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"The decrease in enrol- ment by young women in computer studies programs at both the high school and post-secondary level is alarming," said Sandy Gra- ham, of UW's Computer Science High School Lai- son office, WLU names new dean of graduate studies owland Smith, vice- Riiiiiiir?, academic at Wilfrid Laurier Univer- sity. announced today the appointment of Adele Rein- I prompt service will minimize damage I we work with you and/or your insurance company - all that remains is the memory EMERGENCY CLEANUP Nobody Cleans Better Than Steam-tic! (519) 893-0046 VMerie Fulton 24-Hour Service "The LW. Graham CS Seminar is our attempt to get these talented students excited about the area of computer science. Given the size of the problem, ide- ally we would like to expand this program in the future so we can reach more of the 900-plus appli- cants," she added. Currently there is a very low percentage of female students studying comput- er science. At UW, the percentage has dropped to below 20 per cent from 33 per cent in the late 1980s, Graham Seminar application forms were sent to math teachers across Canada "in hopes of getting bright Grade 9 and 10 girls to come on campus to learn about computer science," she said. From the 40 students selected, there are at least hartz as dean of graduate studies. Reinhanz will serve a five-year term starting July Reinhartz served as two from every province and two of the territories. "It is our mandate to make computer science accessible. interesting and relate it to useful outcomes as much as possible in the sessions," Graham said. "We are hoping to intro- duce these girls to comput- er science at a time when they are starting to make decisions about their future areas of study," she added. The program will feature lectures. labs and hands-on activities presented by pro- fessors, lecturers and grad- uate students from the School of Computer Sci- ence. Also planned are visits to Research in Motion (RIM), Sportsworld. Stratford and a social with female under grad and grad students after a career panel discus- sion. The seminar is named after the late Prof. Wes Gra- McMaster's associate dean of graduate studies from 1995 to 1999, and has been a tenured professor in the department of religious studies since 1997. She began lecturing in 1981 at the University of Toronto and moved to McMaster in 1987 to become an assistant professor. "Having served as an associate dean before, Adele Reinhartz has an excellent understanding of graduate studies and its mission," Smith said. "With this background, she is in an excellent posi- tion to further develop our programs." One of Reinhanz's initial challenges lies in increasing graduate programs, both in number and size, to keep ham, known as the "father of computing at Waterloo," who made many innovative contributions to UW and to Canada's computer indus- try. He created the comput- ing infrastructure that has made UW's name synony- mous with computing and computer science through- out the world. Graham led teams of experts who created the software that established UW's world-renowned rep- utation in computing. Also, he established the model used so successfully in cre- ating many of the spin-off computer companies from the university's research and innovation. RIM is sponsoring the seminar's opening pack- ages and Air Canada is the official airline. with the cost of transportation for the participants covered by the endowment. pace with the rapidly expanding undergraduate student body. She'll explore the feasibility of expanding existing programs and of creating new ones - alone or in partnership with other universities. Another priority will be to secure some of the new research funds being made available by the provincial and federal governments. Laurier has expanded its research plan to reflect emerging and future clus- ters of scholarly activity. Reinhartz will also attempt to build on strengths in basic and applied research and further develop the infrastructure by seeking funds in existing competitions and increas- ing iaurier's involvement in provincial. national and international research net- works. Reinhanz graduated from the University of Toronto with an Honours BA in religious studies, then completed her master's and Phi) at McMaster, She takes over from Barry McPherson, who steps down after serving 15 years as dean Adele Reinhnrlz WLU dean ofgmdume studies