ASSU is hiring a permanent, part-time Administrative Assistant.  Hours of work is 25 hours/week at $15/hour plus full benefits.  This is a Unionized position with CUPE 1281.

For more information click here – AdminAssistJobPosting

Deadline for applying is WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31st by 5 p.m.

In March, ASSU will be holding elections for next year’s Executive.  We will be electing a President and four (4) Executive Members.  The term of office will start on May 1, 2010.

The ASSU Executive represents the academic concerns for over 26,000 full-time Arts & Science students on the St. George campus.  Their responsibilities include, but are not limited to – holding 4 office hours a week in the ASSU Office, attending Executive meetings every few weeks, reporting at ASSU Council Meetings 6 times a year, sitting on various ASSU committees, representing ASSU at Faculty meetings, helping out with course evaluations, working with and helping out Course Unions, working on ASSU projects and any other academic concerns affecting A&S students that might come up during the year.

If you have the time commitment and the passion, why not consider running for the ASSU Executive!  Any Full-time, Arts & Science Student registered on the St. George campus, or ASSU-fee paying student can run for a position.  Nominations open on Wednesday, February 24^th and close on Wednesday, March 10^th.  Drop by the ASSU Office, SS 1068 to pick up a nomination form or to get more info.

GET INVOLVED!

The Arts & Science Students’ Union (ASSU) is sponsoring this award to recognize outstanding teaching at the undergraduate level in the Faculty of Arts & Science, St. George campus. The award-winning instructor will receive a commemorative plaque and a $500. prize which will go towards a Departmental initiative for undergraduate students.

Criteria for the Award
The award is made on the basis of excellence in teaching and contributions to undergraduate education.  In evaluating nominees, the following criteria are considered:

*Stimulates and challenges students’ intellectual capacity
*Is skillful at communicating the course material to students
*Shows mastery of the subject area
*Is highly accessible to students
*Influences development of students’ intellectual and critical skills
*Does anything else you feel makes them an outstanding educator

Eligibility for the Award
Any instructor who taught or is currently teaching in the 2009-10 academic year is eligible for nomination.  Teaching staff of any rank are considered to be instructors: Full/Associate/Assistant Professors, Senior Lecturer, Lecturer.  Teaching Assistants are not eligible for this award.  Nominees must also be published in the ASSU ANTI-CALENDAR.

Nomination Procedure
Candidates may be nominated by Full-time A&S students registered on the St. George campus only.  Please read carefully and then fill out the reverse side of this form.  Nominations must include a typed letter outlining the merits of the instructor and why you feel they deserve to win the teaching award.  Feel free to attach letters of support.

Nomination forms also available at the ASSU Office – SS 1068.

Deadline for nominations: Monday, March 8, 2010

TeachingAwardNomination

An evaluation summary for JOP 210H1S has been added to the Joint Courses section of the online 2008/09 ASSU Anti-Calendar.  Our apologies to E. Istrate of the Physics Department for the omission.

There were printing errors of  three HMB courses in the new ANTI-CALENDAR.  Our apologies to Dr. French, Dr. Wilson and Dr. Harvey, and to the Human Biology Program.  Please see the attached addendum.

Also,  the correct title for SLA 207Y1Y is Elementary Serbian (not Elementary Russian).

The 2008 Summer ASSU Anti-Calendar is available for pick up in the ASSU Office.   These are reviews of the courses offered last summer – use it to choose your coures for this summer!