The Algonquin Times

By Jason Valladares

Morag McKenna, a third year graphic design student, setting up works created by students to sell at the Lieutenant’s Pump. The Walking Dead and Shaun of the Dead are pieces displayed.

Talk of job placements, Photoshop, and classroom memories bounced off the walls at the Lieutenant’s Pump on Elgin Street on March 14, as the third-year graphic design students held a fundraiser for their upcoming grad show in May.

“It’s also a great way to celebrate our last day together as a class,” said Reneé Depocas, a third-year graphic design student.

Depocas also said she felt the event was “wonderful” and she was “really touched by (the Lieutenant’s Pump) generosity” in hosting the event for the design students. The Lieutenant’s Pump also offered to donate 10 per cent of all bar sales to the fundraising effort.

By Dani-Elle Dubé

Jon Power, a horticulture technician student, beside many of the flowers on display for the Spring Horticulture show called Going out with a Bloom which took place from March 22-31 and features plants outside.

Roses are red, violets are blue, students celebrate the end by Going Out with a Bloom.

This year marks the final annual Spring Horticulture Show, a longstanding Algonquin tradition hosted by second-year students of the horticulture technician program.

The show’s end comes as a result of the phasing out of the horticulture technician program and replacing it with horticulture industries, a modified, condensed hands-on program that introduces technology and moves the classroom outdoors.

The new program emphasizes outdoor aspects of horticulture practice rather than greenhouse operations likes the technician program.

Going Out with a Bloom is this year’s theme and the preparation for the ten-day-long event began in the summer.

By Tyler Dubreuil

Approaches to Sustainability professor Jason Smith and students Heidi Thayer, Geneva Allen-Powlesland, and Mohamoud Ibriham speak about the upcoming Sustainability Exhibit. Both Geneva and Mohamoud will be presenting their own exhibits at the showcase.

Algonquin’s Approaches to Sustainability class will be holding an exhibit in the Student Commons this Monday, from 9 a.m., to 12 p.m.

With Earth Day approaching, the exhibit will focus on green technologies and sustainability.

“The purpose is to engage the campus, to engage the faculty, staff and community of algonquin and not to mention, the students about sustainability,” Jason Smith, professor of approaches to sustainability said.

The exhibit will hold 10 booths, focusing on topics varying from fair trade to bio-mimicry, to a study of the implications a bottled water ban would bring.

By Steven Smeall

Monday Morning Minute project manager, Gail Allan, says that the project is off to a great start. Videos, articles and information flood staff e-mails weekly.

The Monday Morning Minute, an email-based project started by the Centre for Organizational Learning, is off to a strong start.

A Monday Morning Minute is an email that is delivered to faculty members. Each email consists of information that is of personal interest to the faculty.

The project began officially Feb. 4, when the first edition of the email was sent. Since then, new editions have been released every Monday, with a new focus in each email.

When the project was in works, the project plan was to make it so that faculty would be provided information that is just enough, just in time, and just for them. Through the updates already released, these goals are being met.

By Josh Wegman

Cassie Doyle, a BHTM student, was accepted into the Starwood management training program, which only accepts eight students from across the country.

Many students fear they may have to lower their expectations when looking for a job right out of college. But this isn’t the case for bachelor of hospitality and tourism management student Cassie Doyle.

Doyle was accepted as a management trainee into the Starwood management training program at the Ottawa Westin hotel. It accepts just eight out of 800 applicants each year across the country.

“I was ecstatic when I found out I got in,” said Doyle.  “I was surprised, but extremely happy and grateful.”

Doyle, who is in her fourth and final year in the bachelor of hotel and tourism management program, will be part of the first graduating class this program has seen.

By Brooke Timpson

International business management student Adrienne Marshall will be working at the Canadian embassy in Washington, D.C. this summer. Marshall also has a degree in history and political science from Ottawa U.

It’s that time of the year again and many students are dealing with the end of the semester crunch: projects, papers and employment are at the top of most to-do lists. But for one Algonquin student, college studies are a key part of her summer plans.

While international business management student Adrienne Marshall won’t be in a classroom this summer, she will be using the skills and knowledge she acquired at Algonquin during her internship with the Canadian embassy in Washington, D.C.

“I was a history and poli sci major and that didn’t really help me find a job,” said Marshall, who completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Ottawa.

Marshall will be working on commercial policy and international business development with a focus of cyber security during her four-month internship.

By Alex Quevillon

Cassandra Serre won the critical category in the Algonquin Reads essay competition for her essay comparing Terry Fallis’ novel to real-life politics in Canada.

The winners of the Algonquin Reads competition have been announced.

Students were expected to read Terry Fallis’ novel The Best Laid Plans.

The following are profiles of this year’s winners.

Cassandra Serre

Cassandra Serre, 20, is taking business accounting at Algonquin and won for her essay comparing Terry Fallis’ novel to real-life politics in Canada.

“I’m into politics,” said Serre.  “I talked about the parallels between the novel and real-life political issues in Canada.  I was shocked, because at first I wasn’t even going to enter the contest.  And it ended up winning, so I was pretty excited.”

While the piece was meant to have a bit of a serious political tone, it felt like a conversation-starter, Merriam added.