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Friday July 11, 2003
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Editor: Chris Redmond credmond@uwaterloo.ca |
In a memo sent this week, director of admissions Peter Burroughs notes "this increase is due largely to an increase of approximately 200 additional confirmations to engineering. Confirmations to arts have also increased to 1,136 from 1,082 bringing the percentage of target to 93 per cent." Engineering has now reached 96 per cent of its target.
"Although the percentage of Non-OSS Domestic confirmations has increased only slightly to 63 per cent of target," says Burroughs, "a number of Non-OSS Visa students will attain Permanent Resident status over the next few months and subsequently, will be included in the Non-OSS Domestic data in the future.
"Currently, we have received 5,479 confirmations for a year one admission target of 5,142, or 107 per cent of our target. However, a number of Ontario universities are continuing to make further offers of admission - often with substantial financial incentives.
"These late and ongoing offers could result in a slight decrease in the number of year one admitted students who actually register at the university. I will begin to monitor this closely as data related to course enrolment and registrations at UW becomes better known in the next few weeks."
Members of UW's Midnight Sun VII
solar car team are keeping their fingers crossed for clear skies Sunday
as they leave Chicago for the start of the 10-day 2003 American Solar Challenge.
Starting at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry, Midnight Sun will join teams from across the U.S. and Canada heading down historic Route 66 -- a 2,300-mile journey ending in Claremont, California -- without a drop of gasoline.
Other Canadian teams competing in this year's Solar Challenge include École de technologie supérieure, École Polytechnique de Montreal, McGill University, McMaster University, Queen's University, University of Toronto and University of Western Ontario
Calli Citron, media relations officer for the UW team, reports a successful pre-race week for Midnight Sun VII, described as "a completely re-engineered design, with improvements in aerodynamics, electrical systems, and mechanical systems."
"Saturday morning," says Citron, "10 members of our team headed out to Northwestern University in Evanston near Chicago to finish scruitineering. Even though we have already qualified, this gives them another once over with our car to check out any changes we have made.
Midnight Sun passed the final checks at "the body station, for the dynamic station, and for the array station" this week, and team members spent any spare time this week "doing odd jobs to improve the car, such as working on the variable gap, balancing the battery pack and debugging our telemetry system," according to team member Greg Thompson.
Citron is promising to keep the campus posted with daily updates throughout the race.
The student competed against 44 other teams from 32 Canadian universities at the AUTO21 Network of Centre of Excellence Highly Qualified Personnel Conference. AUTO21, part of the federal Networks of Centre of Excellence program, focuses on automotive research and development project and the development of highly qualified personnel for future work in the automotive sector. The Network currently supports the work of more than 250 undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate students with valuable research opportunities.
"While each of the 45 teams provided superb overviews of thier research work, the team from the University of Waterloo exemplified the innovation require to enhance Canada's reputation as an excellent source of automotive research and development," says Peter Frise, AUTO21 program leader. "A key objective for AUTO21 is to provide learning opportunities for students today that will assist them in becoming the key contributors and leaders of Canada's automotive sector tomorrow."
UW mechanical engineering professor Michael Worswick leads the project to which the student team contributes. "The student researchers all bring an enthusiastic approach to the research. In addition to the four students from Waterloo, five other students from Queen's University and l'Université de Sherbrooke are also working on the project. We're very pleased with their contributions, and proud of their accomplishments."
In addition to the poster competition, student spent time at the two-day conference attending presentations on auto-related research, touring a vehicle assembly plant, and networking.
Volunteers needed to 'show 'em the ropes'Organizers of Student Life 101 -- the university's summer open house for new students and their families -- are looking for "enthusiastic individuals" to be part of the big event on Saturday, July 26. The coordinators are expecting approximately 10,000 visitors that day, and need volunteers in a variety of capacities.Volunteers can sign up online or by emailing coordinator Beatrice Wong at b_h_wong@rogers.com with their name, contact information, year and program of study, and their availability on Saturday July 26. For more information about Student Life 101, go to www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infos101/ |
Sudbury band The Havocs will be playing their brand of mod, garage and punk music at the Grad House starting at 9 this evening. The general public is welcome and according to a flyer there is a "dress code in effect." Details are available from the Grad House, ext. 3803.
Co-op job posting number 7, which includes architecture students, will be available at noon today and will expire on July 14 at 8 p.m. Architecture students without employment for the fall work term should note a copy of their resume package, along with a continuous phase registration form, is due by 4:30 p.m. today at the information centre, TC.
A reminder that that the student information system QUEST will be down today to allow for technical upgrades.
Tomorrow, the planning grads of the class of 1983 will gather for a reunion. For details, contact Brad Blain at bblain@uwaterloo.ca.
And on Sunday a campus rec volleyball tournament will run from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at various locations on campus.
C&PA