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Tuesday, October 3, 1995
Heard it all on my radio
CBC
radio's "Ideas" series turns its attention to universities tonight.
"Tales out of School: An Inside Look at Universities" is a three-part
series by Seth Feldman, dean of fine arts at York
University, to be
broadcast tonight, October 10 and October 17, at 9:05 p.m.
Summary, from the "Ideas" brochure:
It was a nice idea, communities of thinkers sharing their knowledge
and, in so doing, benefitting the entire nation. But at Canadian
universities, the contemplative life is running scared. Chasing it
are interest groups waving social agendas, politicians demanding
"accountability" and business people insisting on job training. To
critics, academic jargon is evasion, sabbaticals are theft and tenure
is a scandal. Small classes, well-stocked libraries and generous
research grants are becoming only fond memories.
And speaking of jobs . . .
This year's edition of the Graduate Recruitment Fair, sponsored by
UW and three other post-secondary institutions (Laurier, Guelph,
Conestoga), takes place tomorrow. That's Wednesday, from 10 a.m. to
3:30 p.m., at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium just east of downtown
Kitchener. UW's
career
resource centre has more information.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, job posting #4 goes up today for co-op
students in search of winter term jobs. And an interview skills workshop
is being held at 2:30 p.m.
A note on staff training
The
human
resources department advises that there are empty spaces in
a few of the staff training sessions scheduled for this fall. In
particular:
- FrontLine Leadership, the management training program -- five
more slots in the "core interpersonal skills" module that will run
Tuesday mornings starting next week.
- Making Organizational Impact, a module available to people who
have done the "core interpersonal skills" module of FrontLine or
the Working program -- three more slots for Thursday mornings,
starting October 12.
Working, the basic staff training program, has new sessions
beginning in early November.
Exertions on the weekend
I haven't actually seen any results yet from the various athletic
endeavours last weekend, except the word that the Downey Tennisfest
drew some 60 people and a good time was had by all. I'm hoping the
organizers of the St. Jerome's Charity Run will (as soon as they catch
up on their sleep) be sending out news about how much was raised by
how many for the Global Community Centre.
As for the Saturday morning triathlon, Peter Yamamoto of
the triathlon club announced on a suitable newsgroup that
"Mainly as a place to put a reference to some pics" he
has created a triathlon page on the World Wide Web.
It's at
http://daisy.uwaterloo.ca/~pjyamamo/uwtri.html.
"The images are captured off video so the quality isn't great.
Also I was shooting the bikes into the sun so that it why some
are quite dark; some of the bike pictures I played with to get
a better image."
Happening tonight and tomorrow
Randy Harris, UW professor of English, talks tonight about
UW's professional writing program and business opportunities in
professional communication. His audience: the local chapters of the
International Association of Business Communicators and the Society
for Technical Communication. Where and when: Davis Centre room
1302, 7 p.m.
The Laurel Room in South Campus Hall isn't open often these days,
but the chef will be on hand tomorrow for a Thanksgiving special.
Promised are roast Ontario turkey
Would you believe that I first typed "roast Ontario turnkey"? Yep.
The folks in the Student Life Centre would not have been amused.
with dressing and cranberry sauce, roast beef with gravy, pasta and
vegetables, salads, and so on, winding up with a "festive dessert
table", all for $9.95. Reservations: ext. 3198.
Greetings to
Katrina Maugham in the human resources department, who's marking a
rather special birthday, I'm told.
Yom Kippur, the "day of atonement", most solemn day in the Jewish calendar,
begins at sunset tonight. Our observant Jewish colleagues will spend
most of the day in fasting and prayer.
On Yom Kippur it is traditional, obligatory, to ask forgiveness from
all those whom one has wronged during the past year -- and
surely
there isn't one of us who couldn't use forgiveness from some quarter.
Chris Redmond
Information
and Public Affairs, University of Waterloo
(519) 888-4567 ext. 3004
credmond@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca
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