The English language program (ELP) is currently seeking students who would like to participate in the buddy program this summer. If you are interested in helping an ELP student adjust to life on campus, while making a new friend and learning about a new culture, email eslevent@uoguelph.ca or fill out the online application. As an

M.Sc. candidate Sharon Abner will defend her thesis, "The interaction of solid water with methyl-terminated self-assembled monolayers of alkanethiols containing odd and even numbers of carbon atoms," on August 25 in Room 222, MacNaughton Building.