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| Yesterday |
Tuesday, October 8, 2002
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Editor: Chris Redmond credmond@uwaterloo.ca |
![[Garbage bag around his neck]](/images/2002/1008pie.gif)
Pie decorating,
followed by the much messier activity of pie eating (no forks), was
among the attractions of the weekend's "After Hours" art and entertainment
festival in the Student Life Centre. The off-campus dons sponsored the
pie party, while other groups were offering folk music, swing dancing and
drumming.
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Here's the text of last week's memo from David Johnston, president of UW, extending an invitation to the event:
"I am pleased to announce that Wednesday, October 9, 2002 will be designated Staff Appreciation Day in recognition of the important contribution that all staff members make on an ongoing basis to the success of the University of Waterloo. This event has been endorsed by both the University of Waterloo Staff Association and CUPE Local 793.
"The highlight of the day will be an event for day shift staff in the Student Life Centre from 11:30 a.m. -- 1:00 p.m. and an event for the evening shift staff in the Student Life Centre from 10:00 p.m. -- 11:30 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. Deans and senior administrative staff will be on hand to cook and serve.
"Those departments providing essential services and thus obligated to remain open are urged to make arrangements so as many staff as possible may attend within the limitations of staffing schedules. The intent is that staff will not lose any regular salary by attending this event.
"Staff are encouraged to dress casually. If you wish to do so, you are welcome to wear UW colours and clothing on Staff Appreciation Day. This event is to thank you for your commitment and dedication to UW. I hope you will be able to join us in this important celebration."
The FIRST program selects undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students with strong academic credentials to use their research for jointly sponsored projects between UW and Bell Canada. The initiative, to which Bell has contributed $800,000, seeks to improve students' academic research environment, enhance cooperation between universities and industry, and foster a new generation of graduates with expertise in information technology.
"FIRST connects research to the marketplace, and provides exceptional students with real-world business environments to apply their expertise," said Terry Mosey, president of Bell Ontario. "FIRST will help Canadian students be at the forefront of research and innovation and the pursuit of new knowledge, where great ideas become tomorrow's innovative breakthroughs. It is this shared creative spirit and enterprise that FIRST will offer our community's future academic and business leaders."
FIRST students are chosen by their professors after a rigorous evaluation and application process, which includes reviews of proposed research topics and their potential commercial applications. Selected students work on a flexible basis with a university project sponsor and Bell researcher.
The new program will support students' academic and business careers, with the overriding goal of sponsoring research that enhances Canada's quality of life.
"Bell has been a supporter of this university, through the co-operative education program and research links of many kinds, for more than forty years," said UW president David Johnston. "This new financial support, linked directly to advice and encouragement for students to develop workable ideas based on their academic learning, is a wonderful testimony to our students' talent and the successful work of our faculty."
The Bell University Labs program encourages the growth of intellectual capital and contributes to innovation and leadership in the development of communications technology in Canada. Bell University Labs are supported by an integrated research and commerce network that brings together researchers from Canadian universities and Bell professionals to focus on joint research projects that help Canadians communicate with one another and with the rest of the world.
TVO seriesLook for UW's school of architecture on television tomorrow night. The TVOntario series "Studio 2" is doing a week-long series on what it calls "key art colleges across Ontario", and tomorrow night that means Waterloo. The show airs at 8 p.m. |
The "Know the Score" program, operated by the Responsible Gambling Council (Ontario), continues. Today the booth -- where there's a chance for students to win $1,500 prizes -- will be open in the Student Life Centre from 11:00 to 2:00 and 5:00 to 7:00.
The bookstore is holding a sale today and tomorrow under the title "FX 02 (Future Expo)". On sale all day in the Davis Centre "fishbowl" lounge will be computer books from more than 25 publishers. "Titles will be discounted up to 20% off the cover price," a memo says, "and with every purchase, the customer can enter their name in a draw to win a Fuji FinePix A101 digital camera."
Artist Michael Turner will speak at 1:00 this afternoon in East Campus Hall room 1219. He's brought in as part of a series of visiting artists' talks, sponsored jointly by the fine arts department and the Waterloo Regional Arts Council.
The arts faculty council will meet at 3:45 this afternoon in Humanities room 373.
Some things happening tomorrow:
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TODAY IN UW HISTORYOctober 8, 1968: Prominent mathematician Paul Erdös begins a week of visiting UW, giving a general interest lecture in Math and Computer room 2066. |