Hi everyone!

I want to introduce to you Aimee Redden. Aimee is a Business Administration student who is completing her five-week work term with the Student Pathways team. She is sharing her student experiences with the high school students she meets across the province. Here is her first blog post on our Get Started events. - Noel

"Is the idea of stepping into an unknown territory starting to scare you? Don’t worry! NSCC is here to provide you with all of the soothing answers to your questions. Come and check out a Get Started Event at the campus you have been accepted into. This is a chance for you to come and see what life at NSCC is really like. This is an opportunity to meet your instructors and classmates in your program, and general information about the campus. 

Get Started is geared toward providing students and parents/guardians with information sessions on topics ranging from tuition and student loans, your program schedule, services available on your campus, and general information about your campus. Feel free to take anyone with you for moral support, or even to show off your new school. 

As a current NSCC graduate in the Business Administration Program, I participated in my very own Get Started event back in 2010. This was my first time at NSCC and I had lots of questions about my classes, books, and supplies. Taking part in this event and learning about the campus really helped for my “first day jitters”. I met a really nice girl who would be taking the same program as me; it just so happened that we ended up being in the same class, we sat together the first day and have been great friends and colleagues ever since.

Sign up and register for your campus’ Get Started event today! Visit www.nscc.ca/getstarted and get ahead of the game, and feel good about your first day of your college career. "

-Aimee Redden

What does it really take to make a film? ViewFinders International Film Festival for Youth is hosting a filmmaking workshop on Saturday, April 21 at 10 a.m. at Waterfront Campus. Come see our Screen Arts studio and put your hands on a camera!

Get your tickets here: http://www.atlanticfilm.com/festivals/viewfinders/box-office

AnimediaFest kicks off next week at Truro Campus.

Our students are teaming up to bring youth together with some of the best artists in Nova Scotia, including award-winning animator Graeme Patterson and web-comic superstar Faith Erin Hicks!

Come learn more from guest speakers, workshops and demos on 2D and 3D animation, video-game design, graphic novels and web-comics.

The event is happening next week from March 29 -31 at Truro Campus, McCarthy Hall on the 3^rd floor. Here’s a map

Visit the AnimediaFest website here http://animediafest.aanm.ca

For more info contact Peter Labelle at 902‐893‐5363

Check out this amazing stop-motion video from Graeme Patterson

The championship tournament of the First Lego League goes down at Acadia University on Saturday, Feb 4. Teams of 4 to 10 competitors’ from ages 9-14 are taking Lego to a whole new level by harnessing the power of robotics and engineering. The teams fought to qualify at tournaments over five NSCC campuses and are hungry for the Champions Award.

See pictures from the First Lego League tournament at NSCC Burridge Campus in Yarmouth here:http://robotics.nsccwebpros.com/?page_id=11

More info and news on the First Lego League:http://www.nscc.ca/news_events/events/lego.asp

Someone recently asked me, “What memory from being a student at NSCC stands out the most?”

The funny thing is, the memory that stands out the most comes from before I was a student. I was about to apply to the Public Relations program at Waterfront Campus and I had a lot of questions. I heard that NSCC offered “Program Information Sessions” where I could meet an instructor from the program and learn all about it.

So I signed up. I was nervous about enrolling in the program and I wanted to make sure it was going to be the right fit. I had talked to people who took the program and found interesting jobs, but I needed to get a closer look.

When the night of the program information session arrived and I first stepped on campus I was blown away by how spectacular the campus was. The impressive architecture and view of Halifax Harbour were enough for me to sign up.

The instructor, Shelley, greeted me and another girl who was also interested in the program. Thankfully Shelley wasn’t there to give us a “sales pitch” about the program. She was only there to answer questions and in the end the decision was ours.

I had written down about 30 questions in a notebook that I brought with me. I absolutely grilled her with questions. Everything from how much homework is there every night to what kinds of jobs do graduates find after graduation. She answered every single question.

The program information session put me at ease and confirmed that I found the program that was the right fit for me. When September came and it was time to start the program, I knew exactly what to expect. Best of all Shelley still remembered my name.

Sign up for a Program Information Session.