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Tuesday, April 30, 1996

Waller returns to Needles Hall

Gary Waller of the psychology department, who was interim dean of research through 1994-95, will be the new associate provost (academic and student affairs), a memo yesterday announced. He starts work in that role tomorrow, taking over responsibilities from Robin Banks, currently associate provost (academic affairs), and Peter Hopkins, associate provost (student affairs).

His position is considered number three in UW's hierarchy, after the president and the provost.

Said yesterday's memo from the president and provost:

Gary Waller received his PhD in Psychology from Vanderbilt University in 1967, and has been a member of the faculty here since 1968. He served as Chair of the Department of Psychology for over ten years, and more recently as Dean of Research for a year and a half. Gary is one of the instructors in the FrontLine Leadership program, and has offered numerous workshops to UW faculty and staff.
As Associate Provost, Gary will have overall responsibility for the Library, the Registrar's Office, Co-Operative Education and Career Services, Distance and Continuing Education, TRACE, and the Audio-Visual Centre. He will share, with the Associate Provost, Human Resources, responsibility for maintaining close liaison with student leaders.
We look forward to working with Gary Waller in this senior position, and we are confident that he will have your full cooperation and support.

From another new executive

Here's a note from Jay Black, who takes office tomorrow as associate provost (information systems and technology):

I would like to extend an open invitation to members of the UW community to contact me about any aspect of Information Systems and Technology. My phone number remains ext. 5474, and e-mail to jpblack@uwaterloo.ca will continue to reach me. As of May 1, my office will be in MC 6258 (Bud Walker's former office).
Over the next two weeks, I will make every effort to make myself available in my office at the following times: Wednesday, May 1 and May 8, 9:30-11:30 (if not pre-empted); Thursday, May 2 and May 9, 2:00-4:00; Friday, May 3, 10:30-11:30; Mondays from May 6, 9:30-11:30; Tuesday, May 7, 1:30-3:30.

The new financial system

As departments get a look at the new "accounting flexfields", they'll see an awful lot of zeroes. One of my accounts, for instance, seems to be 5370-100-100-0000-000000-4135-000-000. On most forms, if there's a block of zeroes you can just leave the whole section blank, say the sympathetic folks from the financial systems project, and it will default to 000.

Reminder: there are telephone helplines for the new financial system at ext. 5328 (general) and ext. 5232 (research), and an e-mail helpdesk at fsp-help@mc4adm.

Some brief announcements

Students can register today for the spring term, and I noticed a good-sized lineup at one point yesterday outside the cashiers' office on the first floor of Needles Hall. Tomorrow through Friday, registration moves to the second floor of NH, and there's a rule: engineers register on Wednesday, arts and math students on Thursday, other undergrads on Friday.
The library starts operating on spring term hours as of tomorrow. Briefly: the Dana Porter Library will be open 8 a.m.to 11 p.m. Monday to Thursday, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday. The Davis Centre library opens at the same time each day but stays open one hour later each night.
"May 3 is our deadline," writes Wayne Gadsby of financial services, "for getting the Faculty Professional Allowance claim forms in to Financial Services for the fiscal year ending April 30, 1996."

I did hear from somebody

In yesterday's Bulletin I asked whether there were any co-op students on brand-new jobs who were checking in for the news from Waterloo. A note arrived from one person who qualifies, accounting student Malik Datardina. "Yes, on this gray Monday I began my co-op career," the note says. "However, I was luckier than most -- I do not have to go off campus to find my co-op job. I found a great job in the Fed office. This summer should be fun."

Now all we need is some sunshine!

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

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