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Posted on July 29: McMaster appoints new Board of Governors’ chair

Edward Buffett has taken the seat of Board of Govenors' chair. The president and CEO of Buffett Taylor & Associates Ltd. was elected by McMaster's Board of Governors to succeed Edward Minich, who served as chair since 2001. As chair of McMaster's highest governing body, Buffett will lead the Board on matters pertaining to the administrative governance of the University. Buffett also is chairman of Wellness Councils of Canada, past chair of the Whitby General Hospital and Durham Community Foundation. Donald M. Green, who for the past 35 years has been president & CEO Tridon Ltd., was appointed vice-chair of the Board. He is currently chairman and CEO Greenfleet Ltd., a private investment company, deputy chairman CGU Group Canada Ltd. and chairman Avista Software Corporation. Minich is president and CEO of Otis Canada. He served as Board chair at McMaster University for the past two years. Minich was inducted to the McMaster Alumni Gallery in 2000 and became the Wayne C. Fox Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient in 2002. He continues to serve on the Board as an Alumni representative. The one-year appointments took effect on July 1, 2003.

Posted on July 28: Daily News retrofit integrates new, innovative features

One day, when you come into work and click on your internet browser, the Daily News home page is going to look quite a bit different. McMaster's top news and information will still be there, but it will be cleaner and easier to navigate. New features will be added, and old features will be gone. But before that day comes, McMaster's Office of Public Relations is seeking input from both the McMaster and external community on how to best recreate the Daily News. Launched in 2000, McMaster's award-winning Daily News Web site has become a regular source of news and information for the McMaster community. Some of the new features being considered include an online subscription to a weekly news list; an audio/visual page; an interactive online photo gallery; regular spotlights on faculty, staff and students; and a section devoted to media relations. The new site, which will be incorporated into the University's new Web templates, will be launched this fall. To provide your two cents into the Daily News redesign, click here or visit http://dailynews.mcmaster.ca/ and click on Daily News Survey on the left side of the page.