Daily Bulletin, Wednesday, May 25, 1994

POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE:  Spring convocation begins today, with a 2 p.m.
ceremony for the faculties of environmental studies and applied health
sciences and the independent studies program.  The official word is that
546 people are receiving bachelor's degrees, and 47 master's and doctoral
degrees.  Those figures could change a little, as students scramble to get
"incomplete" courses off their records and prove that they've met the
graduation requirements -- in double overtime, so to speak.  "If we can put
somebody into the line as the line is going in, if everything's signed,
sealed and delivered, then fine," says registrar Trevor Boyes.  But he and
his staff try to discourage the last-minute flurries, and he says there are
fewer of those emergencies than there were a few years ago, before routines
were tightened up.

At today's convocation ceremony, Jack Brown, retired from many years as
UW's university secretary, will be made an "honorary member of the
university".  An honorary degree will be presented to Betty Havens,
provincial gerontologist of Manitoba, who will give the convocation
address.  

LIBRARY STORAGE:  University librarian Murray Shepherd has issued a memo
to departments in the arts faculty, where there has been some criticism of
the current project to move 150,000 little-used books out of the crowded
Dana Porter Library and into storage.  The plan had been that the stored
books would be inaccessible, but that's now been changed, says Shepherd:

"The Library has put in place a procedure to retrieve and return any book
that has been transferred to storage and is then needed by a faculty member
or graduate student for term loan.  Should an undergraduate student request
a book that is in storage, the Library will attempt to obtain it through
interlibrary loan; such requests will be handled as 'Rush' requests, and
the charges normally assessed by the lending institution will be absorbed
by the Library.  If a book needed by an undergraduate cannot be obtained in
this way, it will be retrieved from storage.  All materials retrieved from
storage will be available within a week after they are requested.

"A few faculty members have expressed interest in acquainting themselves
with the list of titles that have been designated for transfer to storage.
In order to accommodate this interest, the Library will make these lists
available at the Reserve Desk on the first floor of the Dana Porter Library
until June 20.  Should there be titles on the list that a faculty member
believes must be kept in Dana Porter, we ask that the titles be marked,
and the Library will do everything possible to meet those expressed needs."

POSITION AVAILABLE:  There's no Gazette issue today (the Gazette will 
return next Wednesday, June 1).  Human resources sends the following Position
Available listing (call ext. 2524 for more information):

Project Leader, Technical Systems, Data Processing, grade USG 11/12.
University degree in Science, Engineering or a related business
discipline or equivalent experience. roven leadership skills. Excellent
interpersonal, organizational and communication skills (written and
oral).  Previous supervisory experience desirable. Several years UNIX system
administration and software development experience required. Knowledge of
MAC, PC, networking and large information systems support issues an asset.

CAMPAIGN WEEK:  More than 100 engineers made their way around the ring
road yesterday, in a highlight of the first day of Campaign Week.  Meanwhile,
the dunk tank in the arts quadrangle raised $74 for the senate scholarship
fund, and Mark Murdoch of food services had to plan a visit to the dry
cleaner.  Today's airplane toss has been cancelled, but the optometry
mobile clinic will be open at noon hour at the Math and Computer loading
bay area, and everyone's welcome to stop by for a quick vision test or
eyeglasses adjustment.

Today, tomorrow and Friday, in another Campaign Week celebration, pizza
slices are on sale for $1.50 at Federation Hall and the Bombshelter pub
in the Campus Centre.

Tomorrow's Campaign Week activities include golf, tai chi, and a talk on
natural gardening, and the bookstore and gift shop will be holding "Dress in
School Colours Day".  All the activities lead up to the Campaign Picnic
next Wednesday at noontime.

Chris Redmond
Information and Public Affairs, University of Waterloo
888-4567 ext. 3004      credmond@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca