Mount Saint Vincent University. The Office of Public Relations, Alumnae, and Development

This newsletter contains information on Honorary Degree recipients, Dr. Ursula Frank's discussion of the nuclear Arms Race in a conference titled 'Beyond the Arms Race: Building Security and Peace' at the Mount. It also contains discussions of summer activity at the Mount, the Oxford Summer School, and the Mount Playhouse's emphasis on comedy. There are sections on Convocations, Grad Week, and days to remember under the alumnae update, and there is a letter from Mary Reynolds, Student Secretary, addressed to the Mount. The newsletter outlines the events during Grade Week, gerontology in community service, public relations as a department, Universities Week, and DUET's (Distance University Education via Television) Advisory Committee. There are sections on success in the Mount's English Department, Dr. Susan Whiting's role as an Affiliate Scientist at the IWK Hospital for Children, and Christine Moore's role as a chairperson of the Canadian Association for Co-operative Education. The newsletter also discusses the impacts of mobility to and from campus for education (in French), as well as the availability of IMASCO scholarships for disabled students.

This newsletter discusses the responses of Mount faculty to diminishing resources for the funding of universities, as well as information regarding the Dollar Campaign and a debate titled 'A Man's Place is in the Home.' The newsletter includes information on a career exploration week to explore student skills, a travel to Labrador for the Child Study Program, a staff file, the growth of MSVU's debate team, and faculty publications and presentations. There are sections regarding training awards, a survey on parking space availability, a 'Theatre on Theatre' performance, provocative posters, learning French abroad, and the report of the Task Force.

This newsletter contains information on methods of educating children in music, a Versa Foods Christmas Dinner for students, a new credit course on the Arms Race, an advertisement on quitting smoking, an opinion piece on the breaks offered throughout the school year, and an alumnae update on the MSVU Alumnae Association involvement in a memorial Mass in Evaristus Chapel. Information is also provided on Dr. Berit As as a Professor of Psychology, help for 'food bingers,' a new touch-tone telephone system, increased male enrolment at the Mount, a Santa Claus appearance at a children's Christmas party, and Awesome Business Students at the DUET (Distance University Education via Television) program. The newsletter contains sections on money available for part-time students, and faculty publications, conferences, presentations, and grants.

This newsletter contains information on visitors welcomed to campus during Open Campus Days, a conference titled 'How to Build Peace in a Nuclear Age,' bursary deadlines fast approaching, portraits at the gallery, and co-operative education opportunities between the Mount and Dalhousie University. There are also sections on more companies recruiting graduates across universities and colleges, research funding cuts for social sciences and humanities, grants awarded, and lectures, travels, and meetings conducted by students, faculty, and staff. The newsletter discusses a 'Five Kilometer "For the Run of It" Run/Jog/Walk' event, as well as a pledge for fundraising to create scholarships, research funds, programs, and other projects. There is also information on DUET (Distance University Education via Television) for teaching faculty to use it, and there is a section on Co-op interviews by videotape used by employers at a distance.

This newsletter contains information on SSHRC research grants given to Mount faculty, the lack of resources in the University of El Salvador, Mount Public Relations students donating skills to the community, and a section in French about the Marillac residence. It also contains information on Freda N. Wales, a Mount alumnae who made several contributions to associations during and after her time at the Mount. There are sections on the Mount Playhouse, research done by the Task Force, public lectures given by faculty, and a 'This and That' section detailing public speakers, fitness testing, and the Native Council of Nova Scotia. There is also information on a Black and White Ball, Open Campus days in March, and staff being encouraged to take DUET (Distance University Education via Television) classes.

This newsletter contains information on how student volunteer at Hope Cottage preparing apple pies, a discussion of the economic challenges facing faculty and staff, the Canadian Colleges Athletic Conference in Calgary, Alberta, and a Mad Hatter's Tea Party. There is information on MSVU alumnae who have become authors, faculty lectures and guest speaking, graduation information, and a senate report. There are also sections on financial aid for artists, a lecture titled 'An Anthropology of Multiple Murder,' the hospitalization rate for mental illness in Canada, and students overseas.

This newsletter contains information on the steady growth in registration at the Mount, research grants awarded by the Mount president, funding cuts that are threatening women, home economics research regarding the food industry, new tutoring services available for students, and an ad for quitting smoking. There are sections on reunion of alumnae and Homecoming, Mount Student Assistants, exam insurance, a Women's Day Rally, and the travels, public lectures, and publications of various faculty. The newsletter includes sections on art gallery displays, fitness programs extending into spring, and self defence courses.

This newsletter contains information on a meeting of members from the Association of Canadian University Information Bureaus, Atlantic Region, the Christmas spirit at the Mount, ensuring the safety of others and those at the Mount, opinions shared about the DUET (Distance University Education via Television) program, two students who are free of tuition fees for the following semester, a holiday schedule, and a letter from E. Margaret Fulton bidding farewell to students for the Christmas break. There are also sections on remedial courses in math offered by the Mount Learning Centre the First Call for the University Community Show, and an alumnae update on the alumnae association, Christmas shopping, a Memorial Mass, and the varsity volleyball and basketball teams. The newsletter includes an opinion piece regarding Remembrance Day, a list of Christmas Events, and faculty publications, meeting attendance, travels, hiring, and awards.

This newsletter contains information on honorary degrees to be conferred at May 8th convocation, 1983 Summer Research Awards, the Alumnae Mentoring Program, awards presented at the Student Union, Athletics and Alumnae Awards Banquet, a World Debating Championship, a biography of alumnae Anne C. (Murphy) Edney, and a Bridge/Card Social held by the Alumnae Association. There are sections on the experiments conducted, travels undertaken, and courses offered by faculty, as well as a brief presented to the Day Care Task Force, rehearsals for the Mount Playhouse, the APICS Natural Resources Committee workshop on 'Enhancing Understanding and the Journalists.' The newsletter discusses the volume of letters that E. Margaret Fulton has signed since January 1983, a building network through the Dollar Campaign, growing research funds, senate news, and a banquet for the Mount English Society.

This newsletter contains information on the role of sexism in language as it relates to women, as well as how higher education in Nova Scotia is dependent on co-operation between its universities. The article provides notices regarding Co-op Education, women artists, a Hallowe'en dance, a memorial fund, Canada Employment Notes, and the Elizabeth Seton Lectures. It also includes sections on alumnae participation in various events, a new course on public speaking, and the volume of part-time students taking courses at the Mount. There is also information on how to get fit through drop-in sessions at the Athletics/Recreation Office, as well as new faculty members and Art Gallery displays.