Tuesday, November 28, 2017

It's Giving Tuesday

A message from the Office of Advancement.

We hope you’ll join one (or all!) of our Waterloo champions as they match gifts made to Waterloo during some very special hours today.

Our champions and their hours:

• 7:00 - 8:00 a.m. - Cindy Forbes (BMath ’79) EVP & Chief Analytics Officer at Manulife Financial, and Chair of the University of Waterloo Board of Governors
• 11:00 a.m. - noon - Steven Woods (PhD ’96) Senior Engineering Director at Google
• 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. - Paul Salvini (BMath ’92) Chief Executive Officer at the Accelerator Centre
• 8:00 - 9:00 p.m. - Jay Shah (BASc ’11) Director of Velocity

Please follow them on social media and make your gift to Waterloo have double the impact.

Waterloo honours Academic All-Canadians

This is an excerpt of an article originally posted on the Athletics and Recreation website.

On Monday, October 23, the Office of the President recognized the 2016-17 Warrior student-athletes who are on the academic honour roll. This award is given to student-athletes who have maintained an average of 80% and higher while competing for an interuniversity sport. The University of Waterloo annually enjoys one of the highest percentages of Academic All-Canadian student-athletes in the country.

This year, 214 student-athletes were honoured (up from 206 last year) for their accomplishment which makes up 35% of the student-athlete population at UWaterloo.

This was the highest number of student-athletes in the history of the department to have been named Academic All-Canadians. Consistently, UWaterloo student-athletes have demonstrated excellence both in the classroom and on the playing field and it is something to be very proud of. 

"Within a department and university where academic success is at the forefront, it is very exciting and rewarding to see so many of our student-athletes achieving this kind of success in the classroom," said director of athletics and recreation, Roly Webster. 

"This amazing accomplishment by these individuals, has contributed to a collective achievement that recognizes the largest number of student-athletes in our history of Academic All-Canadians. For these student-athletes to balance their academic and athletics at such a high standard is no small feat, and every one of them should be extremely proud of their accomplishments and contributions they continue to make on our campus."

The proud student-athletes received their awards in front of their fellow teammates, influential professors, coaches, and distinguished individuals at the University of Waterloo.

Read the rest of the article on the Athletics website.

Jones named Canadian Academy of Health Sciences Fellow

Lyndon Jones, professor at the School of Optometry and Vision Science and director of the Centre for Contact Lens Research, has been awarded a Fellowship of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS).

According to the CAHS website, induction into the CAHS as a Fellow is considered one of the highest honours within Canada’s academic community. CAHS Fellows, who serve as unpaid volunteers, are nominated by their institutions and peers and selected in a competitive process based on their internationally recognized leadership, academic performance, scientific creativity and willingness to serve,

“The CAHS is a prestigious organization with people from many sectors of health science and I feel very honored to be inducted as a Fellow," said Jones. "This fellowship is a reflection of not only my own achievements, but also those of my former graduate students, post-docs and colleagues who I have had the privilege of working with over the past 25 years, particularly my colleagues within the Centre for Contact Lens Research and the School of Optometry and Vision Science at the University of Waterloo."

Jones is also a Fellow and Diplomate of the American Academy of Optometry (AAO). He has authored over 300 refereed and professional papers and given over 700 invited lectures at conferences worldwide. He has been awarded a number of national and international awards, including the 2014 “Glenn Fry Award” from the AAO, 2014 “Donald Korb Award” from the American Optometric Association, 2013 “Max Schapero Award” from the Cornea and Contact Lens Section of the AAO and the 2011 “George Giles Memorial Lectureship” from the British College of Optometrists.

Teaching and Learning Conference calls for proposals

A message from the Centre for Teaching Excellence.

The Centre for Teaching Excellence is now accepting proposals for the 10^th annual Teaching and Learning Conference: Motivating Our Students and Ourselves, taking place on April 26, 2018. Over 300 faculty members, staff members, and students gathered for an enriching and exciting day for the 2017 conference, and the 2018 conference promises to be another engaging day focused on teaching and learning at Waterloo. Proposals for presentations, panel discussions, workshops, and poster presentations are due by Wednesday, January 24, 2018. For more information about the Conference and to submit a proposal, please visit the Teaching and Learning Conference website.