Thursday, March 25, 2010

Making history

Hello all! It has been a busy term! Everything is winding down and finals are arriving soon. Amongst the rush of getting midterms finished and assignments completed UTSC held the historic student referendum for a new athletic complex.

UTSC has voted "YES" to the new state-of-the-art athletics complex following a historic referendum. Here's parts from the article:

The unofficial vote count is: 1454 yes, 748 no, representing a 62 per cent majority in favour of YES (with 58 abstained and 77 spoiled ballots). The results are unofficial until they pass through the normal schedule of ratification by the SCSU and the University.

With 2,337 ballots cast, this represents 23 per cent of the student body and the highest participation level of any student referendum on the UTSC campus. For the past 18 months, the students at UTSC have been working side-by-side with the other partners in developing plans for this new athletics and recreation complex. Students at UTSC have been advocating for decades for enhanced facilities. The existing athletics facility was designed for 4,000 students and is inadequate for today’s student population of over 10,000.

Monday, March 15, 2010

Exam help and graduate school information

Graduate School Panel

Are you thinking of attending graduate school? Do you have questions? If so then visit the Graduate School Panel.

Hear from students who have been admitted into graduate programs.
The panel will be held on Tue, March 23, 5:30pm – 7:30pm

Sign up on the intranet to attend!

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Exam Preparation and Exam Writing: How to Ace Your Finals

As finals are closing in and stress levels are going up. Before final exams begin you should visit the Exam Preparation and Exam Writing: How to Ace Your Finals seminar. You'll be glad you did.

This seminar addresses exam preparation timelines and strategies for the day of the exam. It also discusses "exam stress," general test anxiety, and writing MCQ and essay style exams.

The seminar will be held on: March 31, 2010, 5-6:30pm

Sign up on the intranet to attend.

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

March events!

I wanted to inform everyone of some of the events happening this month!

Program Information Session

There are many program information sessions are occurring this month. Visit AACC website for more information on dates and location of the sessions.

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Fairs

The Environmental Career Fair is coming up on March 31st, From 12 noon- 2pm at Science Wing meeting place.

Two events associated with the Environmental fair:
  1. the Green Resume: Communicating your Environmental Experience will be held on Wednesday March 24, 3-4:0pm

  2. Before you go to the fair visit the Maximize Your Result at Career Fair seminar, held Tuesday March 30th from 1pm- 2pm.

If you have questions regarding the fair please feel free to visit the AACC website or come visit us in person at AC213 in the ark.

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Other Sessions and seminars

AACC is offering many information sessions and seminars throughout March and here are some topics:
  • Discover your skills and career options
  • How to find work
  • Interview techniques to land that job

you will need to sign up on the intranet for these seminars. Visit the AACC website for more information