ge Events Calendar March 5 The Arts at One presents Student Showcase, tpm, Laura C. Muir Performing Arts Theatre. Free. Info: 604-527-5723 March 5-April 4 The Amelia Douglas Gallery presents Dead and Buried: The Cemetery at Woodlands, an exhibition by Michael de Courcy. Opening reception: March 5, 4:30-7:30pm. Artist's talk: March 6, 10am, room 1614. Free. Info: 604-527-5723 March 11 The Alumni Association presents 19th Annual Douglas College Career Exploration Fair, toam-3pm New Westminster Campus @ March 12 The Alumni Association presents 19th Annual Douglas College Career Exploration Fair, 1oam-3pm David Lam Campus Guarding against plagiarism - instructors test new software Experience déja vu when marking essays? Instructors from all faculties are invited to evaluate an on-line program, turnitin.com. Using it, students can ensure they have properly footnoted their work and instructors can make sure a student’s work is indeed his or her own. Instructors who have used the program give it high grades for effectiveness and expediency. “In terms of workload it is very time consuming to check individual references,” says Bachelor of Science in Nursing instructor Roberta Mercier. ‘The program is also a great teaching tool for students, she adds. “Students work harder to explain ideas or thoughts in their own words and to me, this is the best indication that they truly understand a concept or idea,” says Mercier. Accounting instructor George Fisher, who first used turnitin. com at SFU, agrees. “Tt stimulates students to focus on the importance of properly citing referenced works. It is easy to use, takes very little time, and is an extremely strong deterrent to plagiarizing,” says Fisher. It takes about 30 minutes to set up a class on turnitin. com and 10 minutes to run a set of class papers through the system. Students can use turnitin.com to view feedback on their papers prior to handing them in to ensure that they have footnoted correctly. It is also a good tool when students are working on group papers to ensure referencing is consistent throughout. Turnitin.com has been used by UBC, SFU and other universities across Canada for more than five years. The College has purchased a license to use turnitin. com on a pilot basis. To try it out, contact Anne Gapper at gappera@douglas.be.ca or 604-527-5604. Getting pumped for Student Researchers’ Day Office for New Students Manager Kyle Baillie, with Bachelor of Physical Education student Rebecca Cadger, took part in a student research project examining how music selection can impact a runner's performance. Baillie is doing three runs for Cadger and her research partners: with no music; with his favourite music; and with his least -favourite music. This project will be featured on College-wide Student Researchers’ Day on March 31 at the New Westminster Campus. A winning contribution Psychiatric Nursing student Tracey Wendland, second from right, was presented with Canucks tickets by Marketing students Thailan Tran (far left), Pooya Ezadpana (centre) and Marketing Chair Gail Tibbo. Wendland was entered in a draw for the tickets after participating in a Marketing Research project studying the feasibility of offering a nursing management program at Douglas. Summer web registration Summer 2009 registration for College employees begins on March 19 at 10am. To receive your early registration date and time, please ensure you fit into one of the following categories: 1. You attended classes or applied for admission for the Summer 2008, Fall 2008 or Winter 2009 semesters. Contact the Registrar's Office at local 5527 and identify yourself as a College employee planning to register for the Summer 2009 semester. 2. You are a College employee with a student number and you did not attend classes or apply for admission for the Summer 2008, Fall 2008 or Winter 2009 semesters. Complete an Application for Readmission form to reactivate your student number. Identify yourself as a College employee when reapplying. Contact the Registrar's Office at local 5527 to advise that you are planning to register for the Summer 2009 semester. Note: All reapplicants must meet the College entrance requirement of English 12 with a grade of “C” or equivalent. 3. You are a College employee who has not yet taken academic courses at Douglas College. Complete an Application for Admission form and return it to the Registrar’s Office as soon as possible. Identify that you are a College employee Flyer goes digital Hard copies of the Employee Development Program flyer listing professional development workshops, seminars and information sessions for College employees will no longer be printed. Instead, the flyer will be available on-line in April through the soon- to-be unveiled Employee Development website. Watch your Group Wise in-box and the College website for details. when applying. Ensure that you have met the entrance requirements for the program of your choice. Contact the Registrar's Office at local 5527 to advise that you are planning to register for the Summer 2009 semester. Note: Applicants must meet the College entrance requirement of English 12 with a grade of “C” or equivalent. Please contact Employee Relations regarding application and applicability of fee exemptions as a College employee as well as the Education Training and Accord Applications for Funding.