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Submission guidelines
Nominations open for Award of Excellence in Graduate Supervision
The Graduate Studies Office is now collecting nomination packages for the Award of Excellence in Graduate Supervision for the 2016-2017 year.
This award "recognizes exemplary faculty members who have demonstrated excellence in graduate student supervision."
Normally three faculty members will be recognized with this award annually. The winners will receive a $1,000 award and be recognized at spring convocation.
The guidelines and application form have been updated and are available on the Graduate Studies website in the forms section under "awards/bursaries". The GSO has detailed guidelines on how to prepare a nomination package.
Letters can be addressed as "To Whom It May Concern", and while electronic PDF packages submitted by the Faculty to the GSO are preferred, hard copy packages are also acceptable.
The nomination package submission deadline is November 1, 2016.
Applied Health Sciences and Environment are permitted to submit a maximum of two submissions, while Arts, Engineering, Mathematics and Science are permitted three submissions. Under exceptional circumstances, one additional nomination will be considered.
Emergency notification system test Tuesday
A test of the University’s campus-wide emergency communication system will take place on Tuesday, October 11 at 8:30 a.m.
The emergency communication channels being tested include:
- Tweets to @uwaterloo and @WatSAFEapp
- WatSAFE mobile app
- the ‘UW Emerge’ on-screen pop-up for desktops and laptops
- Skype for Business Instant Messages.
Please be advised that this is just a test. The message displayed will read: “TEST of the UW Emergency Notification System. During an actual emergency or threat you would receive instructions. No action is required.”
More information regarding the emergency would be available at alert.uwaterloo.ca .
Fire drills in some buildings are scheduled to start at 9:00 am. Please be aware those are separate from this test.
In the event of a real emergency during this test, please contact Police Services at 519-888-4911, or extension 22222.
Be sure to install the WatSAFE app on your device to receive this test message, and more importantly, to stay informed of campus emergency situations. Visit the WatSAFE website for more details.
Anyone with questions or concerns is invited to contact the IST Service at helpdesk@uwaterloo.ca or ext. 44357.
Food Services open two restaurants in new AHS space
UW Food Services is proud to announce the opening of two new restaurants as of October 3. The Waterloo campus is welcoming its second Starbucks location and a new, healthy foods concept created by Food Services called FRSH. Both operations are located in the new AHS expansion.
FRSH will be serving made-to-order salads, rice and quinoa bowls, wraps and burritos, smoothies and fresh juices. All items will be made with fresh items and are customizable.
FRSH's operating hours are:
- Monday – Thursday, 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- Friday, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The new Starbucks location is located adjacent to FRSH. Its hours are:
- Monday – Thursday, 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
- Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
What's open and closed this long weekend
Thank goodness it's Thanksgiving. Monday is a statutory holiday, which means most University services and operations (and buildings) will be closed.
The Physical Activities Complex and the Columbia Icefield will be open Saturday, October 8 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and closed Sunday and Monday.
The Dana Porter and Davis Centre libraries will be open normal hours on Saturday and Sunday, and from noon to 6:00 p.m. on Monday.
All Retail Services stores and Media.doc locations will be closed on Saturday and holiday Monday.
Most Food Services operations will be closed on holiday Monday, with the exception of Mudie's in Village 1.
Browser's Café in the Dana Porter Library will be closed Saturday, October 8 and Sunday, October 9.
REVelation will be closed from Saturday, October 8 to Tuesday, October 11
A number of Food Services operations will extend their closure to cover the Fall Break Study Days on Tuesday, October 11 and Wednesday, October 12, including:
- Brubaker's in the Student Life Centre
- CEIT Café in CEIT
- Eye Opener Café in the Optometry building
- Liquid Assets in Hagey Hall
- South Side Marketplace in South Campus Hall
- Starbucks in the Science Teaching Complex
- Tim Hortons in UWP
- Williams Fresh Café in Environment 3
Some operations will be open Tuesday and Wednesday next week, including:
- FRSH in AHS, open from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
- Subway in the SLC, open from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Tim Hortons in the Davis Centre, open 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
- Tim Hortons in Modern Languages, open 7:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
- Tim Hortons in South Campus Hall, open 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Tim Hortons in the Student Life Centre, open 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
As always, the University police (519-888-4911 or ext. 22222) will be at work, the Student Life Centre (519–888-4434) will be open, and the central plant will monitor campus buildings (for maintenance emergencies call extension 33793). The campus should be back to normal on Tuesday morning. Enjoy your long weekend!