{"id":15794,"date":"2018-04-11T12:39:38","date_gmt":"2018-04-11T19:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=15794"},"modified":"2018-04-11T12:40:14","modified_gmt":"2018-04-11T19:40:14","slug":"news-briefs-web-exclusive-for-april-11-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2018\/04\/11\/news-briefs-web-exclusive-for-april-11-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"News Briefs<\/em>: Web exclusive for April 11, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Don\u2019t forget to grab a copy of the April 4, 2018 issue of Nexus<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Camosun general awards now open\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Camosun College\u2019s financial aid and awards office is looking for students for its General Camosun Awards. The awards, valued at approximately $500 each, are given to students who have overcome personal or mental struggle, those who show outstanding leadership, are academically equipped, or have taken action on animal rights issues or issues related to Africa. The deadline for applications is Monday, April 30. See\u00a0camosun.ca\/services\/financial-aid\/awards\/general-awards<\/a>\u00a0for details, including links to applications.<\/p>\n

Camosun instructor passes away<\/strong><\/p>\n

Camosun biology instructor Geoff Haywood recently passed away. College flags will fly at half-mast on Thursday, April 12.<\/p>\n

Submissions open for 2018 Victoria Book Prizes<\/strong><\/p>\n

Submissions for the 2018 Victoria Book Prizes are now open. The prizes consist of the City of Victoria Butler Book Prize, awarded to a local author of fiction, non-fiction or poetry published in the preceding year, and the Bolen Book Children\u2019s Book Prize, awarded to a writer of children\u2019s or youth literature. The winner for both prizes will receive $5,000. The deadline for submissions is May 22. See victoriabookprizes.ca<\/a> or victoria.ca<\/a> for applications and submission guidelines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Camosun general awards now open\u00a0 Camosun College\u2019s financial aid and awards office is looking for students for its General Camosun Awards. The awards, valued at approximately $500 each, are given to students who have overcome personal or mental struggle, those who show outstanding leadership, are academically equipped, or have taken action on animal rights issues […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-webexclusive"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t