LFS Today Sept 8, 2022
By imelda cheung on September 8, 2022
Thank you and Farewell Sofia Antoniou – our operations and safety assistant!
I would like to take this opportunity to thank Sofia Antoniou, our operations and safety assistant work learn student, for her tremendous support and contributions over the summer. Sofia has been instrumental to the LFS operations team in all the safety related work, conducting office and laboratory inspections in both MCML and FNH, cleaning and reorganizing laboratory space, walk in cold room and freezer space in the FNH pilot plant facility, processing weekly the LFS General Guide submissions ensuring all the training requirements are up-to-date, updating the safety data sheets for our research and teaching labs to meet WorkSafeBC standards, and many more. Besides the safety aspects, Sofia is also very artistic, helping us design many posters for use in the general building area and in laboratory spaces. She has also supported the development of vehicle user video, from preparing the scripts and slide decks, recording the clips, to editing the voice over, making sure that all the important faculty vehicle policy, user etiquette and responsibilities are included for our vehicle users.
Sofia will be leaving our faculty to embark a new adventure in Pharmacy. I wish her all the best as she continues to enjoy her journey at UBC. |
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Random Acts of Recognition
Congratulations to Random Acts of Recognition recipient:
Dan Naidu, who has been going above and beyond for a number of weeks helping sort out an admin issue. He has jumped in and gone well out of his way to help sort everything out. Dan has many different competing priorities, so his attention and care is extra appreciated.
To nominate a faculty member, staff or graduate student that’s been doing an outstanding job or has gone above and beyond in some way, send an email to lfs.recognition@ubc.ca and tell us why this person should be recognized. We’ll send them a $6 Starbucks gift card and acknowledge their good work in LFS Today |
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Teaching Theory Thursday
Have students reflect and respond to learning objectives. “Asking students to respond to the learning objectives also ensures that they know what the objectives say and mean, or alerts you to the need to clarify the objectives if the students struggle to articulate their response.”
– Darby & Lang, 2019, Small Teaching Online, p. 19
Brought to you by The Learning Centre. |
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Events
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Today – Dr. Vassilis Kontogiorgos, Candidate for Assistant or Associate Professor position in Food Science – Research Seminar
Food Material Science: Material Characterisation and Structure Analysis
September 8, 9:30–11:00 am
Earth Sciences Building 1012 – 2207 Main Mall
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Register here:
https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5UpfuGorz0vGNIflI39rIASJ_5kMXRp3ewZ |
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Sept. 14 – BC Council for International Cooperation: Volunteer Opportunity
As a network of over 100 members, the BC Council for International Cooperation seeks to provide opportunities for British Columbians to engage with global issues. BCCIC is currently looking for qualified volunteers to join the Climate Change Branch, a youth-led division that empowers and engages young people in the international climate action space. Volunteer positions extend across roles in policy analysis, communications and project management to support the Branch’s operations.
Check out the BCCIC Opportunities page for a list of all available volunteer positions and application information. The submission deadline for applications is September 14, 2022 at 11:59 PM PST. |
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Sept. 30 – Active research funding opportunities
The submission deadline for all calls is September 30. One-page proposals can be submitted online via the Halo application form which should take less than an hour to complete. If you have any questions, please reach out to James Wang at j.wang@ubc.ca |
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