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Tuesday, April 23, 1996

Associate provosts appointed

The last exams of the winter term were being written yesterday as the announcement came from president James Downey and vice-president academic and provost, Jim Kalbfleisch, regarding the appointment of two new associate provosts. Jay Black, a UW computer science graduate (Ph.D.,1982) has been named associate provost, information systems and technology. Jay has served as associate dean of computing and director of the Math faculty's computing facility since 1989. The announcement notes that Jay will "have responsibility for the departments of computing services, data processing and telephone services and will play a key role in coordinating computing and information systems developments across campus.

Dennis Huber is the new associate provost, general services and finance. Dennis is an honours graduate in business administration from WLU. He completed the industrial engineering program at Conestoga College and is a Certified Management Accountant. Dennis is currently director of business services in plant operations. His responsibilities in the new post will include the departments of plant operations, financial services and budgets, purchasing and central stores.

Spring term starts May 1

The spring term starts May 1, and students can register any time now at the cashiers' office in Needles Hall. May 1 through 3, registration will be on the second floor of NH (not in the Physical Activities Complex as it is in the fall and winter terms).

New hours for graphic services, copy centres

Betty Martin of graphic services sends word of new operating hours for some of the copy centres.

Graphics Express is now open Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday 12 noon to 4 p.m.; it's closed Sundays. The mathematics copy centre is open Monday to Friday 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The engineering copy centre is open Monday to Friday 8:15 a.m. to 4:25 p.m. As well, the Davis Centre copy centre is open 8:a.m. to 5:45 p.m. all this week, closed on Saturday, April 27. For the rest of April and all of May it will be open 8 a.m. to 5:45 p.m., Monday to Friday, and from 12 Noon to 4:45 p.m. on Saturdays.

The Arts Library centre will operate 8 a.m. to 7p.m., April 23 - 24, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. April 25 - 26, 29 - 30, and for the month of May, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday to Friday.

Computing services courses brochure available

Bob Hicks of computing services notes that DCS offers a program of non-credit computing courses that are free to faculty, staff and students. Many courses are hands-on format. Click on brochurefor more information and to register for courses being offered in May and June.

Brief announcements for today

A brown-bag seminar is offered Thursday on "Reducing Low Back Problems for the Seated Worker". It's sponsored by health services, the safety office and human resources; the speaker is Stuart McGill of the kinesiology department, a noted researcher about back pain. The seminar starts at 12 noon on Thursday in Davis Centre room 1351.
The staff association social committee is holding a "plant exchange" tomorrow at noontime in Davis Centre room 1302. "Bring in your seedlings," a flyer suggests. "Juice and coffee will be provided," presumably for the staff members themselves, as I doubt that seedlings like coffee.
The computer store will be closed Thursday and Friday for inventory. It reopens for regular hours (10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday to Friday) on April 29.
Electrical power, heating, cooling and ventilation will be shut down in Needles Hall tonight from 6 to 10 p.m. "This shutdown is to perform maintenance on 15,000-volt electrical substation," a memo from the plant operations department says. People in NH are advised to turn off their computers before leaving tonight.

And birthday greetings today to Robin Banks, associate provost (academic affairs), Nancy Elash here in information and public affairs and Wendy Rush, technical support staffer in computer science. It's also a birthday for William Shakespeare and Valerie Bertinelli, but chances are that neither of them reads the Daily Bulletin.

And finally, apologies for the blip in yesterday's bulletin regarding Friday's rally which some of our readers may have caught. It's not that I'm a complete Luddite -- machines just don't like me. - Martin.

Chris Redmond -- credmond@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca
and Martin Van Nierop -- vanierop@nh3adm.uwaterloo.ca
Information and Public Affairs, University of Waterloo
(519) 888-4567 ext. 3004

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