Your Voice Matters – VCC Registrar Student Focus Groups
Have you ever had a frustrating experience with the VCC Registration system?
Do you have ideas for imporving or new Registrar services?
The VCC Registrar would like to hear from you and invites you to join the Student Focus Groups on April 11 & 12
- April 11 – 12pm-1pm – Students’ Union Space Room 2662 Bldg A
- April 12 – 12pm-1pm – Room 205B
There will be refreshments and snacks provided – let your friends know and bring your classmates too!
Food Drive for Vancouver Food Bank April 16-26
So often, we do food drives around the holidays, but many communities in Vancouver use the Food Bank year round including our very own students.
This is a great opportunity to give back! Bring your non-perishables to donate and drop-off during lunchtime at the following days and locations or anytime at the Security office at both campuses!
April 16 – Downtown – Main Atrium 12pm-1pm
April 17 – Broadway – 1st Floor Event Space Bldg B 12pm-1pm
April 18 - Downtown – Main Atrium 12pm-1pm
April 19 - Downtown – Main Atrium 12pm-1pm
April 23 - Broadway – 1st Floor Event Space Bldg B 12pm-1pm
April 24 - Downtown – Main Atrium 12pm-1pm
April 25 - Downtown – Main Atrium 12pm-1pm
Organised by the World Beat Program students, Students’ Union and the VCC Leadership Club.
MEDIA RELEASE March 22, 2012 – VCC is the First Post-Secondary in Vancouver to Ban Bottled Water
Media Release
For Immediate Release
March 22, 2012
VCC is the First Post-Secondary in Vancouver to Ban Bottled Water
VANCOUVER – Vancouver Community College President Kathy Kinloch made history today as she and the Students’ Union of VCC Chairperson, Charmaine Waters, signed a pledge to make VCC the first post-secondary institution in Metro Vancouver to be completely bottled water free by spring 2013.
City Councillor Tony Tang was also on hand to congratulate the Students’ Union and college on this new initiative and present them with a Proclamation from the City of Vancouver that March 22, 2012 is officially ‘Vancouver Community College Bottled Water Free Day’ in Vancouver.
“Improving access to tap water is a common sense approach to sustainability and today’s announcement is a reflection of students’ collective voice being heard to make real changes to our college,” said Students’ Union of VCC Chairperson, Charmaine Waters.
Also on hand to celebrate the announcement was Darrell Mussatto, Chair of Metro Vancouver’s Utilities Committee and Mayor of the City of North Vancouver as well as Metro Vancouver Board Chair and Mayor of Port Coquitlam, Greg Moore.
“We’re proud of our students’ commitment to sustainability,” said Kathy Kinloch, President of VCC. “As a College, we are striving to reduce our environmental impact, and that calls for the shared commitment of our students, staff and faculty. Today’s announcement is an important step in the right direction.”
Today’s announcement has received overwhelming support from the environmentalist community including the Dogwood Initiative, Wilderness Committee, David Suzuki Foundation, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Fraser Basin Council, BC Health Communities, CUPE, The Polaris Institute, Council of Canadians, Sierra Youth Coalition and Canadian Federation of Students.
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For more information, please contact:
Charmaine Waters, Chairperson of the Students’ Union of VCC | 604.992.4528
Helen Carkner, Director of Marketing and Communications, VCC | 604.205.2408
MEDIA ADVISORY March 21, 2012 – Students and VCC to Make Historic Sustainability Announcement
Media Advisory
For Immediate Release
March 21, 2012
Students and VCC to Make Historic Sustainability Announcement
Vancouver – The Students’ Union and Vancouver Community College will be making a historic commitment to a major sustainability initiative that will also provide much needed saving to students.
Darrell Mussatto, Chair of Metro Vancouver’s Utilities Committee and Mayor of the City of North Vancouver will join VCC President Kathy Kinloch and Students’ Union of VCC Chairperson Charmaine Waters in making the announcement.
Also in attendance will be City of Vancouver Councillor, Tony Tang to present a Proclamation to VCC on behalf of Mayor, Gregor Robertson.
When – Thursday, March 22, 10:30 am – 11:00 am
Where – Vancouver Community College, Downtown Campus,
250 West Pender Street, Vancouver
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For further details and information, please contact:
Tiffany Kalanj, Executive Director | Students’ Union of VCC
604.916.7476
$25 tickets for March 24 to Whitecaps!
Whitecaps is back and they are kicking off one of their first College Nights on March 24 where the Whitecaps face-off against DC United.
$25 a ticket PLUS FREE admission to Forum Public House with ticket stub after the match – an awesome Saturday night out!
TO BOOK YOUR TICKETS CALL
604.669.9283 ext.5
whitecapsfc.com/collegenight
Your Voice Matters – VCC Wants to know how you feel about Technology on campus!
VCC is doing an online survey for VCC students to get feedback about technology on campus. We know that students have A LOT to say about this topic. The survey ends on Friday March 23, 2012.
It takes about 10-15 minutes and you can get started by clicking the link here…
Your Voice Matters – VCC Budget Consultation
We are excited to launch an interactive event for students called Your Voice Matters
Your Voice Matters is about students coming together to have a conversation with the college community about the draft 2012-2013 VCC budget.
- Have an opinion about Tuition Fee Increases?
- Campus Sustainability?
- Student Services?
Together we will be asking questions about those issues and adding our voices to the conversation about how we can make our college an even better place for students to study!
Budgets are complicated and time consuming to understand. But the information they contain affect the entire college community. Over the next couple of weeks more we’ll be breaking down the budget and asking you to add your voice and be heard.
Got a question or are need more information? We’ll also be answering your questions in English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Farsi or Urdu .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UNqNASP7do
We will be hosting a VCC Budget Consultation on Tuesday February 28 11:30am – 1:00pm SUVCC Bwy Space Rm. 2662
Can’t make it to the consultation on Feb 28? Here are some other dates & times:
Monday February 27 9:00am – 10:30am Downtown Room 112 (Auditorium)
Monday February 27, 2012 3:00pm – 4:00pm Downtown Room 420
Tuesday February 28 9:00am – 10:30am Broadway Room 1228
Tuesday February 28 3:00pm – 4:00pm Broadway Room 1228
To join the conversation, ask questions and get involved check out facebook.com/SUVCC
Attend the VCC College Board Meeting on April 5 where the decision on the VCC Budget and tuition fees will be made
Downtown Campus – Room 420 5:30pm
February 1 2012 – Student Day of Action
It’s time to take our future back into our own hands!
Join us on February 1 at the Downtown Campus from 11 to 2
What’s happening?
- Student Debt Soup Kitchen at 11:30am – made by VCC Culinary Arts students
- SUVCC Film Screening at 12:00pm
- Tell us your story at our Speakers Corner & Graffiti Wall
Come Participate & Take Action to have Your Voice Heard
- Post-Secondary Education is not affordable for all
- Students are taking on more & more debt just to go to school
- Underfunding to our system means service cuts & increased tuition fees
What about class?
On Tuesday January 10, the VCC Education Council voted to declare ‘February 1, 2012 a penalty-free day for which no student shall receive academic penalty for not attending classes because they are attending the Day of Action events from 11:00am to 2:00pm’ and that exams, assignments and other academic demands utilized for grading purposes to not be scheduled where ever possible.
Ok – what does that all mean?
The Student’s Union has worked with VCC to so you can get out of class without penalty to be a part of this event! There is not reason not to attend!
Students should have access to an affordable post-secondary education – no matter where they live! Education is a Right! Find out more…
http://youtu.be/D1oXNUS014Y?hd=1
http://youtu.be/YWkoWJ1QS34
Green @ VCC Scavenger Hunt
The SUVCC and VCC presents Green @ VCC, an interactive social media scavenger hunt for VCC students January 11 at the Broadway Campus and January 12 at the Downtown Campus.
Students will have the chance to win an iPad2 by following clues on Twitter to find items that highlight green initiatives at VCC and in the local community.
The City of Vancouver has set becoming the greenest city in the world by 2020 as its goal, this is your chance to show how VCC is helping to make that happen and win an iPad in the process.
