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Tuesday, November 14, 1995

Exactly 3,743 students

That's how many full-time first-year students UW has this fall, according to the registrar's count on the official date, November 1. "I am pleased that, for the most part, we were successful in achieving our Year 1 enrolment objectives," says Ken Lavigne, associate registrar (admissions). The target was 3,606, so the university as a whole is 4 per cent above what was intended. Science has the biggest bulge with 109 per cent of its target; engineering is right behind at 108 per cent, and math has 106.

Numbers of full-time first-year students this fall: applied health sciences, 264; arts, 954; engineering, 798; environmental studies, 264; independent studies, 5; mathematics, 806; science, 652.

Staff can have an influence

Four UW committees are currently looking for staff representatives, says Sharon Adams, who chairs the staff association's nominating committee. Anybody who's interested in a seat on one of these committees can get in touch with Adams (e-mail sladams@fes) by November 17, or with the staff assocation office at ext. 3566. What's available:

Forum talks about co-op

The Students Advising Co-op group presents a "mini-forum" this afternoon on "Communication Lines Between Co-op and Students". Says Graham Crate, one of the organizers: "The purpose is to gauge the feelings of students towards the ease of talking to and getting information from co-op. Topics are sure to include Access, co-op coordinators, skills enquiry forms, the co-op manual and any other issues that people express concerns over. Reprsentatives from co-op and Students Advising Co-op will be present." The forum starts at 4:30 in Math and Computer room 4061.

The "continuous phase" of co-op placement is continuing, with the third job posting set to expire at 8:00 tonight. Engineering students who still don't have jobs for the winter term are being called in for mandatory interviews, and other students are checking the listings anxiously. Statistics should be available shortly about how many students got jobs in the regular placement cycle last month.

NSERC official will visit

Here's last-minute word that Dan Sinai of the "research partnership program" division at the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Councilwill be at UW tomorrow morning to talk to researchers. A memo from Andrew Barker of UW's research office explains:
A growing number of University researchers and companies are pursuing collaborative research and development partnershiips under cooperative funding through NSERC's Research Partnership Programs. The Reearch Partnership envelope is being restructured with three main components, including Strategic Projects, University-Industry Projects, and Research Networks. Dan Sinai will provide an overview of the new structure and programs, and will be available to respond to questions.
The session tomorrow runs from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in Needles Hall room 3001.

Meanwhile, today there's a "Community of Science Workshop" sponsored by the research office. It's designed to show faculty how they can get involved in the international Community of Science expertise database, and what good it'll do them. The workshop runs from 1:30 to 3:00, again in NH room 3001.

On the Prince of Wales's birthday

Of note today on campus: And food services says there will be a kosher meal available tomorrow at the "international table" in Brubaker's, the cafeteria in the Student Life Centre.

Chris Redmond
Information and Public Affairs, University of Waterloo
(519) 888-4567 ext. 3004
credmond@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca

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