Know Your Profs: Camosun’s Max Oleson connects with studentsKnow 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 in an attempt to get to know them a little better. Do you have an instructor that you want to see interviewed in the paper? Maybe you […] Continue Reading |
What’s Going On: October 19 to November 1, 2016Until Friday, October 21 Do engineers like pizza? For all those engineering students scattered across both campuses, five presentations by the Applied Science Technologists and Technicians of BC (ASTTBC) will be held on campus until October 21. To sweeten the deal, there will be free pizza, door prizes, and free student ASTTBC memberships available. For […] Continue Reading |
What’s Going On: October 5 to 18, 2016Tuesday, September 27 until Saturday, October 15 No silver bullets here Mating Dance of the Werewolf gets us all into the Halloween spirit with its spookiness, humour, and really weird take on stalking someone. Showing up in a Halloween costume nets you a free cookie and drink. It goes down at Theatre Inconnu; tickets are […] Continue Reading |
Camosun Chargers golfers swing for the greensUpdate: After this story went to press, the Chargers golf team finished in first place in the PACWEST standings. The first-place finish is their second consecutive PACWEST title. They will go to the nationals in PEI later this month. The Camosun Chargers golf team had a great season last year, and they’re looking to repeat […] Continue Reading |
Know Your Profs: Camosun’s Helen Lansdowne gets old fashionedKnow Your Profs is an ongoing series of profiles on the instructors at Camosun College. This issue, we talked to Camosun prof Helen Lansdowne about keeping engaged, being technologically inept, and concern over the future of post-secondary. 1. What do you teach at Camosun? I teach Asian studies, gender studies, and one course in sociology. 2. […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College Mandarin Club expands awareness through languageIt’s taken Camosun College’s student Mandarin Club five years to get to where they’re at today. Sisters Esther and Sarah Hack are two of the Camosun students who run the club. They say there are a lot of different people in the club, including Camosun alumni and current UVic students. “We have a lot of […] Continue Reading |
What’s Going On: September 21 to October 4, 2016Until September 25 Even better than a book Authors such as Steven Price, Ronald Wright, and Arleen Pare, along with many others, will be appearing at the Victoria Festival of Authors. Included in the festival will be panels with the authors, readings, workshops, and a gala at City Hall on Saturday night. Tickets are $15 […] Continue Reading |
Know Your Profs: Camosun’s Nancy Yakimoski says education more than just good gradesKnow 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 a little better. Do you have an instructor that you want to see interviewed in the paper? Maybe you want to know […] Continue Reading |
Five tips to help new international students at Camosun CollegeThere was once an English tourist who found he only had enough money to buy a ship ticket to go home after he visited Norway. It was only a two-day trip, so he decided to not eat any food on the ship so he could afford the ticket. The first day, he did not eat […] Continue Reading |
Camosun staff art exhibit showcases diversity in mediumsJust because a piece of artwork hasn’t reached the traditional stage of completion doesn’t mean it’s not art that its makers can display with pride. At least that’s Camosun Visual Arts prof Mike McLean’s opinion; the R+D exhibit backs him up, and it’s up and running on campus until September 26. McLean says that it’s […] Continue Reading |
