Goal! On Thursday, December 6, President Feridun Hamdullahpur joined Maria Soklis (BA’91 SDS) Vice President & COO of KIA Canada, and Bob Hunter (BSc’76, LLD ’07), Executive Vice President of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, for an alumni event at the Kia Training Ground, home of the Toronto FC.

From left to right: TFC goalkeeper Quillan Roberts, Bob Hunter, Maria Soklis, Feridun Hamdullahpur, TFC goalkeeper Stefen Frei.

The event, hosted by the Office of Alumni Affairs, gave graduates the opportunity to tour the state of the art facility, meet some Toronto FC players and listen to a guest talk by Soklis.

For more event pictures, visit the uWaterloo alumni Flickr page.

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Health, movement at Kinesiology Lab Days

a media release from the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences.

Imagine being able to propel an electric model car around a classroom using only the electrical signals from your muscles. That’s just one of the intriguing health and movement lab applications that more than 1,000 Ontario high school students will experience at the University of Waterloo's Kinesiology Lab Days taking place weekdays until December 14.

Hosted by the university’s Department of Kinesiology, Kinesiology Lab Days program serves as an educational resource to hundreds of exercise science and biology teachers across the province. Grade 12 students will learn about a wide range of human health and movement-related topics in mini-laboratory sessions.

“Kinesiology Lab Days is our way of introducing the next generation of university students to the exciting science and practice of kinesiology,” said Jim Rush, chair of kinesiology. “Participating in these hands-on labs helps them discover how they can apply their interest in science and health to make a difference in people’s lives.”

The program was established 39 years ago as an introduction to the then relatively new field of kinesiology, the science of human movement. Since then, the Waterloo has established itself as an international leader in kinesiology research and education. In July 2007, the Ontario government passed Bill 171, a landmark decision that officially made kinesiology a regulated health profession in this province.

Student visits begin at 10:15 a.m. each day with an introductory presentation on the science of human movement, taking place in the Sun Life Financial Auditorium (Room 1621) in the Lyle S. Hallman Institute for Health Promotion. Afterwards, students participate in lab experiences at the institute and neighbouring B.C Matthews Hall.

This year's lab topics include:

• Injury Prevention Using Ergonomic Design
• Gait and Balance Analysis
• Cardiovascular Health
• Psyched-Up: Learning and Performing Movement Tasks
• Work Those Muscles
• Dietary Forensics
  
  

Students will be introduced to equipment and techniques used in many of the kinesiology department's state-of-the-art research and teaching labs. Lab experiences range from learning about preventing back injury on the job using a driving simulator to using muscle contractions and biofeedback to power a model car.

 

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Notes as a jazz legend passes

The music world lost a jazz giant last week as Dave Brubeck passed away Wednesday, December 5 at age 91. Brubeck's passing prompted Carol Ann Weaver, music professor at Conrad Grebel University College and who has worked closely with Brubeck's son Darius Brubeck , who founded the Centre for Jazz and Popular Music at the University of KwaZulu Natal, to write a tribute, which I've excerpted below:

"I would like to offer my humble, heartfelt tribute to the generously gifted Dave Brubeck whose death came one day before his 92nd birthday. His music, along with that of other notable composers and performers of our day, was able to inspire generations of musicians. He showed how one could take the world of Bartok, say, and marry it to the world of jazz, joyously rearranging meter, rhythm, melody, and harmony into shapes that were able to pull the younger generations into what had become a quite esoteric style of jazz."

Interlink corridor 120 in Biology 2 is being closed today for renovations. The closure will last for approximately one month, as preparations are made for construction of the new Science Teaching Complex. The project involves the replacement of doors and ceiling, with some electrical and mechanical work.

The UW Catering Festival Room Holiday Lunch Buffet will be taking place on Wednesday, December 12 to Friday, December 14, from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Menu details are available online. To make a reservation, contact catering@uwaterloo.ca or phone extension 84700.

The Student Accounts office will be closed from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 13 for the Finance Christmas Lunch.

 

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