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

Vol IX, No. 4, October 1999

Welcoming Convocation For First-Year Students

About 2,500 first-year students began their studies at the University of Windsor this fall. That day being University Day One, a series of activities were designed to be an extension of the Head Start orientation of last July and a positive welcoming to the campus.

President Ross Paul invited the students to sign a banner that says Class of 2003. The banner will be lifted to the rafters of the St. Denis Centre at the first basketball game of the season and remain there until it is lowered at Convocation in 2003 when it will be presented to the Alumni Association. A Barbecue and fun activities, outside St. Denis field house, followed the formal convocation.

Hundred New Faculty To Be Hired In The Next Three Years

Beginning immediately with hiring for automotive engineering and the environmental sciences, the University of Windsor will hire more than 100 new faculty over the next three years to sharpen the focus of the institution's academic programs.

"The University of Windsor is moving strategically to build on the strengths that have developed because of our unique location and our partnerships with industries and community groups," says University of Windsor President Ross Paul. "It is critically important that the University of Windsor recruit and retain the best new faculty in what is becoming a very competitive environment."

The aggressive faculty hiring process is being driven by campus-wide academic planning. It is the university's largest hiring effort since its beginnings in the 1960s and 70s, and will bolster the current faculty complement by nearly 20 percent.

Among 16 tenure-track positions to be filled immediately are two appointments in Mechanical and Materials Engineering and a Specialist in Micro-electromechanical Integrated Circuit Design. These positions will support Windsor's NSERC/Daimler Chrysler Chair in Automotive Design and its NSERC/Ford Chair in Materials.

Five new Windsor professors will be hired for the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research. The university is seeking specialists in Ecotoxicology, Environmental Chemical Analysis, Environmental Mineralogy, Conservation Genetics and Environmental Modelling.

Eight other new faculty will fill positions ranging from Creative Writing and Dramatic Art to Inorganic Chemistry, Sports Management, International Relations, Geographical Information Systems, Accounting Information Systems and Nursing.

The 16 are part of 88 new faculty positions to be allocated for hiring over the next three years. The University of Windsor previously announced that 14 faculty are being hired in the School of Computer Science with support from the provincial Access to Opportunities Program (ATOP).

The office of the Vice-President Academic in cooperation with Student Affairs held an Orientation Workshop for newly appointed faculty on September 1 and 2. The orientation workshop for new faculty begins with registration in the Oak Room on Vanier Hall Wednesday, September 1, at 9 a.m.

The University of Windsor has more than 60 new appointees to teaching positions this year. About half will teach in computer science and engineering. Others are in political science, business, dramatic art, education, nursing, philosophy, communication studies, law, music, history, social work, earth sciences, human kinetics and the libraries. Some of the new faculty began work at the University of Windsor earlier this year, and others are starting this fall.

New faculty received a presentation from Academic Vice-President Neil Gold on the university's strategic directions and the Five Year Planning Process. Graduate Studies and Research at the university was presented by Dr. Sheila Cameron, Executive Dean, College of Graduate Studies and Research and Dr. Ronald Barron, Associate Vice-President-Research (Interim).

On Thursday, September 2, new faculty learnt about "Technology in the Classroom" from Don Snider, manager of Design, Development & Research, Division of Instructional Development, and about "Students' Issues and Student Support Services" from Dr. John Corlett, Registrar and Dean of Student and Academic Services

A faculty panel discussion on "Teaching at the University" wrapped-up the orientation.

Recent Administrative Academic Appointments

Dr. Richard Caron of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics has been named Interim Executive Dean, College of Engineering and Science. Dr. Caron's appointment was for six months effective August 1.

Dr. Lesley Lovett-Doust of the Department of Biological Sciences has been appointed Associate Executive Dean, College of Engineering and Science. Her appointment effective July 1 is for three years.

Dr. Veronika Mogyorody of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology is the new Director of the Division for Instructional development for 1999 - 2000.

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