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Peer Tutor Tuesdays with Charles Gallagher

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Charles Gallagher

Name:       Charles Gallagher

Program:  Mechanical Engineering Degree

What attracted you to becoming a Peer tutor?

I was attracted to becoming a peer tutor to improve my leadership skills while helping others to succeed.

How has tutoring helped you?

Tutoring has helped me to work with and understand a variety of people coming from different directions and backgrounds.  My learning and teaching skills have improved and tutoring sessions act as a great way to review previous course material.

If you could give one piece of advice to a BCIT student what would it be?

Read your textbooks on the bus; you paid for them!

What would your dream job be when you leave BCIT?

My dream job after leaving BCIT would be a junior engineering position with a Vancouver-based start-up company in the clean energy transportation sector.

If you had a free day, how would you spend it?

If I had a free day, I would go for a nice long day hike.

Charles is a welcome addition to the Learning Commons and we wish him all the best!

 

Power Hour with Dr. Rajiv Jhangiani – The future is open

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All staff and students are welcome to attend Power Hour this Thursday, February 25th from noon until 1:30 with Dr. Rajiv Jhangiani in Student Council Chambers, SE2, 324.

Rajiv Jhangiani teaches psychology at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Vancouver, BC, where he conducts research on open education and the scholarship of teaching and learning. An author of two open textbooks, Dr. Jhangiani serves as an OER Research Fellow with the Open Education Group and Associate Editor of Psychology Learning and Teaching.

“Open educational practices” is a broad term that encompasses the creation and adoption of open textbooks and other open educational resources, open course development, and the use of “non-disposable assignments.” This presentation will make a case for why the move away from traditional (closed) practices is not only desirable but inevitable, and how students, faculty, institutions, and our communities all stand to benefit greatly from this transformation.

You can also participate online:

Go to www.bcit.ca/live
Login using your BCIT ID and password
Once the live video is available, use the field below the video feed to post questions. (Note: your name will display with any questions you post.)

Think Pink!

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Pink shirt day, which raises awareness about the anti-bullying campaign, is just around the corner – Wednesday, shirt-34238_640 (1)
February 24th. To show your support wear some pink on that day, and if you are able drop by the new SA stairway in the Great Hall (SE2) at noon for a group photo. The message is clear “kindness makes a difference.”

Our library collection includes many titles, both print and electronic, on kindness, resilience and assertiveness – here is a small selection, and don’t be shy to stop by and check out more…

Leading with kindness : how good people consistently get superior results by William Baker and Michael O’Malley
 Call #: HD 57.7 B3475 2008 also available as an ebook
Capitalizing on kindness: why 21st century professionals need to be nice by Kristin Tilquist      
  ebook
The wisdom of no escape and the path of loving kindness by Pema Chodron
 Call #: BQ 5625 C48 2001
Coaching for resilience: a practical guide to using positive psychology by Adrienne Greene and John Humphrey
  ebook
Lift: becoming a positive force in any situation by Ryan Quinn and Robert Quinn
  ebook
Raising resilient children by Robert Brooks and Sam Goldstein
  Call #: HQ 769 B68175 2001
Assertiveness: how to be strong in every situation by Conrad Potts and Suzanne Potts
 ebook
Giving voice to values: how to speak your mind when you know what’s right by Mary Gentile
 ebook

See you on the 24th – I’ll be the one in pink!

 

Peer Tutor Tuesdays with Levi DeVries

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Levi DeVries

Name:        Levi DeVries

Program:  Mechanical Engineering

What attracted you to becoming a Peer tutor?

I enjoy teaching things to people. I find it very satisfying to be able to explain a difficult concept in such a way that someone who was having trouble is now able to understand it.

How has tutoring helped you?

Tutoring others has helped reinforce concepts that I had learned earlier on in my degree but I had begun to forget.  Additionally, the act of teaching a concept to someone else helps me increase my own level of understanding in that subject.

If you could give one piece of advice to a BCIT student what would it be?

Be very intentional about writing neatly and clearly organizing your work (especially when you are learning something new!).

What would your dream job be when you leave BCIT?

I would like to design heavy machinery and mobile equipment.

If you had a free day, how would you spend it?

Fishing.

If you’re looking for help in Mechanical Engineering, stop by the Learning Commons and say hello to Levi!