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Tuesday, September 27, 2005
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Editor: Chris Redmond credmond@uwaterloo.ca |
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She has been affiliated with UW since 1992, the profile notes, as an undergrad in economics and international trade, a graduate student in planning (2002), and a staff member in the department of Housing and Residences for the past six years. It says: "Pam's commitment to UW shines through her work, her education, and her spare time pursuits, and her spirit and dedication to UW are contagious.
"Pam's current role as Manager, Marketing and Residence Life Development, allows her to develop the ultimate residence experience for UW students -- a feat Pam says is an integral part of the overall university experience." She answers a few questions:
What do you like best about your job at UW? "The diversity of initiatives, the people I'm involved with on campus, and the opportunity to work with great students. The students here are so inspiring, and knowing that I might play a small part in helping them to fulfill their dreams and be successful is very rewarding. It's often the smallest thing that makes someone's day."
Families wanted for child studyEast Asian, East European and Canadian families are invited to take part in a psychology research project that may one day ease some of the transition pains experienced by immigrants arriving in Canada.The study by PhD student Dessy Marinova explores "how parents and children negotiate and solve differences that arise in daily life. It's about the small things," she says. Marinova is looking for families in the Kitchener-Waterloo and Toronto areas to participate in the study. She's interested in recruiting families who have come from China, Taiwan, Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Russia or Macedonia, have been in Canada for at least one year, and have children between the ages of seven and 12. As well, she would like to find Canadian families who have children in the same age range to participate in the study as a control group. This group -- where parents and children have the same cultural influences as those in the surrounding community -- will be used to compare communication strategies with those of immigrant families. Families who participate will "gain awareness of some aspects of their communication with one another," as well as a $25 "reimbursement" and a small gift package for each child. All information will be kept confidential. To learn more about taking part in the research, contact Marinova at ext. 2094, or email dimarino@uwaterloo.ca. |
What motivates you personally to give to Waterloo? "Coming here has been one of the most defining decisions in my life so far. It is not only where I work and where I went to school, but where I met my life partner and some of my best friends and mentors. I hope other students have some of the same experiences that I have had."
To what project have you designated your gift? "I have designated my gift to support Internationalization. I've always been fascinated by diversity and culture and took several opportunities as a student to travel, live, and work in other provinces and countries, such as Quebec, Brazil, and Hong Kong."
The public event, titled "15 Years of United Germany: The Effects of Unification," will be held Wednesday, October 5, in Davis Centre room 1302, with scholarly sessions beginning at 1:30 p.m. Experts will look at topics such as changes in the German language, impact on young people and Germany's role in Europe.
The conference is sponsored by the Waterloo Centre for German Studies (based in UW's Germanic and Slavic Studies department), the Goethe-Institut and the Consulate of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Concluding the event later on Wednesday will be a talk on the "Effects of Unification," by Sabine Sparwasser, Acting Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Ottawa. The talk begins at 8 p.m. in St. Paul's College, MacKirdy Hall, and will be followed by a reception.
"This conference will bring together various scholars in the region who share an interest in things German, while at the same time connecting this academic world with the larger German-Canadian community of Waterloo Region," says James Skidmore of Germanic and Slavic studies, who is co-organizing the event with history professor Gary Bruce.
Three of the papers at the conference will come from UW faculty members:
"Changing German: Exponate, E-Mails, Eingaben," Mathias Schulze, G&S department. "In post-unification Germany, we have seen new words, grammar rules, text types, ways of talking and writing, and heated debates about them, but is the result a unified language?"
"The Stasi Files as a Source of Unity? Reflections on the Stasi Archives since 1990," Gary Bruce, history. Did the opening of the Stasi secret police files hinder the smooth integration of East and West Germany? An examination of the manner in which the archive has operated and the role that coming to terms with the past has played, and continues to play, in unified Germany.
"Germany Reunified: Shifting the Focus to Europe," Lynne Taylor, also of the history department. Reunification has forced Germany to re-think itself and its role in the wider world to a degree unprecedented since 1945. It has thrown into question many fundamental assumptions about German identity, and Germany's position within the expanded EU and the rest of the world.
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Jully Black
brings a rhythm-and-blues sound to the Student Life Centre tonight in
one of three free concerts that will celebrate the launch of the "One
Waterloo" diversity
campaign. She'll perform at 10:30. K'naan hits the stage at
1:00 in the afternoon, and Bedouin Soundclash at 11:30 tonight.
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Besides hosting conferences and lectures, the centre supports the archiving of specialized library materials to complement existing collections of historical papers. It also produces publications to engage scholars and community members alike and serves to link scholars around the world.
A talk on Thursday afternoon will introduce LT3 -- the Centre for Learning and Teaching Through Technology -- especially for those who haven't exactly figured out what it does. LT3's director, Liwana Bringelson, will speak on "Learning and Teaching at the Centre: LT3 and You". She promises "an overview of the mission of the LT3 Centre and the different types of projects that are underway to support excellence in teaching and learning through technology. There will be discussion about how you (members of the UW community) and LT3 can work to effectively integrate technology into your teaching and learning experiences. Refreshments will be served." The talk starts at 3:00 Thursday in the Flex lab on the third floor of the Dana Porter Library; registration is online.
Heather Read, long-time manager of the UW visitors' centre in South Campus Hall, has decided to heed the call of motherhood, and has her last day at UW today. She's done "an amazing job", writes Tina Roberts, director of marketing and undergraduate recruitment, who also announced the centre's new director. That will be Kim McKee, a UW graduate (recreation and leisure studies) who has been working for the past two years "with the Associate VP Academic and our team in marketing interdisciplinary programs", and was previously with Renison College and the department of athletics.
| WHEN AND WHERE |
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Hurt Penguin Sale at the bookstore, South Campus Hall,
Tuesday-Thursday.
Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System training and safety orientation for new employees and others, Tuesday 9:30 or Thursday 2:00, Davis Centre room 1304, information ext. 5613. Teaching workshop: "Polishing Your Presentation Skills", chiefly for graduate students, 12 noon, details online. Career workshops: "Are You Thinking about Graduate Studies?" 2:30, "Mastering the Personal Statement" 3:30, Tatham Centre room 2218, registration online. Architecture exhibition tour of "Now and Then: The Phillip Street Generation", Architecture building, 7 p.m. University-College Career Fair Wednesday 10:00 to 3:30, RIM Park, Waterloo, buses leave Humanities traffic circle every half hour starting 9:30, information online. Employee safety orientation sessions Wednesday 10 a.m. or October 4, also 10 a.m., Davis Centre room 1304. Festival of Sustainable Transportation organized by WPIRG to mark Carfree Day, 11:30 to 1:30, Student Life Centre; includes regional biking information and bicycle auction sponsored by UW Bike Centre, preview noon, auction 12:30. St. Jerome's reading series begins with poet Erin Noteboom, Wednesday 2:30, St. Jerome's room 2011. Smarter Health Seminar: Sarah Kramer, Cancer Care Ontario, "Standing on a Burning Platform: Implementing a Province-wide Wait-time Information System," Wednesday 3:00, Davis Centre room 1302. UW Retirees Association annual wine and cheese party, Wednesday 3 to 5 p.m., University Club. Pat Aplevich, French studies, retirement reception Wednesday 3:30 to 5:30, Laurel Room, South Campus Hall, cash bar. Engineers Without Borders fund-raising gala Wednesday from 6 p.m., South Campus Hall. Computer Science Distinguished Lecture: Umesh Vazirani, University of California at Berkeley, "Making Google Richer: Optimal Algorithms for the AdWords Auction," Thursday 4:30, Davis Centre room 1302. Entrepreneur Week student expo, Friday 11:30 to 4:00, Davis Centre. Kickoff event with speaker Tony Perkins of Red Herring, 11:30, 57 Erb Street West, tickets $30 from Communitech. World Religions Conference (moved from Humanities Theatre), Saturday 10:00 to 6:00, Centre in the Square, Kitchener, many UW groups among the sponsors, information online. |
The once-a-term Black Knight Squash Tournament is scheduled for this Saturday. Most times the tournament is fully booked far in advance, but it's coming unusually soon after the beginning of term, and as a result some spaces are still available, says Kate Shippey of the campus recreation program. Cost is $20, which includes a Black Knight T-shirt and "great draw prizes" as well as, of course, a chance to play squash, a minimum of three games against "new players in your skill level". Registration closes Wednesday afternoon. There's more information on the campus rec web site.
The UW stage band is in need of more trumpet and trombone players immediately, and invites such tooters to e-mail director Michael Wood at percwood@orc.ca. . . . With this summer and its camps and courses receding, organizers of the Shad Valley program are looking for high schoolers (entering grade 11 or 12) to take part in the "opportunity, challenge and adventure" of its residential programs next summer. . . . Justin Fluit of the Warrior golf team is one of 24 students across Canada to receive scholarships from the Royal Canadian Golf Association Foundation. . . .
I wrote yesterday that the staff association is offering a $500 bursary at the undergraduate level, and another at the graduate level, for "students who are dependents of association members". That's not exactly correct, a member of the association executive reminds me. "Award recipients must be a staff association member or the spouse or dependent of association members. In fact, the most recent recipient is a staff member."
Finally . . . once again on Friday I referred to the Graduate House, built in 1925, as "the oldest building on campus". Depends on your definition of "campus", of course, but the Brubacher House on UW's north campus -- now a museum -- is significantly older, dating from approximately 1850 (there's some dispute about the precise date). And the Klemmer day care centre, also on the north campus, is in a house that also dates from 1925.
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