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This year's crop of 1st year Journalism students gather in Macdonald Hall during SAIT's Student Orientation day Thursday, September 2, 2010. Pictured is Chantelle Kolesnik (left) and Adam Bowen (right), doing their first assignment for the year. Photo by Kevin Udahl, SAIT Polytechnic

 

story by Jim Cunningham

A little scared but still up for the challenge to come, about 60 fledgling SAIT Journalism students gathered in McDonald Hall Thursday for their first taste of the program.

The new class came from all over the map. Students interviewed listed hometowns like, Victoria, Saskatoon, Prince Edward Island and even New York City.

But wherever they came from, they came bearing hopes of a bright future in Journalism and Communications, dreams of careers in news photography and writing, and plans to use the Journalism credential as a springboard to further education, or a basis for freelancing and travel.

"I am using Journalism as a foot in the door for broadcasting," said Danielle Harder, a proud graduate of Notre Dame High School in Red Deer, who plans to combine her studies this year with a place on the SAIT Trojans women's volleyball team.

Harder played several sports at Notre Dame and lists rugby as her favorite, but unfortunately SAIT doesn't field a rugby team. So she will apply herself to spikes and blocks instead, along with news leads and F-stops.

Adam Bowen, who grew up in the shadow of Yankee Stadium in New York's South Bronx, came to Orientation sporting a gaudy Edmonton Oilers' shirt.

"I like being an antagonist, and stirring the pot a little bit," said Bowen, who comes to SAIT fresh from an English degree at the University of Calgary.

Bowen, who obviously loves sports, says he hopes to use his Journalism studies to get into sports reporting, in Canada, or in the U.S.

"I love to write," he says, adding that while he's a big hockey fan, baseball and his hometown Yankees, are No. 1.

 

Amy Fehr of Grande Prairie, Alta. has her eyes trained on a career as a traveling freelance photographer.

Her appetite has been whetted by trips with members of her church to Cuba, to clean polluted beaches.

Between runs collecting garbage from the sands near Cojimar, Cuba, she focussed on capturing the action with her camera.

Lisa Vander Wekken, who grew up in Clive, a rural village about 20 km. east of Lacombe, Alberta, also hopes to learn to use her camera to make a career for herself.

Vander Wekken says she chose SAIT because "it was close to home but not too close."

She says she loves taking pictures, but not just any kind of pictures.

"I like to shoot the the world as I see it," not posed stuff, she says.

The students had a chance to meet instructors in the program, to chat with one another, and ask questions about everything from equipment, to timetables.

"You have a very powerful job ahead of you," Journalism chair Willem Sijpheer told the group.

"The people who control information are some of the most powerful people in the world."

Rand Ayers, dean of the Information & Communications Technology department at SAIT, told the students it was okay to be a little nervous on their first day in their program.

That nervousness will soon give way to excitement, as they begin to immerse themselves in their program, he said.

Along with meeting their instructors and getting information, the new Journalism class also toured the campus and enjoyed lunch before heading home.

They are due back for their first day of real classes next Tuesday.

Last Updated on Thursday, 02 September 2010 12:09
 

Starving artists blast off at Odyssey

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SAIT’s Odyssey Coffeehouse located in V211, Campus Centre, is asking students to expose their art work and get noticed for their talent.

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Jessica Cheng, business student, shows off one of her paintings displayed in the Odyssey Coffeehouse.

 

 

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Manufacturing majors display their designs

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The School of Manufacturing and Automation celebrated its eighth annual student project showcase on Thursday, April 15.

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Max Romansky (left) and Casey Brown made a new RFID cattle tag. The new tag will be more durable than the old design and it allows farmers to be able to keep track of the cattle and their history easier

 

Industry leaders were invited to take part in the showcase event and the manufacturer’s appreciation ceremony.

Final projects were showcased for students in mechanical engineering, mechanical design, automation and welding programs.

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Stress makes students sick

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Many people constantly suffer looming deadlines for work and school but studies have shown that many of those dealing with stress are causing more harm to the body than realized.

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Over time, stress can lead to diseases like chronic fatigue, irritable bowel syndrome, high blood pressure, stomach ulcers and heart disease.

 

 

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Website aims to unite students and private investors

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A new website launched this month – called AcademicInvest.com – is designed to help students pay for school when other sources of funding are unavailable.Infographic

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Instructor's cause close to home

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You might remember seeing SAIT Journalism instructor Greg Fulmes sporting a shaved head last year. On May 20, his lid will be bare once more as he shaves it all off in hopes of raising $1,000 for the Kids Cancer Care Foundation.20100413GregandCarly_EM0137resize

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Watch out Country Fans: 2010 Calgary Jazz Festival

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While Calgarians lay back and bask in June heat, the Calgary Jazz Festival will soothe them with the sounds of lively music.

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Sijpheer brings magic to SAIT

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“Follow me and I will make you fishers of men.”

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Willem Sijpheer, Academic Chair for Journalism and Digital Graphics Communications at SAIT in his office on Monday, April 19, 2010.

This biblical quote is subject to many different spiritual and literal interpretations. Most agree it evokes love, care, selflessness and compassion for others.

Sixty-one years ago in Bergen aan Zee, a small community of about 150 people located near the beach of the North Sea in Holland, a Dutch couple decorated for their wartime underground roles had their fifth of six children. This child would grow up to embody love, selflessness, care and compassion for others.

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Tweet away, it's here to stay

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To tweet or not to tweet used to be the question, but it’s not any more.

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SAIT hosts first-ever Capstone Project Showcase

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It’s crunch-time for second-year students in the Information Technology Computer Systems (ITCS) program at SAIT as they complete their final projects and presentations for the Capstone Project Showcase on April 29.

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Take it all off for cancer fundraising

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Calgarians are dropping their drawers to raise money and awareness for below-the-waist cancers.

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Calgarians are taking it all off for below the waist cancer fundraising walk and run.
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U of C students required to pay non-academic fee

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After the board of governors approved a $450 mandatory student services fee for the University of Calgary on April 12 – a move that will put millions into the school’s coffers – students are disappointed and worried.

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A $450 mandatory student services fee for the University of Calgary will insert millions to the school’s income, and students are disappointed and financially worried.

 

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Students gear up for summer

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While some post-secondary students celebrate the end of another difficult school year, others prepare for the long summer ahead.

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Student funding is available through SAIT Poytechnic online at www.sait.ca/studentawards.

 

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Students and the cost of living

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Every fall thousands of students launch their post secondary education on the basis of grants, some on their parents’ money and others on student loans.

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Students not only carry the stress of school but also financial stress throughout their post secondary years.

 

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