UBC Reports | Vol. 47 | No. 02 | Jan. 25, 2001

Digest

Growth spurt in Forestry scholarships

The Faculty of Forestry has created new endowments in support of a $1,500 undergraduate scholarship and two new prizes totaling $500 for graduating students this spring thanks to a $33,350 donation from the Association of British Columbia Professional Foresters (ABCPF).

The undergraduate scholarship will be awarded to a student entering the second year of the Forest Resources Management Program.

A $300 prize will go to an undergraduate forestry student who has penned the best graduating thesis.

A $200 prize will be awarded for the best essay by a graduating student in the faculty. The award winners will be announced at the end of the spring term.

The ABCPF was established in 1947 to uphold the public interest in the practice of professional forestry by ensuring the competence, independence, integrity and accountability of professional foresters.

There are currently 2,990 registered professional foresters in the province.

Series focuses on Jewish experience

The first of a series of annual lectures that will focus on the modern Jewish experience will be held Feb. 4 and 5.

Morton Weinfeld, professor of Sociology and chair of Canadian Ethnic Studies at McGill University, is the inaugural guest lecturer.

Weinfeld has published widely in the areas of Canadian studies, modern Jewish studies, immigration and ethnicity.

The Feb. 4 lecture, The Oy Gevalt Reflex, will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Norman Rothstein Theatre at 950 West 41st Ave. Admission is $5. For tickets or information call (604) 257-5111.

The Feb. 5 lecture, Challenges Facing Canadian Jewry in the 21st Century, will be held at UBC in the Henry Angus Building, room 104 at 11:30 a.m. Admission is free.

The annual Itta and Eliezer Zeisler Memorial Lecture series was established at UBC by Betty and Irv Nitkin.

Topics focus on the modern Jewish experience, especially as it relates to Canada and Israel.

A committee chaired by Richard Menkis, associate professor of Jewish Studies in the Dept. of Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies, co-ordinates the lectures.