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Re: FAST, not connex Re: Submitting grades: brain dead FAST: do not submit real numbers

Posted on December 21, 2014 by pan

v00# works better when importing xls from connex to fast, and thebuild-in function round(), or roundup() or rounddown() based onpreference, in excel or openoffice can work around the problem andcreate a new column satisfying fast. of course, it’s better eitherconnex … Continue reading →

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Is it real?

Posted on December 8, 2014 by pan

A prof == 200k/year?! http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/imperial-college-professor-stefan-grimm-was-given-grant-income-target/2017369.article

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Re: We’re number 173!

Posted on October 5, 2014 by pan

certainly admins care a lot—that’s why we were asked to see the list even before it was released šŸ˜‰ we are back in 200! also the ups/downs in canada, if that matters: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/incoming/university-ranking/article20874276/ “now we have made it; next is how to … Continue reading →

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Re: CBC Article about University Teaching

Posted on September 12, 2014 by pan

while on their website, happen to see they mean to increase the mil-ratefrom 5 to 7.5, or 0.5% to 0.75% of whatever the base is. cheers btw, are students informed they will be taught by whoever the universityindeed pays to … Continue reading →

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Re: Membership Communications

Posted on September 12, 2014 by pan

typo for dtb a102? http://www.uvicfa.ca/special-view/meetings/ “UVic Faculty Association reminds members that we will holding an OrdinaryGeneral Meeting on September 15, 2014 from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at theDavid Turpin Building in Room A102.” hope uvicfa can fix the typo … Continue reading →

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Re: Nominations for Associate Dean Research

Posted on February 22, 2014 by pan

of course, it’s always possible to have students with even higherintegrity than their supervisor, but this does not mean proceduralsafeguards are not necessary. why conflict-of-interest provisions? ps: btw, no matter how the adr is selected, please revive the graduateinnovation forum … Continue reading →

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Re: Nominations for Associate Dean Research

Posted on February 18, 2014 by pan

having a grad student, whose supervisor clearly indicated the plan for theĀ 2nd term, probably won’t be fair for the incumbent, for the possibleĀ competitors, and even for the student

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[csc466/579] term project demo&presentations

Posted on December 3, 2013 by pan

as announced, this friday (dec 6) we will have the term project demo andpresentations for csc466/579, from 9:30am in ecs660. each project/team has20 minutes in total, including a 15 minutes presentation (demo included),3 minutes q&a, and 2 minutes turnaround&buffer. ecs660 … Continue reading →

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introducing angela pan

Posted on May 15, 2013 by pan

Lin delivered a baby girl (3,478g and 52cm) monday 1:46am at vgh. both the mom and baby are doing fine now this time, the process is much faster and more intense—we are also trying to learn from the experience and do better … Continue reading →

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Re: Update on dealing with budget cut related to

Posted on March 18, 2013 by pan

thanks a lot for the coordination and update. also most of ourresearch funding (even that from nserc) should have indirect cost oroverhead directly sent to or withheld by the university, shared betweenthe vpr and dean’s offices. we probably can also … Continue reading →

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