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Monday, February 5, 1996

Staff seat open on UW's board

Nominations are being invited (deadline, February 21) for one of the two seats on UW's board of governors representing staff members. Helena Hahn, of the dean of science office, currently holds that seat; her term ends April 30. The new term runs for three years beginning May 1.

The official call for nominations can be found on UWinfo under "Departments" and then "Secretariat", and will be in this week's Gazette. Full-time staff members who are Canadian citizens are eligible for nomination; each nomination must be signed by five staff members, and received at the university secretariat by 3 p.m. on the 21st. Nomination forms are available from the secretariat at ext. 6125.

Performance appraisals will go ahead

There had been suggestions that staff performance appraisals would be cancelled this year, what with all the budget cuts and other upheavals that are leading to changes and busyness in UW departments. But the director of human resources, Catharine Scott, said Friday that the decision has been made to go ahead with appraisals as usual.

A memo from the provost will be going out to department heads this week, saying that performance appraisals have been discussed by the advisory committeee on staff compensation. "The Committe concluded that the performance appraisal process has never been more important than in this time of radical change and upheaval," the memo says.

Deadline for the appraisal forms will be April 21.

Power Play starts at noon today

The UW-created drama "Power Play", about harassment in the workplace, is making its winter tour, with nine performances this week. Today: 12 noon at Notre Dame College, 5:45 p.m. at the Village II cafeteria. Tomorrow: 12 noon at Renison, 5:30 at the "red" cafeteria in Village I.

Women graduates from mathematics

The women in mathematics committee has a special event set for this evening: Alumnae Career Night. "Eight female graduates from different programs in the Faculty of Mathematics will be on hand to talk about and answer questions about their experiences at Waterloo and their careers," says Shirley Thomson of the dean of math office. "The event will be of special interest to undergraduates in Mathematics." It starts at 7:30 tonight in Math and Computer room 5158.

Information day in arts

Eric Breugst, who works in secondary school liaison for the faculties of arts, environmental studies and science, puts on his faculty of arts hat and writes thus:
Once again the Faculty of Arts is holding an "Arts Information Day" to provide First-Year and Upper-Year Non-Major students in the Faculty with an opportunity to speak to representatives from the various departments in Arts about course selection for next year and choosing a major, minor, or interdisciplinary option. As well, representatives from Career Services, Counselling Services and Mature Student Services will be on hand to inform students about the services they provide throughout the year. This year, Arts Information Day will take place on Wednesday, February 7, in the main foyer of the Arts Lecture Hall from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The atmosphere is informal and all Arts students are encouraged to drop in and look around. An inexpensive lunch will be provided by the Arts Student Union.

Conference on ethical issues

"Managing Ethical Issues in Universities and Colleges" is a conference running today and tomorrow at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, in downtown Toronto. Among the issues under discussion, according to a brochure: "Who pays; who benefits? Intellectual property. Integrity in the use of data. Conflict of interest. Balancing rights and responsibilities. Corporate sponsorship and the dissemination of knowledge. Academic freedom for whom? The equitable and bias-free workplace. Academic freedom in an ethical environment. Relationships between students and their research supervisors. Accountability to whom?"

Also happening in a chilly week

The Federation of Students election campaign is under way (voting is February 13-14). As posters go up on blank walls all over campus, I do believe it's the first time I've seen candidates e-mail addresses matter-of-factly displayed under their mug shots.

And today is Tu b'Shvat (trees day, in Jewish tradition).

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

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