Daily Bulletin

Wednesday, June 12, 1996

Village to bear Eydt's name

Said the president, James Downey, in his remarks Saturday:

Consistent with the wish of the university community as a whole, the Board of Governors at a meeting earlier this week unanimously approved a recommendation that henceforth Village II shall be known as Ron Eydt Village. It is a most unusual thing for this university to name a building after one of its own members, and especially when that person is still very much with us in body as well as spirit, but in this case the exception is entirely justified.

So, a new name for Village II -- which, I understand, was originally dubbed "Habitat 69" when it was under construction 27 years ago, and Montreal's "Habitat 67" housing development was still a novelty.

In the registrar's office

Several staff have left the registrar's office already, though, and the thirty-some people who are left are working hard to fill in. In addition to convocation, admissions, and -- starting today -- individual consultations with thousands of happy students who will be arriving in September, the season has been busy with planning for a national conference with the UW registrar's office is hosting later this month.

The Association of the Registrars of the Universities and Colleges of Canada will gather at the Blue Mountain Resort June 23-26, with UW as the host institution. Secondary school liaison officer Steve Little -- himself in the process of retiring -- is the conference chair, and assistant registrar Karen LeDrew is president of ARUCC this year. On the program: everything from a Caribbean beach party to a session moderated by Peter Burroughs, another UW assistant registrar, on "Enrollment Management: A Fast Track/Tactical Planning Proposal".

Retirement parties continue

Tomorrow, an event in the school of urban and regional planning, as reported by Sharon Adams there: "Friends and families of Saul Herzog, John Horton and Norman Pressman will join for a chorus of hurrahs and good cheer with a garden party held at the home of Ross Newkirk. John received his 35-year watch this year and bids Waterloo well in August; Saul leaves in August as well, and Norman says goodbye at the end of this month."

Coming next Thursday, June 20: a retirement party for Fred Birkmann of the engineering student shop, to be held at the Huether Hotel starting at 6:30. It's sponsored by the mechanical engineering class of 1997, "to recognize the many years of help" Birkmann has given to students.

A few things happening today