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Campus Wellness releases student support resources for employees
Campus Wellness (CW) is now sharing resources for faculty and staff members who provide support to Waterloo students.
CW has designed a new Supporting Our Students guide that is available both online and in print. This guide provides tips on how to recognize, respond to, and refer students in distress, as well as contact information for referral agencies both on and off campus.
There are additional resources you can request or training sessions you can attend, including:
- Do You Need Help decision tree posters;
- Campus Wellness promotional postcards;
- Mental Health Support business cards;
- Slides that you can display in your first lecture that identify what services are available on campus;
- QPR Mental Health Training;
- More Feet on the Ground Mental Health Training; and
- safeTALK Mental Health Training.
If you would like to request the Supporting Our Students guide, or any other wellness resources resources, you can request them using this web form.”
MC electrical shutdown - what you need to know
A message from Information Systems & Technology.
Plant Operations will be shutting down the power in MC from Tuesday, August 21 to Wednesday, August 29.
In preparation for this shutdown, IST will begin shutting down servers and virtual machines housed in MC on Friday, August 17. Services are expected to be restored by Friday, August 31.
Delivery of IT services during the shutdown
- IT services deemed “business critical” (as noted on the IST website) will remain available
- External and internal connectivity will function at full capacity and Internet access will not be affected (one external router will be supported by generator power)
- View the list of IT services provided by IST that will be unavailable during the shutdown period at https://uwaterloo.ca/information-systems-technology/services-unavailable-during-mc-power-shutdown
During the shutdown period, impacted services will be running without redundancy.
Anyone with questions or concerns is invited to contact the IST Service Desk, helpdesk@uwaterloo.ca or ext. 44357.
Take the workplace wellness survey and other notes
The Healthy Workplace Committee wants to hear from all Waterloo employees on the topic of workplace wellness. "Please take 5 minutes to participate in our survey," says a note from the committee. "As we prepare for a new academic year, we want to know what employees want and need related to workplace wellness. Your answers are anonymous and will help us tremendously with the planning of events and creation of resources. Thank you!"
Calling all replicants: On Friday August 17 the Waterloo Centre for Microbial Research (WCMR) will be hosting a synthetic biology day with invited guest speaker and genetic engineering pioneer Stanley Cohen in QNC 1506, followed by a panel led by Waterloo professor Valerie Ward, a BBQ at the nearby Waterloo Park Picnic Shelter and an opportunity for graduate and undergraduate students to meet with Dr. Cohen.