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Pharmacy student wins award of distinction
Fourth-year Pharmacy student Holly Meginnis has been recognized with the Ontario Pharmacists Association (OPA) Student of Distinction Award for leadership and commitment to advancing the profession.
The University of Waterloo’s School of Pharmacy, in the Faculty of Science, prides itself on developing and supporting pharmacy student leaders. This is the fourth consecutive year that a Waterloo student has received the Student of Distinction Award. Sarah Johnson (Rx2014) won the Student of Distinction Award last year.
“Holly has worked tirelessly on behalf of students at the School of Pharmacy as well as pharmacy students across the country though her work with the Canadian Association of Pharmacy Students and Interns (CAPSI). The future of pharmacy in Canada is in good hands with leaders like Holly entering the profession,” said Prof. David Edwards, Hallman Director, School of Pharmacy and Associate Dean, Faculty of Science.
During her time at the School of Pharmacy, Meginnis has shown outstanding devotion to committees and causes within and beyond the walls of the Kitchener campus.
Meginnis is the current Class Representative for her year, Rx2015, the UWaterloo CAPSI Senior Representative, and an active member of the Graduation Committee. She has also volunteered her time to special events with Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists and Community Action Now, an organization that runs community service projects supporting health and well-being.
“Through my involvement, I was able to learn about pharmacy from different perspectives. I learned about pharmacy across Canada, and the highlights as well as the challenges that exist within the profession. The initiatives I have been a part of have helped me develop even more of an appreciation for the profession of pharmacy,” said Meginnis.
Looking ahead to her next steps after graduation, Meginnis already is already envisioning how she can make a positive impact as a hospital pharmacist. Working in hospital settings will allow her to support patients when care is critical and they are most vulnerable. Ever the forward-thinker, Meginnis is hoping to introduce new best practices that enhance continuity of care for patients as they move from hospital to home.
“Often, the transition from hospital to home can be challenging for patients. By making sure patients' medications transition from hospital to home will help to keep patients safe,” said Meginnis.
Congratulations Holly and good luck in your future endeavours!
Seed grant applications due June 1
Waterloo’s Chronic Disease Prevention Initiative (CDPI) offers seed grants of up to $10,000 to bring together new multidisciplinary teams and increase their success in applications for external funding. This next call for applications was issued on April 20 with a deadline for electronic submission of Monday, June 1 at 4:30 p.m.
To download the RFA and read the Frequently Asked Questions click on the CDPI/Seed Fund page.
For more information about the CDPI, seed grant funding and a list of past seed grant recipients visit the Chronic Disease Prevention Initiative website.
Staff association offers awards for spring term
The University of Waterloo Staff Association (UWSA) is offering three student awards, each valued at $500. Two are aimed at undergraduate students, and one is being offered to graduate students.
One of the undergraduate awards is proudly sponsored and funded by the Education Credit Union.
Eligibility requirements are straightforward - the recipient must be a full or part-time student in a degree program at the University of Waterloo and must be either a member of the UWSA, or the spouse, child, grandchild, or dependent of a UWSA member.
More details about the awards, including the application forms and terms of reference, are available on the UWSA website.
The application deadline for the Spring term is Monday, June 15.
Retail Services introduces new print request system
There's a new way to print on campus, and it goes by the name of NMS eACCESS.
NMS eACCESS is a browser-based interface with secure access control that allows the user to communicate with the New Media Services production centre in real time. The system enables users to:
- Create new orders
- Reuse past orders
- View order status
- Upload files for print jobs
- Review billing and job history
To set up an account visit the New Media Services eACCESS page. Click “New User” and follow the on-screen instructions. After your account information has been verified, you will receive an email and phone call confirming that your account is active and ready to start submitting print jobs.
Retail Services will also be offering training sessions to help users take advantage of the NMS eACCESS system. Simply visit any Retail Services Media.Doc location (DC, DP, EIT, MC or SLC) for an introduction to the system. Anyone interested in arranging training for their department can send an email to avanti-req@lists.uwaterloo.ca.
What's open and closed this long weekend
It's the Victoria Day long weekend. Hooray!
Victoria Day honours Queen Victoria, who reigned from 1837 to 1901, and the long weekend is considered the unofficial start to the summer season. There will be plenty of gardening, picnics, barbecues and fireworks if the weather holds.
No classes will be held Monday. The Columbia Icefield and the Physical Activities Complex will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 16 and Sunday, May 17, but will both be closed for the holiday on Monday.
Retail Services outlets are closed Saturday, Sunday and Monday, reopening Tuesday.
The Dana Porter and Davis Centre libraries will be open from noon to 6:00 p.m.
Food Services locations Bon Appetit, Browser's Café, Brubaker's, the CEIT Café, Liquid Assets, Pastry Plus in Needles Hall, Subway, William's, all Tim Hortons locations and the University Club are all closed Monday. The SLC Tim Hortons will be closed Saturday and Sunday as well.
Mudie's will be open from 11:30 a.m. Friday, May 15 to 1:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 16 and from 11:30 a.m. on Saturday to 12:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 19.
The holiday closures do not affect Eye Opener, Festival Fare, ML's Coffee Shop, the PAS Lounge, Pastry Plus in BMH, REVelation and the Tim Hortons in UWP, which are all closed until September 4 or 6.
A full breakdown of locations and hours can be found on the Food Services website.
In case of emergency, UW Police will be available at 519-888-4911 (ext. 22222 on campus). The Turnkey Desk in the Student Life Centre will be open as always, and the maintenance emergencies folks will be around as well at ext. 33793.
Notable notes on a festive, restive Friday
The Library has served notice that its accessible parking spaces will be out of service from Thursday, May 14 to Thursday, May 26 during a construction project that involves the reinforcing of underground tunnels.
"Those affected by the closure of the accessible parking area adjacent to the Porter Library must move to another nearby accessible parking area as detailed on the campus map," says the note from the Library. "If these alternatives are too far, then arrangements can be made with Parking to use the shuttle service from parking lot X on the north campus."
The shuttle service runs from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and will bring you to and from the front steps of the Library. (Please follow up with Parking if you plan to use this service.)
The construction areas will be fenced off.
Professor Rasul Mowatt of Indiana University is pictured presenting the first annual Fern Delamere Memorial Lecture in memory of former PhD student Fern Delamere during the 23rd Annual Graduate Association of Recreation and Leisure Studies (GARLS) Symposium held on Thursday, April 30 and Friday, May 1.
The student research conference attracted 30 student researchers from across Canada presenting how their research is pushing boundaries in leisure, recreation, tourism, and sport research. Upwards of 75 students and University of Waterloo faculty attended this event. Professor Mowatt's keynote lecture critiqued current directions in leisure research, instead advocating for better engagement with mainstream societal topics (e.g race relations in North America, murdered and missing Aboriginal women throughout Canada, and climate change).
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Musicians in Waterloo Region, including Conrad Grebel music professor (and director of the Grand Philharmonic Choir) Mark Vuorinen, have joined together to raise funds for earthquake victims in Nepal.
A free concert will take place on Sunday, May 24 at 4:00 p.m. in St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Kitchener. At the concert, audience members will be invited to donate to Mennonite Central Committee’s Nepal earthquake relief fund. The federal government will match any donations made at the concert. The MCC will make a presentation on its work in Nepal, which has focused on bringing food, water treatment, and other essential supplies to people in remote areas.
The music will include Gabriel Faure's "Requiem" and J.S. Bach's Cantata 39: "Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot." (Break your bread for the hungry.) All musicians involved, including an orchestra made of members from the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, and soloists Daniel Lichti, Bethany Horst and Jennifer Enns Modolo, are donating their services. More than 80 singers from several local choirs will participate in the concert.
"It is both humbling and inspiring to be surrounded by such a generous arts community." said Vuorinen, artistic director for the choir. He says the music being performed reflects both the disaster and the response to it. The Faure Requiem "collects our thoughts for a nation that has lost so much and for whom the grief of loss is very real. "And Bach's music in particular is well suited to a concert like this. "In this cantata from 1726, Bach reminded his listeners that we have a duty to share what we have with those less fortunate."
For more information, contact Mark Vuorinen, artistic director, Grand Philharmonic Choir at markvuorinen@grandphilchoir.com or Rick Cober Bauman, executive director, Mennonite Central Committee Ontario at 519-745-8458 or by sending an email to rickcoberbauman@mcco.ca.
And while we're on the subject of fundraising, hold onto any long weekend empties you might accumulate, because the The Returns for Leukemia Bottle Drive will be taking place on Saturday, May 23 and Sunday, May 24 at all Beer Store locations across Ontario. All proceeds from the drive, now in its tenth year, will be going to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada.