Veronika MogyorodyUWindsor professor Veronika Mogyorody has been named to the 3M National Teaching Fellowship.

Professor recognized as builder of educational environments

Veronika Mogyorody builds on her vast experience and profound commitment to make university environments enticing and functional for both teachers for students. That commitment has won her recognition from the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, which named her among its 2016 3M National Teaching Fellows.

In citing her for the honour, the society called Dr. Mogyorody “an educational space-maker.” The title is appropriate for the University of Windsor’s architectural academic advisor, who played a leading role in imagining learning spaces for seven new campus buildings.

“With the ubiquitous presence of various modes of technology, learning isn’t confined to traditional classrooms anymore,” said Mogyorody. “It is an exciting time to be involved in the reimagining of what classrooms can be, and what role those informal spaces just outside the classroom door can play.”

She was also instrumental in the creation the Visual Arts and the Built Environment (VABE) program, a unique international collaboration with the University of Detroit Mercy combining visual arts and architecture. Among previous accolades, she won the society’s Brightspace Innovation Award in Teaching and Learning in 2015, and a meritorious service award from the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences in 2012.

UWindsor president Alan Wildeman praised Mogyorody as “absolutely deserving” of the 3M award.

“She has an extraordinary ability to see the student, the classroom, the academic program, and the professor-student relationship as all contributing to the teaching and learning experience,” he said. “It is wonderful to have another UWindsor professor receive national recognition.”

Previous members of the 3M Fellowship among UWindsor faculty include Ken Cramer (psychology), Donna Marie Eansor (Law), Joseph Habowsky (biology), Ralph Johnson (philosophy) and Pat Rogers (education).

Established in 1986, the 3M National Teaching Fellowship is sponsored jointly by 3M Canada and the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Fellows receive no tangible rewards, no money or research grants. Instead, they are given a lifetime membership in STLHE and join a vibrant and energetic fellowship of more than 300 dedicated and inspiring leaders and teachers who have helped shape university education in Canada.

Mogyorody will be formally invited to join the fellowship at the society’s annual conference, hosted this year in June by Western University and Fanshawe College in London. Read the full citation on the awards website. See a profile, entitled “University professors who are at the heads of their class,” in the current issue of Macleans magazine.

pork bao bunsSteamed buns are one of the featured items served today in honour of Chinese New Year.

Marketplace menu meant to mark year of the monkey

Food Services will celebrate Chinese New Year with a special selection of oriental dishes for lunch today—Monday, February 8—at the Chef to You station in the Marketplace.

Featured items include: steamed buns with diner’s choice of vegetarian or barbecue pork; festive golden five-spice chicken; beef stir-fry with gingered peppers and black bean; ginger sweet tofu noodles with bok choy; and for dessert, toffee and sesame bananas.

Wok on over to the CAW Student Centre and give it a try, from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

graphic of question marksA free workshop Tuesday will answer your questions about punctuation and grammar.

Writing workshop to offer assistance with punctuation and grammar

Do you struggle with commas, colons or semicolons? Perhaps you have trouble with tenses and articles?

A free writing workshop Tuesday, February 9, will help you get a handle on punctuation and grammar. No registration is required—the Writing Support Desk will conduct the one-hour session starting at 4 p.m. February 9 in room 302, Leddy Library West.

Reading to feature Winnipeg poet

The Difference is Spreading literary series presents poet Colin Smith reading from his work at a free public event Tuesday, February 9, at 4 p.m. in the Oak Room, Vanier Hall.

His most recent book is Multiple Bippies, a collection that that stretches across the length and breadth of his published work.

A native of Oshawa, Smith now makes his home in Winnipeg.

book cover: “The Illegal”“The Illegal” is discounted through Sunday as the Campus Bookstore’s Book of the Week.

Plight of refugees subject of political novel

Like every boy on the mountainous island of Zantoroland, running is all Keita Ali has ever wanted to do. In one of the poorest nations in the world, running means respect. Running means riches—until Keita is targeted for his father’s outspoken political views and discovers he must run for his family’s survival.

Fast moving and compelling, Lawrence Hill’s novel The Illegal casts a satirical eye, urging readers to consider the plight of the unseen and the forgotten who live among us.

By the best-selling author of The Book of Negroes, The Illegal received the Governor General’s History Award for Popular Media and was selected among the best books of 2015 by CBC, the Globe and Mail and the National Post.

Its latest honour is to be named Book of the Week by the Campus Bookstore. Listed at $34.99, The Illegal will sell for just $20.99 through February 14.