{"id":17934,"date":"2019-08-07T09:00:18","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T16:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=17934"},"modified":"2019-08-02T09:30:42","modified_gmt":"2019-08-02T16:30:42","slug":"news-briefs-august-7-2019-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2019\/08\/07\/news-briefs-august-7-2019-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"News Briefs<\/em>: August 7, 2019 issue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Camosun to offer three new technology programs in September<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Camosun College is offering three new courses in technology this September. The one-year Interactive Media Developer program will prepare students for work in game application, web development, graphic design, and user interaction. The Electrical Engineering Technology\u2014Marine and Industrial diploma program will prepare students to enter marine or industrial electrical jobs. Graduates will then be able to apply to Engineering at the University of Victoria. The Certified Medical Laboratory Assistant program will train students to work in medical labs collecting physiological data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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New member appointed to Camosun College board of governors<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On July 31, Tanya Clarmont became a member of the Camosun College board of governors. Clarmont works as the director of management services at the Victoria Native Friendship Centre. Her term with the college board ends on July 31, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Camosun instructor gives digital mapping presentation in Japan <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the week of July 29, Camosun Civil Engineering instructor Perry Peterson presented his solutions for a digital map of the Earth that gives information about the surface of the whole planet at the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGRSS) in Yokohama, Japan. The IGRSS is a gathering where interdisciplinary scientists and engineers discuss their findings regarding remote sensing of the Earth, oceans, and atmosphere. Peterson is working with other engineers on making the information in the \u201cDigital Earth\u201d accessible. 
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Camosun to offer three new technology programs in September Camosun College is offering three new courses in technology this September. The one-year Interactive Media Developer program will prepare students for work in game application, web development, graphic design, and user interaction. The Electrical Engineering Technology\u2014Marine and Industrial diploma program will prepare students to enter marine […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17925,"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":[13,234],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-august-7-2019"],"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