What's Up
Deadline for Submitting Content
If you would like to post something in the What's Up, which is
the College’s weekly information bulletin, please send an e-mail to m.kooner@marianopolis.edu with your name, e-mail address, telephone number and the message you would like to post. Deadline; Wednesdays at 2 p.m.
What's Up for the Week of April 30
US University Application Seminar
Monday, April 30: Join guest presenter Peter van
Buskirk at 7:00 p.m. at Lower Canada College (4099 Royal Avenue) for his
presentation, “The Admission Game” for information about applying to US
schools. Parents are welcome. For more information, please see Pauline Grégoire
in F-307.
Tuesday, May. 1
Annual General Meeting
Do you have questions concerning events that Congress organized over the year?
Do you have suggestions for Congress concerning future activities? Do you have
suggestions for next year's Congress?
On Tuesday May 1, 2012, Marianopolis Student Congress will be hosting its
annual general meeting. All students, faculty and staff are welcome to come by
and attend this informational event.
Mission for Vision is holding a BLIND-FOLD GAME during Activity Period!! Come
and "see" (notice the pun) what it feels like to be blind! The Game
(free of charge) will take place in the east courtyard of Marianopolis. In this
short game you must find things, avoid obstacles, and listen for sounds....all
while you're blind-folded! There will be prizes for participants and you can
find some hidden prizes too :) Everyone is welcome to come any time during
activity period on May 1st to play a round (an individual round should not take
too long). Take a short break from your studying to enjoy the first day of
May and learn about preventable blindness in developing countries!! For
more info, contact Saman Ahmad.
Want to be the
face of Marianopolis?
Join us
throughout the day in front of the Auditorium for our annual photo-shoot. These
photos will be used in all future recruitment publications and on our website.
This is your chance to let your inner model come out…grab some friends and
strike a pose! For more information, see Diana Foglia in A-216.
THE CHEMISTRY
CLUB IS HOSTING:
Dr.
Joe Schwarcz is coming to talk about "Are Cows More Trustworthy than
Chemists?" The lecture will take
place in D-405
from 12:45 to 2:00. Mark these exceptional guest seminars in your agenda and
come increase your impressive scientific knowledge!
3rd World Studies presents: CUBA!
Education for Development Alternatives Trip Summer 2013 Open
to all (group fund-raising to help cover costs) Short information
meeting at 1:00pm Room A-315. More info contact: p.dann@marianopolis.edu
organized
by 3rd World Studies Certificate
"Another
world is possible!"
Thursday, May. 3
END OF THE YEAR PARTY
Come Join Congress for an EXCITING end of the year party!!! There will be some
fun games, such as a relay race and more importantly there will be FREE
FOOD!!!!
Health
Club / UNICEF Obstacle Relay Race
The Health Club and UNICEF proudly present an Obstacle Relay Race during
activity period with Congress's End of Year Barbecue. It will take place on
the front lawn with the beautiful spring weather! Your teamwork,
coordination, speed, and mental faculties will be tested as you undertake
challenges in your teams of 4 people. Registration at Wayne's is now free!Questions? Email us at marianopolishealth@gmail.com.
News
You Need to Know
Final exams take place from May 7 to May 18, 2012. Students may view their personal exam
schedule by checking the Examination
Schedules module in Omnivox.
SUMMER COURSES –
Students who need a summer course to graduate or to catch up must see an
Academic Advisor to get a registration appointment for summer school.
Registration takes place on April 24 & 25 in omnivox, but you MUST
HAVE AN APPOINTMENT!
Income tax receipts for tuition fees paid in 2011 (T2202A
and Relevé 8) are now available in Omnivox. All students, past and
present, must retrieve these receipts from Omnivox, they will
not be mailed out.
OXFORD UNIVERSITY - An information session on Oxford University will be held at
Marianopolis on Thursday, May 3 at 7:00 pm in the amphitheatre (D-120).
The session is open to all interested students and their parents. Please
register at: www.ox.ac.uk/canadatour
Academic
Advisors
are available on a drop-in basis and by appointment. See our schedules posted
outside our offices (F-305, F-307 and F-309). You may make an appointment
by clicking on “Academic Advising Services” in omnivox.
Accounting Scholarship For $500 (Updated
Information) - The Accounting Firm of RSM Richter
Chamberland has recently changed its policy and, therefore, will
only be granting one scholarship to a graduating student planning to
study accounting at university. (It had been RSM's policy
to grant two scholarships totalling $1,500.) For more information, please
see Prof. Rudolph in B-303.
English Exit Exam workshop
If you are writing the English Exit Exam on May
16, come to this workshop to help you prepare. Learn strategies to help you do
your best.
Date: Monday May 14
Time: 3:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Place: F-314
Graduation is
taking place on June 14 and the deadline to confirm is May 7. Bring a $10.00
deposit and sign up at the Records Office, A 213. Your deposit will be
refunded after the ceremony.
R.O.S.I. Participants
All
students who are participating in R.O.S.I. for this term are reminded, on the
completion of your 60 hours, you must do your Self- Evaluation online by
logging on the R.O.S.I. website found under Current Students, Services for
Students. Recommendations cannot be given without your self-evaluations. Sharon
Rankin
Vienna! You've worked hard enough on your exams and papers. Now, it's
time to reward yourself with art, music, chocolate tortes, and Freudian
psychology. Join us on an Arts Trip to Vienna this summer with
professors Rachel Levine and Nancy Berman from August 4-August 11th. Everyone
is welcome to participate. More information is available at B-424.
Theatre
Students presenting their annual Spring Production. This week the students in
Theatre will be presenting a production of the tragicomedy THE MADWOMAN OF CHAILLOT,
by Jean Giraudoux. A perfect way to end the semester as a group of
vagabonds, street people and madwomen take on the rich and powerful forces in
Paris.
Be
sure not to miss it!
WHEN:
Wednesday May 2nd, Thursday May 3rd, Friday May 4th
and Saturday May 5th.
TIME:
8:00PM
WHERE:
F105
ADMISSION:
Free
Crystal Ball -May 24
END THE YEAR WITH A BANG!
Come join us for the event of the year!!!
This year Crystal Ball will be held at the Loft Hotel!!!
So come dress in your best semi-formal attire (Cocktail dresses for the ladies
and a nice shirt and tie for the gentlemen)!
There will be: A LIVE DJ, CANDY TABLE,CHOCOLATE
FOUNTAIN,
and a CASH BAR. Presale ticket price is $30 till
May 3rd and regular tickets cost $35 dollars after that date. You can purchase
your tickets at Wayne's or at Trudy's in A-158. EACH TICKET COMES WITH A FREE
DRINK OR for those under 18 it comes with 2 non-alcoholic drinks!!! SO BRING
ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND HAVE AN UNFORGETTABLE NIGHT!!!!
NATURE
AWARENESS THROUGH HIKING ~ AUTUMN 2012
Are
you interested in learning more about the great outdoors? Would you like to be
able to identify trees, plants, animals and birds as you walk and hike in urban
and nature settings? There are two second year Phys. Ed. courses offered next
semester that promote nature awareness and an appreciation of local flora and
fauna. Nature Hikes (PHE-103-05)
includes two day trips (Mont St. Hilaire and Mont St. Bruno). In addition to
the day hikes, the class will meet seven times over the fifteen week
semester. Urban Hikes (PHE-103- 06) introduces students to our municipal
parks including Mount Royal, Agrignon, Visitation and Bois-de-Liesse. In
addition to the five four-hour urban hikes, the class will meet four times for
two hours over the remaining nine weeks. For more information contact Monica
Giacomin in B110 or e-mail her: m.giacomin@marianopolis.edu See you out on the trail!
A
visit to the Canadian Space Agency organized by Honours Science is open
to science students in general. It takes place on the morning of May 4th
(teacher-student day: no classes) just before the first week of finals. If
interested, see details of the visit and sign up beside room I-317. Deadline to
reserve your place is Thursday April 26th.
Comedy with a CaUSE!
CEGEP and University Students for the End (endcancer.ca/goto/cause2012)
is a team of students and staff walking in the Montreal Weekend to End Women's
Cancers, a 60-kilometre journey benefitting the Segal Cancer Centre at the Jewish
General Hospital. To help reach our 40 000$ goal, we'll be selling tickets
to a comedy show on May 19th at the ComedyNest (Pepsi Forum), with a possible
Marianopolis grad as an opening act! Tickets are 20$ for adults and 15$ for
students and are available at Wayne's (MIO Leehi Yona for more info). Support a
great CaUSE all while having a great time! Your support has allowed us to raise
over 29 000$ in just over a year and is very greatly appreciated.
THE 2012 CANADIAN CHEMISTRY CONTEST for CEGEP students
AN INVITATION Canadian
Chemistry Olympiad (CCO) selection exam. The CCO Olympiad Selection
Examination consists of Part A (multiple choice): 60 minutes and Part C: Free
response problems, designed to be more challenging (90 minutes). Any student under twenty years of age in July, who has
spent at least two years in a Canadian school, and who has not taken any
chemistry courses for credit at university level may participate in the
Canadian
Chemistry
Olympiad. Based on their exam results, the top 10-15 students from across the
country will be invited to the week-long
national
selection camp, which takes place in late May or early June. The organizers
will cover travel costs to and from the Camp and the cost of the stay. The Camp
will end with the National Olympiad final examination, and the top four
students will represent Canada at the international competition in July. These
four will compete with other students from over 65 nations for gold, silver and
bronze medals. For more info and registration, please contact Dr. A. Vukov (Rm
I-326), E-mail: a.vukov@marianopolis.edu
LAST CHANCE AT
FAME AND GLORY!!
Marianopolis
Cycling is organizing this year’s edition of the intercollegiate Battle of the
Bands on June 6 @ Café Campus :D There will be up to 5 different
CEGEPs competing, with featured performance by ex-Marianopolis band, the
"Blue Eyes", and special celebrity MC. Send us a video of your band
performing (+ myspace or soundcloud page if you have one) @ team.marianopolis@gmail.com. DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: April 21st. There will be an awesome
prize for the winners ;) Good luck to all, and let the Battle begin!
PEER TUTORS
NEEDED FOR FALL 2012.
The
Learning Resources Centre is currently seeking tutors for its Peer Tutoring
Service for the upcoming fall 2012 semester. Paid tutoring positions are
available in English, French, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics,
Quantitative Methods, Economics, West Civilization and Psychology. Interested
students should apply online at; https://secure.marianopolis.edu/forms/lrc/become-a-tutor.php.
For more information on this rewarding experience, please come to the
Learning Resources Centre (F-317).
FITNESS CENTER
HOURS BEYOND THE TERM!
10-2pm
~ Friday, May 4th, Teacher-Student Day
10-2pm
~ Tuesday to Friday, May 8th to May 11th
Be Active! Be Fit! Be WELL!
Test de français international
Vous voulez tenter votre chance dans une université
francophone? Vous devez passer un test de compétence linguistique et ne savez
pas trop à quoi vous attendre? Passez au bureau de T.Sokolnicka (B-313) et
venez chercher plusieurs outils utiles pour vous assurer de réussir
l’examen. Si vous voulez obtenir le
plus haut score possible le jour du test, entraînez-vous: venez emprunter
le tout nouveau guide de préparation au TFI mis en réserve pour vous à la
bibliothèque.
Upcoming workshops from Youth Employment Services:
Start Your Own Business Seminar
Series: Tuesday evenings, 6:30 PM -
8:30 PM, Cost: $65 for the series (4 seminars) or $95 for the series including
the Montreal Entrepreneur’s Guidebook
Series 3: May 8, May 15, May 22,
May 29. Pre-registration is required. For more information, or to
register, please call 514-878-9788 or visit www.yesmontreal.ca.
HOW TO PITCH TO INVESTORS,
BANKERS AND MORE. Monday, April 30, 2012. 6:30 PM
- 8:30 PM, Cost: $20.00Pre-registration is required. For more information, or
to register, please call 514-878-9788 or visit www.yesmontreal.ca.
Library News
The
Library congratulates the Graduates of 2012! As a gift to
you, we offer Books for Life, a selection of 25 books recommended by
your teachers and staff. All of these books have helped make us who we are.
Great books educate and entertain. They can have an impact on a career,
encourage us to think for ourselves, make us laugh in absurd situations, and
help us cope with being directionless or misunderstood. Great books inspire and
give comfort and hope. Come to the Library to see the Books for Life display
and a selection of photographs from when we were your age. Congratulations and
best wishes on the next step of your journey!
Intercollegiate sports:
Intercollegiate
sports :
Here
are the awards recipient for the 2011-12 season:
MVP MIP
Fairplay Rookie
M
rugby
|
Bernard
Kaminski
|
Hassan
Al-Rabeh & Abdul Mansour
|
Marc
Allard
|
James
Strachan
|
W
rugby
|
Sabine
Elian
|
Jessica
Michelin
|
Susanna
Beaudin
|
Kate
Barkun
|
W
soccer
|
Arielle
Leone
|
Alexandra
Pollice
|
Olivia
Souaid & Christina Mancini
|
Laura
Pietrantonio
|
M
soccer
|
Nick
Panaritis & Waqar Shah
|
Myles
Perkins
|
Daniel
Swzimmer
|
Waqar
Shah
|
W
bball
|
Alexandra
Speak
|
Tara
Small & Brittany Crystal
|
Jessica
Weibel
|
Julie
Kochan
|
M
bball
|
Piratheep
Navaratnam
|
Marc
Sarhan
|
Malcolm
Pinnell & Mackenzie Speak
|
Philip
Palisaitis
|
W
vball
|
Venislava
Nikolova
|
Rebecca
Brown
|
Aleksandra
Dragieva
|
Mimi
Vo
|
W
vball
|
Marc
Richardson
|
Jingru
Miao
|
Justin
Asfour
|
Francisco
Ugarte
|
Badminton
|
Chao
Tang
|
Michelle
Brais & Susan Gu
|
David
Wu
|
Yuan
Kun Li
|
The
academic team of the year was tied between Men’ Basketball and Women’s
Volleyball. The academic athletes
are: Venislava Nikolova and Marc
Richardson. Congratulations
See
results on www.sportetudiant.com
and found action pictures on the Marianopolis Demons page on Facebook !
Intramurals:
Tuesday
= Soccer Thursday = Basketball
Student
Services wishes you Good Luck on Your Exams and thanks for a great year. Eat well, sleep well, and write well.