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Two more days of Orientation activities are down. Yesterday was another frosh-less day, as moving in continued for the first years. In the evening we had a social event for all the Math leaders. This involved heading to Columbia Lake and playing the survival game. I played this a number of [...]

I got word from the finance office via e-mail that my NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship has been converted to a Canada Graduate Scholarship. In the words of NSERC, a CGS “provide(s) financial support to the most outstanding eligible scholars pursuing master’s or doctoral studies in a Canadian university.” I guess I got the upgrade [...]

So apparently I’ve been “highly recommended” by the prof who runs the Statistical Consulting Service for a consulting RA position next term. I don’t know how the hell that happened; it certainly took me by surprise. I just finished a consulting course with that professor this term, but I certainly can’t think of [...]

Now that I don’t have to worry anymore about the presentations from last week, things will slow down a bit work-wise. I have a few reports for STAT 938 to write, but each are only a couple of pages; the ones for the consulting sessions shouldn’t take too long if I put my mind [...]