 0 - 3

Jan 11 UKC at NSAC
(w) postponed due to weather

Scholarship Spotlight

Bible Hill Garden Club Present Bursary
Sarah Weatherby, Truro, NS, a 3rd year Environmental Horticulture Technology student, was the 2008 recipient of the $300 Bible Hill Garden Club Bursary. Shown congratulating Sarah is Wayne Large and Jeannette McNutt, representing the Garden Club. Selection criteria for the bursary include academic performance and financial need. Sarah also received the $500 John Higgins Memorial Bursary.