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Friday, November 10, 1995
Homecoming is at hand
Under gray skies, alumni turn their feet towards Waterloo today.
Homecoming
'95 features the annual Naismith basketball tournament (first
game at noon today, Winnipeg vs. Laurier) and a series of
parties, sporting events, cultural activities and reunions.
Wednesday's Gazette had the full megillah.
One thing that won't be happening, as announced yesterday, was
the previously planned lecture "Sex in the Snow" by Michael Adams;
it's been cancelled.
The National Alumni Council, representing Waterloo alumni from sea
to sea, will meet this afternoon in Needles Hall room 3001, starting
at 2 p.m.
Facing the financial future
A funding announcement from the Ontario government apparently isn't
going to come November 23 after all. Latest rumours out of Queen's Park
are that the word on budget cuts, particularly those affecting
universities, will come November 29 or thereabouts. In response, the
UW senate finance committee, which was to meet November 27 to assess
the damage, has rescheduled its next meeting for Wednesday, December 6.
Her last day at work
UW says goodbye today to Marg Kerr-Lawson, long-time staff member who's
currently administrative assistant in the school of optometry.
She started with the university in 1976: first in the university
graduate office, then with the "department of coordination" (now
the co-op department), and from 1980 in optometry. She is married to
Angus Kerr-Lawson, of the department of pure mathematics. Optometry
colleagues held a farewell barbecue in her honour in late October.
Maclean's ratings are due
Next week's issue of
Maclean's
magazine will be its fifth annual Universities Issue, including features
about higher education as well as the annual "rankings". The magazine
hits newsstands Sunday night, and Monday morning we'll all know whether
Waterloo maintains its
tied-for-first ranking from 1994.
Maclean's photographer Rick Chard was at UW three days recently
getting material for the issue, says Jim Fox, manager of the UW news
bureau. "After two half-days of shooting last week, he was
sent back to UW on Monday for additional photos to show that 'UW is
more than just computers and technology,' in the words of a
Maclean's editor," Fox reports. Among the places he visited: the
helmet-impact lab in kinesiology, the optometry clinic, a computer
lab, fine arts studios, and somebody rubbing the nose of
Porcellino
the boar for good luck.
"Maclean's plans to produce a book on universities that will include
additional information and photos, and a CD containing 16 photo images
from each university," Fox advises.
The credit union will meet
But members of the University Faculty
and Staff (Waterloo) Credit Union Limited shouldn't exactly believe
everything that's in the notice they received this week.
There were a few typographical errors. Correct information:
The credit
union's special general meeting (to deal with by-law amendments)
will be held Tuesday, November 21, at 12 noon in Davis Centre
room 1304.
Manitoba strike is over
The faculty strike at
the University of Manitoba
ended last night, as a general meeting of
the faculty association
ratified an agreement reached by negotiators earlier in the day.
Details of the settlement haven't been made public. The strike,
which started October 19, was largely about proposed revisions to
U of M policies about laying off faculty members in case of
financial need, and secondarily about salaries.
Classes are resuming today.
Database of faculty members
The office of research says that 349 Waterloo professors, out of
a possible 794 on its list, have provided "individual expertise
records" for
a database
maintained by the Community of Science. "The Canadian Community
of Science," a flyer explains, "is designed to help you identify
and locate researchers in Canada with interest and expertise similar
to your own." All faculty members have been sent invitations to a
workshop about the Community of Science
this Tuesday, November 14, from 1:30 to 3 p.m. in Needles Hall
room 3001. Information: Cathy Hale in the research office,
e-mail chale@mc1adm.
Chris Redmond
Information
and Public Affairs, University of Waterloo
(519) 888-4567 ext. 3004
credmond@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca
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