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Posted on April 1: Posters present remarkable women leaders

Posters representing amazing women leaders will be on display in the McMaster University Student Centre today. McMaster's Mary E. Keyes Leadership Program, offered through the Centre for Student Development, is recognizing women leaders through a Women in Leadership Poster Session. Fourteen women leaders are featured on the posters. Some of those include: Erin Laende, Student Walk-Home Attendant Team co-ordinator, Carol Wood, ecumenical chaplain, Debbie Marinoff-Shupe, manager, recreation services, Therese Quigley, director of athletics and recreation, Mary Williams, associate vice-president, University Advancement, Eileen Schuller, chair of religious studies, Nasrin Rahimieh, dean of humanities, Susan Elliott, dean of social sciences, Cristina DeSilvio, experiential education officer for social science and Cheryl-Ann Jackson, international students' advisor. Women presented on the posters were chosen from suggestions provided from students, staff and faculty. The posters will be displayed in the McMaster University Student Centre Marketplace Thursday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and then across campus on bulletin boards.

Posted on March 31: Student awards recognize outstanding contributions

Outstanding McMaster students and alumni were recognized for their contributions to the University community during this week's 24th annual Student Recognition Night. McMaster students Candy Hui and Sam Minniti were honoured with the Honour M Award, the highest award presented by the McMaster Students Union. This Award is presented to students who show commitment to extra curricular activities both within the McMaster community and have rendered outstanding and valuable service to the Hamilton community and/or the McMaster community by any or all of the following: university government, student government, residence government, departments, clubs, societies, and/or university athletics. "The Honour M Award in one of the most esteemed award programs hosted by McMaster University," said McMaster provost Ken Norrie. "It is reserved for those who are recognized as clearly going above and beyond the norm in terms of their extracurricular service and student leadership."

Posted on March 30: McMaster forms alliance with CELLutions Biosystems

McMaster has signed a key strategic alliance with Toronto-based biotechnology company CELLutions Biosystems, Inc. Through this partnership, CELLutions will acquire the exclusive rights to market and distribute selected novel cell lines and other innovative biological reagents developed by researchers at McMaster. CELLutions focuses on the commercialization, marketing, and distribution of innovative cell lines and other research tools for use in basic science, drug discovery, and therapeutic development. "We are very excited about the potential benefits that this strategic partnership will bring to our institution and its researchers," says Mamdouh Shoukri, vice-president of research at McMaster University. "We are looking forward to developing this relationship and working together with CELLutions to identify promising scientists and research projects whose work has, or will develop unique cell lines, as well as other research tools that have innate value to the biopharmaceutical industry."

Posted on March 29: Committee seeks feedback on University’s top job

McMaster's Committee for Recommending a President hopes broad-based feedback will help it select the best candidate to fill the Universities' top job over the next five years. The Board of Governors and University Senate recently appointed members to the committee. It will examine the academic mission and vision, strategic leadership, fiscal management, external relationship building and strengthening of the McMaster community. McMaster President Peter George's current term concludes June 30, 2005 and he is eligible for reappointment for a third five-year term. The process of selecting a University president is critical, says Edward Buffett, chair of the committee. "There are incredible opportunities on the horizon for the institution and as we move forward in the global economy, leadership will be a critical element in the institution's success," he says. "McMaster must be well led to attract the best and the brightest in terms of students, research dollars and its educators."

Posted on March 26: SSHRC president to visit McMaster

Researchers and graduate students at McMaster will have a chance to speak first-hand with the man who is leading the transformation of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). Marc Renaud, president of the SSHRC, will be at McMaster Tuesday, April 6. Renaud is travelling across the country during March and April visiting academic institutions and meeting with university stakeholders as part of SSHRC's transformation process. The federal body, which funds research in the humanities and social sciences at universities across the country, is engaging key stakeholders in discussions to develop a new blueprint for the organization and to increase and improve dialogue between the council and its stakeholders. The council aims to expand and improve its current programs and adopt new structures to better serve the research community over the next 25 years.