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Wednesday, July 30, 2003
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Editor: Chris Redmond credmond@uwaterloo.ca |
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The house that Shads built:
Paul McKone of engineering computing has been leading students
of the Shad Valley summer program
in building a garden playhouse as part of the program's workshop series.
The playhouse will be raffled off later this year in support of a
local women's shelter, Anselma
House. The Shads -- promising high school students with an interest in
technology and innovation -- were at UW for a month, winding up last week.
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UW's senate gave approval to the new program June 16. It's a third specialization available to that group of arts students, joining existing streams in international trade and cultural management.
The proposal submitted to senate explains that "This interdisciplinary specialization has at its core four new digital courses and electives from various departments across the Faculty of Arts." It's closely linked with the new Canadian Centre for Arts and Technology, which senate approved at the same meeting.
More from the proposal document: "Digital technologies are rapidly changing how we communicate -- both in our personal and professional lives -- by allowing us to reach more people, with richer media, in more interactive ways. As part of Applied Studies, Co-op and Honours Arts & Business, Co-op, the Digital Arts Communication Specialization provides students with the knowledge and skills required to design communication for an increasingly digital world.
"Digital Arts Communication 100 and 200 form the foundation for the Specialization. They introduce students to the theories required to analyze, and the practices necessary to produce, digital designs in the four principal modes (image, video, sound, hypertext).
"Starting with Digital Arts Communication 100, students will develop a portfolio of their designs, which they can show to co-op and other prospective employers. Digital Arts 300 and 400 build on this foundation. These senior courses require students to deepen their knowledge of digital design theory, put this theory into practice under the supervision of professional designers and researchers, and participate in ongoing research projects. . . .
"Students enter the Specialization in the 2A term through a process of formal application and personal interview. Note that only students in Applied Studies Co-op and Honours Arts & Business, Co-op are eligible to enter the Digital Arts Communication Specialization."
"University Policy 18 provides maximum opportunity for promotion and transfer of regular, on-going full and part time staff members. Internal staff members interested in applying for any of the following positions should forward an updated resume and cover letter within 7 working days to Human Resources. . . .
"A current resume is required with your application. Job descriptions for all advertised positions are on view in Human Resources for staff members who wish to research the full details of a position. Staff members who indicate their interest will be provided with a personal copy of descriptions for jobs being actively recruited. . . .
"The university welcomes and encourages applications from the designated employment equity groups: visible minorities, women, persons with disabilities, and aboriginal people."
And now the headings from this week's list, which is available in full on the HR web site:
Also going into the CEIT when it opens will be the engineering copy centre, currently located in Engineering II. It'll be in EIT room 220 (except that I have a feeling that number's going to change as well). "The centre will be renamed Carbon Copy," says Susan Schaefer in a note from UW Graphics.
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A letter from Canadian Blood Services sends thanks to
"everyone who attended the donor clinic July 14 to 22, where we
collected a total of 286 units of blood! Since every donation can
help or
improve the lives of up to four people, 1,144 lives could potentially be
affected by this generosity. A special thank you goes out to the 102
first-time donors we welcomed at the clinic.
The summer is a time when blood donations traditionally drop, while the
demand for blood remains constant. Canadian Blood Services is encouraging
Canadians to give blood regularly. By rolling up your sleeves, you will
help ensure there is an adequate supply of blood and blood products for
those who may need it this summer. . . .
Demand for blood is increasing annually due to the increase in the number
of patients being treated, the aging population, more aggressive medical
procedures and an increase in complex surgeries.
The next donor clinics will be held in the SLC from Monday, October 27,
until Thursday, October 30. Anyone who donated at the July clinics
will be eligible to donate again at that time."
If you're following Canadian Idol on television this summer, and apparently a lot of people are, you may know that one of the ten remaining competitors is Mikey Bustos of Weston, Ontario. What you may not know is that Bustos got his start as a singer at UW. He did his studies at Guelph, not Waterloo, but in November 2000, Bustos won the Chinese Student Association singing competition at Federation Hall with his rendition of "Sometimes When We Touch". That was his first-ever singing contest, and he could now be on his way to glory.
Kathy Burroughs of the optometry school writes: "The Centre for Contact Lens Research is recruiting participants to be part of a study using rewetting drops with continuous wear (day and night) contact lenses and a redness/comfort study of six different contact lenses. Compensation is $60 and $250 respectively. Please contact Kathy or Leona at ext. 4742."
It's not too late -- not for another 48 hours -- to take advantage of an offer at the UW bookstore: all children's fiction is selling at 25 per cent off for the month of July. Of course that includes Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. "Visit our website for more summer picks," the store adds.
Tomorrow morning, another batch of graduate students who are involved in the Certificate in University Teaching program will present their research. Speakers are Jennifer Campbell ("Interaction Without Distraction: Promoting Student Involvement in Large Classes"); Vahid Garousi ("Advantages and Disadvantages of Cooperative Learning, a Teaching Perspective"); and Somaya Sabry ("Motivation in Poetry Classrooms: How a More Rigorous Application of Mental Growth Theory Can Help"). Presentations start at 9:30 tomorrow in Math and Computer room 5158.
A slight correction, finally, to something I said yesterday. I mentioned a proposed program in aviation linking UW's environmental studies faculty with the Waterloo-Wellington Flight Centre. I'm reminded that -- according to the Imprint story that I referred to in the first place -- the faculty of science is involved in the proposal as well as ES.
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