Day in the life: Leah Stone
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF Leah Stone, UVic’s national recruitment liaison officer for the Lower Mainland, often involves a ferry trip or two. She has been on enough BC Ferries’ voyages that she can probably recite by memory the entire “welcome aboard” safety greeting.
Day in the life: Kade Agueh
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF Kade Agueh is about secretarial work, but it’s not just that—Agueh gets real satisfaction out of putting out small fires in the lives of all of the students, faculty, and various other people who find themselves at her desk.
Dynamic duo join Office of Campus Planning and Sustainability
Since assuming their new positions over the summer in the Office of Campus Planning and Sustainability, sustainability coordinators Rita Fromholt and Teresa Waddell have worked out a tag-team approach to tackling the extensive range of campus initiatives outlined in the 2009–14 Sustainability Action Plan for Campus Operations.
Rewind, reuse, recycle
Stephen Wylie, UVic’s surplus asset coordinator, shows off surplus recording media before it is shipped to a local recycling facility. The kinds of media that can be recycled include hard drives, cell phones, PDAs, cameras, computer tape reels, audio cassettes, video tapes, CDs and DVDs, floppy discs and voice recorder tapes.
Day in the life: Pierrette Brideau
A DAY IN THE LIFE of Pierrette Brideau can include cooking up to 80 paninis per day at the Sci Café, including the most popular “All Canadian Melt” ham-and-cheese. She also makes calzones, soups and salads, and does twice-daily appliance and food safety temperature checks.
UVic’s celebration of excellence
The Legacy Awards, UVic’s annual gala celebration of outstanding members of the university community, will be presented on Oct. 13 at the Victoria Conference Centre. This year’s awards recognize a distinguished alumnus, lifetime achievements in research, and a key architect of the Vikes athletics program. An award for teaching will be presented in 2010.
Barnhardt brings broad experience to general counsel role
You have to be a bit of a legal Renaissance man to take on the role of general counsel for a university, and Don Barnhardt—who became UVic’s general counsel this summer—brings just such breadth of experience to the position.
Day in the Life: Charlotte Charlie
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF Charlotte Charlie is all about community. Not only does she work in UVic’s Office of Community-Based Research (OCBR) as the new administrative coordinator, she volunteers at various events and, as the mother of an 11-year-old son, knows intrinsically how important it is to give back something of herself.
Day in the Life: Sandra Guerreiro
A typical day in the life of Phoenix Theatre’s Audience Services Manager Sandra Guerreiro isn’t—typical that is.
Everything is in flux: from her constantly changing staff comprised of work study students, to the content of the plays and the expectations and needs of the audience. But she juggles it with style, grace and passion.
Community relations director can’t stay away
Grant Hughes, who took up the position of director of community relations in February, knows from personal experience what a valuable community resource UVic is. Hughes graduated from UVic in 1976 with a BSc and then, while working at the Royal British Columbia Museum, returned to complete a part-time master’s degree in marine biology.
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