2007 / AGM : November 29th, 2007

Another year has gone by and the hardy Nelson University Centre Education Society and the David Thompson University Collection have survived.

We take this opportunity to invite you to our Annual General Meeting which will be held in our new office, at 560 Baker Street on 29 November 2007 (registration at 6:30 pm).

James R. Hearne, M. Div., Classical Scholar, and former Chaplain at Notre Dame University in Nelson, will speak on the value of the Liberal Arts in our community. Registration and the official opening of our new facilities will begin at 6:30 PM, so come early. New members are welcome.

You will see a newly painted facility housing all the books and materials we were able to salvage when we left the 10th Street Campus. Our summer move from our temporary home in Chahko Mika Mall to Baker Street, once again, made books our priority. The reestablishment of a degree-granting university in Nelson had to wait for better days and the availability of our board members and volunteers. Much attention is still given to the Bookstore which represents a source of income ensuring the storage of the Collection. We encourage you to either come regularly and buy some of the donated books for sale (no the Collection is not for sale), or simply pledge a monthly donation that could take care of part of the rent, and free our Board members from the financial burden of sheltering hundred of thousands of our community academic heritage material.

We thank you for renewing your membership to the Nelson University Centre Education Society this year. Your help is appreciated in seeing a multi-purpose academic learning centre being developed in Nelson. Join us on Thursday November 29th at 6:30 pm to help us make that plan a reality. We are looking for new Board Directors, ideas and action. See the Agenda items listed for that meeting on the other side of this letter.

Chantal Lunardi, President & Arthur Bartsch, Vice-President

INVITATION

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - THURSDAY NOV. 29ND, 2007; 6:30PM
1. Registration and preliminaries(multi-media presentation) (6:30PM)
2. Call to Order (7:00 PM)
3. Verification of the quorum
4. Verification of the legality of the assembly
5. Welcome and Introductions (7:15 PM)
5.1. Opening speech by Jim Hearne, M. Div. (20 min.)
5.2. Official opening of the Nelson University Book store & storage (10 min.)
6. Review / Change / Approval of Agenda (7:45 PM)
7. Minutes of A.G.M. Nov. 2nd, 2006 (7:50PM)
7.1. Errors or omissions
7.2. Business arising from Minutes
7.3. Acceptance
8. Reports 2006-2007: (8:00 PM)
8.1. President: Chantal Lunardi (5 min.)
8.2. Treasurer: Robin Woodbridge
8.2.1. Presentation and approval of the financial statement (10 min.)
9. Presentation of the 2007-2008 Academic program Arthur Bartsch (8:15PM)
10. Presentation and approval of the budget 2007-2008 (10 min.) (8:20PM)
11. Election of Directors (8:30 PM)
12. Other Business Matters (8:45 PM)
13. Adjournment (9:00 PM)

TOWARDS THE RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF OUR UNIVERSITY: new Board members required

The Society has established a building fund to create a multi-purpose academic learning Centre and is readjusting its action plan. The Board of Directors invites you to join our ranks and contribute towards our University mandate.

MEMBERSHIP DRIVE

2007-2008

The Education Society, the Nelson University Centre, as well as the management of the David Thompson Library are made possible thanks to the many partnerships developed over the years, the generosity of the community, and the support of all NUCES’ members.

Please, support the university project of Nelson.
Become a member!

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Please, send registration & cheque to NUCES: Box 640, Nelson, BC, V1L 5R4; or call Arthur Bartsch, 250-352-3144 to make banking arrangements for your monthly donation. Thank you!

PDF file of membership form here.

The Nelson University Centre (NUC) is pleased to announce its formal affiliation with Athabasca University, the leading open university in Canada. NUC will now offer fully-accredited university courses, through the Athabasca program, taught by a distinguished faculty, right here in Nelson.

Courses in English, History, Art History, Anthropology, Biology, Environmental Sciences, and Geology will be offered, starting in January, 2004. The curriculum will be expanded, in the Fall of 2004, with additional offerings.

Students are urged to register immediately for courses beginning in January. Contact the academic officers below for further details:

Academic Director: Arthur Bartsch

Nelson University Centre
Box 640
Nelson, BC
V1L 5R4
Phone: (250) 352-3144
Fax: (250) 352-3699
E-mail: nuc@nuces.org

Athabasca University - Nelson University Centre Collaboration & Course Information

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Nelson University Centre offers a program of Liberal studies in the arts and sciences focusing on a global perspective, integrating world classics and contemporary issues.

Dedicated teaching faculty use an integrated curriculum to provide students of all ages with a solid academic background and an opportunity to question, learn and explore in small classroom environments.

Classes are small and professors are dedicated to teaching students of all ages. The goal is to inspire in each student a life-long learning process.

A core curriculum, consisting of a balance of courses in the humanities, the social and the natural sciences, provides the student with the tools of learning. Two areas of concentration give the student the opportunity to focus on more specific objectives in their studies in order to equip them for further study.

Together the core courses and the areas of concentration give the essential knowledge and skills to face the intellectual and social challenges of the 21st century.