As we are rolling out the 20 video tips we’d like to know what you think of them. In order to find out what kind of videos you find most useful, Mount Allison is soliciting feedback on the videos on our Facebook Page. If you have a moment please let u…
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Geoff at Mount Allison: 20 Tips for first-year students: #6- Adapt to Academics at Mount Allison University
In this 6th out of 20 video tips for incoming Mount Allison University students, fourth-year environmental studies student Avery Wheeler returns to discuss the academic transition from high school to university.
As I wrote…
Continue readingGeoff at Mount Allison: Mount Allison University Athletics on Social Media
As more and more people adopt social media use its easier to connect to students, staff, and faculty at Mount Allison.
That is evidenced particularly well when it comes to athletics related accounts at the school. While the main hub for informa…
Continue readingGeoff at Mount Allison: 20 Tips for first-year students: #5- Get involved in Athletics at Mount Allison University
Fifth in this 20-part
video series is third year biology student David Summerby-Murray talking about how incoming students can
get involved in athletics at Mount Allison University.
Mount Allison has 18 Varsity and Club sports teams, in
a…
Geoff at Mount Allison: Don’t Be An Ant
So to take a very short detour from the video posts for a moment I’d like to share a very short video clip:
It’s from, Waking Life, a philosophical film about, among other things, the concept of free will.
While working on the tips I’ve thought a …
Continue readingGeoff at Mount Allison: 20 Tips for first-year students: #4- Get some inside information
Fourth in this 20-part
video series for the Class of 2015, Alex Dalton (fourth-year international relations)
and Avery Wheeler (fourth- year environmental studies) share what they wish
they knew before they came to Mount Allison.
Alex…
Continue readingGeoff at Mount Allison: 600+ Views on Tips for Mount Allison University Students
Hi everybody,
I just wanted to make a quick comment on the “20 Tips in 20 Days for first-year students” video project I’ve been working on. In less than 50 hours there have been over 600 views of the three video tips posted so far and an incred…
Continue readingGeoff at Mount Allison: 20 Tips for first-year students: #3- Experience Theatre at Mount Allison University
In the third post of a 20-part video series, Sarah Underhill, who expects to graduate in May with a double major in history and anthropology, talks about experiencing theatre on campus and around Sackville.
You’ll notice here that …
Continue readingGeoff at Mount Allison: Clubs and Societies at Mount Allison University
20 Tips in 20 Days for first-year students: #2 – Choose a
club that matches your interests
Second in this
20-part video series is my friend Alex Dalton (fifth-year Honours international
relations) discussing the best way to choose the …
Geoff at Mount Allison: 20 Tips for first-year students: #1 Make the most of your first few weeks (Orientation to Mount Allison University)
20 Tips in 20 Days for first-year students: #1 – Make the
most of your first few weeks
Your first days at
Mount Allison are approaching quickly. In the first of a 20-part video series,
below you will find a tip featuring fourth-year stu…
Geoff at Mount Allison: Amnesty International at U2’s Final 360 Tour Concert in Moncton, NB (July 30, 2011)
On Saturday I was the only member of Amnesty International Mount Allison to make it out to volunteer at the U2 360 Concert in Moncton. It was rainy, miserable weather for a couple hours but then the rain finally stopped and we were able to get enough s…
Continue readingGeoff at Mount Allison: Tips for Incoming Mount Allison University Students
Starting on Monday, August 8th and running until September 2nd I’ll be posting a video and a very short tip for incoming students. The videos are of upper year students I had casual interviews with to get their take on different topics relating to bein…
Continue readingGeoff at Mount Allison: Don’t Feed the Trolls
Recently I posted a video thank you to NPR and its supporters on NPR’s Facebook Page. The thank you was for their positive reaction to an earlier video from NPR’s social media training seminar in California where they mentioned the story of the beginni…
Continue readingGeoff at Mount Allison: My WorkStory: Social Media Communications
Me during the Physical Abilities Requirement Evaluation (PARE). (I Passed) |
Geoff at Mount Allison: Thank You NPR
I just posted a short thank you video to NPR and its fans because of the effect that their support had on my attitude towards social media. I’ve realized over the years that I’m much better at expressing myself by writing than by speaking. However…
Continue readingGeoff at Mount Allison: Sackville Curling Club Finalist in Kraft Celebration Tour
Sackville’s curling club is in a competition for $25,000 in Kraft’s Celebration Tour. If it wins, TSN will come and showcase Sackville on their national program. Unlimited online voting starts at 1 p.m. (AST) on July 20 and continues for 24 hours. Whe…
Continue readingGeoff at Mount Allison: Berklee College of Music- A Thank You Note
Over this summer I’ve been really productive at work and otherwise. A few times at work starting new projects and organizing clubs for next year I’ve had to step back for a moment and reflect upon the fact that a couple years ago the work I’m doing now would have seemed incredibly more stressful and daunting than I feel it is today.
I think I owe a lot of that confidence is due to the opportunity I had to work at Berklee College of Music over the Summer of 2009. Starting at a new school coordinating with a number of people with much more important jobs at some points was intimidating. However, with the support and encouragement I received from my co-workers and supervisors at Berklee, I was able to do everything I needed to do before the deadline, with attention to detail, and (eventually) with confidence.
Consequently, it seemed to be great timing when my supervisor sent me a letter of recommendation earlier this month. I’d like to share it with you because I think my experience has had a direct impact on how I perform at my current job. There is not a lot of overlap in terms of specific job duties between what I did in Student Services and what I’m doing in Communications but I feel that the experience of working there helped me be more efficient, productive, and confident in my work at Mount Allison than I otherwise would be. In short, thank you. Thank you Tamia Jordan, thank you Emily Page, and thank you Berklee College of Music for giving me such a great opportunity. I wish I could write a letter of recommendation befitting how much I feel working there has helped me develop personally and professionally.
Geoff Campbell Berklee College of Music Recommendation
Geoff at Mount Allison: Apparently ‘free’ isn’t ‘cheap’: Parking Permit Costs at Candian Universities
Firstly, I have to give Macleans credit for getting it right most of the time at least in terms of University rankings, but in the following case there is some inaccurate information. In a recent posting on the ‘on campus’ section of the website there …
Continue readingGeoff at Mount Allison: Mount Allison University’s Alumni Magazine, The Record Publishes Summer Issue Online
After months of work, Mount Allison University has published the summer 2011 issue of its quarterly magazine for Alumni and friends. The issue’s articles include: Mount Allison University’s new brand promise: “Immersive Learning Community for independe…
Continue readingGeoff at Mount Allison: 50,000 Views
I was just updating the About Me section and I noticed that I just hit 50,000 total pageviews, at least according to the Blogger counter at right. Since it has been a while I thought I would share some stats. To Canadian readers, I hope yo…
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