It is with sadness, but with profound gratitude, that Renison University College relays the news that our last living founder, The Venerable Harvey Southcott, passed away on August 6, 2018 at the age of 93.
Last week, Renison's president, Dr. Wendy L. Fletcher, was selected to serve as the macebearer for the Arts convocation at the University of Waterloo. This is a role steeped in history and full of symbolism.
The Office of the Associate Vice President, Academic and the Centre for Teaching Excellence have announced the recipients of the latest round of Learning Innovation and Teaching Enhancement (LITE) seed grants. Three of the eight grants were awarded to Renison University College faculty.
Elli Li, an Accounting and Finanical Management student who is also studying the Japanese language at Renison, has won first place in the Intermediate Category at the 29th Canada National Japanese Speech Contest.
Renison Professor Christine Logel, along with three other awardees, is the recipient of this year’s Equity and Inclusivity Award, presented by the Equity Committee of the University of Waterloo’s Faculty Association. Rather than present only one award, the committee felt that it needed to break with tradition and select multiple winners given the number and quality of nominees.
At this year’s Ontario-Manitoba University Students Chinese Proficiency Competition, Hannah Gardiner and Daniel Afzal, students in Renison’s Culture and Language Studies department, won the First Prize and Excellency Award respectively.
Judi Jewinski began her time at the University of Waterloo as a student in 1970 and soon after began teaching here at Renison in 1973. Over 47 years, her impact on the College and the University has been substantial.
Back Row (L-R): Judi Jewinski, Ron Chapmion, Janet Menard, Peter Townshend Front Row: Rosalyn Elm, Elizabeth Matthews, May Yan, Wendy Fletcher
On May 5, the Renison community gathered to celebrate the College’s 59th anniversary. It was an afternoon of celebration which included honouring individuals for their contributions to Renison, to the community, and to public service.
Reconstruction of our parking lot has been approved. The project has been tendered and awarded to Kieswetter Excavating/Schorn Consulting.
The benefits of the reconstructed parking lot will be: improved lighting, drainage, aesthetics and additional parking for our guests.
The first phase, geological testing, is already underway. The second phase is scheduled to start May 1 and achieve substantial completion August 15. There will be nearly no on-site parking May 1 through August 15. No access to the current lot is planned as of May 1.
