2015 First Year Achievement Bursary Awarded

BCIT Marine Engineering Cadet Andrew Lehman was the recipient of the First Year Achievement bursary for 2015 and was presented with his award at a ceremony held at the North Vancouver Marine Campus of BCIT on Monday afternoon.

2015 First Year Achievement Award winner, Cadet Andrew Lehman
2015 First Year Achievement Award winner, Cadet Andrew Lehman

An endowment was established in 1999 with matching funds from the Government of British Columbia.  The annual interest is awarded to a student in the Marine Engineering or Nautical Sciences programs of BCIT.

The program instructors at the Marine Campus select the recipient of this award based upon the student’s performance after the first year of the course.

The award alternates between the Nautical Science and the Marine Engineering students.  In “even numbered” years a Nautical Science student is eligible. A Marine Engineering student is eligible in “odd numbered” years.

The endowment with the BCIT Foundation generates insufficient income at this time to provide an award worth $1,000.  So, the Society issues its own cheque to cover the balance.

Searching for Franklin’s Expedition…

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TECHNICAL PRESENTATION
“Searching for Franklin’s Expedition”
A presentation by Captain Dave Woodman...

Captain Woodman is well known as the author of two books about the ill-fated Sir John Franklin Expedition. Woodman’s work concentrated on the profound importance of the Inuit testimony surrounding Franklin’s fate and he was the first to analyze it in depth.

NIBC-Tech-Presentation-Mar416From 1992 to 2004 he led or participated in nine expeditions to Canada’s Arctic in search of the wreck of one of the expedition ships, discovered by Parks Canada in 2014, and the grave site of Sir John Franklin himself.

When: 1500 hrs Friday, March 4, 2016
Where: BCIT Marine Campus (265 West Esplanade, North Vancouver)
RSVP: jane@bcshippingnews.com
Please note: there is no cost to attend.

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