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Says an introduction on the Business 1999 Web page:
We have a need to replace various legacy information systems in the near future. These needs are becoming more critical at a time when our resources are decreasing, the complexity of the systems and the associated business needs are increasing, and time is running out between now and the certain inability of many of the University's systems (not just those defined as "legacy") to function in the year 2000.Business 1999 includes such activities as the financial systems project, the human resources management systems project, the student information systems project, and work towards a new library computer system.We can no longer plan each system in isolation of the others, and with no thought to the consequences of missing what were typically, after all, soft or non-existent deadlines.
As such, the "Business 1999" initiative was established in August, 1996 to prepare a definition of how the University's business will be conducted in the spring of 1999, given the opportunities available with existing technology, the constraints imposed by practical limitations of dollars and resources, and the technical implications associated with the year 2000.
It begins with a panel discussion on "Women in Academe", starring Charlene Diehl-Jones of St. Jerome's College, Phyllis Forsyth of anthropology and classical studies, Swani Vethamany-Globus of biology, and Beth Weckman of mechanical engineering. "Refreshment and conversation will follow. This will be a unique opportunity for all women faculty, both junior and more established, to meet and talk."
There are 118 women among UW's 662 full-time faculty members, as of the October 1 report to Statistics Canada, says the office of institutional analysis and planning. That's 17.8 per cent.
Her books, one commentator says, "penetrate the pain and loneliness of being different, illustrating to children that almost any problem can be overcome. Her first book, Mine for Keeps, the story of a ten-year-old girl with cerebral palsy, won the Little, Brown Canadian Children's Book award."
"This version of Shakespeare's most popular tragedy is given a contemporary setting in order to underline the timelessness of its passions and its conflicting loyalties." There are four evening performances -- November 20 through 23, at 8 p.m. in the Theatre of the Arts -- and five school matinees, all sold out and with a long waiting list. Tickets are $10, students $8, from the Humanities box office, 888-4908.
The student awards office in Needles Hall notes that there are many unclaimed OSAP loan documents from the fall term. "Pick up your loan documents by November 22," says a memo from Christine Schmidt -- if you don't, they'll be sent back to the ministry of education and you'll lose your money. Meanwhile, winter term OSAP funds should be available starting December 9.
Hot water will be turned off throughout Carl Pollock Hall tomorrow morning, and cold water, air and gas as well in certain rooms, as the plant operations department moves ahead with renovation work. The shutdown is scheduled for 9 to 11 a.m.
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