Everyone welcome to family Halloween party
There'll be fun for everyone, not just ghosts and witches, at the University of Victoria's annual family Halloween party on Oct. 31. The free event near the university's parking lot number 7 starts at 6.00 p.m. and includes a barbecue, fireworks, a large bonfire, and costume prizes. The party is aimed at those in family housing, says campus security, which is hosting the event, but everyone is welcome.
The party, which is in it's fourth successful year, usually attracts more than 150 parents and children. It's the result of a co-ordinated volunteer effort from across the campus, with the site being prepared by facilities management and the food supplied by food services. For more information, call Alison Eddy at 721-8981.
ESG holds 'housewarming' party
To celebrate its move to the Human and Social Development Building, the education services group (ESG) is hosting an open house on Thursday, Nov. 12, from 2-6 p.m., B Wing, 2nd floor. A feature event will be "The Web Machine" which will give visitors a tour with a difference. Photography will use a high-resolution digital camera to take a portrait-quality image. It will then be sent electronically to graphics to construct a banner for a personalized Web homepage for each visitor. The banner will be digitally passed to the computing education classroom, where staff will be conducting a drop-in Web site development session. Meanwhile,the UVic computer store will have some of the newest computing technology on display, and television services will be demonstrating their new digital, non-linear video editing suite and various types of videoconferencing. All faculty and staff are invited. Oh, and there will be door prizes too!
UVic Hosts post-secondary information forum
Choosing the right university can be difficult for students and their parents, and providing up-to-date advice on a university education is a challenge for school counsellors. UVic is making it easier by participating in and hosting the Victoria Post-Secondary Information Forum on Nov. 2.
School counsellors will be given an update on university education in the province at 1:30 p.m. in the senate chambers in the University Centre. That evening, students and their parents are invited to attend information sessions with representatives from participating institutions in the Clearihue Building. The 35-minute concurrent sessions begin at 6:30 p.m., 7:15 p.m., 8 p.m., and 8:45 p.m.
The participants and their locations in the Clearihue Building are: UVic, room A207; Camosun College, room A309; BCIT, room A303; Canadian Forces Recruiting/Royal Military College, room D125; Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, room A304; Malaspina University College, room A301; Royal Roads University, room D130; Simon Fraser University, room A215; Trinity Western University, room A306; UBC, room A307; and University of Northern B.C., room C113. For more information, contact Bruno Rocca at 721-8109.