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	Posted: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Eighty high school students gain "Insights" through enrichment at Trent PCVS students study at Champlain College: December 10 Eighty PCVS students are visiting Trent University on December 10 to explore a myriad of subjects as part of Insights - a day-long academic enrichment program, hosted by Champlain College. Students from all grades and academic levels will attend a series of workshops on topics ranging from "Human Forensic DNA Profiling" and "Environmental History" to "Songwriting." Other subject areas include astronomy, globalization, underground art and media, and art therapy. President Bonnie Patterson will welcome the students at 9 a.m., and Cameron Douglas, program director of WUOMI, the Sierra Leone Global Education Partnership Project, will deliver the keynote address. Students will attend morning sessions from 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. and afternoon sessions from 1:30 - 3:30 p.m., unless they have chosen one of the all-day sessions. Students will also have the opportunity to tour the campus. Trent professors, local professionals, and practising artists and specialists will lead the workshops. This is the second annual Insights event at Champlain College, though it is a more than 10-year tradition for PCVS. Sessions include: Human Forensic DNA Profiling - Brad White and Ashvin Mohindra Songwritin - Michael Martyn Copper Repousse - Michael Poulton Expressive Arts Therapy as a Career for Artists - Janette Platana The Murder of the Man who was Shakespeare - Alan Nunn Economic Theory: Questioning the Impotence of Nations - Dr. Joyce Barrett Art, Science and Moist Media - Caroline Langill Environmental History - Stephen Bocking Good versus Bad Globalization - Can We Choose? - Dr. Joyce Barrett Independently Yours - Zines and Underground Art - Danielle Raymond and Jae Steele The Quality of Fishing reflects the Quality of Life - Jim Atkinson Studying a Star - A Look at the Earth's Solar Furnace - Rick Stankiewicz Drawing on your Seeing Skills - John Climenhage Girls Go Global: Creating Feminisms - Marg McGraw and Marg Hobbs -30-
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