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| Yesterday |
Friday, December 6, 2002
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Editor: Chris Redmond credmond@uwaterloo.ca |
![[Audience on the balcony above]](/images/2002/1206concert.gif)
The acoustics
in the Davis Centre great hall are perfect for choral music -- which is why
Gordon Burnett was directing the UW Choir there at the
Triple Choir Christmas Concert and Carol Sing-along yesterday at noontime.
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Says the memo: "The Committee will conduct an open search to recommend a replacement for Jake Sivak, who, as most of you know, resigned as Dean at the end of August to take up an NSERC Industrial Research Chair.
"You are invited to discuss questions concerning the Deanship with any member of the Nominating Committee, identified below. The Committee particularly seeks feedback on the issues and challenges affecting graduate affairs.
"If you prefer to respond in writing, your submission should be directed to Emily Barnes, the Committee Secretary (by mail, c/o University Secretariat, NH; email, ebarnes@waterloo.ca; or fax 888-6337). Comments should be received not later than Friday, January 31, 2003, and will be held in confidence within the Committee."
Chakma, as provost, automatically chairs the nominating committee. Its other members:
An ad that the committee will publish states that "The initial five-year appointment will begin on July 1, 2003, or as soon as possible thereafter." And it describes the job: "The Dean of Graduate Studies provides leadership in graduate studies throughout the University, and is the University's external representative with respect to graduate affairs. As a University Officer, the Dean serves on the Senate and other senior bodies, and has responsibility for making independent judgments on total University matters. The successful candidate will have a proven record of scholarship, teaching and administration in order to qualify for a tenured appointment at the full Professor level."
Today's the deadline for entries in "a fun donor prize quiz" based on the recent Keystone newsletter (It's Our Waterloo) and the Keystone web site, says Bonnie Oberle in the development office. "All UW faculty, staff and retirees are welcome to participate. Entries must be submitted by Friday. The draw for the $100 Conestoga Mall gift certificate is scheduled for December 10."
Meanwhile, the monthly Keystone draw prizes for December have been awarded. As Oberle puts it: "When you donate to the Keystone Campaign, UW wins and you can win, too! You'll have a chance of winning a prize, such as restaurant gift certificates, books, travel voucher, personal service, and so much more."
Current and past winners are listed on the web site. The next round of prizes will be handed out in early January.
The Keystone Campaign goal is $4.5 million by 2007, "and every donation moves us closer to building a talent trust," says Oberle. "To make your donation and to qualify for our monthly draws, please visit the web site or call ext. 5422."
A day to rememberThere's no memorial event taking place on campus today, so far as I know, but many people will reflect on the "Montréal Massacre" of December 6, 1989, when fourteen women were shot dead at Montréal's Ecole Polytechnique. The deaths were the work of a gunman who identified female engineering students as "feminists" and shouted that he "hated" them. The killer committed suicide.The events of that Wednesday afternoon were mourned across Canada. The flag at the main entrance to UW was lowered as part of the national grief, and a memorial service was held in Federation Hall. Thirteen years later, the grief is still felt, and the incident is a focus for strong feelings about violence, feminism, gun control, politics, tragedy and evil. |
More about the bookDaily Bulletin |
The book covers the history and pre-history of St. Jerome's from the arrival of the first German-speaking Roman Catholics in British Upper Canada in the early 1800s to the installation of Richard Gwyn as St. Jerome's fifth chancellor in March 2002. "The essence of the St. Jerome's story is how perceptions of education have changed over a period of nearly two centuries," McLaughlin says. "The lecture will try to trace those changes."
The authors scoured the archives of St. Jerome's, UW, the Diocese of Hamilton, and the Congregation of the Resurrection for letters and diaries, official reports, calendars, bulletins, newsletters, and newspaper articles. They also recorded interviews with St. Jerome's presidents, gathered student memoirs and recollections, and reviewed hundreds of photographs.
A St. Jerome's alumnus (BA '65) and professor, McLaughlin is also associate chair of graduate history and director of the public history graduate program at UW, and director of the Tri-University Graduate Program in History. He is the author or co-author of several other books of history, most recently Kitchener: An Illustrated History (1996), Waterloo: The Unconventional Founding of an Unconventional University (1997), Hespeler: Portrait of an Ontario Town (2000), and Mackenzie King: Citizenship and Community (2002).
McLaughlin's lecture is part of the 2002-2003 season of the St. Jerome's Centre for Catholic Experience. The Catholic School Boards' Lecture is sponsored by the Waterloo District, Grey-Bruce, and Brant-Norfolk Catholic school boards.
Here, though, are some true statements:
And about those Wonders of Winter? That's the annual display of seasonal lights in Waterloo Park, between the campus and downtown, which begins this weekend and will continue through January 5.
CAR
TODAY IN UW HISTORYDecember 6, 1980: The department of recreation and leisure studies begins its move to the Administrative Services Building (not yet renamed Matthews Hall), after years of exile from campus at 415 Phillip Street. |