New Self-Enroll Module for Science Students in 2^nd-Year and Above!
The new Focused Exploration Module is all about exploring different ideas and skills that impact your academic, personal, and work life. This self-enrol, self-paced Brightspace module is intended to help Science students learn more about themselves, their time-management, overcoming procrastination, career interests, advising opportunities, and developing their inner leader. To sign-up, click here or head to Brightspace -> Academic Support (tab at top) -> Self Registration, and search for the course ‘Focused Exploration’ (code: ONLC.FOCUSEX). The module runs during a single semester. During the fall 2022 term, it will open on September 6 and close November 30^th (final activity submissions due Nov. 20^th). To ‘complete’ the module, students must complete 6/10 strategies. Each strategy focuses on a different topic and typically involves watching a short video (e.g., TED Talk) or listening to a short podcast. Students then complete short, interesting activities intended to help them learn more about themselves and their academic, work, and life pathways. Upon completion, students will receive a certificate of completion and can opt to have this added to their Co-Curricular Record (CCR). For more information, check out the Brightspace page (search ‘Focused Exploration’).

First Year Interest Groups in Science
First Year Interest Groups in Science (FIGS) are free, weekly classes with no homework or tests for first-year Science students to connect over a shared interest. Subject areas, times and course registration numbers (CRNs) are listed below. 

• FIGS 0002 Neuroscience of the Brain (Fridays at 11:35 a.m. – CRN: 11336)
• FIGS 0004 Oceans (Fridays at 1:35 p.m. – CRN: 11338)
• FIGS 0005 Earth and Environment (Fridays at 3:35 p.m – CRN 11339)
• FIGS 0008 Logic and Problem Solving (Thursdays at 1:05 p.m. – CRN: 11340)

Leadership in Science course (SCIE4444)
For upper-year students, SCIE4444: Leadership in Science provides an opportunity to explore your leadership potential in science as you learn, reflect, connect, enact, dissect and apply leadership practices in your science context. Instructor permission is required to enroll. If interested, please contact Dr. Kerrianne Ryan at kpryan@dal.ca. Students should have completed at least three third-year courses in their declared major and have a minimum B+ average in their major.

Dal Science invites all Science students who self-identify as African Nova Scotian, Black and/or of African descent to join us for a welcome event!
The Faculty of Science and the Black Student Advising Centre want to welcome students who self-identify as African Nova Scotian, Black and/or of African descent to our Dal Science community on Monday, September 19. RSVP to attend here. 

Dal Science invites all Science students who self-identify as Mi'kmaq and/or Indigenous to join us for an Indigenous Student Welcome!
The Faculty of Science and the Indigenous Student Centre want to welcome Science students who self-identify as Mi'kmaq and/or Indigenous to our Dal Science community on Wednesday, September 21. RSVP to attend here

Would you like to make a submission to the Dean's Office Dispatch? Email communications.science@dal.ca with a brief summary of your notice, a supporting link or email address, and a photo/image if you have one.