College Under the Sea?

Today I was searching through the Dalhousie website when I came across an interesting story. Dalhousie University used to be known as the College by the Sea, but perhaps it should have been known as the College Under the Sea. Check out the DalNews story on this one.

I think that it is amazing we have found out that we used to be under the sea level and who knows perhaps in a few more million years we will be high atop a mountain!

NEW ANSSA Website!

The Alliance of Nova Scotia Student Associations is proud to announce that we have a new website!

www.anssa.ca

The website has been designed to allow ANSSA to better communicate to its stakeholders and to allow students to communicate with each other on the post secondary issues that they are facing.

We hope that all of our stakeholders will enjoy the new design and will find it beneficial.

Making Medical School History

The first issue, of the first volume for this year, of 'connection' was delivered to me last week. Connection is a newsletter from the Faculty of Medicine here at Dalhousie.

The main article in the newsletter announced that the enrollment at the Dalhousie Faculty of Medicine has increased this September, due to the increase of funding from the Government of Nova Scotia. There is currently 102 students and the new entrants make up the largest class in Dalhousie Medical School's history!

This announcement is wonderful news and I am very proud to be a Dalhousie student during the year when we are able to have such a historic moment happen.

For the Health of It 2008

On Saturday night I took part in the 20th annual 'For the Health of It' competition by being one of three judges.

The event took place at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium and featured all eight Dalhousie health professions (medicine, dentistry, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, human communications disorders, health sciences, pharmacy, and nursing). Each profession was responsible for performing a skit no longer than 12 minutes, they all needed to educated the audience on their specific profession, and they could not have more than two dance routines. All of the skits were wonderful and many received awards for aspects such as comedy, professional production, and educational value. The winner of the entire event was the School of Human Communication Disorders. Their skit had a Sesame Street theme and did a fabulous job at incorporating education, dancing, and singing.

Tickets were $15 each and the auditorium was full. All money raised went to LOVE - an organization in Halifax that runs long-term youth violence programs.

The event was wonderful to attend and is a great example of the diverse traditions that take place at Dalhousie.