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8 The Chronicle December 12 - 18, 2017 chronicle.durhamcollege.ca Campus Global Class links DC to the world Aly Beach The Chronicle Imagine a place on campus where you could communicate with people throughout the world. This is what Durham College's Global Class aims to do. The Global Class is located in room A150 in the Gordon Willey Building. Through the advanced technology available in the class, it can connect groups of people from the class with groups of people from 30 different countries. “This is the place on campus where anyone can come to have a class with the rest of the world,” says Lon Appleby, Global Class creator and instructor. Appleby believes a global mindset is crucial to a student's success and that it is impossible to live without one. “In order for students to become future ready, you’ve got to have that broader global perspective. That will help you succeed,” says Appleby. In today's society we live in two worlds, according to Appleby. The first is our local community and the second is the global world. “The world has become a planet now, it’s not just the world of our family, or our community or our country. It has really become a planet.” Appleby says the class is crucial to those who wish to gain a global perspective and want to learn about different cultures and places, but cannot afford to travel. “It does give you the opportunity to open your mind to the ideas of people from other cultures, just through talking and collaborating on projects together,” says Appleby. “We have the technology now and the contacts for you to sit in the classroom and go there, or at least meet the people.” The class starts with a host coming up with an idea. The host then contacts guests they want to be on the show, who participate via a platform called Polycom. Sundeep Singh is the Collaboration Manager for Global Unified Solution Services, an external company that assists with technology in the Global Class. He says the platform is best-in-class. “It really is the best platform I've seen,” says Singh. Singh says the class is unique because of the various perspectives that come together. “Even if you’re talking to people in the same profession, but from different geographies, everyone has a different perspective.” The idea for the Global Class came to Appleby seven years ago when he was asked to create some general education courses. They included Short History of the World and Humanity’s Destiny. Appleby says the Global Class started in the Short History of the World Class. In this class the students would host a smaller version of the Global Class. Appleby says the students liked it, so he continued with it. “It started because students liked the idea and (it) has just kind of grown from there,” says Appleby. The Global Class is being moved to the new Centre for Collaborative Education (CFCE) building which is being built along Simcoe Street next to the Student Services Building. The building is replacing the aging Simcoe Building. The class is planned to be on the first floor and be about twoand-a-half times the size of the current room. The room will include a 30 foot by eight-foot interactive TV that Singh says is stateof-the-art. “It (the TV) is massive and it’s the largest of its kind in North America,” says Singh. Appleby describes the new Global Class as a hub of world learning and thinks this project could put Durham College on the map. “There’s real ambition here to say to the rest of the world ‘Durham College is where it’s at’,” says Appleby. Fire prevention week comes to Durham College Alex Clelland The Chronicle Lon Appleby, Global Class creator and instructor, giving a lecture to Durham College students. Durham College firefighting students have once again taken off their boots to raise money and awareness for fire safety. This fall, they collected donations in the annual boot drive to raise money for Camp BUCKO (Burn Camp for Kids in Ontario), a program that supports burn victims as part of National Fire Prevention Week. Brendan Needham, a firefighting student, says raising money for children in need is the best part of the week. “We’re going around asking people to drop money in this boot – it’s a little weird and smelly – but some of these burn victims feel left out, they can be on their own,” Needham says. “We raise money and help give them a chance to go to a camp and feel like they belong.” Students ran a bake sale, trivia games, and a meet and greet with Oshawa’s fire department. Sparky the Dog, Oshawa Fire’s mascot, wandered around campus greeting students while dancing and taking photos. More active events included the “Activate the Fire Alarm Challenge,” where students were allowed to pull a display fire Photograph by Alex Clelland Durham College students trying on firefighter equipment in the Oshawa campus bus loop. alarm and see the inner-workings of the fire alarm system. The last event was a race between firefighting students in the bus loop, where firefighting students raced against one another to Photograph by Aly Beach put on their firefighting gear and carry an 80-pound dummy across the lawn. Fire prevention inspector Paul Hunt from Oshawa Fire Services was on campus, spoke with students in the hallways. He spent the day discussing safety measures for evacuating a fire and how to properly test fire alarms and smoke detectors. Hunt says it’s important that students who are on their own know how to take safety measures. “This is the first time a lot of these kids [on campus] are on their own, mom and dad aren’t around anymore,” Hunt says. “They need to be aware of what kind of system is in their building, on or off campus, so hopefully if they have the right questions today. They can ask any of us here and be prepared.” His biggest piece of advice is to never disconnect a smoke alarm, under any circumstances. “Whether the battery’s chirping because it’s dying, or if you accidentally burn dinner and it goes off, never disconnect the smoke alarm because they’re life saving devices, and they can buy you precious minutes to get out of a fire safely,” he says.
Community chronicle.durhamcollege.ca December 12 -18, 2017 The Chronicle 9 Eating, chatting for success Photograph by Shana Fillatrau Kiruthiga Shanmuganathan, Youth Coordinator for Durham Tamil Association, looks for a job opportunity. Shana Fillatrau The Chronicle Like speed dating, except with students meeting employers, not a new partner. About 120 students and 50 employers attended the event held by the Durham Tamil Association (DTA) College and university graduates, as well as third and fourth year students, joined employers for an evening of meeting, mingling, and hopefully, job opportunities Reyl Coronado, a recent graduate from Computek College who studied network engineering, was excited for the dinner, and the chance to meet new people. He attended to meet people in a similar field, and to find a job if the opportunity presented itself. “I’m here for, like I said, networking and opportunities to find people who are interesting and to see what I can accomplish,” he said. “I can always try to seek further opportunities to see if one is on my way and try and grab it.” Kiruthiga Shanmuganathan, the youth coordinator for DTA, was herself, looking for job opportunities at the dinner. “There are a lot of large companies that will give us a lot of opportunities, especially like for new graduates,” she said. “It shows that they’re trying to do an initiative to give younger generations an opportunity, and there are a lot of people that are unemployed with a lot of degrees in their aspect.” Employers and students first met at a reception before dinner. The attendees visited a variety of booths such as the YMCA, Forces Canada and Nava Law. Esther Enyolu, executive director of the Women’s Multi-Cultural Resource and Counselling Centre of Durham, brought young people from her centre to the event. “It is a youth-focused event, and it has a lot of potential businesses and community organizations who are potential employers, so as a community partner, I feel that my presence is required tonight and I am happy that I could make it,” she said. Enyolu hoped students could make connections and find jobs through the event. Students talked with employers at the reception, as well as during the dinner. When registering, students were asked for their field of study and tables were organized to pair students and employers with similar job interests at the same tablet to make connections. The night ended with speeches from local employers and politicians, as well as Ajax MP Mark Holland who delivered a statement from Justin Trudeau. The chair of the dinner hopes to hold the event again next year. Expecting or thinking about becoming a parent? Find out how a Doula can ease your birthing experience! FREE CONSULTATIONS 905-914-3939 thedancingdoula@hotmail.com www.facebook.com/yourdancingdoula
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