Thursday, August 30, 2012

CUC Faculty and Staff Make Presentations at the NAD Teachers Convention in Nashville

Members of Canadian University College's faculty and staff attended and gave presentations at the NAD K-12 Teachers Convention in Nashville, August 5-8.  More than 6000 teachers from across the North American Division attended the 4-day event held at the Opryland Hotel.

Three professors from CUC's School of Education gave presentations:

Colin Hill, Director of Computer Services, gave two presentations:

  • Google Apps for Education: More Than Just Gmail
  • Collaborative Projects—Bringing the World to Your Classroom
Food Service Directors from many NAD institutions joined teachers for this event.  Brenda Hodgins, CUC's Director of Food Services made a presentation titled Menu Planning   She offered attendees guidelines to menu planning for college or academy food service that are easy to follow and "will help you prepare your menus with ease."

Monday, August 27, 2012

Committee of 100 Refurbishes Maple Hall Lobbies

A wonderful transformation has taken place in Maple Hall this summer.  Thanks to funding provided by the Committee of 100 the lobbies and main stairwell of Maple Hall have been completely refurbished. 

New windows and lighting were installed.  This, along with removing some walls have created a much brighter, more open and inviting feel to the lobby areas.  New furniture, flooring, and wall colours make the spaces very inviting and friendly.

As part of the remodel the front desk was relocated so as to allow the desk worker to more easily supervise and monitor entries, hallways and the lobby area.  With that relocation space was opened up for two computer workstations for student use.

Under the direction of Director of Plant Services Darren Bishop the project was completed on time and under budget.  "The Maple Hall lobby renovation is a great example of how the Committee of 100, working with Plant Services, can make a powerful, positive impact on our campus with a very reasonable amount of money," said Mark Haynal, President of CUC.