Daily Bulletin, Friday, May 27, 1994

RAIN FELL on yesterday's convocation -- the first time Robin Banks, who
was dean of arts for more than a decade, can remember a rainy day for an
arts convocation.  But the sun shines today on the faculty of science,
with 438 undergraduates and 60 graduate students scheduled to receive their
degrees.  The ceremony starts at 2 in the PAC main gym.

The speaker is Francis Castellino, dean of science at the University of Notre 
Dame, Indiana, which has been described as "the first great Catholic 
university since the Middle Ages".  Notre Dame is perhaps best known for its 
globe-trotting, high-profile president for several decades, Theodore Hesburgh.  
In the university's quadrangle is a statue of a saint (Augustine, I think) 
with a finger pointing heavenward -- and one day a few years ago pranksters 
hung a placard around the saint's neck: "There goes Father Hesburgh now!"  
Anyway, Castellino is not merely an administrator but a pioneer in blood 
coagulation research, and will be given a UW honorary degree as well as 
addressing convocation.

Also receiving an honorary degree will be Evert Hoek, professor of rock
engineering at the University of Toronto.

YESTERDAY, by common consent the highlight of convocation was the address
by David John, finishing his term as associate dean of arts (special
programs).  Dancing from high culture to baseball and Kurt Cobain, he 
gave a performance after which even UW's president, James Downey -- himself
pretty well known as a talker -- confessed himself speechless.

Among the honours handed out was Distinguished Professor Emeritus status
for Doug Crowne, retired from the psychology department.  Some people will
have seen a version of yesterday's Daily Bulletin that omitted his name,
while including the names of others being honoured, including a second
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Walter Martin of English.

TOMORROW two more ceremonies wind up UW's 68th Convocation.  In the morning
(10 a.m.) it's the faculty of mathematics: 506 BMath degrees and 51 graduate
degrees.  Two honorary degrees will be awarded: to Tim Benbow, director of
the dictionary department at the Oxford University Press (a major figure in
text computerization), and to Crispin St.-J. A. Nash-Williams, professor of
pure mathematics at the University of Reading, who will be the speaker.

In the afternoon, at 2, it's the faculty of engineering: 526 BASc degrees and
126 master's and PhD degrees.  The speaker will be John Schey, retired from
the department of mechanical engineering, who's becoming a Distinguished
Professor Emeritus.  Another faculty member to be honoured will be Alex
Penlidis, of chemical engineering, with a Distinguished Teacher Award.

Honorary degrees on Saturday afternoon go to Michel Lavalou, president of
the Universite de Technologie de Compiegne, France, with which UW has close
links, and to Mike Lin, director of the Centre for Applied Stochastics 
Research at Florida Atlantic University.

CELEBRATIONS:  "Death by Chocolate" is clearly today's highlight in the
Campaign Week series of special events, but alas, it's only for staff in
the libraries -- a calorie-filled coffee break (any time from 10 to noon)
in the Dana Porter Library conference room.

Also happening for Campaign Week at noon hour today: nutrition and diet 
analysis in the lobby of Matthews Hall; tours of the Dorney Garden outside 
Environmental Studies I, starting at 12:10; a "golf tournament around the 
Davis Centre" in the DC great hall; games ("mental teasers") in the DC lounge, 
room 1301.  And the co-op education department is challenging the 
correspondence office in a walk around the ring road -- the department
Bruce Lumsden now heads, versus the department he recently left.

The library is still acepting entries for its "best and worst book list"
contest.  You can e-mail your list to liboff21@watserv1, or turn it in at
the Dana Porter or Davis Centre library.

RETIREMENT:  An open house to honour Joyce Roach, who's retiring from the
plant operations department, will be held at 3:30 today in General Services
Complex room 203.  Friends planning to attend are asked to call Liz Hermus
at ext. 2833.

ON THE WEEKEND:  Renison College promises a "gigantic" garage sale tomorrow,
from 8 a.m. to noon in its great hall.  Listed: arts and crafts, antiques,
baking, books, clothing, computer and office supplies, "junktique", plants
and garden supplies, miscellaneous.  Oh, and "plenty of parking space,
washrooms, refreshments".

Enthusiasts from the staff association are off on Sunday -- leaving by bus
at 8:45 -- to tour Niagara's wineries, check out the spring blossoms and
have supper at Vineland Estates Wines.

Chris Redmond
Information and Public Affairs, University of Waterloo
888-4567 ext. 3004      credmond@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca