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She was the daughter of Ibraham Labib, who was in Waterloo to begin graduate work in the optometry school this fall, and Amany Labib. They were apparently visiting Amany Labib's brother, Ibraham Akram, who is a civil engineering graduate student, at the 600-unit Married Student complex. The family is from Egypt, and it is believed that they will return to Egypt with their daughter's body and there will not be a funeral here.
Martin Van Nierop, UW's director of information and public affairs, says the family was offered "immediate assistance" by UW authorities on Saturday night, including transportation and an alternate place to stay; crisis counselling was available at Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital. The family are now thought to be staying with friends in Mississauga.
UW's provost, Jim Kalbfleisch, said today that the Waterloo Regional Police have been investigating how the accident happened, and added that university officials will be looking into the circumstances surrounding the accident and whether the university needs to take any further action.
Lavigne spent some time in the UW registrar's office more than a decade ago, then was registrar of St. Jerome's College from 1981 to 1989, before returning to his post in charge of admissions.
In his announcement, Waller gave credit to a committee of students, faculty and staff who helped make the selection: "Ken Lavigne was their unanimous recommendation from a set of excellent applicants. . . . Ken brings the experience, the vision, and the leadership qualities we need in this time of rapid change at Waterloo." He takes over from Trevor Boyes, who retires after thirty years as registrar.
With some 200 faculty members, OISE has been both a school for graduate study in education (it doesn't actually train new teachers) and a centre for research in education. Among its best-known products is the "Canadian Education on the Web" Web page.
OISE is merging with the U of T faculty of education, in a process that's expected to take some time. Tenured professors will join U of T's faculty, but about 60 of the 240 staff members at OISE are expected to lose their jobs. And U of T officials have already started applications to have the Ontario Labour Relations Board decertify the three unions that represented staff members at OISE. Staff in comparable positions at U of T are not unionized.
So now it's back to work and to class -- and for unplaced co-op students, it's time to take the next step in finding a fall term job. Says the co-op department: "If you choose to take part in job referrals, hand in 20 copies of your resume package and completed 'student skills and interests' form to the Co-op Paging Desk."
Also arriving are the first participants in Engineering Science Quest '96, a camp for students in grades 5 through 10. Weekly sessions will run from now through late August. And a third UW-based camp, the Environmental Experience Camp sponsored by the heritage resources centre, will get going next week.
And there's more. The 1996 Shad Valley residential camp for bright teenagers got under way during the weekend; participants are staying at Conrad Grebel College, and will be spotted many places on campus over the next four weeks. The Shad experience winds up with "Open Day and Variety Night" on July 25.
And there's still more, as a few grownups are also arriving on campus today. It's the first day of what is left of the "summer term". Exactly four courses start today -- one in religious studies and two in "marriage and the family", at St. Jerome's College, and one in peace and conflict studies, at Conrad Grebel College.
The Hong Kong Student Association and Vietnamese Student Association jointly sponsor "A Mid-Summer Night's Dance" this evening, starting at 9, at Federation Hall.
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