The Retirees' Newsletter

The Retirees's Association ( Faculty, Librarian, Administrator), University of Windsor, Windsor, Ont. Canada

Vol X No. 3, June 2000

Jim Weese to Be

Dean of Human Kinetics

The faculty in Human Kinetics have voted to recommend Jim Weese as Dean of Human Kinetics effective July 1. Human Kinetics regains its faculty designation under the recent academic restructuring. Human Kinetics is responsible for kinesiology programs and the campus Athletics and Recreational Services programs.

Dr. Weese has been a professor at Windsor since 1986 when he came her from the University of Regina. He was an undergraduate and graduate student at the University of Windsor and has been connected with the university since 1976. He has been Director of the School of Human Kinetics for the past three years. He served as the Coordinator of the Kinesiology Co-operative Education Program, the Coordinator of Campus Recreation and the Acting Director of Athletics and Recreational Services.

Dr. Weese teaches in the area of sport management. His research program is in the area of executive leadership in sport. He also teaches and conducts research in the area of sport marketing. Dr. Weese was recently installed as the president-elect of the Canadian Deans and Directors of University Physical Education/Kinesiology Faculties/Schools.

Special Senate Meetings

On Five-year Plans

The special three-day Senate meetings were held to discuss the second round of academic five-year plans and recommendations from Senate's Academic Planning Committee. Some of the recommendations approved are: Invest in Nursing; Business, Education and Law, Political Science & History to be maintained with increased resources. Economics, Mathematics, Physics, Classical & Modern Languages Literature and Civilizations and French be maintained with fewer resources. Social Work to restore its graduate program.

Eight-Faculty Structure

Takes Effect next Month

The academic administration at the University of Windsor will revert to a faculty structure at the beginning of July, and offices across campus are being advised to prepare for the change.

Already the university web pages have been updated so students seeking program information in order to select courses for this fall can find the information under the new organization.

The current organization with four colleges is being replaced with eight faculties, each headed by a dean. Effective July 1, the academic structure will be:

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Dr. Kathleen McCrone, Executive Dean,

Faculty of Business Administration, Dr. Roger Hussey, Dean,

Faculty of Education, Dr. Ian Crawford, Interim Dean,

Faculty of Engineering, Dr. Graham Reader, Dean,

Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, Dr. Sheila Cameron, Executive Dean,

Faculty of Human Kinetics, Dr. James Weese, Dean,

Faculty of Law, Dr. Bruce Elman, Dean, and

Faculty of Science, Dr. Richard Caron, Interim Dean.

The President's Executive Committee will now include the Executive Dean of Arts and Social Sciences, Dean of Science,

Executive Dean of Graduate Studies and Research, and two other Deans of Faculty on a rotating two-year term basis.

The Academic Management Group (AMG) will include all the faculty deans, the Registrar and Dean of Academic and Student Affairs, the University Librarian, the Associate Vice-President Academic Affairs and the Associate Vice-President Research. The AMG is chaired by the Vice-President Academic. The

President will attend at least every other meeting.

University Invests in Computer Science

To Meet Student Demand,

Job Opportunities

The University of Windsor has invested strategically in its Computer Science programs to meet the growing demand for education leading to opportunities in the burgeoning high tech sector. "This September, Windsor Computer Science students will be in one of the strongest programs in the country," says Dr. Richard Frost, director of Windsor's School of Computer Science. "Our computing environment and team of teachers will stack up against any in Canada."

Frost says the crush of applications first hit Windsor two years ago when computer science enrolment jumped from 300 to 500 undergraduate students. This Fall, undergraduate enrolment in Windsor's Computer Science programs is expected to bound past the 1,000 mark.

Three new computing laboratories with the most up-to-date hardware, software and electronic network connections have been built in the University of Windsor's Essex Hall with $3.9 million from the Ontario government's Access to Opportunities Program (ATOP). While the emphasis is on teaching, the research role of the Computer Science faculty is not being ignored. The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council is funding the research of 90 percent of Windsor's Computer Science faculty. Total funding to advance Computing knowledge through research at Windsor has increased from $205,000 last year to $356,000.

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