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March 8, 2004

[img_inline align=”right” src=”http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/Rik-Emmett.jpg” caption=”Rik Emmett”]The 2003/2004 Smooth Jazz Series, co-sponsored by McMaster University School of the Arts and Wave 94.7 fm, continues with jazz guitarist . . .

March 5, 2004

Del Harnish, the new academic director of McMaster's Centre for Leadership in Learning (CLL), has a lot on his mind these days. Not only is he leading one of McMaster's most premier programs  the Bachelor of Health Sciences program -- he's been asked to bring teaching to the forefront of researchers' minds. It's a hefty task. After all, teaching isn't why most researchers entered their profession, he says. "The culture in most faculties is that faculty members do not meet to talk about their teaching. In fact, if you were to walk down the hall and ask a faculty member what's new, it almost never will be a topic about teaching, it will be something in their research." That's why CLL is so important, he says. It emphasizes teaching excellence; an objective he says is shared across campus. So, when Harnish was asked to take on the position of academic director of CLL, he knew he was being charged with an important job. "Teaching has become a more central issue for the institution over the past five years, and that's clear in things like tenure and promotion committees, and it's a clear focus of Refining Directions," says Harnish, who took over the three-and-a-half-year appointment in January. "It's largely true that all people who teach on campus want to do it really well, but by definition, their discipline is not teaching and they don't necessarily read educational literature, because they are engrossed in their research."

March 4, 2004

On graduation day, two McMaster students on their way to accepting a McMaster degree, were also on their way to accomplishing amazing things. At fall . . .

March 4, 2004

In recognition of International Women's Day March 8, the McMaster Womyn's Issues Network (MacWIN), will host Gender Matters! a conference that will explore the ways in which gender affects people's lives, on Saturday, March 6. "We aim to raise consciousness and hear the voices of people who are traditionally marginalized based on gender, race, ethnicity, religion, class, sexuality, able-bodiness, and age," says fourth-year philosophy student Helen Tewolde, a co-founder of MacWin who is helping organize the conference. The conference will cover topics ranging from women and health, women in leadership, technology and economic development, women in media, women in migration, to gender and sexuality and women in sports.

March 4, 2004

Undergraduate commerce students from the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University have scored among the highest business schools in North America in a recent . . .

March 4, 2004

[img_inline align=”right” src=”http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/McMaster-vs.-Brock-Basketba.jpg” caption=”McMaster vs. Brock”]The nationally sixth-ranked McMaster Marauders men's basketball team plays host to division rival seventh-ranked Brock Badgers Saturday, March 6 at . . .

March 4, 2004

Highlights from the Feb. 26 Board of Governors meeting Renovation projects approved Renovations to the Burke Science Building (BSB) and General Sciences Building (GSB) will . . .

March 4, 2004

In Titles Bookstore, a student holds a maroon sweater with the McMaster crest and words of the University emblazoned artfully across the chest. The student is thinking about more than the cost or trendiness of the sweater. Instead he asks, "where was this sweater made?" It's a question asked by more students and the University has responded. Not only does McMaster have one of the most comprehensive and emulated no sweat' and fair trade' purchasing codes in the country, it now requires that all McMaster suppliers that fall under the code certify they are compliant with it. McMaster's purchasing codes cover all licensed goods and apparel purchased by the University. Click here to read a background on the codes. "A code isn't worth anything unless there is compliance with it," says Don Wells, who teaches labour studies and politics at McMaster, and has worked on McMaster's 'no sweat' and 'fair trade' buying codes. McMaster is one of the only Canadian universities to require its suppliers to complete a compliance form, according to Ian Thomson of Maquila Solidarity Network, a Canadian network promoting solidarity with groups in Mexico, Central America, Africa and Asia. The University of Toronto has developed a compliance form for its licensees. In the United States, close to 200 colleges and universities that are affiliated to the Worker Rights Consortium (WRC) and/or Fair Labor Association (FLA) require their licensees to do likewise, he says.

March 4, 2004

Ingenuity, ambition, commitment. These three words characterize a group of students who will gather at McMaster University from March 4 to 7 to participate in . . .

March 3, 2004

[img_inline align=”right” src=”http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/tim_besley_opt.jpg” caption=”Tim Besley”]Mainstream economic thinking on how to reduce poverty has evolved in the last couple of decades. Timothy Besley, professor of economics . . .

March 3, 2004

[img_inline align=”right” src=”http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/Drs-Richard-Hunt-Paul-Moayy.jpg” caption=”Richard Hunt, Paul Moayyedi and Stephen Collin”]McMaster University today announced the appointment of Paul Moayyedi, MD, as the first holder of the . . .

March 3, 2004

The McMaster wrestling team will compete in the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) Wrestling Championship this weekend at Brock University. Fourth-year student-athlete Pam Wilson will look . . .

March 3, 2004

McMaster University has reached into Bay Street by appointing Paul Bates its new dean of business. Bates will begin his term July 1, 2004 as dean of the University's DeGroote School of Business, said McMaster University President Peter George. A search committee composed of faculty, students, staff and the business school's advisory committee nominated him. The University's vice-president academic chaired the search committee. Bates has a distinguished career in investment dealing and wealth management. A member of the Ontario Securities Commission, he is also a part-time faculty member of the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management. "Paul Bates brings direct knowledge, expertise, networking, leadership from the business world and a demonstrated empathy for the academic vision of the school," said George. "His solid business credentials and achievements will benefit students, faculty, the University and the academic community. Our new business dean will help us to continue our efforts in fostering superior research, relevance and creativity, building on McMaster's earned reputation of innovation and discovery."

March 3, 2004

The McMaster Chamber Orchestra will present “Music of the Masters” on Sunday, March 7 at 3 p.m. in Convocation Hall at McMaster University, under the . . .

March 2, 2004

The McMaster cheerleading team captured the Ontario University Cheerleading Championship at Brock University this past weekend. McMaster won the event by a mere 0.5 points . . .

March 2, 2004

The Shared Hierarchical Academic Research Computing Network (SHARCNET) launched its first annual outreach campaign: EXCELerate2004 at McMaster Monday. The campaign, which spans March and April, . . .

March 2, 2004

McMaster University's School of the Arts kicks off week two of the Directors' Series 2004, with Lysistrata and The Soldier Dreams. Lysistrata is a comedy . . .

March 2, 2004

St. Peter's Family of Services has announced an affiliation with McMaster Divinity College. With the affiliation, clinical pastoral education students will develop and improve their . . .

March 2, 2004

McMaster's Office of Student Financial Aid & Scholarships has launched a new online summer work program application. There will be a launch and open house . . .

March 2, 2004

[img_inline align=”right” src=”http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/inspiring1.jpg” caption=”Inspiring From Within”]It was a day of inspiration and motivation for 150 McMaster University employees. Last Friday, the second annual “Inspiring from . . .