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AMS cuts three director roles, introduces new Operations Analyst positions

Written on February 13, 2018. Posted in News.

Following six resignations at a director level or higher this year, the AMS is making changes. As of the 2018-19 school year, a new corporate structure will fundamentally alter the society’s employee makeup. According to an email sent to all staff by AMS Vice-President (Operations) Chelsea Hollidge,...

AMS Head Managers hired

Written on March 7, 2017. Posted in News.

On March 6, the AMS announced hiring for their eight head manager positions for 2017-18. The hiring panel consisted of Vice-President (Operations) elect Brian MacKay, incoming Director of Retail Services Monica Przyborowski, incoming Director of Media Services Chelsea Hollidge and incoming Director...

School of Computing posts application for second tenure-track position since 1995

Written on March 3, 2017. Posted in News.

After hiring their first tenure track professor in over 20 years this January, the School of Computing has opened up applications for another tenure track position scheduled to begin July 1. The school was affected by a series of retirements from 2007 to 2015, during which seven out of 28 faculty...

Incoming AMS Executive Council transitions in

Written on March 3, 2017. Posted in News.

On the night of Feb. 12, Team JBP made the calls to hire their executive council — the 13 commissioners and directors operating beneath them. Director of Information Technology Matt Bowen, ArtSci ’17 “When Jenn called me, she wanted to mess with me a little bit,” Bowen said. “She asked me, as a...

AMS Executive Council hiring announced

Written on February 14, 2017. Posted in News.

On Feb. 13, Team JBP — AMS President-elect Jenn Li, Vice President (Operations)-elect Brian MacKay and Vice President (University Affairs)-elect Palmer Lockridge — announced their newly hired Directors and Commissioners. In a weekend of interviews, JBP reviewed 43 applications and conducted preliminary...

Introducing the first tenure-track computing professor in 10 years

Written on January 17, 2017. Posted in News.

As the first tenure-track professor hired into the School of Computing this decade, Farhana Zulkernine’s appointment has been a long time coming. “I know what the students are going through,” she said, referring to the ten-year hiring hiatus in the School of Computing. “I knew the program was lacking.”...

School of Computing to hire first tenure-track professor in 10 years

Written on September 27, 2016. Posted in News.

Max Garcia loves the Denver Broncos, and earlier this year he watched them win the highest accolade in the NFL. For him, that kind of joy isn’t easily topped. However, in early September, Garcia — the former president of the Computing Students’ Association (COMPSA) — told The Journal he’d received...

If new positions have one, tell us what the purpose is

Written on September 20, 2016. Posted in Editorials.

Frustration over the hiring of more University admin instead of departmental faculty is clear, but it’s hard to draw the parallel when the exact purpose of these admin positions is blurry. Principal Daniel Woolf recently announced the hiring of Caroline Davis as the inaugural vice-principal (facilities,...

Profs, not admin positions requested

Written on September 16, 2016. Posted in News.

Last Thursday, Principal Daniel Woolf announced the hiring of two vice-principals, one of which will take on a newly created position in Queen’s administration. After six years as the vice-principal (finance and administration), Caroline Davis has been appointed as the inaugural vice-principal (facilities,...

Computing hiring system crashes

Written on September 25, 2015. Posted in Editorials.

“Sum ergo computo. I am therefore I compute.” So reads the slogan for the Queen’s School of Computing, but budget cuts and a decade-long hiring drought threaten the school’s future as a cutting-edge program. The Faculty of Arts and Science — to which the School of Computing belongs — has made cuts...

Computing faces hiring crisis

Written on September 10, 2015. Posted in News.

After a decade without hiring new faculty members, Queen’s School of Computing is nearing a state of crisis. The School of Computing hasn’t been permitted to hire a new group of professors since 1995, according to Professor Selim Akl, the director of the School of Computing. That year, the department...

Accessibility trumps experience

Written on October 22, 2014. Posted in Editorials.

The AMS no-experience-necessary hiring policy is a valuable initiative to ensure accessible employment for students. Under the policy, previous experience isn’t taken into account when AMS services hire staff. The purpose of campus services is twofold: to provide services and opportunities to students....

No experience required for the AMS

Written on October 9, 2014. Posted in Features.

When Maggie Fisher applied to work at Common Ground in first year, she had no previous experience in the food industry. Fisher, ArtSci ’15, worked at the student coffee shop as a barista during first and second year, and now works at the Tea Room in Beamish-Munro Hall. The only job she ever had before...

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AMS cuts three director roles, introduces new Operations Analyst positions

AMS Head Managers hired

School of Computing posts application for second tenure-track position since 1995

Incoming AMS Executive Council transitions in

AMS Executive Council hiring announced

Introducing the first tenure-track computing professor in 10 years

School of Computing to hire first tenure-track professor in 10 years

If new positions have one, tell us what the purpose is

Profs, not admin positions requested

Computing hiring system crashes

Computing faces hiring crisis

Accessibility trumps experience

No experience required for the AMS

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