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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 24 Sep 2003, p. 14

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She will receive her award and address the ceremony for graduates in applied health sciences and arts, beginning at 10 a.m. in UW‘s Physical Activities Complex. During her career, Wallin launched a TV proâ€" duction company as well as being a bestâ€"selling author, a master of the telâ€" evision interview and a cancer survivor who spread the word about her own battle with the disâ€" ease. The Saskatchewanâ€" born journalist â€" has worked as a reporter covâ€" ering Ottawa politics for The Toronto Star and CTV. 30â€"50* Pamela Wallin, who strived throughout her media career to make polâ€" itics and culture more accessible to the public, will be presented with a Doctor of Laws (LLD). She was also coâ€"host of CTV‘s Canada AM and CBC‘s Prime Time News. Until her appointment as Canada‘s Consul General in New York, Wallin was host of Pamela Wallin‘s Talk TV, produced by her own company. 3071 She has served on UW‘s board of governors and is a strong supporter and dedicated advocate of UW and postâ€"secondary eduâ€" cation. Also receiving an honâ€" orary degree at the mornâ€" ing ceremony is John Hobâ€" day, director of the Canaâ€" da Council for the Arts. He is considered a leader in the fields of broadcasting, arts and culâ€" ture, advocacy and philanâ€" thropy since emigrating to Canada from Britain in 1952. Hobday will receive a Doctor of Letters (DLitt}. He has produced and directed more than 700 radio dramas. Also, he has served as theatre director of the Confederation Centre in Charlottetown, adminisâ€" trative director of the Nepâ€" tune Theatre in Halifax, national director of the Canadian Conference of the Arts and executive director of the Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Foundaâ€" tion. Hobday played a key role in UW‘s Centre for Cultural Management, an innovative program proâ€" viding management skills to cultural institutions. At the convocation cerâ€" emony for graduates in engineering, environmenâ€" tal studies, independent studies, mathematics and science, Prof. Maria Klawe will receive a Doctor of Mathematics (DMath) and cour" PY"eÂ¥12 B r 1Â¥ o n will be reduced by 25% from September 30 AN CORNER u g b y Tuesday, September 30. 4pm â€" 8pm T RUNK SH OW all in stock Rugby North America merchandise mo851 address the graduates, beginning at 2 p.m. in UW‘s Physical Activities Complex. A researcher, university administrator and advoâ€" cate for women in the mathematical and compuâ€" tational sciences, Klawe is currently dean of engiâ€" neering and applied sciâ€" ence at Princeton Univerâ€" sity. Previously a science dean at the University of British Columbia, she has made significant contribuâ€" tions in several areas of mathematics and computâ€" er science, including funcâ€" tional analysis, discrete mathematics, theoretical computer science and interactiveâ€"multimedia for math education. Klawe has been interâ€" ested in working to bring women into mathematical and computational sciâ€" ences. For example, she has studied how to write eduâ€" cational software that appeals to girls and young women. At the afternoon cereâ€" mony, Prof. William Milne, who has made major conâ€" tributions to the engineerâ€" ing and science communiâ€" ties, will receive a Doctor of Engineering (DEng). As head of the electrical engineering department at the University of Camâ€" bridge, Milne leads the Nanoscale Science and Semiconductor Research Group. wmenswea 883 8776 www erbancorner com 2 king street north waterloo at arts and ling in the wmtarton Note! buiding His contributions to the field have set the benchâ€" mark in thin film technolâ€" ogy for large area elecâ€" tronics on glass and plasâ€" tic. Also receiving an award â€" Doctor of Science (DSc) â€" is scientist Abraham Halevy, the Wolfson Famiâ€" ly Professor of Ornamental Horticulture (Emeritus) in the faculty of agriculture at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is one of the most prominent scientists in the world in the area of the physiology of plant growth and development, including regulation of growth and flowering (especially in flower crops), along with the introduction of new plants as potential flower crops and growth in floriculture. The "Honorary Member of the University" title will be bestowed on Annick and Roland LeCorre, volâ€" unteer hosts of the Trentâ€" Waterlo o â€" To ro n t o Exchange Program at the University of Nantes in France, and on Prof. Peter Roe, a founder of the sysâ€" tems design engineering department. At convocation, UW will present the "Distinâ€" guished Professor Emeriâ€" tus" title to Prof. Peter Silâ€" veston, who joined the university in 1963 as an associate professor in the department of chemical engineering and retired in 1997 as a full professor. October 31

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