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Monday, December 12, 2005
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Editor: Chris Redmond credmond@uwaterloo.ca |
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Sing we Noël:
All are invited to join in the annual Faculty of Arts Carol Sing, starting at
12:15 today in the foyer of the Modern Languages building. It's the
21st annual time that Jake Willms, now retired from the administrative
staff in arts, will lead the singing. Joanne Bender will be at the keyboard
once again. This photo is from the event in (I think) 1998.
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Says the flyer: "Watch out for and avoid black ice. Often this occurs when temperatures rise above freezing during the day and drop below freezing at night.
"Do not get caught by surprise -- monitor the weather. Campus safety is everyone's responsibility; play your part.
"Think prevention -- If you see an icy condition do not hesitate to use salt/sand on the walkways from the bins located throughout the campus. Wear winter footwear, even for short walks. When walking on ice or snow take short steps to keep your centre of balance under you.
"Use extra care when getting in and out of vehicles; parking lots are particularly difficult to maintain between parked vehicles. Use handrails on steps/ramps. Avoid shortcuts. Use salted/sanded and well-lit walkways. Delay use of recently plowed areas as they can be slippery until the salt/sand has taken effect.
"During storms UW¹s first priority is main road routes to ensure emergency access and then primary walkways. Attention to some walkways and parking lots may not be possible until at least 24 hours after a storm has subsided. Keep clear of snow removal equipment for your safety and to expedite their response to storm conditions.
"During and following winter storms review any access concerns with your supervisor.
"Report unsafe conditions, such as ice and snow to Plant Operations at ext. 3793 (24 hour service). Try to give the exact location of the area or some landmarks. Report slips and falls to your supervisor for completion of UW Injury/Incident Report. Send report to the Safety Office (ext. 3587).
Storm closing reminder: As winter settles in, it's time to mention the university's storm closing procedure, which says that UW will close as the result of a storm if, and only if, the Waterloo Region District School Board closes all its schools (not just the buses but the schools). On a blustery morning, staff, students and faculty can check local radio stations for a school closing announcement, and be confident that UW will be doing the same as the public schools are doing. Storm closing news also appears on the UW web home page as early in the morning as possible.
Says the registrar's office: "In the event that the University is closed during examinations, the examinations will be rescheduled on the next available day, including Sunday, on which examinations have not been scheduled."
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Students participating in Waterloo's one year
Master of Business, Entrepreneurship & Technology (MBET)
program have received some extra help thanks to the generosity of
Ted Cross (right). Through the E.B. (Ted) Cross MBET
Scholarship, three students have received scholarships of $10,000
each.
MBET is a full-cost recovery program, with current tuition fees of $24,000, so it's important to provide scholarships to encourage excellence and attract outstanding students, regardless of their financial means.
"I chose to support the MBET program in CBET (Centre for Business, Entrepreneurship & Technology) because it represents a welcome departure from the standard MBA offerings in Canada and allows entrepreneurs to prepare a proper foundation to build successful businesses while completing their calendar year course work," says Cross.
Structured differently from MBA programs, MBET's goal is to produce leaders who can transform ideas into commercially viable products and services, and build the businesses of tomorrow. The students who attend are either entrepreneurs (wanting to start businesses) or intrapreneurs (working, or choosing to work in companies interested in achieving higher levels of innovation). Ted's first scholarship holder, Prem Gururajan, is currently running his own firm. His second scholarship holder, Omer Muzaffer, will be joining an innovative investment firm upon graduation.
Before launching his own business, Ted Cross was the director of the Technology Transfer and Licensing Office of UW. A chemical engineering graduate from the University of Toronto, he spent 25 years in the Canadian chemical industry -- the last 17 years as co-founder of Chinook Chemicals in Sombra, Ontario. His numerous technology and business affiliations, including Chair of the Canadian Innovation Centre, give him a breadth of knowledge and experience that makes him a valuable advisor for many of the MBET students.
| WHEN AND WHERE |
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Computational mathematics colloquium: Michael Trick,
Carnegie Mellon, "Scheduling
Major League Baseball", 2:30, Math and Computer room 5158.
French department school shows: "Swing" in concert Tuesday 9:30 and 12:30, Humanities Theatre. ePresence Interactive Media software for archiving and webcasting, presentation and webcast hosted by Centre for Learning and Teaching Through Technology, Tuesday 11 a.m., Flex Lab, Dana Porter Library, registration online. Winter term fees due December 19 if paid by cheque, December 28 by bank transfer. |
"To many people," publicity for the show explains, "the phrase 'sustainable architecture' means caulking their windows and installing a solar panel or two. But in fact, sustainable architecture is about much more than smart technology and energy-saving devices.
"Today, a growing number of Canadian architects see sustainable architecture in the context of a broader contemporary sensibility that revisits the roots of 20th century Modernism, while also drawing inspiration from regional material culture and building design traditions, many of which were developed in direct relation to local climatic and geographic conditions.
"The emergence of regionalism as a theme in contemporary Canadian architecture can be seen to parallel the development of an interest in sustainable design, because the two phenomena often overlap. Architect Niklaus Kohler notes: 'Because of the shortage of resources, traditional vernacular building practices have tended intuitively, through trial and error, towards economically and environmentally optimal solutions.'
"In addition to their technologically appropriate responses to geography and environment, regional architectures typically embody the essence of local cultural identity, be it the embodied wisdom of rural vernacular building practices or the environmental attunement and animistic cosmology of indigenous cultural traditions. This offers a potentially rich alternative to the conventional perception of sustainable architecture as driven by technology and energy performance. Instead, it lends itself to the pursuit of an architecture whose responsiveness to local conditions leads not only to greater energy and material efficiencies, but that also addresses local cultural and tectonic traditions, leading to greener and more meaningful architecture."
The show was curated by John McMinn, a faculty member in the architecture school, and Marco Polo of Ryerson University's department of architectural science.
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