![[University of Waterloo]](/goldbar.gif)
| Yesterday |
Thursday, September 16, 2004
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Editor: Chris Redmond credmond@uwaterloo.ca |
![[Green water, purple mountains' majesty]](/images/2004/0916louise.gif)
Midnight Sun VII
will return to campus today after its record-setting tour of North
America -- more than 13,000 kilometres travelled since the first week of
August. Celebrations are planned at midday on the green space outside
Carl Pollock Hall, next to the POETS patio.
"Please join us in celebrating the return of the
Midnight Sun Solar
Car to campus and the team's success
for breaking the world record for the longest distance travelled in a
single journey by a solar-powered car," said Gosia Brestovacki, communications
officer for the faculty of engineering.
"Speak to the team about their amazing journey and bring your camera
for some great photos." (The picture here was taken at an iconic Canadian
site -- Lake Louise, Alberta -- as Midnight Sun stopped by in mid-August.)
There will be pizza, the POETS bar will be open,
city and UW officials will speak at 12 noon, and
the car is expected to arrive from Ottawa, on the last leg of the long
trip, about 12:10 p.m.
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![[Knot]](/images/2004/0916monkey.gif)
In the gallery:
Ron Shuebrook's 2002 work "Untitled (Monkey Rope Series)" is
part of an exhibit that opens today in Gallery I of the UW art gallery, East
Campus Hall, under the title
"Indefinite Space: Drawings by Ron Shuebrook & Bruce Taylor".
Opening in Gallery II is
"Source Derivation #IX" by Canadian artist Allan Harding MacKay. An
opening reception for the two shows runs from 7 to 9 p.m. Both
exhibitions continue through October 28.
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The objective of the research is to provide an efficient and effective health system. The work involves fundamental health informatics research in areas such as health workflow, business process management and modelling, and the economics of health information systems. Business process modelling and workflow research draws on computer-based techniques for representing and supporting human work processes.
Taking part in today's event will be Tom Brzustowski, president of NSERC; Michael Green, vice-president, Agfa Healthcare; Johan Demeester, president and CEO, Agfa Inc.; Andrew Telegdi, MP for Kitchener-Waterloo and parliamentary secretary to the prime minister with special emphasis on Aboriginal affairs; Amit Chakma, vice-president (academic) and provost, UW; and Covvey, who is based in the department of biology.
![[Tuerr]](http://development.uwaterloo.ca/dr0102/images/paul_tuerr.jpg)
UW held a celebration
dinner last night to recognize a $500,000 donation by local developer
Paul Tuerr (left) to the
Waterloo
Centre for German Studies, which since
its founding in May has become one of the three major
German-Canadian or German-American research and teaching centres in
North America.
As founding president of the Paul Tuerr Construction Ltd., the German-speaking immigrant has over the past half-century developed more than 1,000 acres of housing and industry in the Region of Waterloo. Tuerr, a past president of the German-Canadian Business and Professional Association of Kitchener-Waterloo, graduated with a degree in engineering and architecture from the University of Stuttgart in 1947.
The centre, based in the department of Germanic and Slavic studies, focuses on teaching and research in German language and culture, as well as providing outreach programs to raise public awareness of the rich Germanic culture in the Kitchener-Waterloo community.
"Paul's dedication to the establishment of this centre is remarkable," said David Johnston, UW's president. "His generous gift will help us build on the large body of knowledge about German-Canadian culture and the German-speaking peoples that already exists here."
"The centre will confirm the significance of German settlement in this area and ensure its appropriate place in the international community," said David John, who chaired the Germanic and Slavic department for ten years and is past president of the Canadian Association of University Teachers of German.
The centre offers courses in language, literature and culture, including applied language courses such as German for business purposes. As well, it links scholars around the world and gives students the opportunity to visit and work in German-speaking communities.
| WHEN AND WHERE |
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Spring term marks available today on Quest.
Conflict management certificate program at Conrad Grebel University College: three-day course in "Civil Mediation: An Introduction for Non-Lawyers" begins today. Bookstore, UW Shop and TechWorx, final day of extended hours, open to 7 p.m. tonight. Regular hours are Monday-Friday 8 to 5, Saturdays noon to 4. Imaginus poster sale in Student Life Centre, today 9 to 8, Friday 9 to 5. Computer science "distinguished alumni" speaker: Steve Woods of Kinitos on "Startups, Software Infrastructure and Innovation", 4 p.m., Davis Centre room 1302. Graduate scholarship information session for environmental studies, 4 p.m., ES I courtyard. UW Orchestra open rehearsal, 7 p.m., Humanities Theatre, details online. Alumni career planning workshop all day Friday, Tatham Centre, details online. Centre for International Governance Innovation lecture, Antonia Maioni, McGill University, "Who Decides Who Cares? Why Health Governance Matters", Friday 12 noon, CIGI, 57 Erb Street West. St. Jerome's Centre lecture, Janet Somerville, "The Grace of Mutual Respect", Friday 7:30, Siegfried Hall, St. Jerome's University, free. GradStock IV, performers at the Graduate House, noon to midnight Friday, grad students free, others $5. On-campus Part-time Job Fair, Tuesday, noon to 2 p.m., Student Life Centre. Volunteer Fair, Wednesday, 11 to 2, Student Life Centre. |
Tuerr, the first recipient of the Region of Waterloo's award for protection of the environment, received the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal in November 2002 to mark his significant contribution to Canada, his community and fellow Canadians. As part of his community work, he rehabilitated the Strassburg Pioneer Cemetery and transferred ownership of the historical site to the City of Kitchener.
Fed clubs represent many different cultural, political and social interests, and there is something for everyone to join. Want to learn how to swing dance? Check out the Swing and Social Dance Club. Interested in Anime? Try out CTRL-A (Club that Really Likes Anime). Good at arguing? Lend your talents to the Debate Club.
If volunteering is more akin to your interests, the Federation operates 10 services (run entirely by student volunteers) for fellow students, which offer assistance for virtually anything that you can imagine, from the Campus Response Team, to GLOW, to the Womyn's Centre. There is always a need for vibrant students to donate their time energy and resources to these valuable services each, either as general volunteers and as Service Coordinators.
Federation of Students clubs and services hold an open house each semester in the Great Hall in the Student Life Centre -- this term it's today and tomorrow, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. All of the clubs and services will be on hand on these dates to provide information and answer questions for any and all interested parties. You can also visit the clubs and services websites through the Federation website.
If you have any questions, you can always contact ext. 3909 on campus, e-mail fedclubs@feds.uwaterloo.ca, or drop by the Student Life Centre, room 2125.
CAR