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Calendar of Events

July 1, 2007
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July 7, 2007
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Sunday, July 1, 2007
Show only: Arts and Entertainment
Festival 500: Sharing the Voices
Time: 3 p.m.-5 p.m.
Location: Arts & Culture Centre
Description: Opening ceremonies and concert. See www.festival500.com.
Sponsor: Festival 500

Show only: General
Aquarena program changes and cancellations
Time: 6 a.m.-12 p.m.
Location: Aquarena
Description: Due to a swim meet there are some program change and cancellations for the Aquarena from June 29 to July 1. For more information and details on the changes to scheduling please visit http://www.theworksonline.ca/viewnews.php?item=226.
Sponsor: The Works

Show only: Children
Canada Day Celebrations at the Botanical Garden
Time: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Location: MUN Botanical Garden, Mount Scio Road
Description: Everyone is invited to drop by MUN Botanical Garden on Sunday, July 1, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. to enjoy Canada Day Celebrations Family Day Program. A variety of crafts, stories, games, activities, duck-feeding and nature hikes will be provided throughout the day. All children must be accompanied by an adult. For more information, please call 737-8590 or visit the Garden’s website: www.mun.ca/botgarden.
Sponsor: MUN Botanical Garden

Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Show only: Seminars and lectures
Our Energy Future. Scientific and Technological Challenges for the 21st Century
Time: 3 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
Location: Arts & Administration, A-1046
Description: The 2007 Job Visiting Professor is Thomas J. Meyer, Arey Professor of Chemistry, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prof. Meyer will be giving a Public Lecture titled Our Energy Future. Scientific and Technological Challenges for the 21st Century. A reception will follow the lecture. For more information, please visit www.chem.mun.ca.
Sponsor: Department of Chemistry

Show only: Seminars and lectures
Playing it Safe: Service Provider Strategies to Reduce Environmental Risks to Child Health
Time: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Location: Arts and Administration, A-1049
Description: This workshop will share important information about environmental risks to child health, including environmental exposures at home, work, school, and outdoors, in the food we eat, the air we breathe, and the products we use.
Speaker: Myriam Beaulne, Health Promotion Coordinator for the Canadian Partnership for Children\'s Health and Environment (CPCHE). Contact the NLEN at nlen.events@gmail.com or 709-753-7898 to register.
Sponsor: Project Green, the NLEN AND the healthy environment wellness coalition

Wednesday, July 4, 2007
Show only: Seminars and lectures
Water Oxidation and Solar Energy Conversion. How do Green Plants Do It?
Time: 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
Location: Arts & Administration, A-1046
Description: The 2007 Job Visiting Professor is Thomas J. Meyer, Arey Professor of Chemistry, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prof. Meyer will be giving a lecture titled Water Oxidation and Solar Energy Conversion. How do Green Plants Do It? For more information, please visit www.chem.mun.ca.
Sponsor: Department of Chemistry

Show only: Seminars and lectures
Job Visiting Professorship
Time: 3 p.m.-4 p.m.
Location: Arts & Administration, A-1046
Description: The 2007 Job Visiting Professor is Thomas J. Meyer, Arey Professor of Chemistry, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prof. Meyer will be giving a lecture titled Proton Coupled Electron Transfer. A Key Step in Energy Conversion. For more information, please visit www.chem.mun.ca.
Sponsor: Department of Chemistry

Show only: Seminars and lectures
Preventative Health Strategies For Your Garden
Time: 7 a.m.-9 a.m.
Location: Botanical Garden, Mount Scio Road
Description: Gardening workshop with instructor Todd Boland, research horticulturist. This evening workshop will take place both in the classroom and the flower gardens. We will look at developing a healthy landscape as a way of minimizing pesticide use. Emphasis will be placed on good garden maintenance, nutrition and the recognition of early signs of problems before they grow to major spray jobs. We will also briefly review how we use and sometimes abuse pesticides to cure and sometimes cause problems, as well as the range of pesticides available, their toxicity, their applications and their alternatives. For more information, or to register, please call 737-8590.
Sponsor: Botanical Garden

Show only: Research and Scholarship
Grant proposal workshop: Formatting and organizing your CV
Time: 1 p.m.-2 p.m.
Location: Arts & Administration, A-1043
Description: Researchers participating in a SSHRC grant either as principal investigators, co-applicants, or collaborators are required to complete the SSHRC CV. This session will provide section-by-section guidance for preparing the SSHRC web-based CV and attachments. First in a series of 5 related workshops. RSVP by July 2 to theath@mun.ca
Sponsor: Faculty of Arts

Thursday, July 5, 2007
Show only: General
Facilities Management annual barbecue
Time: 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
Location: Toulinguet Close
Description: The social events committee of Facilities Management will be holding its annual barbecue in Toulinguet Close from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Sponsor: Facilities Management

Friday, July 6, 2007
Show only: General
Phd oral defence of Deborah Gregory
Time: 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
Location: Inco Innovation Centre, IIC-2014
Description: Faculty of Medicine; titled Acute Care Reform and Its Implications for Health System and Provider Outcomes.
Sponsor: School of Graduate Studies

Show only: General
Phd oral defence of Hassan Al-Saraierh
Time: 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
Location: IIC-1004, Inco Innovation Centre
Description: Department of Chemistry; titled: Synthesis of new narrow-rim modified calix(4)arenes via Sonogashira coupling reactions, and their photochemistry.
Sponsor: School of Graduate Studies

Show only: MUNdays
Intelligent Speed Control of Interior Permanent Magnet Motor Drives
Time: 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Location: Engineering, EN-4002
Description: PhD oral defence of Casey Butt, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science.
Sponsor: School of Graduate Studies

Saturday, July 7, 2007
Show only: General
Floral Art Show at the Botanical Garden
Time: 12 p.m.-5 p.m.
Location: MUN Botanical Garden, Mount Scio Road
Description: The Floral Art Group of the Newfoundland Horticultural Society will present a floral art show at MUN Botanical Garden on Saturday, July 7 (noon - 5 p.m.) & Sunday July 8 (10 a.m. - 4 p.m.). Admission is free. For more information, please call 737-8590 or visit www.mun.ca/botgarden.
Sponsor: MUN Botanical Garden

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