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posted on March 22: Outstanding professors honoured with MSU teaching awards

Some of McMaster's most outstanding professors were recognized earlier this week for their contribution to undergraduate education. The McMaster Students' Union Teaching Awards committee (TAC) held their annual awards ceremony in which one professor from each faculty/program was presented with an MSU Faculty Award for Teaching. (Click on read more for a complete list of award winners.) Other awards that were presented at the ceremony were the MSU Merit Awards for new professors. This year's recipients were Pippa Lock from chemistry and Doug Boreham from medical physics & applied radiation. Philosophy professor Sam Ajzenstat was recognized for his remarkable contributions to McMaster during 38 years of teaching with the prestigious MSU Lifetime Achievement Award for Teaching.

posted on March 21: Three candidates vie for staff representative seat on Board of Governors

Three members of the non-teaching staff have been nominated for election to the University's Board of Governors. They are: Barb Campbell (the incumbent), department manager, computing & information services Jim McAndrew, reactor technologist, McMaster nuclear reactor, and Dale Schenk, director, Centre for Continuing Education. The candidates' resumes are now posted on the Board of Governors Web site at http://www.mcmaster.ca/bog/elections. After clicking on the link go to the section for Non-Teaching Staff Election. The election will be conducted online between 9 a.m., Wednesday, April 3 and 4:30 p.m., Friday, April 5. The elected member will represent McMaster's non-teaching staff on the Board of Governors for a three-year term commencing July 1, 2002. (End of story)