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Centre for Teaching Excellence publishes annual report
The Centre for Teaching Excellence is pleased to announce the publication of its second Annual Report. The report includes summaries on CTE’s core activities, as well as some impressive data. In the 2015-2016 academic year, CTE staff:
- engaged in over 5,000 consultations with Waterloo instructors;
- delivered 226 workshops to over 1,000 instructors, graduate students, and staff members; and
- gave 38 presentations at conferences or other universities. Its annual teaching and learning conference was attended by 260 individuals, and its online resources were accessed more than one million times.
The complete report is available as an accessible PDF.
Colin Behenna named Top Academic All-Canadian
With files from University of Waterloo Athletics
The Top Eight Academic All-Canadians for the 2015-2016 season were honoured in Ottawa Tuesday morning, including Waterloo hockey player Colin Behenna.
His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, presented the fourth Governor General's Academic All-Canadian Commendation to the eight recipients during a ceremony at Rideau Hall.
Every year, a growing number of CIS student-athletes are recognized as Academic All-Canadians, having maintained an average of 80 per cent or better over the academic year while competing for one - or more - of their university's varsity teams.
Among these outstanding individuals, one female and one male student-athlete from each of the four conferences (Atlantic University Sport, the Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec, Ontario University Athletics and Canada West Universities Athletic Association) are selected annually to make up the Top Eight.
Colin Behenna, a hockey player and math and business student from the University of Waterloo, was named one of the 2015-2016 recipients from Ontario University Athletics (OUA).
"The number of Academic All-Canadians speaks volume about the quality of our student-athletes, but also our coaches, support staff and our universities," said Graham Brown, chief executive officer of U Sports. "To be selected among 12,000 of their peers is an achievement these exceptional student-athletes should be extremely proud of. They represent the very best of what university sport is all about."
Behenna hails from Waterloo and is in the math and business program. He plays on the Warriors Men's Hockey team. He was named OUA West MVP last season, and a second-team All-Canadian, after recording 44 points in 27 games – the third most in the county. In four season with the Warriors, Behenna racked up 150 points, ranking him third overall on the Warriors all-time scoring list.
Behenna was recently named to the President's Academic Honour Roll, and has volunteered with Habitat for Humanity.
"Colin had a tremendous impact on the Warrior hockey program," said Waterloo men's hockey head coach Brian Bourque. "From the first day he stepped on campus he led by example by being a great student, a motivated athlete, an excellent leader, and a great teammate."
For the full announcement, visit the Athletics website.
Brianna Wu talks women and tech at Games Institute
by Alexandra Orlando
On November 1 and 2 Brianna Wu visited University of Waterloo as part of the HeForShe campaign to talk with students and professors about women in tech initiatives, Gamergate and feminism in the games industry. She also visited The Games Institute and was joined by students working in games studies and game development for a fireside chat where they discussed the job market in the industry, introductory coding tools and some of the current projects Brianna and the students were working on.
First Person Scholar's editor-in-chief, Alexandra Orlando interviewed Brianna to discuss the role of academic institutions and publishing in the tech world, as well as some of her missions while she is here in Waterloo. The entire interview can be heard on the First Person Scholar site.
First Person Scholar is a University of Waterloo student-run middle state publication that publishes essays, commentaries and book reviews on games and games culture. FPS publishes writing from a diverse range of voices from academic, enthusiast and industry perspectives. Along with weekly posts, the FPS staff runs a monthly podcast on more timely gaming news topics.
Thursday's notes
The University of Waterloo delegation’s Asia trip continues today as representatives travel to the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong University. President Hamdullahpur, Dean Watt and Dean Lemieux will meet with Nicholas Yang, the Secretary for Innovation and Technology Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and later President Hamdullahpur will meet with Fanny Law, chair of the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks. President Hamdullahpur will also attend the Fintech O2O forum where he will deliver remarks as part of the “State of the Ecosystem” event.
Wednesday November 16 is GIS Day! To celebrate GIS Day, the Library’s Geospatial Centre and Faculty of Environment’s Mapping, Analysis, and Design will be hosting activities and providing refreshments in the Geospatial Centre and the Flex Lab (LIB 329) between 12:30 and 3:00 p.m. Visit the Library’s website for more information on GIS Day.
The department of Computational Mathematics is hosting an Alumni Career Panel today from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in MC 4021. The panelists include professionals from Magnet Forensics, Sortable, Claronav, Open Text and the University of Waterloo. Waterloo alumni will talk about the work they are doing and what Computational Mathematics means to them, and are also present to answer questions about future careers.