Office 365 available free to Camosun students
Camosun is now offering students with a valid student ID a subscription to Office 365 for free. Office 365 is a Microsoft program that allows users access to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and 1 TB of OneDrive storage. A year-long subscription to the program typically costs between $79 and $109 per year. See camosun.ca/office365 for details.
Camosun instructor collaborates with Margaret Atwood in new book
Camosun instructor Ken Steacy has a new book, War Bears, out now; the book is a collaborative effort with Canadian writer Margaret Atwood. See the next issue of Nexus, on stands on October 10, for our full story on War Bears.
Former student wins Camosun award
Camosun Visual Arts alumna Aileen Penner has won the Robert J. Van den Brink Visual Arts Residency Memorial Award, which goes to a second-year Camosun Visual Arts student or to someone who has graduated from the program in the last three years. Penner’s winning work, “The Mechanics of Fracture,” was displayed between Young 111 and Young 117 at the Lansdowne campus from September 6 to 14 (see page 1).
$63,000 available in funding for neighbourhood grants
If Victorians have any ideas on how to improve their neighbourhoods in innovative ways, now is a good time to make those ideas heard, as submissions for the City of Victoria’s My Great Neighbourhood Grants project are open until October 14. This grant project focuses on projects that will empower the community. The City of Victoria will match any donations that the public makes, whether that’s through volunteer time or donation amounts. See victoria.ca/neighbourhoodgrants.