I had such a good week I wrote two openings and just could not pick one…
The frantic exam week and why did I ever think that it was a good idea to give out so many projects that all have to have marked by Monday edition of the week 14 Confessions e-mail.
Or:
The Carr’s are moving, almost packed, shrink-wrapped and bubble packed, “oh my god where did we get so much stuff” week 14 edition of the confessions email.
Potluck
I understand that this is a big undertaking, and I may be just a little crazy for thinking I could do it all myself, but I think it would be a lot of fun to take a couple of minutes out of your promo meetings and dig into some fantastic home made grub in the form of a pot luck. The signup sheet is in the SCA lunchroom (S2080B) and we have 4 or 5 names on it to this point, but I think we can do MUCH better. If you are able to contribute and as such take part in the event on either Tuesday or Wednesday, please sign up today or send me an e-mail with your contribution.
Jed Reception
It was great to see so many out on Thursday afternoon for Jed’s end of semester “take a breath” reception. Not only attended by a great number of faculty and staff, it was very nice to see Mark Jones back in the building. It was also great to meet Mark Ingram, the coordinator of the new SCA Acting program and it was especially nice to see our new president, Dave Agnew.
Thanks also to Jed for presenting me with a gift, and his kind words. The thank you speech that I wished I had given goes something like this “Thank you Jed and Mark for giving me the opportunity to see things from a different position. I only hope that I will take all that I have learned in this role and continue to grow as a manager, coordinator professor and person. Thanks also to the staff for accepting me and not giving me too much of a hard time. Thanks also to those who have given me so much positive feedback over the last 14 weeks, I have enjoyed every minute of the job.”
SCA Media awards
I have only missed a couple of theses shows over the last 7 or 8 years, and I was sorry that had to miss this years’ considering all of the positive feedback I have received about it. Word is that even the new college president in attendance was very impressed with the professionalism of the student run event. Congratulations to the TV faculty and students for once again dismantling the entire airpack studio and successfully re-assembling in the YORK Theater next door, congratulations to the CMP faculty and students for running such a great show and thanks to all of the staff, parents and students who contributed to the success of the event, including all the nominated students from CMP, DMA, JBC, RTVR and RTVT.
Marks Due
Just a reminder your marks are all due by Monday morning at 10:00AM. If you have a second today, login to myseneca (https://my.senecacollege.ca/) select “Employee Services” from the tabs along the top, and in the “Enterprise Applications” module select “Faculty Tools”. After you login one more time, select “Grade Students”. If you are able to get to this point in the process, you will have no problem doing this before Monday and if you do have a problem, you will be able to work with the computer help desk (416-491-5050 x 2129) on making sure you are able to login in advance of the deadline.
After you submit your marks, please don’t forget to send your final mark breakdowns to Karen and your program coordinator. This can include your print off of the final marks as submitted via my Seneca, but should also include either a spreadsheet print out or a printout of your grade book on blackboard or for those not in the electronic mood, a printout of your personal mark log.
FITC
Seneca and the School of Communication Arts has played a key role in the very popular design and technology event – Flash in the Can over the last couple of years, and this year it is even bigger with Seneca as a key sponsor, the provider of the cyber café, and we also showcase our student work at our very own booth. The event starts Saturday and runs until Tuesday. Special thanks to Mark Jones and Joseph Bodick for their organizing skills and thanks also to Hassan Assiri, Adrian Klymenko and Luis Marmelo for providing all the computers for the event.
Brian Thomas
It was the late 70’s and in Toronto when you wanted in depth news coverage and thought provoking commentary of what was going on in the world you listened to the radio. News names and voices you can still hear today including Dick Symth, Mark Daley, Brian Williams, Rick Hodge, Brian Henderson and Seneca’s own – Brian Thomas. Investigative journalism at its best with the only interview ever conducted with Steven Truscott, by CHUM’s Brian Thomas. His amazing work is now being recognized by the Canadian Film Institute at their AV Trust Masterworks at a Gala in Ottawa on Monday. Congratulation to Brian on your well deserved award.
In the Screening room
Last Friday the TV faculty and students presented their year end screening of the 4th semester TV work, and judging from the positive feed back from all who attended the students have completed some incredible work this semester. Also, congratulations to the JBC students for screening their semester ending documentary work this past week at the first ever Doc Fest.
Portfolio Night
CAB has become an official sponsor of the annual portfolio review night for ihaveanidea.org know as PORTFOLIO NIGHT 7 Toronto to be held June 11th, 2009. It is the world’s largest advertising portfolio review and this year they will be hosting over 12 international cities and ihaveanidea.org is the “centre” of the creative advertising world website. Visited by “adlanders” and agencies personal daily. Our profile will be on the event site, which will run worldwide at http://portfolionight.com/7/archives/category/cities
Animation Book
The second edition of the ARTbook has been released this week and it looks FANTASTIC. Student work included is from all 3 years of the ANI program. Students purchased 2 pages each and are beautifully featured in this great looking book. With special thanks to Isabelle Babici for coordinating the ARTbook committee, Jim Zubkavich for handling the printing and Jim Graves and Lara (The Design Girl) Graves for layout and student advisement. Purchase a book today for $25.00 from Isabelle up in the AAC.
In closing
With the e-mail more then 300 words more then it normally is, I will close with just a short observation. One faculty member that I had met for the first time on Thursday told me that reading my confession e-mail was a highlight of her week, and that she liked it because she felt like she was part of the big team. OK here is the post game press conference, in the locker room after the big game. By the way, we won!
“Well I just can’t say enough good stuff about this whole team. Right from the training staff to the big guy over there, they all put in 110% the whole time, and just never gave up and it paid off, we won this 14 week tournament, we made it and I could not be prouder’. Ohh gosh I think I am going to cry”
Have a great marking weekend and see you next week for promotion and potluck!
Thanks! 14 (+1) down and 1 to go.
Jim