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AVC Float

The AVC float took part in the Digby Scallop Days parade, Saturday, August 7th. (Click to embiggen)

Environmental Stewardship Awards

Mike Ciarrocco and Kevin Veinott received NSCC Environmental Stewardship Awards on Thursday, 17 June 2010. The award was given to Mike and Kevin for their excellent work for, and tireless contributions to, the AVC Environmental Committee. (Click image for full size)

CoGS Students win awards

awards that were announced recently for the maps created by COGS Students in the Cartography: Digital Mapping Program.

ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN GEOGRAPHERS

National Geographic Award in Mapping

Undergraduate students and master's-degree candidates are invited to apply for the National Geographic Award in Mapping. This award recognizes student achievement in the art, science, and technology of mapping and seeks to encourage student research.

Joe Fraser, CARTOGRAPHY 2010

"Annapolis County Heritage Homes" has been selected as the WINNER in the 2010 National Geographic / Cartography Specialty Group student mapping competition.http://www.natgeomaps.com/mapawards.html

Lucy Hughes, CARTOGRAPHY 2010

"Orienteering: The enigmatic sport of navigation" has been selected as an Honorable Mention in the 2010 National Geographic / Cartography Specialty Group student mapping competition.http://www.natgeomaps.com/mapawards.html

Cartography and Geographic Information Society Awards (CaGIS)

Arthur Robinson Award for Best Printed Map: A map or map series designed specifically for print media.

Barbara Pietersma, CARTOGRAPHY 2010

"Bras d'Or Lake, Cape Breton" has been selected as an Honourable Mention in the Student Category - Arthur Robinson Award for Best Printed Map by the North American Cartography and Geographic Information Society. See more.

Mathieu Noble, CARTOGRAPHY 2009

"Quebec City, Quebec Topographic Map" has been selected as an Honourable Mention in the Student Category - Arthur Robinson Award for Best Printed Map by the North American Cartography and Geographic Information Society. See more.

Congratulations to our award winners!

Haiti

On Tuesday, Feb 9th, CBC correspondent Stephen Puddicombe visited AVC to talk about his connection to Haiti and what he witnessed on his recent assignment there following the January 12 earthquake. Those in attendance were very moved by what is going on in Haiti, which encompasses both incredible greed and incredible bravery.

First Lego League

On Jan 16th, Middleton hosted the Second Annual AVC First Lego League Competition.

GIS Day

On Nov 18th, CoGS hosted a group of students from SMU.

Food Banks

A reminder for all students - the Lawrencetown and Middleton site each have active food banks, should the need arise. Also, many local communities offer food banks as well: Community Food Banks

Orientation is on Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

Starting at 9:00 AM in both Middleton and Lawrencetown. Here's a copy of the Orientation Schedule.

Library News

Library Newsletter Summer 2010.

Job opening for Library Student Assistant

Candidate must be a current student at AVC. Workplace is at COGS. Details.

Attention: students starting in September 2010

Please check here for useful information.

Booklists

Booklists for AVC Programs for January 2010 can be found here:

Booklists »

Continuing Education

Course list for Spring 2010 available here (PDF). Covers both Annapolis Valley Campus and Kingstec.

Samples

We now have some samples of student work available from the GISB Program. They have created informational websites on Bridgetown, Lawrencetown, and Middleton, to provide some information to new students. Samples

Wallpaper

Download some AVC wallpaper, courtesy of our ACAT Students.

AVC Library Blog

The AVC Library has a spiffy new blog. Lots of useful information.

COGS Graduate Profile

The 2010 COGS Graduate Profile is now available (PDF, 3 MB).

AVC to become home to high-tech business:

Entrepreneurs in the fields of Geomatics, related IT and Applied Communications Technologies have been handed a golden opportunity to work alongside some of the best scientists and researchers in those fields. On Monday NSCC and all three levels of government announced the creation of a new business incubation centre at the Annapolis Valley Campus. More »