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poster Crossing BordersA public exhibition this week in the LeBel Building displays the work of third-year students in the Visual Arts and the Built Environment program.

Student exhibit crosses border between art and architecture

Jan 28th, 2015

An exhibition this week in the LeBel Building’s School of Creative Arts gallery features work by third-year students in the Visual Arts and the Built Environment program.

Entitled “Crossing Borders,” the show includes drawings, paintings, models, and architectural representations, spanning the disciplines of art and architecture.

Contributors Annie Feiler, Katie Geiger and Nouran Ghaly will be on hand for a closing reception Friday, January 30. Open to the public, it begins at 7 p.m.

Baja carThe Lancers’ Lair invites budding entrepreneurs to pitch their business ideas to a panel of experts.

Business idea pitch session to offer cash prizes

Jan 28th, 2015

Undergraduates from any discipline with a great idea for a business start-up can run their proposals past local professionals in a session March 24 as part of the UWill Discover research conference.

Sponsored by the Entrepreneurship Practice and Innovation Centre (EPICentre) the Lancers’ Lair is modelled on the television program Dragons’ Den. Entrepreneurial students submit proposals on their ideas. Those accepted will work with the Centre for Teaching and Learning to create three-minute video pitches and posters showcasing their ideas.

In the Lancers’ Lair, each pitch will be reviewed by a panel of judges, as well as a live audience. First prize is $250 plus a trip to the Ontario Centres of Excellence Discovery conference in Toronto, April 27 and 28.

Find contest details on the UWill Discover website.

Sessions offer opportunities for professional development

Jan 28th, 2015

Sessions offered in February by the employee engagement and development office of the Department of Human Resources promise new skills and education. All begin at 9 a.m. and require registration through the program database.

  • Planning the Path to Your Future - Using the Pension Estimator: February 5
    This session is targeted for members of the Retirement Plan for Faculty and Certain Employees who have a basic understanding of the plan, and want to learn how to use the Pension Estimator in their retirement planning.
  • Advanced FIS: February 10
    Intended only for current users of the Financial Information System, this session will explore the types of accounts, basic account structure, budget transfers, journal entries and inter-fund transfers.
  • Procedural Requirements for Meetings: February 24
    Meetings are a mechanism through which official business gets carried out. Rules of order or parliamentary procedures are established to ensure democratic and collegial decision-making following full and free discussion. This session will provide an overview of the rules as set out in the University's Senate bylaws and policies, as well as those set out in Robert’s Rules of Order.
  • Planning the Path to Your Future – Using the Pension Estimator February 27
    This session is targeted for members of the Employees’ Retirement Plan who have a basic understanding of the plan, and want to learn how to use the Pension Estimator in their retirement planning.

Please direct any questions to Oliga Tserakhava at 519-253-3000, ext. 2044, or e-mail oligat@uwindsor.ca.

TV showing football gameThe Crocodile Grill will serve a Brady Burger and a Wilson Burger during the Super Bowl on Sunday, February 1.

QB-themed burgers to headline campus grill’s Super Bowl menu

Jan 28th, 2015

Burgers named for the starting quarterbacks in this Sunday’s National Football League championship contest are all-star selections on the menu of the Crocodile Grill for its Super Bowl celebration.

It promises prizes and the big game on the big screens, as well as a special menu:

  • the Brady Burger, a six-oz. patty with peameal bacon, onion and Swiss cheese;
  • the Wilson Burger, a six-oz. patty with pastrami, Dijon mustard, and Havarti cheese;
  • a debreziner sausage on a bun, with grilled onions and peppers;
  • chicken fingers and plum sauce;
  • a steak sandwich on garlic toast;
  • a grilled chicken club sandwich;
  • Buffalo wings with veggies;
  • Nachos supreme platter with seasoned beef, cheese, lettuce, tomato and peppers;

plus soup de jour; garden or Caesar salad; poutine or fries supreme; or stuffed baked potato with cheese, bacon and onion.

The party will run 7 to 11 p.m. February 1 at the Croc, located on the ground floor of Vanier Hall.

Lecture to explore downplaying of occupation-related cancers

Jan 28th, 2015

Breast cancer research has demonstrated an association between lifestyle and genetics, yet more than half of the cases cannot be explained by these risk factors. In her master’s thesis, sociology student Jane McArthur explored the tendency of newspaper reports to focus on the lifestyle causes of breast cancer, while omitting any substantive discourse of occupation-related factors.

A student fellow at the Centre for Research in Reasoning, Argumentation and Rhetoric, she will discuss broadening her analysis in a free public lecture entitled “Exploring discursive and rhetorical barriers to the recognition of occupationally related breast cancers,” Wednesday, January 28, at 4 p.m. in room 209, Essex Hall.