Daily Bulletin, Friday, June 17

BOOTING UP ECONOMY:  UW continues to bask in the glow of much
highly positive world-wide attention from the media.

Writer Mark Stevenson of Canadian Business magazine should
qualify for an honorary degree for his exceptional six-page
article lauding UW as the "Boot Camp for the New Economy," as the
headline declared.  "The University of Waterloo produces what
Canadian business has always said it wants - smart, motivated,
relevant graduates.  It's the training camp for the new economy,
pumping out 30 per cent of Canada's math grads and 17 per cent of
our computer science graduates," he writes.

Canadian Business, in its June edition, gives UW an A for
business creation; A for job creation; and A-plus for wealth
creation, stating:  "The University of Waterloo is top of the
class in combining classroom education with real-world payoffs."
The story's sub headline asks: "Where do Bill Gates and other
titans of high technology recruit the next generation of software
geniuses?  At the University of Waterloo - a school that proves
the best classroom is the real world."

Stevenson also writes that President James Downey "symbolizes the
university's growing ambitions."  He quotes him saying: "This
university grew up with the belief that problems exist to be
solved rather than just studied."

Other newspapers that have recently published or are planning
major laudatory pieces about UW include the New York Times,
Financial Times of London, Los Angeles Times, The International
Herald Tribune (repeating the NY Times article) as well as the
Toronto dailies and the Financial Post.  Maclean's is working on
a story similar to the Canadian Business piece while CTV's Canada
AM is planning the same.  Then there was the CBC Venture's
profile of UW last weekend and a planned Times of London article
saying UW is an example to the world in waste reduction and
recycling. . . .

We could go on (but we're too modest) - copies of the articles
are available from the UW News Bureau, 888-4567, ext. 2488.


CALM BEFORE THE STORM:  It was a question that was intriguing
Doug Morton the other day.  What does the "C.A.L.M." sign mean?

In a message to us this week, a humorous Morton, coordinator of
the Davis Centre Library's computer assisted reference services,
writes:  "The last couple of days when I drive onto campus at the
University Avenue entrance there is a sign that says 'calm' and
points to the left.  Since I have to turn to the right I wonder
if I am heading to 'storm' ?"

No need to worry about storms, here's the story: CALM stands for
the Canadian Association of Logistics Management, which is
holding a week-long annual meeting for about 40 business and
government delegates at the Student Village 2, said Austin
Lawrence, of the Village conference centre.  The CALM conference,
which includes seminars and workshops, wraps up today.

OPTOMETRY LOOKING BACK:  The history of optometry in Canada will
be reflected on during a seminar to be held Saturday at UW's
School of Optometry.

"This is the first seminar given in Canada to consider the early
history of Canadian optometry," says Prof. Ted Fisher, former
director of UW's optometry school and curator of the Museum of
Visual Science and Optometry. He can reached at ext. 3405.

The public event will take place from 9:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in
the Optometry Building, Room 347. About 80 people are expected to
attend, most of them graduates of 20 to 30 years ago.

Speakers and their topics include: Prof. Jacob Sivak, on the
history of the School of Optometry from 1910 to 1990; Prof. Ted
Fisher, on "Four Early Optometric Educators, 1880 to 1920"; Prof.
George Woo, on the Canadian Red Cross mobile eye clinic, 1958 to
1966; Prof. Michael Doughty, on "Research at the University of
Waterloo, 1974 to 1990"; and Prof. Stanley Riome, on
"Saskatchewan Optometry, 1910 to 1990."

POWER SHUTDOWN:  Preventive maintenance is cited as the reason
for tomorrow's shutdown of electrical power, heating, cooling and
ventilation in the Engineering 2 and Engineering 3 Buildings.
Computer equipment, particularly UNIX systems, should be "shut
down in an orderly fashion," reports UW's Plant Operations
department.

DONS REUNITING:  About 100 former student dons in UW's Student
Villages will be getting today through Sunday for a grand
reunion.

Ron Eydt, warden of residences, is the man in charge of the get-
together of the former dons, who, essentially, act as student
advisers in the residences. The event takes place in Village 2.
Eydt can be reached at 888-4072.

FRONTLINE GRADUATES:  A graduation ceremony presided over by
President James Downey will be held Monday for UW employees
completing the special Working, Frontline and Non-Management
Professional training programs.

Katrina Maugham, of the Human Resources office, reports that the
ceremony will take place from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the
Festival Room in South Campus Hall. Because of construction,
access to the Festival Room is from the Graduate House side of
SCH.

"All three programs are still going strong," Maugham said.  "We
are making our way through the waiting lists as quickly as
possible and in fact Working is running four sessions this summer
to try and catch up."

The ceremony will be for graduates from all three programs:
Frontline, 22 graduates;  Non-Management Professional, 21;
Working, - 135.  Downey will be presenting the certificates in
the ceremony.

All three programs will be running again in the fall and the next
issue of the Staff Training and Development brochure will contain
registration information.

Also, Maugham said Human Resources will soon provide information
about the next level of programs, called Mastering Individual
Performance.  The new programs are only open to graduates of the
Working - Core Interpersonal Skills program.  For details, please
call ext. 5161.

John Morris, Jim Fox
UW News Bureau, (519) 888-4444
jmorris@mc1adm.uwaterloo.ca