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Friday, July 14, 1995

The WatCard is coming

"A new multi-purpose identification card", to be called the WatCard, will be introduced this summer, the registrar's office announced yesterday. All students -- new and returning -- will get one in September, and staff and faculty members can also get a card if they want.

The card is actually being administered by the food services department, and will replace the "Value Plus" food card as well as the student photo ID card. A "WatCard office" is being set up at food services headquarters in the General Services Complex.

Says a memo from assistant registrar Jim Boniface:

A digitized photo will replace the current polaroid photo for undergraduate and graduate students. A Distance Education logo will be placed in the space normally occupied by the photo for students who wish to have an identification card but are unable to come to campus. The new card will serve as a student ID card and Library card, but can also optionally be used at outlets that honour the Food Services card.

A schedule outlining dates, times and locations has been prepared and will be distributed with the students' registration packages. Registration and WHMIS stickers will be issued to authorized students at the issuing sites for both new students and returning students who will be replacing their current card.

The WatCard will also be available to faculty and staff. . . . The cards are expected to be available in mid-August.

The card will bear a colour photo of the new Student Centre.

Allons, enfants! It's the weekend!

As France marks its national holiday, the 206th anniversary of the fall of the Bastille, a few things are happening nearer home:

Chris Redmond
Information and Public Affairs, University of Waterloo
(519) 888-4567 ext. 3004
credmond@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca

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