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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 24 Nov 1999, p. 21

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Snyder & Associates, located at 32 King St. N. in Waterloo, will present a one-day work- shop Dec. 11, entitled Market- ing Your Skills In the New Working World, to teach par- ticipants how to survive and thrive in the world of tempo- tary, contract, short-term, sea- sonal and part lime employment. A $2.5 million gift from Stu liabank will allow the UW to create a software engineering degree program and expand tts computer courses lo prepare more people for high-technol- ogy careers. The partnership will result m the first degree program of IG kind In Canada in which two departments, computer science and electrical and computer engineering, play equal roles, As well, it will be a pan of a planned expansion of UW's departments. "We need strong growth in our high-tech capabilities to help keep Canada's competi- Snyder & Associates hosts skills marketing workshop Scotiabank/UW join forces to address shortage of computer professionals Xollabank and the Umver, suy of Waterloo are Jommg forces m a new project aimed at enhancing the slulis of gradu- ates In the computer dascv. plmes and addressing the shortage of computer profes- sionals Workshop participants will Maura” Ia Arm-almanac“:- ECLI PARTS SPECIALS! '"i""NgMRShsra, "g'EiiiiiiRr,i?iEfir2fiftTt 1:335 an iiiiiiiii'. CEiXifirirEErEEl TTTTiiaiF7iiltiiiWaT, s"a'h'tattflt 'ttlt leam how to profit from the changing work economy; plan a career strategy", negotiate their salary or me of pay, ben- efits, etc; know their legal rights and responsibilities: write their own employment contract or letter or agreement; determine how much money their skills are worth; explore the possibilities of self-employ- ment or freelancing, and mar- The undergraduate software engineering program, which will be part of UW's co-opera- Ilve education program in which students ahemate acad, emic and salaried work terms, will enroll 100 first-year stu- dents who will be directly admitted from high schools each year. The students gradu- ttve edge," sod Peter Godsoe, chairman and CEO of Scotia- bank "ln an era of globalua- uon and enormous scientific change. tt Ls Important to ttam, challenge and uOze the best and brightest resources m soft» ware and computer sumac so Canada can be a world leader" “Mr Y/i-iid iCriid 'lliiililiilaiii.-'i,_'i'l $9.93 ' um um» m, Willi r&- 'e If?!) PM Bod-71 W 1 mu m m cm Scam" "TMO Call 519-725-3676 to regis- ter and fmd em details about the workshop hours and loca- "on, Those interested should neg- ister early as there are limited spaces available. ket skills m a competitive work environment, This workshop IS sponsored by Human Resources Develop- ment Canada "The Scotiabank-UW part- nership, as well as greatly assnsung us lo expand our computer departments, will result In more top-quality grad- uates who have had on-the-job training m one of Canada's most Important strategic resource areas," said UW presi- dent David Johnston. "We are simply delighted to beneht from Scotiabank's lead- ership in building the new dung from Jus program wnll recewe a bachelor of software mgmetnng degree UW Will also Inmate a new professional master's degree program In software engineer- mg Planned IS a one-year pro- gram for those who are working m the software indus try and who do not have for- mal training. as well as for others who have a degree but would benefit from further education in this area. LEASE to own $40.03/mo JtuiairitTirr6iia-iai. a.“ .8orBttam .tttV ~~Il 4.368 Ultra DMA Hard Drive at» 80mm (P6100) tl' Mom-rhonrd " else CPU Fan I”! Video Card MX Ell-Rom MW '7 ntt7ittitttaiitE-tNTir%tji0F, Donna-Jr) PENTIUI 133 $277 PENTIUM 200 $447 FEM PRO 200 $497 TCEuT am PT! ltd-on Curt ma VII-whi- “In Can. an “all! no -iremhetr. economy," he added, "We are proud of the umversrty's actuevements In computer teaching and research, We were one of the first mums:- ttes in North America lo make computers available to all our students, and today computers are an essential part of our teaching, learning and LEARNING CENTRES” {a BACK TO “H00” Alarmed slink.“ " V90 in cunt/Mun 15" SAMBUNG Marmot MM Kuhn"! P32 Home & Pad - 3'5" Floppy Drive mus“ BttiCdiUiiii Fiaa E t'a'T l 47 227 477 497 . Windows on SE . and Warm Sam ' - Pc-CIllin Ami-VIII: Mf AIRDUCI' CIEANING .remoerniaxxiap'cdttstmites .removeuptot12%qfthe mikiew,moldandboaeriaair contaminants Itkmerenergycosts 'hekxtmstaticJittersmuiiaNe “In; tE 1Mi' y s Mr, Giannini mu A who on "-iTtaan iBlf'..it 1“. j,'rlirte, T - $597 UPGRADE SPE Qh3 Mih' NobodyClu-sleuermw 'WV..IIIC~ MIME! 'ALLLIWUH (519) 893-0046 WATERLOO 725-3577 Callus uni-urn cud-rum nmmw vm Panama 21

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