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Orientation Day - 6 Sept 2011

Welcome Students!

Students are invited to attend Orientation 2011. Starting at 9:00 AM in both Middleton and Lawrencetown. This is a great way to connect with faculty/staff and meet your peers.

Click on the Orientation Invite for more details

Click on Orientation Schedule for event details

If you need additional information: Contact bilynda.whiting@nscc.ca Or phone our campus switchboard 902-825-3491

Orientation Invite

Full Orientation Schedule


Orientation for Digby Students

Digby - CCA Students
Orientation: Tuesday September 6, 2011
Time: 9:00 am
NSCC: Digby Site: 151 HWY, 303
Digby, NS, B0V 1A0

Digby, ALP Students
Orientation: Tuesday September 6, 2011
Time: 9:00 am
Digby Community Education Centre,
P.O. Box 968, Digby, Nova Scotia, BOV 1A0
Civic Address: 53 Mount Street, Digby, Nova Scotia,
BOV 1A0 (adjacent to the high school parking lot)



COGS Cartography Student Success at International Conference
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Joe Fraser, center, gave a paper in Florida in October, 2010 at the North American Cartography and Information Society (NACIS) conference demonstrating extraction of Canada’s Topographic data layers using a script he produced as a Cartography student at COGS. He also won second prize in a mapping competition. He is pictured here with COGS instructor, Ada Cheung, left, and Aileen Buckley of ESRI, right. Congratulations Joe!

Environmental Stewardship Awards
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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!

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 6th, 2011

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

Full Orientation Schedule

Attention: students starting in September 2011

Please check here for useful information.

Get Started 2011

Join us for our Get Started welcome days taking place at our campuses in Lawrencetown (May 29, 1-3 PM) and Middleton (May 26, 6-8 PM). If you're planning to study at NSCC in September 2011, please join us ...
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Apply Now for Fall 2011

See our September 2011 Flyer

Library News

Library Newsletter Summer 2010.

Booklists

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

Booklists »

Continuing Education

Course list for Continuing Education available here.

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 2011 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 »

Announcements

Information on Student Awards

We have added a page with information to assist students in finding and applying for awards:

Student Awards page.

What our students are saying:

About Geomatics Programs (video)

More info ››

What Employers Are Saying:

“Can’t get enough of them! [COGS graduates]”

John Wallace
Can AM Geomatics

What our students are saying:

About Information Technology Programs (video)

More info ››

What Graduates Are Saying:

“NSCC not only taught the skills required to get a job; they also taught me how to keep my skills current and make myself marketable.”

Justin Bezanson