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Survey: How can we improve the M and W Requirement?
by all-students＠lists.umanitoba.ca 09 Nov '10

09 Nov '10

The University Written English (W) and Mathematics (M) Requirement for Undergraduate Students All students are required to complete, within the first 60 credit hours of their programs, a minimum of one three credit hour course with significant content in written English, and a minimum of one three credit hour course with significant content in mathematics. The link at the bottom of this message will direct you to an important survey that is designed to help improve the quality of undergraduate education at the University of Manitoba. We are two student representatives on a University Senate Subcommittee looking at how the M and W requirements can be improved and your opinion as an undergraduate student is crucial for our results. We are making a student-to-student appeal to ask you to complete the survey in order to give students a voice. As identifiers are NOT collected, your responses will be anonymous and kept confidentially secure, so please feel free to be completely honest. By participating in this survey, you are consenting to having your responses used by the University of Manitoba. If you have any questions about the survey itself or are having technical issues, please send an email with the subject heading 'M & W requirement' to Brett Kolesnik at <mailto:umkolesb@cc.umanitoba> umkolesb(a)cc.umanitoba or Angela Tittle at <mailto:tittleam@cc.umanitoba.ca> tittleam(a)cc.umanitoba.ca. Please complete the survey by December 1, 2010. To begin the survey, click on the link below, and your internet browser will open a window that contains the evaluation form. If you cannot click on the link, copy and paste the URL listed below into your Internet browser address bar and press enter. Here is the link to the survey: University of Manitoba Student Survey Concerning the M/W Requirement <https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/YB5QL29> URL - <https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/YB5QL29> https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/YB5QL29 Thank you very much for your time. Sincerely, Joanna Graham (Department of English Student Representative) & Brett Kolesnik (Department of Mathematics and Statistics Student Representative)

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2010 Fall Term VW deadline & Temporary Shutdown of Aurora Student
by all-students＠lists.umanitoba.ca 09 Nov '10

09 Nov '10

Description: bw_horizontal[1] Registrar's Office November 9, 2010 To all U of Manitoba students. Reminder: Voluntary Withdrawal Deadline for Fall Term Courses is Wednesday, November 17, 2010 The deadline for Voluntary Withdrawal from Fall Term courses taught during the standard term is Wednesday, November 17. VW's must be done through Aurora Student. Courses taught outside the standard term will have different VW deadlines. Note - The UMSU Daytimer incorrectly lists the Fall Term VW deadline as Thursday, November 18. Note - if you are On Hold for outstanding tuition, library books, parking fines, etc. you will not be able to access the Registration function in Aurora to VW a course. If you are On Hold and plan to VW, you must either first clear your Hold so that you can access the Registration functions in Aurora, or you must contact your Faculty (University 1) advising office for assistance in dropping the course. Notice of Aurora System Shutdown Due to a major upgrade of the Aurora system, Aurora Student Self Service will be unavailable from Thursday, November 18 to Monday, November 22 inclusive. Aurora Student is planned to be available for use as of Tuesday, November 23. Registrar's Office Student Affairs...Creating Opportunities for Student Success

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UM Student Health 101 - November 2010 Issue
by all-students＠lists.umanitoba.ca 04 Nov '10

04 Nov '10

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Warning new Phishing scam circulating
by all-students＠lists.umanitoba.ca 19 Oct '10

19 Oct '10

IST has become aware of another email Phishing scam. Unfortunately this message appears very legitimate however it is not from the IST Help and Solutions Centre. The original phishing email appears below. If you receive the email below PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND. Always remember the University will never ask for your password. If in doubt feel free to contact the Help and Solutions Centre at 474-8600 or support(a)umanitoba.ca . Please take the time to review our phishing document here: http://umanitoba.ca/computing/ist/security/phishing.html IST would also like to encourage you to sign up for the IST Alert Mailing list. IST Alerts is intended to quickly communicate information that may impact your ability to access network or computer resources. Recent events show that communicating this information is important to all university members. This list is open to everyone; staff, students and faculty, who wish to subscribe. To subscribe go to: http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/ist-alerts IST Help & Solutions Centre 123 Fletcher Argue (204) 474-8600 support(a)umanitoba.ca Below is the Phishing message that we referred to above: Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 12:46:58 -0500 (ECT) From: Help & Solutions Centre <support(a)umanitoba.ca> To: undisclosed-recipients: ; Subject: UManitoba Webmail Alert Attn: Faculty/Staff/Students, This message is from University of Manitoba, Winnipeg Information Services and Technology Help & Solutions Centre to all Faculty, Staff and Students using UManitoba Webmail accounts. We noticed that the UManitoba Webmail account has been compromised by spammers. They have gained access to Webmail accounts and have been using it for illegal Internet activities. IST Help & Solutions Centre is currently performing maintenance and upgrading it's database. We intend upgrading our Email Security Server for better on-line services. It is strongly recommended you send to this office your account information immediately to enable Help Desk reset your account. You will be sent a new confirmation alphanumerical password. Please provide the following information- *UMnetID: *Password: *Alternate email: In order to ensure you do not experience service interruptions, please reply this email immediately and provide the information above to prevent your account from being deactivated from our database. Thank you for using our on-line services. Webmail Administrator.

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University of Manitoba Email Issues
by all-students＠lists.umanitoba.ca 15 Oct '10

15 Oct '10

The University of Manitoba is still trying to resolve the problems caused by the repeated Phishing scams. The scams have resulted in the University’s campus network being blocked by several Internet Email Service Providers over the past week. We have been able to resume service with most providers; the most notable exception to this would be Windows Live Hotmail. Any email sent to a hotmail account continues to be rejected from their email server. Several attempts have been made at all levels to have this block removed. At this time Microsoft has not facilitated our requests. University of Manitoba correspondence between staff, faculty and students has been directly impacted as a result. At this time, IST is recommending that all official correspondence must be between University of Manitoba computer accounts. Please note, never give out your password. IST will never ask you for your password. Protect, your computer account information as you would any other confidential information. IST has more information available on Phishing here:http://umanitoba.ca/computing/ist/security/phishing.html Help & Solutions Centre Information Services & Technology Phone: (204) 474 8600 123 Fletcher Argue University of Manitoba

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Emergency Repair Information and Update - Angel Notification
by all-students＠lists.umanitoba.ca 11 Oct '10

11 Oct '10

IST continues the efforts to recover the health of our hardware and restore our systems and services. IST had planned to keep the Angel Learning System available but unfortunately this was not possible. Since 6pm IST has been preparing for hardware replacement. At 7:15pm the replacement hardware arrived at the University. We are now under way at implementing the replacement hardware that should hopefully restore our systems and services. Any system or service not operational at this time can’t be recovered until the replacement hardware has been implemented and tested. If the new hardware is successful all systems including the Angel Learning System will be brought back into service and the systems should be fully operational by 6 am on Oct 12th. We do not expect at this time to have suffered any loss of data throughout this process. -- Robert Dvorski Information Technologist Help& Solutions Centre, Client Services Information Services& Technology University of Manitoba robert_dvorski(a)umanitoba.ca 204-474-9865

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Emergency Repair Information and Update
by all-students＠lists.umanitoba.ca 11 Oct '10

11 Oct '10

IST continues the efforts to recover the health of our hardware systems. Additional parts are expected to arrive this evening. To implement the new hardware and restore our systems, we will shut down most services starting at 6 PM on Oct 11th. Any system not operational at this time will not be recovered until the new hardware has been implemented. Angel and Novel systems will remain operational for this afternoon. It is our intention if possible to keep the Angel system operational throughout the system work planned for this evening. If the new hardware is successful all systems will be brought back into service and the system should be fully operational by 6 am on Oct 12th. We do not expect at this time to have suffered any loss of data throughout this process. Brian Goodman Client Support Manager Help & Solutions Centre.

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System Hardware Failure had returned.
by all-students＠lists.umanitoba.ca 10 Oct '10

10 Oct '10

As of 7 pm Oct 10 our attempts to stabilize our system and return it to health has suffered a set back. It has been reported to the Help & Solutions Centre that the Storage Network device has been shut down to allow for complete diagnostic evaluation and to allow the team to bring the system back in a controlled state. This work will take several hours to complete. Many systems have been impacted by this emergency outage including Angel and the Novel systems. At this time login's to campus computers will fail due to the Novel system outage. We continue to work to restore the systems as quickly as possible. Brian Goodman Help & Solutions Centre Manager Client Services Information Services & Technology University of Manitoba Winnipeg MB Canada R3T 2N2 138 Machray Hall phone: 204 474 9762 Brian_Goodman(a)Umanitoba.ca

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Angel Service restored
by all-students＠lists.umanitoba.ca 10 Oct '10

10 Oct '10

IST has restored Angel into service as of 10 am Oct 10th. Thank you for your patience. Brian Goodman Help & Solutions Centre Manager Client Services Information Services & Technology University of Manitoba Winnipeg MB Canada R3T 2N2 138 Machray Hall phone: 204 474 9762 Brian_Goodman(a)Umanitoba.ca

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Emergency System Hardware Problem impacting Angel Course Management Learning System
by all-students＠lists.umanitoba.ca 10 Oct '10

10 Oct '10

IST has been working to resolve a hardware failure throughout the weekend. Late Saturday, and continuing on the Angel Course Learning management system has been off line. We do not expect at this time that any data has been lost. IST system administrators have been working with our vendor throughout the weekend to restore our service. At this time we have new hardware parts being flown into Winnipeg. It is our expectation that these parts will be installed by noon Sunday Oct 12th. All attempts at this time are directed at restoring Angel service as quickly as possible. We are sorry for any inconvenience that these problems have caused and continue to work as quickly as possible. Brian Goodman Help & Solutions Centre Manager Client Services Information Services & Technology University of Manitoba Winnipeg MB Canada R3T 2N2 138 Machray Hall phone: 204 474 9762 Brian_Goodman(a)Umanitoba.ca

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