University green guide was released this past September! Look for hard copies in the SLC and Waterloo Residences’ Front Desks. The guide is also available online on the SEED web site and likely soon on the UW Sustainability web site. SEED: https://uwaterloo.ca/school-environment-enterprise-development/UW Sustainability: https://uwaterloo.ca/sustainability/.
C.L.O.U.D. Projects at UW — get involved in a sustainable development project in developing communities around the world! Join The New World Community and travel to Kenya, Haiti, or the Dominican Republic. Visit www.thenwc.com/cloud_projects/cloud_on_campus or email Waterloo@thenwc.com for more details!
Are you interested in putting your UX skills into practice? Join us for an unforgettable experience and a chance to win awards totalling $20,000. For more info and to register visit UWaterloo Stratford campus home page.
Call for Nominations — undergraduate students to senate: nominations are requested for the following undergraduate student seats on senate — faculty seats: one student elected by/from the full-time undergraduate students in the faculty of arts, term May 1, 2014 to April 30, 2016 ; one student elected by/from the full-time undergraduate students in the faculty of environment, term May 1, 2014 to April 30, 2016 ; one student elected by/from the full-time undergraduate students in the faculty of science, term May 1, 2014 to April 30, 2016. At-large seats — one student elected by/from the full-time undergraduate students of the university, term May 1, 2014 to April 30, 2016 ; one student elected by/from the full-time undergraduate students of the university, term May 1, 2014 to April 30, 2015. Nomination form at www.uwaterloo.ca/secretariat/nominations-elections. Each nomination shall be signed by the required number of members of the constituency from which the member is to be elected. For undergraduate students elected from a single faculty, the required number is twenty-five ; for undergraduate students elected at-large, the required number is one-hundred. Completed nomination forms should be submitted to the Chief Returning Officer, Secretariat, Needles Hall, room 3060, no later than 4 p.m., Friday, Jan. 17, 2014. Elections, if necessary, will coincide with the annual Federation of Students elections (www.feds.ca/elections). Information about senate and its committees/councils at www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infosec/governance/senate.htm.
Seeking applicants for OCNF’s (Ontario Community Newspapers Foundation) Student Distance Development Program. If you are willing to journey to a new or remote area in the province to work at one of Ontario’s community newspapers (www.ocna.org), OCNF will fund your travel and work experience up to $2,000. Application deadline is Friday, Jan. 17, 2014. For more info k.gorven@ocna.org or contact Kelly at 905-639-8720, ext 221.
