International Buffet II- ‘A Night in Paris’ | Alþjóðleg hlaðborð II- ‘Nótt í París’

Our second International Buffet – A Night in Paris was a HIT! The buffet featured foods of France, where the the atmosphere was that of a French bistro one would find walking through the streets of Paris. Thank-you to everyone who came out to support the Ægir Student Association, eat good food, and converse with the students and our guests, and to all the volunteers envolved in making this night possible!

Stay tuned for our third International Buffet, coming up this May. A special thanks to Auður Ósk Aradóttir, owner of Kaffi Ísól, for providing us with the use of her facilities. (chelsea boaler)

International Buffet II- A Night in Paris/Alþjóðleg hlaðborð II- Nótt í París

Oooh, la-la… treat yourself to a culinary experience that will sweep you off your feet! Following the success of November’s International Buffet, we are pleased to offer you another buffet, this time showcasing sophisticated French cuisine. You can expect a variety of delicious delights and an authentic atmosphere to create the perfect mood for relaxing and enjoying a sensuous journey for the evening.

* Please note that the hours listed are the opening hours of the kitchen- guests are welcome to stay later to finish eating or to enjoy drinks.

For tickets, contact Laura: nordgren.laura@gmail.com
For general information, contact Râna: rana12@uwestfjords.is or Laura: nordgren.laura@gmail.com
If you have food allergies or inquiries about the menu, please contact Johanna: johum@live.fr

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Alþjóðleg hlaðborð II- Nótt í París! Miðar nú til sölu!

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Company Visit #8: Hraðfrystihúsið – Gunnvör hf (HG)

The Aquaculture Students visited Hraðfrystihúsið – Gunnvör hf (HG)‘s aquaculture facilities.

HG participates in two main aquaculture projects, outside of their wild fisheries enterprises:
– On growing of captured cod
– Cod farming, from egg to market sized fish

Pens are between 15 and 20 m in diameter, and up to 90 m circumference. Smaller pens contain ~20,000 individuals, where bigger pen hold ~70,000 to 90,000 individuals. When we visited, the average weight of individuals was ~ 800g, where harvesting weight is  just below 3 kg. Challenges associated with this industry includes predation on penned fish by sea birds, most commonly cormorants. Additionally, since cod are bottom feeders, harvesting must be done in such a way as to eliminate or diminish bursting swim-bladders in the fish. This is true for juveniles being transported to the pens, as well as harvesting the marketable fish.

Our visit ended with samples of cod liver, and warm coffee on board one of the vessels. Thank-you to Kristján G. Jóakimsson, director of marketing and processing at HG for the in-class presentation, Barði Ingibjartsson and Eiríkur Ragnarsson for bringing us around the facilities and out to the pens, and to our instructor, Peter Krost, and program director, Dagný Arnarsdóttir, for organizing the outing.

Company Visit #7: FabLab

Today, 13 CMM Students went to visit the FabLab (short for Fabrication Laboratory) here in Ísafjörður thanks to Albertína Friðbjörg Elíasdóttir, one of the staff members. Albertína showed us around the lab, pointing out all the equipment and examples of some of the awesome stuff one can create! They have a 3D printer, lazer cutters and sketchers, and a large saw used to create big pieces of work. The equipment is all free to use, and if you’d like to create something, you simply pay for the materials used.

The FabLab uses all free software, like Google SketchUp for their 3D printer. If you’d like to learn how to use the equipment, Inkscape has great online tutorials to encourage the self-learning philosophy of FabLab.

For more information on FabLab, you can visit the Wiki page or Nýsköpunarmiðstöð Íslands. (chelsea boaler)

Kaffi, kökur og menningarskipti! Coffee, Cake, and Cultural Exchange!

For Icelandic, please see below.

You are invited to join the Háskólasetur Vestfjarða’s foreign students at Kaffi Ísol every Wednesday beginning February 6, between 17:00 and 19:00, for coffee, cake, and cultural exchange. Students from different countries will be available to help you practice speaking new languages, or simply to chat informally about their cultures and traditions. You are, of course, most welcome to help us improve our Icelandic and teach us about local traditions!

We love having the opportunity to share something about ourselves and to learn from you while we’re so far away from home, so we hope to see many of you! People of all ages and families of all sizes are warmly welcome.

For more information, or to inquire about a specific language, contact Râna: rana12@uwestfjords.is

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Þér er boðið að hitta erlenda nemendur Háskólaseturs Vestfjarða á Kaffi Ísól á hverjum miðvikudegi frá og með 6. febrúar milli klukkan 17-19 og fá þér kaffi, kökur og menningarskipti. Nemendur frá ólíkum löndum verða á staðnum og geta hjálpað þér að æfa þig að tala ný tungumál, eða einfaldlega spjallað um menningu heimalands þeirra og hefðir. Þér er auðvitað líka mjög velkomið að hjálpa okkurað bæta íslenskukunnáttu okkar og segja okkur frá íslenskri menningu og hefðum.

Við viljum gjarnan fá tækifæri til að segja frá okkur , sem og læra um þig á meðan við erum svo langt að heiman og við vonumst til að sjá sem flesta. Fólk á öllum aldri og fjölskyldur af öllum stærðum og gerðum velkomið.

Nánari upplýsingar, eða fyrirspurnir um ákveðin tungumál, hafið samband við Rönu: rana12@uwestfjords.is

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