Winter 2020 Newsletter - Sustainability and Ecological Restoration

Hold the date: RNS spring celebration in April

We are planning a get together on the UVic Campus to celebrate the ER 390 projects completed this year as well as provide an opportunity to meet the new Academic Director, Dr. Nancy Shackelford. Look for an email soon, with details on location, times and dates.

Over the past few months we’ve been busy creating a new RNS Program video to showcase our students, alumni, and program highlights. Special thanks to those who made it possible, including alumni, Sonia Voicescu, instructor, Andrew Elves, students, Edmund Strachan, Sarah Cotter, and Maria Catanzaro, staff members and the Media One production company. Please share widely with friends and colleagues!

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If you think you are nearing completion of your program or that you will have completed all of your courses by April 30, 2020, you can still apply for a June 2020 graduation, up until Feb. 15 (with a late fee). Please get in touch with the program coordinator to ensure your RNS program is complete. If you are a concurrent UVic undergraduate student you must consult with Academic Advising before you can graduate. If you are an RNS Diploma student, you’ll need to apply here and contact the program coordinator. If you are an RNS Certificate or an ER PSC student, you’ll need to contact the program coordinator for instructions on how to proceed.

We encourage you to log on and check your final grades online. Depending on whether you are a credit or non-credit student, there are different places to check your final course grades.

• If you are an RNS Diploma (credit) student: you can view your grades by logging in to the UVic home page and searching under “My online tools”.
• If you are an RNS Certificate or ER Certificate (non-credit) student: you can view your grades by logging in to Continuing Studies Website. Click on “My Account” near the top right of the page, then click on “Transcripts, Reports, Tax Forms” on the left hand side menu and select Administrative Transcript.

Looking for a copy of your T2202A tuition receipt for income tax purposes? It’ll be available for download by the end of February.

• If you are an RNS Diploma (credit) student: you can view and print your T2202A by logging in to the UVic home page and searching under “My online tools”.
• If you are an RNS Certificate or ER Certificate (non-credit) student: you can view and print your T2202A by logging in to Continuing Studies Website. Click on “My Account” near the top right of the page, then click on “Tax Forms” on the left hand side menu.

If you are involved the fields of landscape architecture, parks, horticulture and maintenance, you might want to attend the Parks Professional Pathways conference in Langley, BC, Feb. 24 to 28. The conference includes three days of certification workshops and two days of educational conference.

2020 seedy Saturday

The RNS program will have an info booth at this year’s Seedy Saturday on Feb, 15, at the Victoria Conference Centre – if you’re there, drop by and say hi!