University of Windsor President and Vice-Chancellor Alan Wildeman will address members and friends of the Rotary Club of Windsor (1918), during a noon hour meeting Monday at the Giovanni Caboto Club, 2175 Parent Avenue.

President Wildeman will give his address, A University and a City, at 1 p.m., following a noon luncheon and Rotary meeting.

For details and to R.S.V.P., please contact Lindsay Doerr at ext. 4056 or doerr@uwindsor.ca.

The Odette School of Business (OSB) at the University of Windsor has earned accreditation by AACSB International—The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. This recognition is in addition to OSB being one of only eight Canadian business schools having ever been invited to full voting membership in the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC).

”This achievement results directly from the hard work and dedication of our exceptional faculty, staff and students.” said Dr. Allan Conway, Dean of the Odette School of Business. “It’s an exciting time for us at Odette and we are committed to continuing to provide our students an outstanding and incomparable business education experience.” 


The Odette School of Business has been consistently building a reputation as an innovative business school that offers a comprehensive business education with exceptional opportunities for students to develop valuable, practical and applied skills through progressive, experiential learning practices. The school currently enrolls 1600 students in its undergraduate program, approximately 320 students in its Masters of Management program, and 80 students in its customized MBA program.

AACSB Accreditation, the hallmark of excellence in business education, has been achieved by less than five percent of business programs worldwide. “It takes a great deal of commitment and determination to earn AACSB Accreditation,” said Robert D. Reid, executive vice president and chief accreditation officer of AACSB International. “Business schools must not only meet specific standards of excellence, but their deans, faculty, and professional staff must make a commitment to ongoing continuous improvement to ensure that the institution will continue to deliver the highest quality of education to students.”

To learn more about the Odette School of Business, please visit http://odette.uwindsor.ca. Or to learn more about AACSB International accreditation, visit the accreditation section of the AACSB International Web site at www.aacsb.edu/accreditation/.

Students pursuing a degree in Dramatic Art will be supported in their education because of memorial donations to honour the life of alumnus Mary Schisler (BA ’88), who died May 9.

While President of the OPUS Board of Directors, Ms. Schisler supported the arts and humanities by establishing the Alumni Evening with University Players. Her legacy donations will go toward providing visiting guest artists and guest directors in the School of Dramatic Art.

Ms. Schisler served a six-year term with OPUS and was a representative on the Alumni Association Board and the University Senate. In 2010 she received the OPUS Lifetime Achievement Award.

"Mary Schisler, a long-time friend of University Players and School of Dramatic Art, will be fondly remembered for her flare for life and passion for the arts,” said Tina Pugliese, Director of the School of Dramatic Art.

“She was a devoted patron, supporting the school, students and faculty.  Her generosity of spirit has left its mark.  She will be missed."  

Read more about Ms. Schisler at the Windsor Star.

For the past 23 years, retired UWindsor librarian and sessional instructor in economics, Tad Venkateswarlu’s Tenali School Project has provided 190 orphaned and marginalized children in India an opportunity to earn a high school diploma. Now Dr. Venkateswarlu is showing the greater impact such programs have on the economy and the widespread benefits of investing in education.

In his study Socio-Economic Effects of Tenali School’s 190 Students, Venkateswarlu says that such programs impact more than the individual student. Of the 190 students who have graduated -sixty percent are girls- many have either continued their studies or pursued such business opportunities as sewing and soap production.

“The investment has ripple effects caused by our students’ interaction with the global economy,” he says.

Venkateswarlu’s study calculates that future income earned by the 190 alumni throughout their lifetime will total about $28.9 million Canadian.

“They will use this money for investment purposes, to consume goods and services and to pay taxes, boosting the gross domestic product (GDP) of India,” he says.

“…This seems to be a favorable return on the original $815,000 Canadian dollar investment. More so when we consider the net social return of roughly $3.4 million Canadian dollars, in the form of paid taxes to the Indian government.”

Venkateswarlu says first world investment in third world education programs averages less than four percent of GDP. Allocating foreign aid money for education can benefit such countries as Canada, particularly considering that one of three jobs in Ontario depends in one way or another on India’s exports.

“If developing countries are not allowed the opportunity to grow, foreign countries may lose their exporting power and suffer. In other words we create jobs locally by giving aid to third world countries.”

Venkateswarlu is planning future visits to India to deliver a series of lectures on his study’s findings, with the aim of encouraging others to learn from his experience and perhaps follow his example. He is also working with his three children to introduce a scholarship to further support the Taneli School and to honour his late wife and parents.

The annual reception to thank employee donors to the University is always a wonderful occasion, says campaign chair Dr. Bruce Tucker, Associate Vice-President, Academic.

“This is an opportunity for us to show appreciation to all the faculty and staff who have contributed and made the campaign such a huge success. We really hope that everyone will come out. It is so upbeat when so many people who are passionate about the University and supporting our students come out to celebrate.”

This year’s theme, Paving the Way for UWindsor Students, reflects the campaign’s continuous campus beautification efforts and recognizes donations received to promote student's overall university experience, says Development Officer Mona Dosen.

The faculty, staff and retiree campaign has raised more than $1.3 million over the past five years, to support student scholarships, as well as faculty and departmental priority projects across campus, she says.

The outdoor reception is set to take place Thursday, June 4, from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m., adjacent to the Stewart Moore Garden between Dillon and Memorial hall.

Donors will have received e-mail invitations to the reception and are asked to RSVP mona@uwindsor.ca or phone 519-253-3000, ext. 4279. If you made a donation between May 1, 2014 and April 30, 2015 and did not receive your invitation, please contact Mona.

An open house reception on Wednesday, May 27 from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in Dillon Hall 351, will mark the retirement of academic advisor Richard Lanspeary after more than 32 years of service to the University.

Richard’s UWindsor career included work in the International Students' Centre, the Academic Writing Centre and most recently in the Student Success Centre.

In his retirement, Richard plans to spend more time with his wife Janet, his children Dylan, Sarah and Brianna and his 6 grandchildren. He’s also looking forward to travelling, reading more, learning a musical instrument and enjoying the outdoors.

Take advantage of special ticket pricing arranged through the Alumni Association and attend the Stratford Festival performance of Carousel featuring UWindsor graduates, on Tuesday, June 2 at 8 p.m. at the Avon Theater.

Tickets are $60 and include a pre-show hors d’oeuvres and cash bar reception in the Chalmers Lounge and one ticket to the performance of Carousel, featuring UWindsor alumnus Alexis Gordon (BFA ’12) as Julie Jordan. 

Click here to order your tickets

For more information or assistance ordering tickets contact the Office of Alumni Affairs: alumni@uwindsor.ca or call 519-971-3618.

Facilities Services will close two stairways in front of Chrysler Hall Tower from Monday, May 25, to Friday, June 26. A barrier free ramp will open prior to May 25 to provide pedestrian access. 

The blue area marked in the attached plan will be fenced and inaccessible.

For questions or concerns please contact John Regier at 519-253-3000 ext. 2165