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CAMPUS NOTES Finishing your first year? Time to Navig8 Navig8 is a new Web site aimed at supporting York students as they transition to their next academic year. The Navig8 project gathers need-to-know information in one convenient e-place and provides online tools to help students manage the process and avoid much of the stress that accompanies the move from year to year. Navig8 provides: • A rolling calendar that you can subscribe to so that you may never miss a deadline; To start using Navig8 today, visit the Web site at www.yorku.ca/web/navig8/index.html. Call for slo-pitch participants York Libraries wants feedback on how to best use space To complete the survey, visit the Library Space and Research Needs Survey Web site. IRIS wants feedback on carbon offset programs IRIS is asking faculty and staff for their input and ideas for proposed carbon offset programs and sustainability initiatives that will help them work and conduct research better. The survey takes about five minutes to complete and all answers will remain anonymous. The survey runs until May 1. To complete the survey, visit the IRIS Web site and click on the carbon offsetting survey link. Date set for the installation of R. Roy McMurtry as chancellor New FAQ on Faculty changes at York now available for students To help students understand how the changes will affect them, the University has prepared an expanded list of Frequently Asked Questions and provided a link to additional information. To view the FAQ, see the Jan. 21 issue of Ylife. For further background, visit the Faculty Transition Web site. Nominations are open for the Best Essay Prize in South Asian Studies Submissions may include essays, research papers or creative projects such as creative writing, video essays or multimedia projects. The submissions should not exceed 20 double-spaced pages. All undergraduate faculty members at York are invited to nominate submissions from their courses. Students are also welcome to self-nominate their work for consideration. Submissions will be adjudicated by a committee comprised of the faculty members from the South Asian Studies Program. The deadline for submissions is June 30, 2008. Submissions need to be sent in hard copy, along with details of the course and grade received, to: South Asian Studies Program Office For more information, call the award coordinator, Professor Ananya Mukherjee Reed, at ext. 30095, or e-mail ananya@yorku.ca. York's goSAFE program provides an evening safety service At the Glendon campus, York student safety officers will accompany you by request to your campus destination or bus stop. If you are working late or feeling uncomfortable about getting to your destination on the Keele or Glendon campus, call ext. 55454 and a York student safety officer will walk you to the nearest goSAFE stop for pick up by the shuttle, or they’ll walk you to your destination on campus. At the Keele campus, there are two shuttle routes with 12 goSAFE stops where you can pick up the service approximately every 15 minutes between 6pm and 2am. These stops are considered goSAFE zones, have appropriate lighting and are closed-circuit television monitored with Blue Light Emergency Phones. Click here to see a list of stops and the goSAFE route map. New this academic year, the goSAFE program will also include a pick-up and drop-off location at the Kinsmen Building, until 10:30pm. The service runs seven days a week. From May to August, the hours are 8pm to 2am. The shuttles will run approximately every 15 to 20 minutes at the Keele campus only. For more information about the goSAFE program, call ext. 55454 or visit the goSAFE Web site. Construction continues on Archives of Ontario project Once construction peaks, pedestrian and traffic flows around the project site will be affected. The contractor working on the project will take all necessary precautions to ensure the safety of members of the York community. Precautionary measures include posting warning signs, use of flag persons to direct pedestrians and traffic, and scheduling certain activities at off-peak times. The Archives of Ontario has developed a new section of its Web site devoted to the construction of the new public service facility on York’s Keele campus, which is slated to open in 2009. The new section contains photographs documenting the groundbreaking and construction of the building, and issues of the Archives of Ontario's move-related newsletter, On the Move. Also included on the site is a real-time Web camera focused on the construction site itself. This section of the Archives' Web site will continue to grow and evolve as the building progresses. To access the features, visit the Building Ontario's Memory page. Join York's team on the World Community Grid York has established its own group on the grid, the "York University Research" team. To join the York University Research team, individuals should go to York’s World Community Grid Web page. They will be asked to download and install a free, small software agent onto the computer – either home, school or office. The York page explains how to register as part of the York team. To learn more about York University’s involvement in this global research effort, and for information on how to register and join the York University Research team, visit York’s World Community Grid Web page. Important dates for 2007-2008 are available online To view the updated list of important dates, visit the Registrar's Web site.
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