New Folks

Welcome to Mike Brochner, the new |
technical specialist for CaTS in
Chilliwack. Mike is filling in for Susan
Travassos while she’s on maternity leave.
Mike hails from Calgary where he
worked at Trans Canada Pipelines for the

past three years. He says after it took him .

eight hours to dig his way out of a

snowbank last winter, he decided he’d had -

enough of snow and looked for work on |
the West Coast.

But this isn’t his first time in
Lotusland. “I was born here and still have
a lot of family out here,” he says.

As for his first impressions of UCFV:
“I think it’s great. The people are very
friendly.”

Let’s hope he still thinks so after he’s
been on the help desk for a few months!

Complementary/Alternative
Health Fair

A health fair examining complementary
and alternative medicines will be
presented by the UCFV nursing students
Saturday, November 28 from 8:30 AM —
1-PM in the Health Sciences Building,
Chilliwack campus.

Presentations will be given on
homeopathy/herbal medicines; music
therapy; reflexology; tai chi; yoga; and
chiropractic practices.

For more information, contact Lynne
Wells at 2519.

Headlines/November 4, 1998

Students and faculty show off their prizes after playing “Wheel of Trivia” in the new
student Science Centre on Abbotsford campus. -

Students and faculty celebrate new Science Centre
with fun night of trivia

By Edith Camm
About 85 science students and faculty
from Biology, Chemistry and Physics got
together for a social evening on October 7
and enjoyed a rousing game of Wheel of
Trivia, masterminded by Student
Activities coordinator Jill Harrison.
Teams worked together to answer science
questions provided by faculty from the
Chemistry, Biology and Physics
departments.
Participants were also treated to pizza
courtesy of the Scitech Dean Wayne
Welsh, ice cream sundaes (thanks,
Student Activities!) and pop (courtesy of
Employee Relations Dean Barry
Bompas). Prizes included Science and
Technology Week t-shirts and. the

especially-valued dean’s coffee cups that

look like beakers.

During the social evening, ‘students
were also encouraged to join a science
student society at the event. Anyone

interested should contact Wendy

Graham or Heather Innes directly or see
Janelle Dick in room B310B.

The real centrepiece of the evening
was the “functional ” opening of the new
Student Science centre. While
construction of the facility is still
ongoing, Dean Welsh and the natural
science departments wanted to get it up
and running before mid-term exams, said
Biology department head and event
organizer, Edith Camm.

The purpose of the centre, which is
located in rooms B308C and B310J, is to
provide science students a place to study,
hold tutorials, and have access to science
texts without some of the restrictions
imposed by a library. Science faculty
members plan to hold some of their office
hours in the centre.
Considerable work went into making
the rooms look appealing, according to
Camm. Priscilla Fougette,
Administrative Assistant, and Janelle
Dick, Science Assistant, organized. _
installation of shelves, a new computer,
and colourful science-oriented posters.
Special thanks go to Facilities for
performing a bit of magic in getting
important components like the new
lighting in place in time for the event,

_ Camm said. Thanks also go out to faculty

who donated posters and texts.

“The rooms have been very well used
since their opening,” said Camm, whose
office is located across the hall from the -
centre. “I’ve heard some-very productive
discussions coming out of there.” |

An official opening of the centre will
be held later this fall.