CCFA rally for transparency
The Camosun College Faculty Association (CCFA) held a rally outside Camosun College during its Monday, April 14 board meeting at the Lansdowne campus. The CCFA is calling for more transparency in the college’s budgeting process; a new balanced budget of $171,955,297 was approved at the meeting. The college is dealing with ongoing financial concerns after government-mandated limitations on international students and has already eliminated several positions and restructured departments. The CCFA and the college are entering mediation in early May over the layoffs, the restructuring, and the working conditions taking place to make the balanced budget happen. See camosunfaculty.ca for more information on the CCFA.
Chargers athletes, coach awarded
Camosun Chargers women’s volleyball outside Erica Bolink and men’s basketball forward David Finch were recently named the 2024-2025 Chargers Athletes of the Year. Bolink led the PACWEST in kills, with 318, and aces, with 73, and reached over 410 total points this season. Finch was second in league Player of the Year voting; he was also a PACWEST First Team All-Star, as well as a CCAA All-Canadian. Additionally, at the annual Chargers Awards Ceremony, which took place on Thursday, April 3, men’s basketball coach Geoff Pippus won the PACWEST Coach of the Year award. Many Chargers athletes were also awarded at the event, including, among others, Eric Lees taking home the President’s Award and Lachlan Scherger receiving the Derek Twomey Scholarship for Sport.
Co-op students awarded
Camosun College Visual Arts student and Nexus contributing writer and artist Ray Nufer recently was awarded the Yvonne Thompson Page Co-op Student of the Year award; Nufer was also the ACEWIL Co-op winner and an honourable mention in the CEWIL Canada and Emery-Dufault Student of the Year Award. Hospitality Management student Breyn Banks was selected as the ACEWIL WIL winner; Mariana Ximena Bretado Brizuela won the Business Co-op Student of the Year award, Sofia Marin Lavin for Technology, and Kohen Willis Dengler for the WIL Student of the Year in Sport Management.
Teachers recognized
On Friday, May 2, over 40 Camosun College instructors were named in the fourth annual Teacher Recognition Awards. The awards, which also were given to faculty and other college-related staff, were chosen by students nominating instructors who they feel go above and beyond for student success. See a complete list of those awarded at camosun.ca/news/spotlighting-exceptional-teaching-camosun-college.
Chargers coach takes position at UFV
Camosun Chargers women’s volleyball head coach Brent Hall recently accepted an assistant coach position with the University of the Fraser Valley’s women’s volleyball team. In his eight years as head coach at the Chargers, Hall led the team to its first ever gold medal at the PACWEST championships, as well as two silvers and two bronzes, and a CCAA national championship silver medal. He was also named PACWEST Coach of the Year in 2019 and 2020.