Students, enter your photo for a chance to win a $100 BCIT Bookstore gift certificate by joining the BCIT SA #textbookbrokebcit campaign by Jan. 19. See poster for details.
Peer Tutor Tuesdays with Timothy Cheng
Name: Timothy Cheng
Program: Bachelor of Accounting
What attracted you to becoming a Peer Tutor?
The ability to pay back to the BCIT community and be there for advice that I wish I had.
How has tutoring helped you?
I have met many great individuals and everyone has been very supportive in my academic and career success.
If you could give one piece of advice to a BCIT student what would it be?
Do not be afraid or ashamed of not understanding something and asking a question.
What would your dream job be when you leave BCIT?
Junior accounting staff.
If you had a free day, how would you spend it?
Eat, sleep, and repeat.
Friday Favorites – An Invitation to Health, by Dianne Hales and Lara Lauzon
By Dianne Hales and Lara Lauzon
If getting healthy is part of your new year’s resolution, An Invitation to Health is a great place to start. Full of research, information and advice to encourage you to make healthy lifestyle choices, this book will help you break bad habits and begin the new year feeling good.
Friday Favorites – The Maker’s Manual: a Practical Guide to the New Industrial Revolution, by Andrea Maiette and Paolo Aliverti
The Maker’s Manual: a Practical Guide to the New Industrial Revolution
By Andrea Maiette and Paolo Aliverti
Interested in learning new skills in the new year? The Maker’s Manual: a Practical Guide to the New Industrial Revolution will teach you how to transform your ideas into actual tangible projects. Covering skills like 3-D printing and programming, The Maker’s Manual is loaded with colour photographs to guide you through each of your projects.
Everything I want to eat: Sqirl and the New California Cooking by Jessica Koslow
Everything I Want to Eat: Sqirl and the New California Cooking
By Jessica Koslow
If you’re interested in trying out some new recipes over the holidays, check out Everything I Want to Eat: Sqirl and the New California Cooking. The chef from LA’s popular restaurant, Sqirl, shares some of her favorite recipes in this beautifully-styled cookbook.
Friday Favorites – Handbook of Vitamins, edited by Janos Zempleni, John W. Suttie, Jesse F. Gregory III, Patrick J. Stover
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Peer Tutor Tuesdays with Sean Tennant
Name: Sean Tennant
Program: School of Business – Financial Management
What attracted you to becoming a Peer Tutor?
I enjoy giving back to the school as well as other students. I also like the idea that it will help solidify the concepts in my head which will be invaluable in my career.
If you could give one piece of advice to a BCIT student what would it be?
Get to know your classmates and work together. It really helps to speak concepts out loud and you can also test each other on topics.
What would your dream job be when you leave BCIT?
My ideal job would be in data analytics or a data mining job, specifically focusing on Excel. I enjoy connecting the dots using functions and formulas.
If you had a free day, how would you spend it?
My free day would be spent playing golf. It would also involve something else outside like cycling and doing the Grouse Grind.
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Friday Favorites: Gutenberg’s Fingerprint: A Book Lover Bridges the Digital Divide by Merilyn Simonds
Gutenberg’s Fingerprint: A Book Lover Bridges the Digital Divide
By Merilyn Simonds
If you’ve hit a road block in your holiday shopping trying to decide on whether to gift a print or ebook version of your favorite novel, why not check out Gutenberg’s Fingerprint: A Book Lover Bridges the Digital Divide first? Explore the pros and cons of print vs. digital and join the author in challenging some of the assumptions we make about reading.
Peer Tutor Tuesdays with Brandon Tang
Name: Brandon Tang
Program: Civil Engineering
What attracted you to becoming a Peer Tutor?
My instructors recommended tutoring to me while I was in the ABT program. I’ve stayed since then because I find teaching to be a great way of checking my own understanding!
How has tutoring helped you?
I find tutoring rewarding because it helps reinforce what I’ve learned in class.
If you could give one piece of advice to a BCIT student what would it be?
Get plenty of sleep and take care of your health. You’ll perform a lot better if you have those two down pat.
What would your dream job be when you leave BCIT?
To work in a place where I can challenge myself and work towards being a P.Eng.
If you had a free day, how would you spend it?
Sleep, who wouldn’t?
Extended Hours for the Burnaby Campus Library
It’s exam time and we’ve extended our hours to help you prepare.
Extended Hours
December 4 – 14
Monday – Friday | 7:30am – midnight
Saturday – Sunday | 9:30am – midnight
December 15
7:30am – 1:00pm
For more info, visit: https://www.bcit.ca/library/hours.shtml
To help you make it through, we’re serving up FREE coffee, tea and hot chocolate from Dec 8-10, 6pm – midnight. Please bring your own mug.
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