U of S : Communications : OCN : Apr 9, 1998

• Peggy McKercher has been re-elected U of S chancellor by acclamation, for an additional three-year term. She has served in the position since 1995, when she replaced Ted Turner. Also elected by acclamation to the University's Senate are James Weseen (re-elected for Melfort-Tisdale) and Trevor Forrest (new for Dundurn-Delisle), both for three-year terms. Running for election in the Maple Creek-Shaunavon district are Irene Ahner and Eileen Hartman. Ballots will be issued in the spring edition of the alumni tabloid The Green & White.

  
  

• Dr. Rick Bunt, of Computer Science, has been appointed acting associate dean (academic) of the College of Arts and Science for the period July 1, 1998, to June 30, 1999.

  
  

• Dr. Marie Battiste, of Educational Foundations, has been appointed to the 21-member board of governors of the International Development Research Centre, a public corporation established in 1970 to help developing countries find solutions to social, economic, and environmental problems through research.

  
  

• Dr. Nick Low, of Applied Microbiology and Food Science, has been appointed chair of NSERC's Plant Biology and Food Science Grant Selection Committee, adjudicating grant applications for the 1998-99 competition.

  
  

• Mike McGillivray, after five years in Computing Services, has been appointed informations systems auditor, Division of Internal Audit, effective April 1, 1998. Initially, he will be involved in the About-US (HRMS) project and the upgrade to the Financial Records System.

  
  

• Professor Ron Sutherland, head, Department of Chemistry, recently returned from an international symposium on the destruction of chemical weapons, held in Munster, Germany, where he presented an invited paper to some 200 experts from North America, Europe, Russia, and Japan.

  
  

• Professor Mel Hosain, of Civil Engineering, will be in China and Pakistan from April 10 to 24 as a member of a five-person delegation for the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering. He will be giving a series of composite construction workshops.

  
  

• James Dobchuk, of Alumni and Development, has taken a position with Cameco Corporation, where he will be working in the Marketing Department.

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