myHRinfo downtime coming Thursday

Human Resources and Information Systems and Technology (IST) will be taking myHRinfo offline on Thursday, July 11 at 4:30 p.m. to support maintenance and regulatory updates.  The downtime will last until Monday, July 15 at 8:30 a.m.

During this period, Users will not be able to login or to make changes to any information using myHRinfo.

Bi-weekly payroll advices for the July 12 pay date will be available for viewing on July 11 until 4:30 p.m.

Anyone requiring additional information is encouraged to contact a member of the HRMS/HR Operations Team:

• Jim Howard, ext. 36451              
• Tammy Marcinko, ext. 36121
• Donna Krzykala, ext. 31888

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Principal gets extension on assignment

The Board of Governors of St. Paul's University College has announced that Graham Brown will continue to serve as St. Paul's principal through August 2016.

Brown began his tenure as Principal in 1999.

Pictured above are Graham Brown, (left) and Larry Swatuk (right) as they greet the Hon. Lloyd Axworthy prior to the 2012 Stanley Knowles Humanitarian Service Lecture.

According to a statement released by the university college, under Brown's leadership, St. Paul's "has expanded with the addition of the Graduate Apartment building, a 250 seat lecture theatre and the Waterloo Aboriginal Education Centre. Dr. Brown has also helped forge a strong partnership between St. Paul’s and the Faculty of Environment resulting in the International Development program and the Environment Living Learning Community.  Other recent initiatives include the recently announced GreenHouse Innovation Community and a strategy to make operations more environmentally sustainable."

St. Paul's board chair Bob Rosehart says the board is looking forward to building upon these and other initiatives and that Brown “has the full confidence of the Board which recognizes the contribution he has made to the University College during his time as Principal.”

For his part, Principal Brown said he is “excited about working with highly talented colleagues on the Board, staff and faculty to complete laying a solid foundation for St. Paul’s future academic role at Waterloo.”

 

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Monday's assortment of announcements

The Turnkey Desk in the Student Life Centre now has Empire Theatres tickets available for only $7.50 while quantities last. You may wish to use these as soon as possible, given recent announcements.

Human Resources is reporting the retirements of the following faculty members:

• Adel Sedra, who started at the university in July 2003 as Dean of Engineering;
• Leonard Enns, who began working in July 1977 at Conrad Grebel University College as a lecturer and who retires as Professor; and
• Stephen McColl, who started at the university in August 1977 in Kinesiology as an Assistant Professor and ended it as an Associate Professor in the School of Public Health and Health Systems.

Tomorrow you may notice a few more media trucks on campus than usual as shareholders converge for BlackBerry's Annual General Meeting, which will be held at the Humanities Theatre. In particular, the Business News Network and CTV will be setting up an outdoor studio in the Dana Porter quad that will be in operation from the early morning to afternoon. Keep an eye out for power cables and that sort of thing if you're walking through the area. There will likely be vehicles parked on the Ring Road and on the path outside Modern Languages as well.

 

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