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Tuesday, August 6, 2013
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New U of L residence complex to be named Mt. Blakiston House
The mountain peaks of Waterton Lakes National Park will serve as inspiration for the naming of the University of Lethbridge’s newest student residence, scheduled to open in fall, 2013.
The Phase III housing complex will adopt a naming convention that represents some of the highest mountain peaks in Waterton.
The first such structure will be named Mt. Blakiston House, as recently approved by the U of L’s Board of Governors.
Future buildings will acknowledge nearby peaks, such as Mt. Lineham, Mt. Hawkins, Mt. Alderson and Mt. Carthew.
Mt. Blakiston, the tallest mountain in Waterton Lakes National Park (9,547 ft), was named in 1858 for British explorer Thomas Blakiston. Learn more here.
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In-service computer training for Faculty & Staff begins August 14
Information Technology Services (ITS) - Client Services will be offering a series of in-service computer training sessions for University of Lethbridge faculty and staff members.
These sessions are being presented to provide an overview of features associated with commonly used computer programs. The sessions are strictly overviews of concepts and full courses will be offered at a later date.
The first sessions begin on Aug. 14 and are outlined below. To register, please call 403-329-2490 or e-mail help@uleth.ca
Additional sessions continue until the end of September. Get the complete list here.
1. Google Savvy [August 14, 2013; 1:30 – 2:30 p.m.] Location: D632
Take advantage of “advanced search” to get the information you want more quickly. Use scholar to search for scientific articles. Use translate to convert words to different languages.
2. OneNote Overview [August 21, 2013; 1:30 – 2:30 p.m.] Location: D632
See how to create digital notes, store them, and be able to search notes for information you need. Learn to create and use shared notebooks, add media content to notes, and run optical character recognition.
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Library Update: Level 9 collection more accessible
Flood damage to the Library caused by a water main break in early June resulted in service disruptions, including reduced study space, and no access to a portion of the collection housed on Level 9.
Over the past 2 months, significant progress has been made toward readying the Library for the Fall semester. While work continues it has been determined that as of Wednesday, August 7, Library staff will be able to retrieve items from the collection on L9 at the request of patrons. The Level 9 area is still an active construction site and remains closed to general Library traffic.
If you need an item from this part of the collection please take your request to the General Services Desk on Level 10.
For all your Library-related queries, visit them in person, or online, here
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Planned Power Outages, August 21, 22, 23: UCA, SU and AH
The Utilities team is upgrading equipment in the University Centre for the Arts (UCA), Students’ Union Building (SU) and Anderson Hall (AH) beginning on Wednesday, August 21 and ending Friday, August 23.
The work involves replacement of an emergency power transfer system (UCA) and an upgrade to the main power distribution breakers in the UCA, SU and Anderson Hall.
The power outages will only affect these three buildings.
Power will operate as normal in all other campus buildings.
Details can be found here.
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Planned non-parenthood: U of L researcher explores why women choose not to have children
University of Lethbridge Sociology researcher Gillian Ayers has looked into the notion of planned non-parenthood, and found some startling insights into why people choose not to have children.
As part of her U of L master’s thesis, Ayers, now a Research Associate working with Dr. Claudia Malacrida (Sociology) interviewed women in southern Alberta who self-identified as being childless by choice.
She was interested in their motivation for choosing to be childless, and also wanted to learn more about the stigma and social pressures that were imposed on childless people from friends, family members, peers and colleagues.
Among other results, what she found was that the women she spoke with were not selfish, not ‘waiting for Mr (or Ms) right,’ not child haters – and very serious about their choice. Learn more here
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Aramark Job Fair -- Monday, August 12
Aramark will be hosting a Job Fair on Monday, August 12 to fill a variety of positions within the University of Lethbridge food services locations, including Tim Hortons, Subway, Starbucks, Urban Market and Classic Fare Catering, all located on campus. Get the times and location here.
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Next Uweekly -- Monday, August 19
If you have a notice or information to submit for the next two weeks beginning August 6 and beyond, please contact robert.cooney@uleth.ca
Over the summer, Uweekly will be published every second Monday until the end of August. Weekly publishing resumes after August 19.
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