What Not To Wear - Reveal Event

Today at lunch the Dalhousie department of management career services and the career services center hosted the first annual 'What Not To Wear' reveal event.

I was involved in this event because I was one of 4 judges on the selection panel for finding 4 Dalhousie students to partake in the event.

There were 2 male and 2 female participants. Each received a clothing makeover of $300, and also a makeup/hair/facial/manicure makeover.

There were 2 major sponsors of the event - Halifax Shopping Center which donated $1200 in gift cards for the event and Fred salon/cafe/art gallery provided Fred Conors (hair stylist, self esteem coach, and sytle coach for the transformations).

The event was held in the atrium of the Rowe Mangement building and was complete with a catwalk which each participant proudly walked down to show off their new business casual and corporate business attire.

This event was very fun to be a part of and I really do think that it gave the students involved in it a strong step towards being prepared for their future careers.

Dalhousie Bids on CIS Mens Hockey Championship

At 12:00pm (noon) today Dalhousie Unviersity announced that they, in partnership with Events Halifax, have placed a bid for the 2011-2012 Men's CIS Hockey Championship.

As part of the bid there will be early bid ticket packages and only $25 is required to secure a ticket package. Sales for this will commence on November 12 and will end on December 31. The full ticket package price is $110 for adults and $100 for students,children, and seniors.

This is a wonderful event and would be great to have at Dalhousie for the first time. 

Last week I was contacted by DAL Athletics to write a letter in support of the Dalhousie bid. I was very happy to write a letter in support of the event coming to Halifax and my letter was submitted with the bid along with a letter from the Premier of Nova Scotia, and a letter from the mayor of Halifax Regional Municipality.

More information on the event can be found on the DAL Athletics website.

Mark A Hill Accessibility Center

Back in the beginning of October the new accessibility center on Studley Campus had an event to celebrate the naming of the building, Mark A Hill Accessibility Center.

I attended this great event and was fortunate enough to meet the parents of Mark A Hill (a Dalhousie student who was in a car accident which left him paralyzed). Through attending the event, meeting Mark's wonderful parents, meeting the staff who work at the center, and current students who have and will use the center it was wonderful to see that Dalhousie is working to be as inclusive as possible for our students.

I also addressed the audience on behalf of all Dalhousie students and thanked the donors and Mark's parents for their wonderful contributions.

I wanted to post this event on my blog because it was a great event to be a part of and having an accessibility center at Dalhousie is very important, even though the event did happen a few weeks ago.

Imagine Event Report

I am proud to announce that the report from the Fall 2008 Imagine Event is now completed.

To view a copy of the report please visit the council document section of the DSU website and scroll down to 'Reports of Committees and Societies' and the report is there.

I have forwarded copies of the report to council and to the project manager of the Master Plan.

The consultants are still working with many groups to gain more feedback on how to improve the campus.

If you would like to contribute and ideas or thoughts please email studentexperience@dal.ca