Canada in changing international arena:  The third multidisciplinary
University of Waterloo-Wilfrid Laurier University Graduate Students'
Conference from Friday to Sunday (Aug. 20 to 22) will discuss "Canada
in the Changing International Arena."
Discussion and papers to be presented at the conference represent a
variety of disciplines, such as law, economics, sociology, political
science and geography, to provide different perspectives on the theme.
The conference opens Friday at 7 p.m. at UW's Hagey Hall, Room 373 with
a session on "Canadian Regionalism and the International Arena."
Sessions on Saturday are:
"The Problems and Issues of Ethno-Nationalism Within Canada's
Federalist Structure" (9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.) and  a roundtable on
"Canada's Foreign Policy Role -- Peacekeeping Versus Peacemaking? (1
p.m. to 4:30 p.m.), both at WLU's Paul Martin Centre.
At 7 p.m. Saturday, the annual dinner  at the Bricker Conference
Centre, WLU,
features keynote speaker Prof. Leo Panitch, a political scientist at
York University in Toronto.
On Sunday, there will be roundtable discussions on "Addressing the
Concept of Post-Industrialization from a Canadian Perspective" (10 a.m.
to Noon) and "Canada and International Trade Issues" (1:30 p.m. to 4:30
p.m.), both at UW's Hagey Hall, Room 373.
The public can attend the conference; registration fee is $25. Contact
Joanne Voisin, 885-1211, ext. 2100. Co-chairs of the conference are:
Katrina MacDonald and Tina Martimianakis, both of WLU, and Kathy Martin
and Susanne Soederberg, of UW.


UW appoints new coach for women's basketball:  The University of
Waterloo has named Kathy Keats as the new women's varsity basketball
head coach, as well as supervisor of the campus recreation club and
tournament.
Keats is a former all-star player for the national university
champions, the University of Victoria. She has also competed in the
1985 and 1987 Canada Games, in addition to the 1992 World Club
Championships in Brazil.
Her coaching experience includes stints as assistant coach with the
British Columbia Canada Games Team, assistant coach at the University
of Victoria and head coach of the U of Vic's junior varsity team. She
is a recent graduate of the U of Vic with a bachelor of science degree
in human performance.
Keats has also completed the National Coaching Institute's Level 4 and
part of Level 5 certification program. At UW, she takes over as head
coach from Denise Dignard, who is now at the University of Ottawa.


Warden of residence at UW receives student affairs award:  Capping a 25-
year career as the University of Waterloo's warden of residence, Prof.
Ron Eydt has received a lifetime achievement award from the Canadian
Association of Colleges and Universities Student Services.
Eydt recently received the Student Affairs Division's Distinguished
Accomplishment Award. As warden, he's responsible for a multi-million-
dollar operation that houses 3,700 undergraduate and graduate students
in five residences, including townhouses and
apartments.
"Ron has been a tremendous leader and role model in student affairs,"
says Peter Hopkins, UW's associate provost for student affairs. "Doc,
as he is affectionately known, has been a mentor and role model for
well over 1,000 residence dons during his tenure."
Besides his warden duties, Eydt is a faculty member in the biology
department. "His popular first-year biology course was always over-
subscribed by students from all years and faculties," Hopkins says.
Under his leadership, students in the village residences have raised
more than $300,000 for local charities.
Eydt was among the first UW employees to join the Canadian student
services association, and has served a term as president of its student
affairs division. In addition, he has been treasurer of the Ontario
Committee on Student Affairs.


Top German scientist wins international research prize: A German
scientist, Prof. Geerd Diercksen, was won Canada Council's 1993 Canada-
Germany Research Award to conduct collaborative work for a year at the
University of Waterloo and Queen's University in Kingston.
Diercksen, a member of the Max-Planck Institute for Astrophysics at
Garching bei Munchen, was nominated for the prize by both UW and
Queen's. He will conduct research on quantum theoretical studies of
atomic and molecular structure and properties.
A member of the institute since 1965, he has authored or co-authored
almost 200 publications in the fields of theoretical molecular physics,
computational physics and computer science. At UW, he will work with
Profs Josef Paldus and Jiri Cizek, of the department of applied
mathematics.

John Morris/Jim Fox, UW News Bureau
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