May 2013
Mount Saint Vincent University Students’ Union
congrats GRADS!
1 President’s Message
Hello,
2 Campus Updates Yet another year has come to a close and I can’t help but to ask myself… where did the time go? I am sure we can all find commonalities between us from our experiences over the past year: extensive studying (and even a cramming), maintenance of some semblance of a social life, and hopefully a little time for self-care.
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For many of us, the next four months will be dedicated to searching for a job, adjusting to a new area, finding some time to relax after this busy year, and hopefully to gain a little perspective on our next steps forward. For some of us, the end of this semester also marks the end of an era here at the Mount. Our graduates are moving on to apply what they have learned here to the world outside our little community here on the hill. Myself, and Mount Saint Vincent University’s Students’ Union would like to wish everyone, especially our graduates, all the best on their future endeavors. I greatly look forward to working with you all in the upcoming year, and reading about the pronounced success of our new alumni. Warm regards, Paul Whyte
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CAMPUS UPDATES Women in Science and Engineering, Atlantic Region (WISEatlantic) Congratulations to graduating BEd students from the Chair for Women in Science and Engineering – Atlantic Region. Visit our website, WISEatlantic.ca, to find resources that will get students excited about science and math. WISEatlantic is looking for Science students to assist with our events over the summer and next academic year. Please contact Sally Burke at WISEatlantic@msvu.ca for more information or to volunteer.
Vinnie’s Pub On behalf of the Vinnie’s Pub & Crow N’ Go staff, we would like to thank the Grads of 2014 for all the support during your time here. It has been a pleasure servicing you and don’t forget to stop by for a visit when possible, alumnae are always welcome! Interested in hosting a party at Vinnie’s over the summer? We are more than interested in hosting your next event! For more information on booking out Vinnie’s Pub, contact Todd at Todd@mountstudents.ca
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CAMPUS UPDATES Library
Library Summer Hours Summer in the Library begins April 29th! Check out the building, circulation, and research assistance hours at http://www.msvu.ca/ library. Contact us at anytime, the Library is here to help. Congratulations Class of 2014! From all the staff at the Mount Library, congratulations to all students on the end of term and best of luck to the Graduates of 2014! To all our new alumnae, make sure to check out your Library services after you graduate: http://www.msvu.ca/en/home/library/services/alumnaeservices.aspx
LOOKING FOR A JOB? Check out MSVU’s Career Planning Services! There are full-time, part-time, summer and on-campus jobs available!
msvu.ca/careerplanning
Career Planning Services
Halifax Career Fair On Sept. 23, 2014, the 17th annual Halifax Career Fair will take place at the Cunard Centre. The fair will run from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. and will feature over 120 diverse employers recruiting from all areas of study. A wide range of other local, national and international employers will be in attendance. The fair will also feature further educational opportunities, with representatives from graduate schools and other post-secondary programs! Bring your Student ID for admission to the fair. A full list of exhibitors may be viewed later this Summer at: www.halifaxcareerfair.ca.
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CAMPUS UPDATES Celebrating Compassion at the Mount
Cultivators of Compassion Needed We extend our heartiest congratulations to our Student Union on being the first in the world to proclaim itself a “Compassionate Student Union” with their own Charter for Compassion*, on April 1, 2014. Why bother? What is compassion? And what does this have to do with me? Who better to help answer these questions than one of our alumnae, Dr. Lorna Crozier? “No matter what the discipline you studied, may one of the gifts of (Mount CARES team signing charter) your degree be compassion, which goes hand in hand with empathy. Before I became a university teacher, I was a high-school guidance counsellor. The most painful day for many students in secondary school is grade-twelve graduation. Do you remember that time? There were too many kids who felt shunned, who knew that no one wanted to go with them to the dance and the party after. The only comfort I could offer was to help them to see their own specialness, their own beauty—something I was rarely successful (Outgoing SU President Zach Gallant signing charter) at— and to promise that university would be a more accepting place, that many people I’d known who didn’t fit in had found like-minded spirits after high school. I prayed that my promise to them wasn’t a false one. Some of you, I’m sure, discovered Mount Saint Vincent to be more tolerant of difference, allowing room for various ways of looking, of speaking, of being, for surely compassion and acceptance must be among the greater goals of any good education. As you grew in maturity and wisdom here, I’m confident that many of you offered compassion to others. If you didn’t, for whatever reason, may I ask you now as part of your convocation, to vow that you’ll carry compassion into whatever lies ahead of you. If we all did this, the world would be a better place, and surely, now is a good time to pledge to do what we can to make it so. 4
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CAMPUS UPDATES Celebrating Compassion at the Mount Continued
Compassion has been the key word of the latter half of my address. I’m sure the early Sisters of Charity would have been pleased because it was their active compassion, their desire to make women’s lives better that led them to create this university where now both men and women come for edification. For me, the need for empathy, kind-heartedness, benevolence—other words for compassion—is not restricted to the human world. Too often we forget that even if we live in residences or in a downtown high rise, even if we work in an office without windows, we are as much a part of nature as a lake trout, an apple blossom, a whale, a bumblebee. We must be alert enough, wise enough, empathic enough, to push past our arrogance and greed, which have done so much harm, and recognize our humble place in the community of living creatures, the commonality of the air we breathe, the ground we stand on, the waters that give us life. May I urge you who have had the benefit of such an enlightening education, to direct your skills, creativity, and compassion, in whatever way you can, toward our beloved, vulnerable earth. Don’t say, it’s not my fault; it was another generation’s; say, from this day on, I will do something about it.”- Excerpted with permission from Dr. Crozier’s 2013 honorary degree acceptance address. As we engage together, may we relate to ourselves, each other and our world with openness, understanding, respect and compassion. May we all journey well on our chosen paths for the benefit, not only of ourselves, but our entire world. Congratulations graduates and all the best! Submitted by the Mount CARES** team. References: * To read the Student Union’s Charter for Compassion: msvu.ca/mountcares ** Mount CARES is a student-driven project at the Mount, sponsored by the Inspirit Foundation. Our goal to foster more compassion, inclusion and diversity on campus resulted in the Student Union’s compassion designation. For more info or to connect with compassion work on campus: info@mountcares.ca 5
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Image: Marnina and Noam Gonick, Voices in Longitude and Latitude, 2014 fourscreen video installation (video stills cour tesy of the artists)
Art Gallery Presents
Voices in Longitude and Latitude Video installation by Marnina & Noam Gonick 22 March through 11 May 2014 Voices in Longitude and Latitude is a video installation about the aspirations of teen-aged girls in four communities— Inuit in Kugluktuk, Nunavut; trans-gender in Halifax; Jewish in Toronto; and Congolese, Rwandan, Ethiopian and Sudanese immigrants in Winnipeg. The girls, aged 13 to 23, appear in a 17-minute, four-screen projection. Shot on location, the video and audio components masterfully combine landscape and urban imagery with cinema vérité-style footage and studio interviews with the girls. This exhibition represents the first collaboration between siblings Noam Gonick, the renowned Winnipeg filmmaker, and Dr. Marnina Gonick, Canada Research Chair in Gender at MSVU. Their joint work provides insight into the question of how audio-visual media can open new possibilities, questions and ways of knowing in social research. Ron Shuebrook: Drawings John Kissick, Curator Organized by Thames Art Gallery 24 May through 10 August 2014
Image: Ron Shuebrook, Untitled, 1993 charcoal on paper (courtesy of the artist)
Representing over 30 years of production by the prominent artist and educator who works every summer in his Blandford, Nova Scotia studio. Drawings has much to teach viewers about process. Shuebrook’s hard-edged geometric figures in black compressed charcoal interlock in dynamic tension, generating graphic elegance from the visibly erased and reworked remnants of false starts and new decisions. ARTIST’S TALK Saturday, 31 May, 2pm Ron Shuebrook will reflect on a career that spans more than half a century. For more information contact Susan Wolf, Program Coordinator, at ext. 6291, or susan.wolf@msvu.ca 7
May 2014
Badminton Club Monday to Friday 12:00-1:30pm | Tuesday night’s 8:00-10:30pm This Summer get physically educated with Yoga, Pilates, Kick Boxing, and Aikido: ½ price for Mount Students www.msvu.ca/fitness Its never to late to register! 8
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ATHLETICS & RECREATION Mount Fitness Centre Interested in booking out the Gymnasium, drop by the Athletics & Recreation Office Rosaria Room 127 to reserve some time.
Spring/Summer Active Living classes Many programs are just begin ning! Mount students receive 50% off Active Living and Wellness Clas ses: Visit us online at: http://www.msvu.ca/en/home/c ommunity/athleticsrecreation/fi tnesscentre/instructionalprogra ms/default.aspx
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ATHLETICS & RECREATION Mount Fitness Centre
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ATHLETICS & RECREATION Spring & Summer Fitness Schedule April 7 – September 3, 2014
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Students’ Union Congratulations Class of 2014! The SU would like to congratulate all of the Spring 2014 Graduates! We wish you lots of success in your future endeavors and thank you for all of your years of support to student life! Keep in Touch with your SU Like us on Facebook to stay up to date with our events, contests, and more. facebook.com/MSVUSU Follow us on twitter to stay informed with what’s going on campus and how you can win prizes. @MSVUSU
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If you have any questions, you can just text 1-902-809-MSVU (6788)
You are always welcome to bring your questions or concerns directly to Students’ Union. Rosaria Student Centre, 118
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