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Tuesday, February 4, 1997

The board of governors meets

UW's board of governors will hold its quarterly meeting this afternoon, starting at 2:30 in Needles Hall room 3001. The meeting is open to the public. Among the items on today's agenda:

A report from the president on what's been happening at UW and in Ontario education lately, with particular reference to the "Smith panel" report issued in mid-December.
An update on the 1996-97 operating budget.
Proposed increases in Village residence fees for the coming year.
A proposed change to Policy 59 about reduced work-load, which among other things would allow staff and faculty to choose a reduced load (and reduced salary) as early as age 45.
A proposal for $1,5 million worth of "redevelopment" at Village I, involving central offices, kitchens and recreation areas.
A "guidance statement for development of UW lands" and the next steps towards development of a north campus research park.
A presentation by Paul Guild of the management sciences department, on "Boundary Spanning through Distance Learning".

After the meeting, board members have been invited to a "student recognition" dinner at the University Club.

Co-op has noon speakers

Again this term the co-op department is running a "Chew on This!" series of noon-hour speakers aimed at employer representatives on campus for student interviews. "Employers will have an opportunity," says Olaf Naese in the co-op office, "to learn about some exciting and innovative teaching and research activities of highly regarded faculty. At the same time, it will also strengthen the three-way partnership of employers, co-op students and the university."

The series gets going today with a talk by fourth-year environment and resource studies student Jan Franssen, along with co-op coordinator Wendy Moore. Their topic: "Investment in Co-operative Education -- A Student-Coordinator Perspective".

On Thursday the speaker will be Marilyn Griffith of the biology department, talking about antifreeze proteins ("how plants get through the winter"), and next Tuesday it will be Jock McKay of statistics and actuarial science, whose talk is titled "Quality Is Free, and So Is Lunch".

And several other announcements

"Nominations for senate positions have been slow in coming," reports Mary Lou Klopp in the university secretariat. She reminds faculty members and graduate students that the deadline for a total of twelve seats on the senate is tomorrow at 3 p.m.

There are positions for staff representatives open on four committees: the nominating committees for dean of science, dean of mathematics, and dean of engineering, and the traffic and parking appeals board. The staff association office at ext. 3566 can provide more information; applications for the seats should be submitted to the staff association nominating committee (in care of Mark Walker in the biology department) by February 17.

Eating Disorders Week is under way, with a number of events sponsored by the Federation of Students. Today at 5:30, there's a showing of the film "Slim Hopes" (in the multipurpose room of the Student Life Centre); Thursday at 4:30, in the same place, there will be a panel discussion on helping friends, relatives and partners with eating disorders. "This week," adds Feds executive Heather Calder, "the Federation of Students is also releasing a literary journal called Beautiful Regardless. The journal gives voice to many UW students who struggle with eating disorders and body image issues." It's free and should be available at the SLC turnkey desk.

Finally . . . keep an eye out the window for possible freezing rain before the day is over.

CAR

TODAY IN UW HISTORY
February 4, 1971: Philip A. Lapp visits campus to talk about his controversial report on engineering education in Ontario, which recommends that the faculty of engineering separate from UW to become an independent institution.

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