December 2007

NEPTUNE cable-laying completed

The first phase of the new NEPTUNE Canada ocean observatory was completed last month off the west coast of Vancouver Island.

Celebrate the season!

Enjoy some holiday cheer with your co-workers and meet the recipients of this year’s President’s Distinguished Service Awards at UVic’s annual holiday reception on Dec. 12 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in the University Centre cafeteria.

UVic President David Turpin will start the program off at 4:15 p.m. by recognizing the three individual winners and the team award recipients.

Last year’s winners were: Joe Parsons (counselling services), Toni Garrett (engineering, and computer science/math co-op), Albert Labossiere (biochemistry and microbiology) and Michael Motek (computing services). The Distance Education Services Online Help Desk team won last year’s team award.

Features

	Nursing students use backpacks for much more than books School of Nursing students Ryan Clayton and Matt Erickson have been on the front lines of hard-core community outreach this semester.
	UVic student shares vivid pictures of HIV/AIDS education in Africa UVic undergraduate student Heather Gordon had the best kind of gift to unwrap last December when she received notification of her acceptance for a six-week study seminar in Africa.
	Janitor off to Panama to start coffee co-op “It took nine years for me to find the perfect cup of coffee,” says local coffee entrepreneur and UVic janitor Damian Reed. Not that Reed was searching for the perfect caffeine fix; it just came about as part of his 12 years of work as a Jehovah’s Witness missionary in Panama.