News Briefs: November 30, 2016 issueCamosun partnering with Seaspan Shipyards Victoria’s Seaspan Shipyards recently donated a six-tonne ship’s bulkhead training module to the college. The donation will go toward Camosun’s new Coastal Skills Initiative, a new educational concept designed to draw upon coast-specific issues. Camosun students given $110,000 in scholarships The 2016 Ike Barber Transfer Scholarships have been awarded to […] Continue Reading |
What’s Going On: November 30, 2016 to January 3, 2017Until Saturday, December 3 Back to Salem Langham Court Theatre will be showing their newest play, The Crucible, until December 3. Loosely based on the Salem Witch Trials, this play hopes to offer an insight into the madness that occurred in that time period. Ticket prices range from $10 to $22. Contact langhamtheatre.ca for more […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College faculty member under investigationA Camosun College faculty member has been suspended after a student complaint that is regarding an incident that happened on a trip to the Philippines, according to a Times Colonist article. Camosun vice president of student experience Joan Yates says there is an objective third party outside of Camosun investigating the matter. “The college did […] Continue Reading |
Penguin & Peacock: November 16, 2016 issue |
Musical celebrates the work of Canadian folk legend Joni MitchellGiven that Canadian folk singer Joni Mitchell had her career peak in the ’70s, why would Camosun College students care about I Think I’m Fallin’, a new musical playing at the Belfry? I Think I’m Fallin’ director Michael Shamata says the time is right to talk about Mitchell, with Bob Dylan recently winning the Nobel […] Continue Reading |
Camosun students represented on Victoria Transit CommissionCamosun College students will have a say on the Victoria Transit Commission (VTC) board this year. Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) external executive Rachael Grant currently holds the student representative position on the VTC board; last year, the position was held by Kenya Rogers, then University of Victoria Students’ Society (UVSS) external executive (the two […] Continue Reading |
Know Your Profs: Camosun’s Chris Avis on post-secondary for work or for pleasureKnow Your Profs is an ongoing series of profiles on the instructors at Camosun College. Every issue we ask a different instructor at Camosun the same 10 questions to get to know them better. If you have an instructor you’d like to see interviewed in the paper, but perhaps you’re too busy to ask them […] Continue Reading |
What’s Going On: November 16 to 29, 2016Until Tuesday, December 6 Typos maybe acceptable Camosun students will have their work on display at Typologies, an exhibit in which photography students were assigned to create a 100-photo typology of something. Check it out in the Lansdowne library mezzanine and beside Young 111 at the Lansdowne campus. Thursday, November 17 Bringing back comedy Comedy […] Continue Reading |
A connected campus: How technology is changing the classrooms of CamosunWe’re in the midst of a technological revolution that is changing the way we communicate, think, and, perhaps of most relevance to Camosun students, learn. People are glued to their electronic devices more than ever; in some ways it’s replacing face-to-face communication. Life in the classroom has changed, too, with more and more students ignoring […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: November 16, 2016Bound with surprising claims: Here in 2016 we’re used to seeing news stories about people being offended about, well, everything; a news story, for example, about someone claiming a toy sexually harassed them barely registers as being absurd anymore. But maybe it’s not that new of a thing: in our November 12, 1991 issue, we […] Continue Reading |
