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| Yesterday |
Wednesday, November 26, 2003
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Editor: Chris Redmond credmond@uwaterloo.ca |
| WHEN AND WHERE |
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Funeral service for Gerald Stortz of St. Jerome's University,
12 noon, Church of Our Lady, Guelph.
K-W Software Quality Association general meeting, 11:45, Davis Centre room 1304. Chamber music for woodwinds by "Licorice Allsorts", 12:30, Conrad Grebel University College chapel. "Smarter health seminar" on "Creating a Vocabulary of Medicine", Roger Cote, Univesité de Sherbrooke, 3 p.m., Davis Centre room 1302 Hans Knepper, plant operations, retirement reception, 4 to 6 p.m., Laurel Room, South Campus Hall, information ext. 6822. Waterloo Space Society meeting with Philomena Bonis, graduate of International Space University, 5:30 p.m., CEIT room 1015. AoK: The Pre-Bomber Show on CKMS radio gives away tickets to Maestro (Friday) and Big Sugar (Saturday), tonight 9 p.m. Exchange and study abroad programs for arts students, information meeting, 4:30 Thursday, Humanities room 373. Traditional Feast and Social to wind up Native studies lecture series, Thursday evening, St. Paul's United College, information 885-1460 ext. 209. "Globalization and the Rise of the Micro-Multinational", seminar sponsored by Centre for Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology, Friday noon, reservations by today to ext. 7167. Curling Club bonspiel open to all, Saturday, e-mail uw_bonspiel@yahoo.com for more information. Faculty association fall general meeting, 3 p.m. December 3, Davis Centre room 1302, wine-cheese reception to follow. |
| Globe and Mail coverage |
In fact higher education is getting lots of press lately. It was just two days ago that the Star reported on the shock first-year students are feeling as they watch their marks drop way below the levels they earned in high school.
"Officials say first-year marks have always slipped about 15 per cent," reporter Louise Brown wrote, "as students adjust to the more independent style of learning at university, its deeper intellectual demands and its more stingy approach to handing out As. But this year, with the double cohort, there are more first-year students, they're younger than ever and they bring with them the highest high school marks in Ontario history."
The Star hasn't yet picked up on what seems to be the big higher education story in Waterloo Region, the ambitious expansion plans of Conestoga College, as reported in the Record a couple of times lately. I'll write more about that tomorrow.
Meanwhile, the campus is a busy place, and no part of it will be busier today than the office for persons with disabilities, which moved into its new quarters on the ground floor of Needles Hall this fall, and is holding a grand opening today. Celebrations start at 3 p.m., with a ribbon-cutting at 4:00 by UW president David Johnston. "This occasion," says the invitation flyer, "will also launch a series of events to commemorate our 20th Anniversary of service provided for UW students, faculty and staff."
The Jewish studies program presents a big lecture tonight, by writer and professor Michael Oren, author of the best-selling book Six Days of War. Oren will speak on "The Six Day War and Understanding the Contemporary Middle East". A flyer gives some hint of his slant: "The lessons of that ware are invaluable for an understanding of the present Middle East conflict and Israel's courageous ongoing struggle for its very survival and existence." The talk starts at 7:30 in the Theatre of the Arts.
One of the eagerly-awaited events of the year starts today. It's the fine arts department's miniature art sale and silent auction, with previews today through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The actual sale runs from 4:00 Friday through the weekend. What's on sale? "Hundreds of miniature art works by students, staff, faculty, alumni and friends of the department priced from $10 to $100. . . . Selected larger works (paintings, drawings, prints and sculpture)." It's all happening in the back gallery at East Campus Hall.
UW's cheerleaders have a lot of fans, judging from the amount of e-mail I received after saying in yesterday's Daily Bulletin that the team had won first place in national competition on the weekend. Unfortunately the fans were all telling me the same thing: that I had it wrong. The Warrior cheerleaders placed second nationally, behind a purple-and-white team from the University of Western Ontario.
People in the department of electrical and computer engineering sound excited: "The time has finally arrived," writes the department's resource manager, Jenniffer Fleet. "After months and months of planning, E&CE will make the move to its permanent home in CEIT next week! The department will close at noon on November 27, and will reopen for business on Monday, December 1, in CEIT 3033B." (The earth sciences department moved into the new CEIT building -- that stands for Centre for Environment and Information Technology -- a few weeks ago.)
And . . . Waterloo Regional Police have revealed that it was a UW student who was the victim of the beating that took place near Wilfrid Laurier University in the early hours of Monday morning. The male victim has not been identified; he's in Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto with serious head injuries. Police did identify two WLU students, both members of the Golden Hawks football team, who were arrested Monday and charged with aggravated assault in the case.
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An 'iPod Party'
is one of the special sales events organized by the retail services
department this week -- it's today, 10:00 to 3:00, at the Campus TechShop
in the Student Life Centre. Apple hardware and software will be on show.
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On Thursday at 10 a.m., Renison College presents a guest lecture by Toope, a distinguished scholar and human rights advocate, under the title "The Impact of September 11th on Human Rights Environments".
Toope is president of the Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation, an organization that seeks to promote outstanding research in the social sciences and humanities and to foster a fruitful dialogue between scholars, policy makers, business, the voluntary sector and the arts community. Toope will be visiting Renison College, UW, Wilfrid Laurier University and the Centre for International Governance Innovation to discuss the goals and activities of the Trudeau Foundation.
From 1994 to 1999, Toope served as dean of the faculty of law at McGill University. He continues to teach and conduct research on many aspects of international law and is currently working on issues of human rights and culture, and the interplay between international law and international relations theory.
He has won publishing awards from the American Society of International Law and the Canadian Tax Foundation, and has acted as consultant to the Department of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and CIDA. He has conducted human rights seminars for government officials in Canada, Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia and was a member of the United Nations observer delegation to the first post-apartheid South African elections. He has also served as law clerk to Chief Justice Brian Dickson of the Supreme Court of Canada.
The lecture will take place at St. Bede's Chapel, located on the second floor of the Luxton Building, at the west end of Renison's Great Hall. To reserve your seat contact Brandi Gillett at 884-4404, ext. 657, or bgillett@renison.uwaterloo.ca.
"University Policy 18 provides maximum opportunity for promotion and transfer of regular, on-going full and part time staff members. Internal staff members interested in applying for any of the following positions should forward an updated resume and cover letter within 7 working days to Human Resources. . . .
"A current resume is required with your application. Job descriptions for all advertised positions are on view in Human Resources for staff members who wish to research the full details of a position. Staff members who indicate their interest will be provided with a personal copy of descriptions for jobs being actively recruited. . . .
"The university welcomes and encourages applications from the designated employment equity groups: visible minorities, women, persons with disabilities, and aboriginal people."
And now the headings from this week's list, which is available in full on the HR web site:
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