2006-03-16. MUN Gazette, vol. 38, no. 11

              Memorial
f University of Newfoundland
Gazette
March 16, 2006
Volume 38 Number 11
Publication Mail
Registration No. 40062527
A Memorial University of Newfoundland Publication
Inside
Keep it down
The QEII Library rolled out a
new Quiet Campaign last week,
aimed at putting a lid on noise
created in the library. Officials
want to cut down the amount
of chatter in open areas and is
banning the use of cellphones,
except in designated zones.
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Beam me in
Cutting edge video conference technology lets Dr. Carolyn
Walsh teach a course from across campus in real time. It's
part of a pilot project to test video equipment which allows
students to see their professor and ask questions just as if
they were in a classroom.
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Shout it out
Grad students Meghan Beresford
and Tomasz Mrozewski have
thrust themselves into the world
of literary publishing with a new
journal, Zeugma.
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Warming trend ahead
A multidisciplinary research group has been examining the
results of climate change in the highlands of Labrador. The
team includes students, faculty and researchers from Biology,
Geography and Environmental Science.
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Golden touch
Canada's gold medal winning Olympic
curling team visited the Field House on
the St. John's campus March 7. Brad
Gushue, Mark Nichols, Jamie Korab and
Mike Adam answered questions from the
crowd, and then Mr. Gushue and others
signed autographs for some of the
hundreds on hand.
Donation valued at over $1.3 million
Gift creates generous entrance scholarships
BY WADE KEARLEY
IT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT TO IMAGINE a legacy
that can be more meaningful than one that offers hope and
tangible encouragement to future generations. But that is
exactly what Dr. Warren and Catherine Ball have done in
perpetuity with the bequest of their entire estate, valued at over
$1.3 million, to Memorial University of Newfoundland.
The gift will be used to create the Warren and Catherine
Ball Memorial FntratKv Scholarships valued at approximately
$7,500 per year for up to four years of study to students
entering Memorial University for the first time. This scholarship will be awarded on the basis ol scbolarsbipstandingby
the senate committee on undergraduate scholarships and
financial aid. The number of annual scholarships will be
based on a portion ol the annual income as per the awards
program spending policy.
A ceremonial cheque was presented Thursday, March 16,
at a campus event, the Legacy Tea, sponsored by Alumni
Affairs and Development to recognize those who have made
a bequest to Memorial University. Presenting the cheque to
Memorial President Dr. Axel Meisen, on behalf of the late Dr.
and Mrs. Ball, was their great grand niece Katherine Taylor-
Hood, aged three years, and grand nephew Christopher Ball,
aged nine years. Christopher's mother Donna Ball is the
manager of fn ial ice and adi ninistration in the School of Music.
Born in Badger, Newfoundland, Warren Ball was one of
three boys and two girls born to Ford and May Ball. During
the Second World War, Dr. Ball served with the Royal
Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. I le earned an
engineering diploma from Memorial University College in
1942, and went on to complete an electrical and engineering
degree at the Technical University of Nova Scotia in 1944.
There he won the Governor General's Medal for outstanding
academic achievement. In 1946 he earned a master's degree
in applied science from the University of Toronto where he
met his future wife, Catherine Green, a graduate of library
science.
In 1957 Dr. Ball received a doctoral degree in electrical
engineering from Cornell University. He went on to work for
Bell Telephone Laboratories in a division of the company
concerned with technology for the aerospace program. His
see BALL GIFT on page 3
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