Every year four students receive a $20,000 scholarship from the Eresman Family Foundation Bursary. The students are chosen from the engineering or commerce/management fields. The bursaries were initially rewarded in 2006 with a pledge from the Eresman Family Foundation of $720,000, or 12 years worth of bursaries.
This year the four recipients were honoured at a luncheon. Kris Woods and Matthew Huband, both studying engineering, and Kelsey Schaufele and Kyler Baker, studying commerce, will receive $5,000 a year for four years.
"There is no greater gift you can give a student than less stress and less worry," said Kyler Baker as he spoke on behalf of his fellow recipients. "We are going to use this gift to focus on our education and complete our studies to the greatest of our abilities. We won't let you down."
Thus far, the Eresman bursary has helped 24 students obtain post-secondary education. Each worked hard to achieve high grades and show themselves deserving of the bursary.
2011-12 Faculty Residence Awards Announced
Sandra Fritz, a nursing instructor with the Division of Health Studies, is conducting Using High Fidelity Simulation (HFS) as an Instructional Strategy. The purpose of the project is to bring forth the benefits of HFS as an instructional tool in the Bachelor of Nursing Program. The goal is to interest other nursing faculty to adopt HFS and integrate it into other nursing courses across the curriculum. Simulation offers opportunities to practice critical events in a safe and controlled environment, affording practice without risk to patients. It also provides scenario themes that focus on closing the theory-to-practice gap and understanding team collaboration and communication. The research will include student perceptions of simulation pre- and post-experience and measuring student outcomes in critcal thinking through knowledge and performance in the courses of Nursing 361 and 362.
Jonathan Horsman, an instructor with the Division of Science, is working with the Casualty Management Section at DRDC Suffield on the project Creating Resources for Student Engagement in Collaborative Applied Research Between MHC and DRDC Suffield. The goal is to develop the resources required for student involvement in applied research projects that will enhance their learning experience. Mr Horsman's specific project will focus on cultured astrocytes, brain cells that impact regeneration of neurons in indviduals with brain injuries. In some types of brain injury, scar tissue formed by astrocytes can alter neuron regeneration but utilizing compound that modulate the growth of astrocytes may increase the likelihood of a return to normal brain function after an injury. Horsman believes science is an active process that benefits from the highest levels of understanding of the subject and excitement for the discipline.
Lori Sumners and Elizabeth Pennefather-O'Brien are working on the project Introducing the Scholarship of Teaching and Learing (SoTL) at the Faculty at Large at Medicine Hat College. In order to promote SoTL at MHC, we need a better understanding of what SoTL is, what it encompasses and the role it may play in the future of post-secondary education, particularly in institutions similar to MHC. The goal of the project is to include background documentation in the form of a database to be used as a foundation for faculty undertaking SoTL. They will attempt to highlight the use of SoTL in institutions like MHC.
Graeme Zirk Featured in E-Book for Poster Design
When Graeme Zirk checked his email one day and saw an email from an English designer, he assumed it was spam. The message said Zirk, a third-year Vis Comm student, was being included in an e-book called 'The Wall: Modern Day Music Posters.'
"I thought it was like one of those emails that says your poem is being featured in a poetry book but it's really a scam," joked Zirk. "My friends asked me, 'is this legitimate?'"
That's because Zirk never assumed one of his 12 posters on the design-community website gigposters.com would draw attention from overseas, especially among thousands of designers across Europe and North America.
The book contains 91 designers' posters, including Zirk's promotional poster for a small folk rock show in his hometown of Regina. Although it's not his favourite design it does feature handmade components and highlights the agricultural nature of the event with a spin on the grain elevator.
"Gig posters are really fun to do because it skates the line of design and art. It has to look cool and say something."
Zirk doesn't expect much 'fame' to come from his inclusion in the grassroots-style e-book but it has already opened networking opportunities with bigwigs in the design field.
"I was able to email some of the other featured designers and they are art directors of huge ad firms. Just to be able to be recognized alongside them is great."
Interfaith Centre Now Open
Medicine Hat College is a community proud of its diversity and commited to promoting equity, respect, intellectual integrity and freedom of enquiry. As members of the MHC comunity, we are expected to uphold these values by showing respect to the space and people around us.
We are pleased to announce the Interfaith Centre located in room F155 is now available for bookings. Group worship sessions and other religious and spiritual activities can all be accommodated in this space.
When the space is not booked by a specific party, the room will serve as an available place for prayer and meditation. The space is not to be used for studying, sleeping or eating.
To book the Interfaith Centre, please do so by the 15th of the month prior to your event by contacting the facilities booking coordinator.
Sugar Strings Swimwear Claims Entrepreneur of the Month
Kristan Votta and Angelica Bonaparte had a hectic summer launching their own business. In a few short months Sugar Strings Swimwear successfully established a website and a solid client base, and held their first-ever fashion show.
“Sugar Strings Swimwear is a luxurious swimwear line that caters to sweet, sexy, and sophisticated women,” said Votta.
With that, Votta and Bonaparte decided to create a swimwear line that is accessible to Canadians and a unique fashion-forward alternative to the current selection of suits women have to choose from.
Over the last few months, the duo spent their time designing, marketing, and manufacturing their products in Calgary. The 2011 season closed with a growing fan base including fitness models and holiday travelers, and cementing worldwide business relationships.
The vibrant eye-catching collections have caught the eye of the Edmonton Eskimos cheer team, professional athletes and up-and-coming models. In the new year, they will be working with fitness campaigns, expanding the online store across North America and growing the brand internationally.
“It has been a challenging year starting from ground zero... but at the end of the day my business partner and I followed our plan and are excited to grow and build our Sugar label,” said Votta.
Sugar Strings Swimwear was a recipient of grant funding from the $250,000 JMH & Co. donation. Votta said the money allowed “us to put money towards items that will increase our quality and success and has given us a huge boost as a new company.”
Updates from Information Technology Services
ITS has completed a number of important initiatives to improve IT services at MHC. For more details on each of these initiatives see the ITS Blog.
- MHC-WiFi Wireless Network
- Classroom Equipment Expansion
- SharePoint
- Blackboard
- Web VPN Service - Accessing College Services and Data from Off Campus
- P Drive - Network Storage for your College Files
Craig Cote - Surfacing: Metaphor and Meditation
Craig Cote's new body of work plumbs the murky depths of myth, metaphor, dream states and meditation, surfacing with strange, and strangely familiar, visions of human possibility.
In etched, overprinted and stencilled works on paper, Cote's delicately conjured figures emerge, shirt and transform, evocatively resolve and dissipate. Reflecting upon American 20th century scholar Joseph Campbell's revelatory ideas about the metaphorical vocabularies of myth, and using an intuitive, deeply felt process, Cote develops the prints in multiple steps over time and with attentive patience. The results are quietly moving, sensitive and intriguing meditations on our worldly and metaphysical human condition.
Innovate @ MHC Symposium
Dr. Linda Schwartz is excited to announce MHC's first research symposium, "Innovate @ MHC"! The symposium will provide an opportunity to learn about current work in your area, network with colleagues, and find out about all the exciting work that is going on at MHC. Intended for an internal audience, the symposium provides an opportunity to showcase scholarly and innovative work that faculty, staff and students are doing at MHC. Proposals are invited for three streams:
- Funding, grant writing and publishing
- Scholarship of teaching and learning
- Research and innovation
- Concurrent sessions (30 or 60 minute periods, interactive lecture)
- Poster/booth displays (to be displayed for the duration of the symposium with key times for networking)
- Round-table discussions (50 minute periods intended for smaller interactive groups)
Can You Find Value in a Coffee Cup? Join the You Innovate Tournament
The Canadian Youth Business Foundation is challenging students with the You Innovate Tournament to create as much value as they can from a coffee cup.
Students can work on their own or in class (it may take up a few lectures and the Canadian Youth Business Foundation will provide teaching notes and everything else you’ll need.)
By October 18, students will submit a three-minute video sharing their story and making the case for why they’ve created the most value. The winner will be announced during Global Entrepreneurship Week (Nov. 14-20). There are BIG prizes for the top presenters, including a trip to England.
Need inspiration? View past projects on YouTube, including RecoSleeves, Dog Toys, and Valetta.
Faculty can sign up here. Click here for more information.
Homecoming a Huge Success
The College Advancement staff would like to say a big THANK YOU to all of our homecoming volunteers! We couldn’t have done it without you. Many of you brought your spouses, friends, children and in-laws too. Please pass along our thanks to them as well. We had approximately 90 volunteers! Way to go, staff, students and friends of MHC! It was an amazing event that served the entire community, and we thank you for being a part of it.
We hope you will join us again next year. If you have any comments or suggestions regarding volunteer duties during homecoming, please email Jennifer at jthompson@mhc.ab.ca
Great weather allowed for a full day of activity, including four great musical acts, and fireworks. Thanks for joining us!
A Call for Extra Produce
Do you have any extra fruits or vegetables harvested from your garden? Glenda Staples is looking for overflow produce to provide to students in residence. Students have already gobbled up carrots, apples cucumbers and plums! Anything you can provide would be appreciated.
Contact Glenda to drop off your donation.
CCAA National Scholar Award Winners
The Rattlers and Medicine Hat College are pleased to announce that 24 student-athletes have been named CCAA National Scholar Award winners for the 2010-11 academic year.
The National Scholar Award is designed to recognize the outstanding academic accomplishments of CCAA student-athletes. To be recognized, a student-athlete must achieve honours standing at their institution in the current academic year. From last year’s 109 CCAA member institutions, 752 student-athletes were awarded the prestigious honour in their pursuit of academic and athletic excellence.
Medicine Hat College finished 7th overall in total award winners and 3rd overall when subtracting cross country running and badminton, sports in which the Rattlers do not compete in.
Congratulations to all the recipients of the CCAA National Scholar Award as well as to the coaches and administration at the college!
Take the Redi Recycling Survey
REDI is seeking input from the households in Medicine Hat about recycling in your community. We would like ask you for your participation in an online survey as part of a research project. The purpose of the research project is to seek input on residential recycling in Medicine Hat and identify levels of recycling activity in the community and factors that encourage recycling. The data collected during surveys will contribute to a better understanding of recycling and assist REDI in their recycling operations. Once data is collected and organized, it will be presented to REDI and a summary report of the survey will be posted on their website. If you require more information about this survey, please feel free to contact Paul Hubbard (researcher) at paul.hubbard@royalroads.ca or by phone at 403-528-4071.
Your opinion matters to shape the future of recycling programs in Medicine Hat. The web survey can be accessed at www.redi.ca/survey.
Men's Volleyball Running Hockey Pool Fundraiser
Are you an avid hockey fan? Sign up for the hockey pool fundraiser hosted by the men's Rattlers volleyball team. The cost of each entry is $20. You can enter as many times as you wish. Prize money will be awarded following the regular season on April 7. You could win $200 for third place, $300 for second and $500 for first place.
Entries must be submitted by noon on October 6. Enter at http://www.hockeydraft.ca/ with the username rattlers and the password volleyball. Cheques can be made out to Medicine Hat College Men's Volleyball and sent to the college c/o Kyle Pushkarenko. For a full list of rules, click here.
Any questions or concerns relating to the draft can be directed to Kyle Pushkarenko, head coach of the men's volleyball team, at 403-529-3905 or kpushkarenko@mhc.ab.ca.
Emergency Contacts
In the middle of an event when your adrenalin is pumping, the last thing you can remember is a phone number. It is highly recommend that you add these numbers to your contacts list on your mobile device:
- College Security 403-529-3911
- Emergency contact - insert the number of the person you would want called if you are incapacitated
- You can also use the acronym “ICE” = In Case of Emergency (e.g. ICE John)
United Way Payroll Campaign
You should have all received a pledge form for MHC’s United Way “Yes. We. Can.” campaign to reach $10,000. If not, please contact Anne Baxter in the Library. Red Deer College, Grande Prairie Regional College, and Medicine Hat College are in a challenge, not for total cash amount, but for the highest percentage of employees to donate. Let’s show them that the south can kick butt! Our deadline is Oct. 31 Simply complete the pledge form and return it in the attached envelope.
You should have all received a pledge form for MHC’s United Way “Yes. We. Can.” campaign to reach $10,000. If not, please contact Anne Baxter in the Library. Red Deer College, Grande Prairie Regional College, and Medicine Hat College are in a challenge, not for total cash amount, but for the highest percentage of employees to donate. Let’s show them that the south can kick butt! Our deadline is Oct. 31 Simply complete the pledge form and return it in the attached envelope.
Fitness Classes Now Available
Have you been working out all summer and dreading the onset of cooler weather? Keep your exercise momentum going with fun and lively fitness classes hosted by Be Fit For Life. With seven each week you're sure to find something you enjoy to keep you active.
From zumba to yoga and even qi gong - you may have to Google that one! - there's something for everyone. Click here to view the schedule.
All classes are free for staff and students and located in H131 beside the tennis courts. There is a different lunch-hour class daily from 12:10 to 12:50 and after-work classes Monday and Wednesday from 4:45 to 5:30 p.m.
For additional information, contact Sonya Soveran at 504-3546.
NISOD Innovation Abstract: Integrating Industry Certification into an Occupational Program
In “Integrating Industry Certification into an Occupational Program,” Keith Kelly, Instructor, Business, and John Pahl, Instructor, English, at Northwestern Michigan College, describe a strategy used at their college to create a closer match-up between what they offer and what specialized, high-skill jobs require. Their program review demonstrated how a fresh look at curriculum and gap issues can lead to improved programming and better-prepared students.
Community Colleges: Ready for Prime Time?
At the May 2011 NISOD International Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence, Rod Risley, Executive Director, Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, delivered an extraordinary keynote address: “Community Colleges: Ready for Prime Time?”We invite you to submit a presentation proposal for the 2012 NISOD International Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence. The deadline is December 31.
This year's presentation strands include:
- Teaching and Learning
- Student Success
- Educational Technology
- Diversity & Inclusion
- Culture of Evidence
- Developing Faculty/Staff
- Developmental & Adult Education
- Economic and Workforce Development
- Leadership and Organizational Development
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