http://dailynews.mcmaster.ca McMaster Daily News Wed, 22 May 2013 14:44:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://dailynews.mcmaster.ca/worth-mentioning/campus-wide-steam-shutdown-on-saturday/ Steam will be unavailable to all campus buildings (excluding MDCL and HSC) on Saturday, May 25, from 9 p.m. until Sunday, May 26 at 5 a.m. The shutdown is necessary for the annual repair of steam-generating equipment. During this time... 2013-05-22 daily_worth_mention_25406 http://dailynews.mcmaster.ca/worth-mentioning/campus-store-post-office-closing/ May 31, 2013, will be the last official day the Post Office is open. As the Campus Store begins renovations that will include consolidating its two major locations, the Tank and the main store, the full-service postal outlet will be closing and... 2013-05-15 daily_worth_mention_25152 http://dailynews.mcmaster.ca/worth-mentioning/bargaining-update-mcmaster-and-cupe-3906-agree-to-pause-talks/ The University and representatives of CUPE 3906, Unit 2 have been meeting to negotiate a renewed collective agreement. The union represents approximately 380 Sessional Faculty and Sessional Music Faculty at McMaster. Both parties report making... 2013-05-15 daily_worth_mention_25142 http://dailynews.mcmaster.ca/worth-mentioning/deadline-extended-for-idea-exchange-proposals/ The deadline to submit a proposal for this year's Idea Exchange has been extended to Tuesday, May 21. The second-annual event encourages faculty and staff to share ideas, tools, strategies and best practices to facilitate student learning... 2013-05-15 daily_worth_mention_25090 http://dailynews.mcmaster.ca/worth-mentioning/participants-needed-for-online-assessment/ Nursing and Rehabilitation Science Students The Programme for Educational Research and Development (PERD) is looking for students to take part in a study to investigate test security for online assessment. What we need: about two hours of... 2013-05-14 daily_worth_mention_24803 http://dailynews.mcmaster.ca/worth-mentioning/students-win-ipads-for-survey-participation/ McMaster sincerely appreciates the active participation of our students in the 2013 National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE). We received approximately 3500 responses. The time and effort of our students is valuable to this survey as it collects... 2013-05-14 daily_worth_mention_25085 http://dailynews.mcmaster.ca/worth-mentioning/pacbic-annual-report-now-available/ The President’s Advisory Committee on Building an Inclusive Community (PACBIC) is pleased to circulate its 2012/13 Annual Report to the McMaster Community. The report was prepared by PACBIC in order to familiarize the McMaster community with... 2013-05-14 daily_worth_mention_25084 http://dailynews.mcmaster.ca/worth-mentioning/power-outage-in-several-buildings-on-campus/ 4:45 p.m. Power in all buildings has been restored. If you require any further assistance, please contact Customer Service at 905-525-9140 ext. 24740. 3:20 p.m. Due to an electrical issue on campus, the following buildings are currently without... 2013-05-13 daily_worth_mention_25047 http://dailynews.mcmaster.ca/worth-mentioning/ontario-invests-in-nursing-research-to-provide-evidence-for-policy/ The Nursing Health Services Research Unit (NHSRU) is celebrating Nurses’ Week by announcing an investment from the Ontario government to continue to inform evidence based nursing policy and system performance in the province. The Nursing... 2013-05-10 daily_worth_mention_24904 http://dailynews.mcmaster.ca/worth-mentioning/casting-call-for-this-years-production-of-iris/ Students with an interest in acting and writing are invited to participate in IRIS.  Celebrating its 10th year, IRIS — an acronym for Inspiration, Reflection, Integrity, Success — is an orientation drama production that welcomes new... 2013-05-10 daily_worth_mention_24860