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Student wins prestigious TD Fellowship award
By Hillary Graham, Office of Advancement.
Jenifer Sibdhannie, a fourth year Arts & Business student, has been awarded the prestigious TD Fellowship in Advancement by the Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education.
Valued at $37,500, only two such fellowships are awarded annually in Canada. The prize is generously provided by Meloche Monnex and TD Bank Financial, and offers the chance for people new to the field of advancement to gain practical experience in the industry.
When Jenifer begins her fellowship in May, she’ll focus on development, along with alumni and student engagement within Waterloo’s Office of Advancement.
Her introduction to the field came out of a co-op work term in the Office of Advancement, where she worked closely with the Annual Giving team. She enjoyed her role as a development assistant so much that she came back for her second eight-month co-op work term.
"I'm honoured to have been chosen as one of this year's TD Fellows. This is such an amazing opportunity and an incredible way for me to start a career in advancement. I am looking forward to joining Waterloo's advancement team and I’m excited to get started on all of the projects we have planned," says Jenifer.
Ken McGillivray, vice-president, advancement, supported Jenifer’s nomination. “With her dedication to the University, the advancement profession and her sincere desire to help others, Jenifer exemplifies the kind of individual the University and the industry aspire to develop. The award is a fitting way to honor the promising career of a wonderful individual who is staking her claim here at the University of Waterloo and in the field of advancement.”
CDPI announces Seed Fund winners
"Thank you to all the teams who submitted an application for this round of Waterloo’s Chronic Disease Prevention Initiative (CDPI) Seed Fund Award," says a note from the CDPI. "We are pleased to announce that five multidisciplinary teams were successful this round."
The Seed Fund initiative offers seed grants of up to $10,000 to bring together new multidisciplinary teams and increase their success in applications for external funding.
Teams successful in the current round of competition include researchers from 14 different departments or research centres across campus. To check out the diverse range of projects that are represented go to the CDPI-Seed Funding page.
For more information about the CDPI go to the CDPI website.
Senate meets today and other notes
The University's Senate meets today at 3:30 p.m. in NH 3001. Agenda items include:
- The approval of changes to the faculty regulations on adding and dropping courses;
- The election and acclamation of members of Senate committees and councils and the Board of Governors;
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Amendments to a bylaw relating to the naming of additional ex officio members of Senate, including the addition of the associate vice-president, academic as an ex officio member of Senate and the deletion of the vice-president, administration & finance as membership for this position is provided in The University of Waterloo Act; and
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Voting on regulation changes in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and a new academic plan in the School of Planning.
President Hamdullahpur’s report to Senate will include a presentation of a proposed new Policy 11 – University Risk Management and University Risk Management Reporting Guidelines.
Senate will also hear a presentation by Lyndon Jones, director of the Centre for Contact Lens Research.
Tomorrow, Faculty of Arts students, staff, faculty, friends and colleagues of the Student Space Project have been invited to join Dean of Arts Douglas Peers at the Student Space groundbreaking ceremony and reception.
The groundbreaking ceremony will commence just after 3:00 p.m. and will be followed by a celebratory reception with refreshments and treats. The rain location for the reception is the Don Craig Atrium in the School of Accounting & Finance wing of Hagey Hall.
Guests of honour include representatives of the Arts Student Union, the Arts Endowment Fund, donors, Plant Operations, Arts Undergraduate Studies, Arts Graduate Studies, and the Dean of Arts Office.
Construction of the Arts Student Space is expected to begin this May, with completion estimated to be in summer 2016.
It's Earth Week this week. Check out the schedule of on-campus events on the Sustainability website. The date for Earth Day is Wednesday, April 22.
It's also Budget Week as the federal government announces its budget on Tuesday, April 21 and the Ontario government lays out its budget plans on Thursday, April 23.