Appointments
The Board of Governors approved the appointment of academic and administrative posts at its Nov. 28 meeting.         Michael Fox will serve a two-year term as chair of Environmental and Resource Studies from July 1, 1998, and Joan Vastokas, a six-month term as acting director of the Anthropology Department's graduate program.

        John Burbidge's term as associate vice-president of student services has been revised to span the period from July 1, 1996 to Dec. 31, 1997. Paul Thomson will succeed him Jan. 1, 1998 and continue as registrar. Burbidge continues as assistant to the president and Odyssey (Datatel) project leader to June 30, 1998, a position he has held since July 1, 1996. From Jan. 1, 1998, the position will be 0.3 administrative and 0.7 academic.

Holiday hours at Bata Library
Bata Library will be closed Dec. 24 through to and including Jan. 3.

        (The rest of the university will be closed Dec. 24 through to and including Jan. 4)

        Regular library hours will be maintained up to and including Dec. 13 and resume Jan. 5. In between, Bata Library will be closed Dec. 14; open Dec. 15-19 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; closed Dec. 20 and 21; open Dec. 22 and 23 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; closed Dec. 24-Jan.3; open Jan. 4 from 1 to 5 p.m.

Clarification
The base map used to generate the map on page 1 of the Nov. 20 Fortnightly was created and supplied to the nature areas committee by Trent's Physical Resources staff. It is not the first electronically generated base map of Trent's campus. Student Hussein Alidina generates maps for the committee as it develops its stewardship plan and for faculty on demand for teaching purposes. He uses data from various sources -- including Physical Resources, student projects and a natural inventory of vegetation communities in nature areas identified by Rosita Ben Oliel -- compiled and entered into the ARC/INFO geographical information system by several people over the past few years. Michael Fox is an environmental sciences and biology professor and Roger Jones, a biology professor.

Alumni on council
Henry Clarke makes seven the number of Trent alumni who won municipal positions in the Nov. 10 election. He was elected alderman for Monaghan Ward.

        Sylvia Sutherland, mayor for a third time in Peterborough, is an external member of Trent's Board of Governors.