UNIVERSITY 9PGUELPH Volume 35 Number 27 July 24, 1991 Inside: Weed wizard wins Gillespie top teacher - again! Acting CSS Hilliard Award • . 3 Prof. Terry Gillespie, Land Resource Vice-Pres ident Jack MacDonald in Science, has been na med 199 1 support of the nomination. "He has an dean named Friends of the forest 3 Canadian professor of the year by the extraordinary commitment to teach- Council for Advancement and Sup- ing," Prof. Ernest Dalrymple-Alfo rd, Hot off the grill: Scenes port of E du c~ t io n (CASE). The U.S.- Undergraduate student Goretty Psychology. has been named ac· from the Community based council presented the award Dias wrote that G illespie 'llas a ting dean of the College of Social Barbecue . 5 July 15 al its annual meeting in presence that says that he is com- Science. His term wi ll run until Montreal. pletely committed to his work and to Aug. 31, 1992, the nonnal ex pi ry Back to the ST ART . 5 This is the six th recog niti o n peopl e.'' date of the la te Dean John Gillespie has received fo r hi s teach- Gillespie graduated wi th a B.Sc. in Vanderkamp's term of offi ce. A Arboretum grows in new search will be initiated in the fa ll to directions . 8 ing. He also holds the 1991 John Bell mathematics and physics fro m the Award for Educati o n, the J 990 University of British Columbia in fi ll rhe position. says Prof. Jack Central Student Association Teach- 1962 and completed an MSA in MacDonald, vice-president, aca· ing Excellence Award, a 1988 3M meteorology at the University of de mic. Teaching Fellowship, the 1986 OAC Toronto in 1963. P rof. No r man G ib bins, Alumni Association Distinguished He worked for two years as a Microbiology, will become the Teaching Award and the 1984 U of meteorologist and completed his PhD new directo r of AKADEMl A, G Faculty Association Distinguished in agricultural meteorology at U ofG. serving initially to June 30, l 992, Professor Award. In 1968, he joined wh at was to be- Terry Gilles pie th e no rm a l expiry d a te o f Gillespi e's no minato rs fo r the come the De pa rtment of La nd Vanderkamp's term. He will then CASE award cited his effectiveness in Resource Science. CASE began its Canadi an professor be eligible to have the term renewed, the classroom, his accessibility and Gillespie says his a pproach to of the year program in 1986 to recog- helpfulness to students, his role as co- teaching ha s changed a lot over the MacDonald also announced that ni ze fac ulty for outstanding contribu- Prof. lain Campbell, dean of the director of the University College past 23 years. tions to the lives and careers of under- Project and his efforts to encourage "I used to deliver the facts," he says. College of Physical and Engineer- graduate students and fo r service 10 others to become better teachers. ..Now I try to teach principles. I really ing Science, is the designated dean "(He) has been making outstanding like to help my students learn how to their ins1itu1ions and lhe teaching of the Fac ulty of Environm en1 al Sciences. One of his rnsks is to contributions to high-quality teach- solve problems, then they can study profession. fi rs r ing for many years and is providing the facts for themselves. Education As part of the recognitio n, Gillespie co nduct a Unive rsity-wide search fo r a campaign lo fill the posit ion exceptional leadership across the en- should develop the mind, not just stuff receives a $5,000 award fu rnished by o r associa te dean, as recom- tire University," wrote Academic the memory." Merck Frosst Canada Inc . 0 mended by Senate. 0 Summer Pressure camp still on for offers academic sound building U of G co ntinues 10 press the provincial government fo r capital funding 10 build training a proposed $2 1-million academi c building. by Roberta Franchuk The 6,000-square-metre building, lo be located near the MacKinnon build- o r many students, summer ing, the Uni versity Centre and 1he beef Fmeans getting a job, travelling or barn, is needed to accommodate the maybe suntanning on the beach. For University's dramatic increase in un - Joann a G'froerer. however, it means dergraduate enrolment and to provide Oute practice with some of the best a central foc us fo r environmental ac- young musicians in Canada. tivities (See Al Guelph Feb. 6). G'froerer, a 19-year-old music stu- The Mi n istry o f Coll eges a nd dent from Vancouver, is one of 83 Members of the brass section of lhe National Youth Orchestra rehearse. Photo by Roberta Franchuk Universities recently announ ced thal student s from across the country who several un iversities will receive fund - are gathered at U of G for the annual kids, to maintain ties," Meyer says. some time off, but we'd ra 1her stay in ing fo r capital projec1s, but Guelph six-week summer camp of the Na- orchestra. Life at the camp is hard This is the NYO's fi rst year a1 U of r oo m ~ tional Youth Orchestra. The NYO has work, consisting of"leaming a lot and our and practise." was no1 among them. G. In prev ious years, lhe orches tra The orches1ra will perform on cam- bee n training young mu sicians fo r or- practising a lot," says G'froe rer. U of G had asked MCU to prov ide a was located at Queen's Universily, pus July 26 and Aug. 4 a1 8 p.m. in $ 14- million capital grant toward s chestral careers since 1960. The teaching is o f the hi ghest bul renovati ons bein g done there "Our pool of people is the cream of quality, says Meyer. "A typical NYO War Me mori al Hall. The July 26 con- construction of the building. The made a move necessary. A survey of the crop of youth orchestras across teacher is a long-time member of a cert will feature From Under th e Unive rsity would provide $7 million th e country," says NYO direclor symphony orchestra or is retired, and Ontario universities put Guelph at the Over111re by Schipizky. Nocwmes: fo r the bu ilding from fun ds raised from 1op of the list fo r the new location, he Hubert Meyer. "And our producl is is also teaching at a uni versity. Quite Nllages. Fe1esby Debussy. Dea 1li a11d private sources. and belween $6 mil - says. ultimately quite comparable to lhe a fe w or them have 50 years of ex- Transfigllrolion, Op11s 24. by Strauss. lion and $ 12 million to renovate va- perience in the bu s in es~. That's wh at Meyer and the orchestra's fac ulty cated space in Day Ha ll and 1hc Hor- product of a major sy mphony or· Uewe11a111 Kije Suite, Op 11 s 60, by chestra." we're trying to do, lake this vast give the Uni versity high mark s fo r its t ic u 11 u ra l Sc ie nce buildi ng for Prokofi ev and Capriccio Espagnol. Competition for pl aces in the camp amoun1 of ex perience th at has been leaching and perfo rmance space, as undergradu ate teaching and research. by Rimsky-Korsakov. is fi erce. Each year, hundreds of amassed and transfer it so that it is not well as its "human comfo rt s" - hous- Op11s 34, President Brian Segal says he is "ex- musicians between the ages of 14 and lost." ing and food. The NYO is considering The Aug. 4 concert will fea ture tremely upset.. 1hat U of G did not 26 audition fo r the limited number of Studenls gain experience bo th by making Guelph its perm anent loca· Symphony No. 6 i11 8 minor, Op 11s 74, receive support fo r the project and that spots. Among the38 students selected pl ay in g and listening. The orches tra tion, a decision that should be made by T ch a ik ovsky, Tw1ge 111s b y he does not understand the minis1ry's this year from Ontario is Guelph cel- has several concerts scheduled fo r in a few months. he says. Freedm an and Picff1r es from an Ex- rationale on why Guelph did not make July and Augusl, both on campus and The students, however, are ke pi so list Cyrena Huang. hibition by Mussorgsky. thi ~ round. busy, 1hey don't get much chance 10 Once the camp begins, the workday around southern Ontario. Tickets are $7 general, $5 fo r SIU· "We will continue to pres.sure 1he Conce rts held earlier this month on check out the amenitie."i, says Meyer. fo r the students may be 12 hours long, de nls and se niors. and are available government," hesays.'"Wedesperately campus fea tured perfo rm ances by Bass pl ayer Gill es Neault. 25, or with theory classes and private les- 1hrough the Depar1men1 of Music, need the space the academic building a~ NYO alumni and fa cult y. '"fhealumni Montreal, agrees. "I haven't seen too sons, as well rehearsals in chamber would prov ide." 0 groups, in sections and with the full li ke to come back and pl ay fo r lhe much," he says ..