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Friday, September 15, 1995
A vision for UW computing
The University Computing Committee has issued a few paragraphs titled
"A
Vision of Information Technology and the Future of the University of
Waterloo". It's part of the committee's work in advising the UW
Commission
on Institutional Planning.
Says the Vision statement, in part:
The infrastructure and the technology that
support it are both changing rapidly, and inaction on the part of the
University is damaging to our long-term ability to meet our goals in an
efficient and timely manner. Our current infrastructure is too
balkanised, requiring some rationalisation. We need to establish an
institutional commitment at all levels to increase the integration of
information technology into our work and study. . . .
The
institution must provide adequate training and support so that
innovation will be successful, and individuals must ensure they have
the skills and knowledge necessary to appreciate how information
technology can best serve them in their study or work. Further, the
individuals must help craft, use, and work within the infrastructure in a
responsible fashion that reflects well upon themselves and the
University. In return, the University must recognise the individual's
legitimate rights to freedom of expression and privacy in our
increasingly electronic workplace.
The UCC is holding another open meeting next week to discuss its
planning: Thursday, September 21, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in Arts Lecture
room 116. All staff, students and faculty are welcome.
Got the wrong department
A mistake in this week's Gazette came to my attention yesterday afternoon.
We published an article, reprinted from the Stratford Beacon-Herald,
about the work of UW researcher Mike Stone, who's working on pollutant
runoff into streams in rural areas. We followed the Beacon-Herald in
identifying Stone as a UW earth scientist; in fact, he's in the
he's
in the school of urban and regional planning.
About an operating system
UW gets a visit Monday from Matt Welsh, co-author of the book
Running
Linux, about a popular computer operating system. The
bookstore is bringing him here as part of a book tour; Welsh will
speak Monday at 1 p.m. -- doors open at 12:30 -- in the Humanities
Theatre. (Some of the advertising for this event wrongly says that
it will be happening in the Theatre of the Arts. They're quite
different places.) More information: ext. 5680.
Teaching assistants' workshop
Today's the day for the annual fall teaching assistant workshop.
It runs from 1 to
4 p.m. (in Needles Hall room 3001) and is organized by the
teaching
resource office (TRACE) around this time every September.
"Your role as a TA can be varied," a leaflet notes, "but often
includes some combination of marking assignments, instructing classes,
assisting in laboratories, and answering student questions and concerns
about assignments or marks. In this workshop, we consider several
strategies to assist you in these various roles." More information is
available from TRACE at ext. 3132 or e-mail trace@watserv1.
Other things are happening
For example:
- Artist Greg Murphy's exhibit "Revisiting Luminism" opens today
in the Artspace Gallery of East Campus Hall. It continues through
October 8, the
fine
arts department says.
- The Headstones plus "Rev" play Federation Hall Saturday night
at 8.
- Terry Fox runs take place across Canada this Sunday, raising money
for cancer research in memory of the one-legged runner who made it from
the Atlantic to Thunder Bay in 1980. The Kitchener-Waterloo run starts
from UW's Federation Hall at 11 a.m.
Chris Redmond
Information
and Public Affairs, University of Waterloo
(519) 888-4567 ext. 3004
credmond@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca
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