October 4, 2002

Friday, October 4, 2002

Arts festival today and tomorrow
Renison installs new principal
Distance education students visit
Also today and on the weekend

Editor:
Chris Redmond
credmond@uwaterloo.ca

Mary-Allen Studio tour and other city events

Wednesday events mark 'appreciation' for staff
October 9 will be "Staff Appreciation Day" at UW, says a memo from president David Johnston that was issued across campus yesterday.
The highlight of the day, said the president, will be a lunchtime event (11:30 to 1:00) in the Student Life Centre. There will also be an event for night shift staff starting at 10 p.m.
"I encourage all UW staff members, academic support staff and members of CUPE Local 793, to attend and enjoy some food, socialize and have fun," the president wrote. "The intent is that staff will not lose any regular salary by attending. . . . Staff are encouraged to dress casually."

[After Hours logo]

after hours café in the SLC Charlie Chaplin and other short films drum circle art workshop in Brubakers electronica in MC 'Citizen Kane' on Saturday night musicians along campus pathways

Arts festival today and tomorrow

The campus will blossom with the arts today and Saturday, as a festival called "After Hours" presents performers, exhibitions, groups, and facilities from across UW. All the events and activities are free.

"It is meant to showcase the various artistic activities on campus, to inspire further participation in the arts, and to provide hands-on opportunities to create artistic works," says Alex Matan of the student life office, which is sponsoring the event as part of its Warrior Weekend series. The Federation of Students is a co-sponsor.

Activity is centred at the Student Life Centre, with numerous exhibitions and features in other campus buildings. Student musicians will be performing on the pathways between the buildings.

Confirmed events for tonight include book readings, student poetry readings and art exhibition, exhibitions in the East Campus Hall art gallery and the Modern Languages gallery, an architecture student project exhibition, observatory tours and viewing, film screenings, art workshops, swing dancing, electronica, drum circle, and students performing on the pathways.

Events for Saturday include film screenings and the East Campus Hall gallery show.

There's still room for more participants. UW musicians, poets, and artists are invited to perform/exhibit on Friday night. Musicians perform for people walking along the campus pathways. Artwork displays, poetry and prose readings will be in the SLC multipurpose room. "Just show up to the Turnkey Desk between 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. on Friday night and we'll set you up. To be included on the official program or get more info, please email studentlife@uwaterloo.ca."

[Campaign poster on the wall]
Also at Renison: "Our staff have reached 100 per cent participation in Renison College's 'Working Together -- Building Our Future' campaign," writes Caroline Woerns. "Special mention goes to Joanne Bynoe, chair of the staff campaign, who worked very hard to achieve this goal." Bynoe is shown with a "platinum award of merit" issued to Renison by UW's development office for unanimous participation in a unit of Campaign Waterloo.
[Crossley]

Renison installs new principal

Renison College, the Anglican institution affiliated with UW, will install John Crossley (left) as its new principal this Sunday, in a ceremony that starts at 3 p.m. at Holy Saviour Anglican Church in Waterloo.

Crossley started work as the college's sixth principal on July 1. He comes to Waterloo from the University of Prince Edward Island, where he held the position of vice-president (academic support).

More than 160 people will attend Crossley's installation, the college says, including Rt. Rev. Bruce Howe, bishop of the diocese of Huron, which includes Waterloo, and UW president David Johnston. Also taking part will be Renison's Chancellor, Michael Burns, an executive of Extendicare.

The service will be followed by a reception at the college.

Distance education students visit

Students from near and far taking UW courses will be able to drop in on the campus tomorrow for the annual Distance Education Open House.

"Open house is extremely important to our distance education students as it provides an opportunity for them to meet instructors, administrators and other students," said Don Kasta, director of the distance and continuing education department. Prospective students are also invited to attend, as a special information session will be available for them before the course fair.

The schedule got a last-minute change yesterday with the news that biology instructor Bruce Wolff, who had been scheduled to give a keynote talk on "Biotech: The Hype and the Reality", won't be available. Another speaker is to be announced. Then, as the day goes on, Kasta will present an overview "Thinking About Distance Education?" (Davis Centre room 1304, 10 a.m.). He will outline the opportunities available by distance education and how the program works at UW. This is followed by a series of four themed activities:

Course Fare [sic] includes Browsers' Alley with course notes and various study materials; an online course demo including a "sneak preview" of the newest offerings; helpful tips and tricks, and a sample CD to take home. There will also be a hi-fidelity sound demonstration with physics professors John Vanderkooy and Bruce Torrie, and information on the master's degree by distance education program and Epstar diploma programs for professionals.
Fun Fare includes an earth sciences activity of being a paleontologist by digging for fossil fish from limestone, and Fun With Science with "creative and edible scientific adventures". There's also a selection of artifacts from the Museum of Visual Science at the UW school of optometry, and a guided walking tour of the campus.
Support Fare includes a demonstration of Quest software to access online classes and student information, and the bookstore's online textbook ordering. There will be information on the UW library web site and services for mature students, careers, counselling and students with disabilities.
Campus Fare gives students a chance to reinforce their Waterloo identity with a WatCard.

Course, Fun and Support Fare run from 10:45 to 12:30 in the Davis Centre great hall. WatCard issuing is from 10:30 to 11:30 in the WatCard office in the Student Life Centre. As well the Bookstore, UW Shop and TechWorx, all at South Campus Hall, are open from noon to 4 p.m.

A Study Skills Seminar (Davis Centre room 1302), 2:30 to 4 p.m., will be led by Dave Mackay of counselling services. He will speak about "Keys to Saving Time, Energy, and Your Sanity" for distance education students. The seminar will focus on strategies to help save time and organize it more effectively.

There will also be a hospitality room (Davis Centre room 1301) open from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., a students' used book sale (great hall) from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and a wrap-up informal coffee and comment session (room 1301) from 4:00 to 4:30.

United Way update
[United Way] After three days of the on-campus United Way campaign, $49,062 has been collected -- a third of the $150,000 goal. Pledges and gifts have come in from 164 staff and faculty members and 40 retirees so far, the United Way office said last night.

Also today and on the weekend

The tourism lecture series continues today with a talk by David Weaver of George Mason University (9:30 a.m., Environmental Studies I room 132). Topic: "Tourism Dynamics in the Urban-Rural Fringe".

As job interviews continue for co-op students in most fields, they're about to begin for students in the architecture and teaching programs. Students in those two groups should hand in their resumé package to the co-op department by 8:00 tonight.

Federation Hall presents "Shania Live: The Ultimate Tribute" tonight, which I take it means that Shania will not be live, but anyway. Tickets are $7 for "Feds" (fee-paying undergraduate students) and $10 for others.

[Conference logo] The 22nd annual World Religions Conference will be held tomorrow in the Humanities Theatre. The local branch of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Students Association organizes the event, as Ahmadiyya groups in many other communities and countries also do, and each year it provides a platform for representatives of various religions to talk to one another. (This year: Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Sikhism, Native religions, Judaism, Hinduism and, for the first time, atheism.) UW officials will bring greetings after the event starts at 11 a.m., and talk of "World Peace: What Religions Can Achieve" continues through the afternoon. Dinner will follow. Admission is free; a phone number for more information is 620-1047. world religions conference

Basketball's Toronto Raptors will hold a pep rally outside the Physical Activities Complex at 2:30 tomorrow, followed by a "fundamentals clinic" and intrasquad game inside the main gym. Tickets are needed for the indoor events, and I understand that they were all snapped up within 20 minutes when they became available on Monday morning.

Sports this weekend: lots. In particular, the golf team is hosting the UW Challenge Cup today at the Elmira Golf Club. Tomorrow brings men's rugby against McMaster (Columbia Field, 1:00) and swimming, also against Mac, at 1:00 in the PAC pool. Sunday, the soccer teams host Windsor at Columbia Field (men at 1:00, women at 3:00).

In away competition, the field hockey Warriors are in Montréal for the weekend; the football team plays at Guelph tomorrow afternoon; the hockey team is visiting Ohio State and West Michigan; the women's rugby team plays at Windsor tomorrow; the men's and women's soccer teams both visit Laurier on Saturday to warm up for those Sunday home games (men play at 1:00, women at 3:00); the tennis teams are in Toronto for a day of competition Saturday; the men's volleyball team is in Winnipeg all weekend; and the swim team, after the home meet on Saturday, heads to St. Catharines on Sunday to compete against Brock.

CAR

TODAY IN UW HISTORY
October 4, 1968: The band "Major Hoople's Boarding House" plays for a dance as the four-day festival "The Arts in the Pepsi Generation" gets into high gear. October 4, 2000: Provost Jim Kalbfleisch announces his retirement.