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Digital classroom enhances teaching and learning at DeGroote

Students, faculty and staff of DeGroote School of Business got a demonstration of how technology can be used to enhance education on Tuesday when they celebrated a gift from dean Paul Bates and his wife Sally. The Bates' gift allowed for digital enhancements to a classroom in the School of Business. Upgrades include a customized "smart" podium which allows faculty and students to utilize web-based technologies to learn, touch screen technology, DVD/VHS recorder, built in audio, a document camera, a 360-degree ceiling mounted camera to facilitate broadcast of lectures and classroom activities on the Internet, dual ceiling mounted LCD displays, and other upgrades.

Care packages help students prepare for exams

McMaster's Student Community Support Network (SCSN) is helping students prepare for exams and strengthen ties with their neighbours. The McMaster Students Union group distributed free exam care packages today in the McMaster University Student Centre. The packages include information about the SCSN, living off-campus, the Student Walk Home Attendant Team, bus information from the Alternative Commuting and Transportation office and information about the Hamilton community. The package also includes a small box filled with exam stress busters, such as coffee, water, chocolate and Tylenol. The McMaster Alumni Association donated the boxes.

First mourn, then work for change

A Service of Remembrance for female victims of violence was held last night at McMaster in an auditorium filled with students, faculty and staff. The annual gathering was organized by the Anti-Violence Network at McMaster University. On the National Day of Remembrance & Action on Violence Against Women, the service focused on the events of December 6, 1989 when 14 female engineering students were murdered in Montreal. These victims were honoured, as well as four murdered females who were members of the McMaster community and 500 Aboriginal women who have been murdered or went missing in Canada in the past 20 years.