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More than 19,000 served
UVic student enrolment surpassed 19,000 once again this year. The final headcount as of Nov. 1 for the 2007/08 academic year is 19,193, including 2,460 graduate students. Nearly 11,200 students (over 58 per cent) are women and 1,620 students came to UVic from outside Canada. The Faculty of Social Sciences had the highest enrolment with 4,968 students followed by the faculties of science (2,812) and humanities (2,789).
Shine the spotlight on UVic research
What do a particle physicist, a religious studies scholar and an ethnobotanist all have in common? They’re past winners of the Craigdarroch Gold Medal for Career Achievement, one of four award categories in the annual Craigdarroch Research Awards honouring research excellence at UVic. It’s time to nominate your colleagues for the 2008 awards. In addition to the career achievement award, the three other categories are research excellence, societal contribution and research communication. The nomination deadline is Jan. 31, 2008. For more information visit www.uvic.ca/research/craigdarroch.
Distinguished academics take note
Nominations are being accepted for the 14th annual CUFA BC Distinguished Academics Awards. Nominations for the Academic of the Year Award and the Career Achievement Award are due by Jan. 21, 2008. The awards will be presented on March 26. To learn more and download nomination forms, visit www.cufa.bc.ca/ (phone 604.646.4677, email assistant@cufa.bc.ca).
Food for fines, the sequel
UVic Libraries’ Food for Fines program may be over, but there’s still time to reduce your parking fines and spread some holiday cheer at the same time. UVic’s Campus Security Services (CSS) is once again offering to reduce a parking ticket fine by $5 to $7.50 (depending on the original fine) for a donation of a non-perishable food item (only one donation per ticket). The offer is good until Dec. 24. Last year CSS donated over six boxes of food to UVic Student Family Housing, the Student Resources Centre and the Mustard Seed through this program. Bring your tickets and food to CSS during office hours from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday.
Campus Security Open House
Come out and learn more about Campus Security Services at their first open house. Meet the people behind the front counter and talk with staff about their many services and programs, including parking and crime prevention. View table displays and enter the draw for great door prizes. Light refreshments will be served. Campus Security Building on Jan. 10 from 11 a.m.–2 p.m. Info: 721-8981.
Books for Ethiopia
Exchange social work PhD student Emebet Mulugeta Ayele from Addis Ababa University is collecting books to build up new library collections in social work and other academic fields for her home university. She is the first student to participate in an exchange program initiated last year following a visit from the president of Addis Ababa University and the dean of its new school of social work. Emebet hopes to have many boxes of books ready for shipment by the time she returns to Ethiopia in January. She is seeking funds for shipping costs as well. Further information: dbarker@uvic.ca.
Think fast, win big
If you are a student working on an application utilizing high speed networks, you could win big with the BCNET Broadband Innovation Challenge. Winners get up to $5,000 in cash awards and the chance to showcase their work to industry and academic professionals at the 8th Annual BCNET Conference in April 2008. Intention to apply must be submitted by Feb. 15, and a working application must be submitted by March 15. More info at 778-782-7864, carlie.thauvette@bc.net, www.bc.net/.
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