Arts & Science success stories
Student successes
Western Washington University selects VA student for exhibition "Beyond Borders"
Posted Wed, 26 May 2010
VA student, Erika Hatano work titled, Abstract Painting-Green, was selected by the Beyond Borders 2010 jury as demonstrative of top artistic excellence.
The van den Brink Spring Residency Award 2010 is presented to Sarah Stein
Posted Thu, 20 May 2010
The van den Brink Spring Residency is awarded to a second year Visual Arts student (or past graduate of 3 years or less) who is strongly self-motivated, shows creativity and who fosters community spirit.
Visual Art students have Open Space show
Open Space presents new work by emerging artists Roshi Clark and Leyla Mitchell. Clark's Things To Do addresses the mental abundance of to-do lists in contemporary culture. His installation uses a plethora of sticky notes to make significant connections between people's intended actions, routines and relationships to public space. Leyla Mitchell's Confessional foregrounds secrets and private thoughts. The artist's "honesty box" serves as a confessional: a vessel of anonymous confessions which serves to physically contribute to the construction of her installation.
Visual Art student creates One World Gifts
One World Gifts are meaningful e-gifts that help improve the health and wellbeing of people and animals in need. This year’s One World Gifts collection features six wonderful e-gifts created by Leilani Evans - each supporting a different VWB/VSF program. These e-gifts can be emailed and/or printed and the donation amount is completely up to you! Celebrate the people in your life; give a One World Gift in their name!
ACP students broadcast Olympics
Eleven graduating ACP students got the chance of a lifetime…to help broadcast the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games live from the slopes, the arenas and in the Olympic village. Students spent most of the month of February working with the Olympic Broadcast Services alongside some the best professionals in the media business. Their jobs ranged from Information Assistants, Audio Assistants, and Logistics Assistants; sometimes working 10 hour days in harsh weather conditions and loving it.
Each student created a social media account on Twitter to tweet daily about their experiences. Tweets came pouring in -- Shane Priestley “watching the opening curling ceremonies in the Media Observing Booth! Yes!” Alisha Charmley “so you know how Canada won its first gold tonight? I was on the mountain… not in the stands… like ON the mountain…” Alisha’s tweet came from Cypress Mountain immediately after Alexandre Bilodeau made history winning the first gold medal on Canadian soil.
Students had to work hard to keep on top of their coursework but, with this once-in-a-lifetime Olympic opportunity, who knows what might be in store for their future careers. Thank you to ACP faculty and staff for making this happen.
Japanese language students place first and second in the UVic Camosun Joint Speech Contest
At the UVic and Camosun Eight Annual Joint Speech Contest, held on Friday March 5th at UVic, students did extremely well. Our students entered the contest at the beginners level. Mike Flynn, Alan Tatro, Emily Devlin (JAPN 101) placed first and ShaQiang (Jeff), Weijia Chen (Vika) (JAPN 101) placed second in the Beginner Japanese Group. In the Beginner Japanese Individual category, Alana Nasadyk (JAPN 201) placed first and Elizabeth Marsall (JAPN 101) placed second. Congratulations to both the students and their instructor, Masayuki Fukushima.
Music and Applied Communication students partner in Feb 19 concert
Music and ACP students performed and recorded three 20-minute sets of classical music in the Gibson Auditorium. This was the first time the pair recorded in a live setting outside of the recording studio. Performers included:
- Pianists Daniel Jordan and Adrian Bronson
- Soprano Marianna Huijsmans
- Violinist Robert Durkarm
- Clarinettists Rebecca Webster and Kylie Flower
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Felix Mendelssohn
Camosun Applied Communication students put together a first-ever location shoot!
Students from the Applied Communication program recorded their first-ever music video on location in front of a public audience. As part of their class project, the students recorded an hour of live music by Eric Emde of The Midnights and the Vic High R&B band using the studio facilities of the Applied Communication program.
Art/fashion show a fundraiser for film on Rwanda
Victoria News - Camosun College applied communications student Matteus Clement and Rwandan-born artist and Camosun student Eric Muzimpaka are looking to make a film that that spotlights the use of the arts to aid recovery from post-traumatic stress disorder. Read the rest of the article...
Arts & Science students take three awards in the Co-op and Internship photo contest
Environmental Technology student Dusty Silvester was the Arts & Science winner in the "Student@Work" category. He received a $500 prize for his photo "GPS Field Sampling - Mt. Washington - waterfall", taken while working as an environmental field technician for Current Consulting Ltd. He also received an honorable mention in the "People's Choice" category.
Ryan Murphy, also of Environmental Tech won the $250 People's Choice award, as well as an honourable mention in the "Student@Work" category for "Out on the Lake", documenting his surveying work in northern Saskatchewan.
Scott McCaughran, a student in the ACBT program won $50 in the "Fun, funky and fabulous" category for his photo of a harbour seal: "Our subject 'Peanut'".
View all of the winning and entered photos.
Creative Nonfiction students blog for the United Way
Follow the daily blog posts of Debbie Gascoyne and her English 152 students during National Blog Posting Month. Pledges support the United Way, and help encourage these burgeoning writers to practice their craft.
Congratulations to the School of Arts & Science award and scholarship winners!
Dean Randy Genereux and a host of presenters and donors celebrated in handing out 93 awards and scholarships to 76 Arts & Science students totaling $43,900. See photos and full list of recipients.
ACBT graduate moves on to paid internship
Chelsea Maskos stepped out of Camosun's Applied Chemistry & Biotechnology (ACBT) program and right into a paid internship at the Institute of Ocean Sciences (IOS). "This internship has been invaluable," says Maskos. "I couldn't have dreamt for a better position." Read more about Chelsea's exciting opportunity.
Applied Arts magazine honours Camosun visual arts student
Mariesa De La Rosa won an Applied Arts student award for her illustration "May I?". Well done, Mariesa!
Staff and faculty successes
Bbeyond Belfast 2010!CHAOS!
Bbeyond presents ‘CHAOS’, an evening of live art from a special selection of Canadian artists, including Camosun College's own John Boehme and Judie Price. This exciting event is the first in a program that curates cutting edge performance art from Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal. The events take place in not-for-profit art spaces in Belfast and runs from the 8th - 13th of February 2010. Audiences will have a unique opportunity to observe and participate in new approaches that re-consider the role of performance art in Belfast and beyond. Learn more...
Congratulations to our NISOD Excellence Award Recipients!
Since it's beginning in 1978, the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) has emphasized the importance of teaching excellence in open-door settings. Early each year NISOD presidents are asked to submit the names of individuals their colleges want to recognize for excellence in education. We are proud to announce the following recipients of the 2009 NISOD Excellence Award:
- George Ballinger, Instructor, Math
- Dominic Bergeron, Chair, Instructor, Biology
- Ann Dumonceaux (Beck), Instructor, English
- Susan Johnston, Instructor, History
- Michael Yerkovich, Technologist, Visual Arts
Two Arts instructors win 2009 International Spirit Award
Paula Young (Chair, Humanities Department), and Karoline Guelke (Anthropology Department) received the International Spirit Award (ISA) at a recognition ceremony on Thursday, November 19, 2009. The ISA is presented annually during International Education Week. Camosun College International nominates Camosun colleagues based on their contributions to international awareness on campus and for their outstanding support for CCI's initiatives and objectives. "We are extremely appreciative of the commitment and outstanding support we receive from collegues who go beyond expectation - their investment is vital to our success" said CCI Director Dawn Sutherland.