As you know, Engineering students in the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering contribute $100 each year into a Special Levy Fund, money that is allocated by the students towards improving and updating academic-related equipment and facilities. A significant portion of the funds contributed by Engineering Science students has been assigned to the Division for allocation to departments and institutes involved with teaching courses in the EngSci program. In 2009-2010, the amount of Levy Fund money that was distributed by the Division in this way was ~$90,000.
I would like to invite all of you to consider preparing submissions to the 2010-2011 Special Levy Fund on behalf of the EngSci courses that you currently teach or will be teaching next year. These submissions should consist of specific equipment requests targeted at meeting the needs of your EngSci undergraduate labs and facilities. Please provide the following information to Gina John, Director (gina@ecf.utoronto.ca):
1. A brief description of the equipment.
2. What EngSci course (Years 1-4) this equipment will be used to support.
3. How this new equipment will enhance the EngSci student learning experience in the course.
4. A quotation for each request.
EngSoc has asked that these requests be collected and then submitted to them by Friday January 14th, 2011. This is earlier than in previous years, but we will do our best to meet this deadline with your help.
After all of the requests have been collected, I will meet with the EngSci Club Executive to ask them to come to a consensus by flagging each item as high, medium or low priority and projects will be funded on this basis.
For UTIAS and IBBME, units that receive direct allocations from the Special Levy Fund on behalf of the Years 3 and 4 students in the Aero and Biomed Options and the Years 2 students in AER201, I would still encourage submissions and simply ask you to provide an accounting of how these funds would be used to enhance what you are not able to do with your direct allocations.
One final important point about the distribution of the 2010-2011 levy funds. Departments and Institutes that receive Levy Fund money via the Division of Engineering Science will now be expected to provide a 50 cent on the dollar match, e.g. if you have a project approved that is expected to cost $150, then your unit will receive $100 from the Levy Fund and your unit will be expected to provide the $50 match. Note: if it actually comes in at $120, then your unit will receive $80 and will be expected to provide the $40 match.
This matching formula was developed and funded in the past by the Provost’s Office but is no longer available. Our Faculty decided to continue to honour the match in recognition of the students’ contributions.
In closing, please note that for the 2009-10 Levy Fund allocations via the Division of Engineering Science, we are waiting on documentation from Physics, MIE and IBBME before transferring these funds.
Sincerely,
Will
William R. Cluett, Ph.D., P.Eng., F.C.I.C., F.A.A.A.S.
Chair, Division of Engineering Science
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry
Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering
University of Toronto
40 St. George Street, Room 2110
Toronto, Ontario M5S 2E4
CANADA
Tel: 416-978-5889
Fax: 416-978-0828
will.cluett@utoronto.ca
www.engsci.utoronto.ca
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