The first phase of the University of Windsor’s downtown campus at 167 Ferry Street will be honoured by the City of Windsor with a 2016 Built Heritage Award.

The building at the corner of Pitt and Ferry Streets houses the School of Social Work and the Centre for Executive and Professional Education (CEPE), and retains the historic facades of the former Windsor Star newspaper building. The new building opened for classes in the fall of 2015.

The second phase of the downtown campus - now under construction in the heart of Windsor’s core - will house the School of Creative Arts (SoCA) which will be located in the century-old site of the Windsor Armouries and a new, stand-alone building across the street from the Windsor-Detroit Tunnel plaza.

The University is one of four recipients of the 2016 Built Heritage Awards which recognize the recipients for their contributions to the City of Windsor. The awards will officially be presented at a future meeting of City Council.

“For many years the city council has recognized property owners for long-time heritage stewardship and/or recent well-done rehabilitations,” says the Heritage Standing Committee report. “Also, owners of newly designated buildings have been presented a heritage plaque. These recognitions have often been in conjunction with Heritage Week in Ontario in late February.”

The Heritage Standing Committee’s report also said the facades of the original newspaper building at 167 Ferry Street “have been retained and/or reconstructed faithfully, and a contemporary addition constructed on the west.”

CS&P Architects Inc. is overseeing the downtown campus project.

“It shows that it’s worthwhile investing in good appearance downtown,” City Heritage Planner John Calhoun told The Star.  “The other thing is that it (167 Ferry) is also a repurposed and occupied building which is already bringing several hundred people downtown for regular work, study and so forth.”  Read more. http://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/from-newspaper-to-homes-awards-honour-best-heritage-renos

Lancer standouts Melissa Bishop, Missy McCleary and Mike Nolan are among the protegés of Dennis Fairall who will speak to his influence at a February 25 event celebrating the career of the long-time coach.

After 30 years as head coach of UWindsor cross country and track and field, Fairall began a long-term medical leave in October. He led his teams to great success—25 Canadian Interuniversity Sport national championships and 46 Ontario University Athletics provincial titles, not to mention individual accomplishments in athletic competition and outside it.

Bishop is an Olympian in the 800m race and while a Lancer, won the 2010 Banner Shield as top female athlete. Her three gold medals at the Canadian Interuniversity Sport championship meet that year led Windsor to its second straight national team title.

McCleary and Nolan are both members of the Alumni Sports Hall of Fame.

McCleary was a four-time MVP of the Lancer cross country team and led the team to its first-ever CIS title, established Windsor records in the 1500m and 3000m events, and won her own Banner Shield in 1998.

Nolan ranks in the Lancer all-time top 10 in seven track and field events, received the Olympic Shield as top male Lancer athlete in 1997, earned all-Canadian honours twice and was named an OUA all-star four times.

Ticket sales for the tribute event are brisk, reports organizer Mary-Ann Rennie, but there are still some available before the February 19 purchase deadline.

Celebrating Dennis! will feature a cocktail buffet and cash bar. It runs 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, February 25, in the Augustus Ballroom at Caesars Windsor, 377 Riverside Drive East. Tickets are $35; RSVP at uwindsor.ca/CelebrateDennis or by phoning Rennie at 519-973-7059.

Residents of Canterbury College enjoyed a traditional Shrove Tuesday pancake breakfast yesterday courtesy of Student Life. Shrove Tuesday is observed by Christians as the last day before the penitential season of Lent, which begins with Ash Wednesday and ends with Easter Sunday. Lent was traditionally marked by fasting beginning on Ash Wednesday, with Shrove Tuesday-  also known as Pancake Tuesday, or Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) - considered to be a final day of indulgence.

For more information on Canterbury College and its programs visit: http://www1.uwindsor.ca/canterbury/

Catering and Conference Services provides a “one-stop shop” for faculty or departments planning meetings, says manager Dean Kissner.

“We can assist in booking accommodations on campus, meeting rooms for 10 delegates or 450, and providing a wide variety of dining options that can be customized for events, receptions and banquets,” he says.

Kissner says his staff can help plan conferences through the local area. For more information, contact a client service representative at 519-253-3000, ext. 3276.

UWindsor drama grad Nigel Shawn Williams (BFA 1990) directs a production of The Mountaintop, a re-imagining of the last night of Martin Luther King Jr. at the Grand Theatre through February 27.

Playwright Katori Hall won the 2010 Olivier Award for best new play for her work, dramatically recounting the final hours of Dr. King’s life in the Lorraine Motel, Memphis, on April 3, 1968.

The Grand Theatre is located at 471 Richmond Street in London and offers a special admission price for educational organizations. To inquire, contact sales manager Monica Hodgson at mhodgson@grandtheatre.com or 519-672-9030, ext. 291.

The chair of the Odette World Health Innovation Network (WIN) praises three new members of the network’s academic team, who she says will nurture highly skilled, specialized entrepreneurs and professionals.

The Odette School of Business announced the appointment of three adjunct faculty members Monday: Pierre-Gerlier Forest, Kathleen MacMillan and V.K. Singh.

“These renowned thought-leaders bring extraordinary credentials and a broad base of expertise to the faculty which is reflective of WIN’s interdisciplinary approach to solving the complex challenges of our health care system,” said WIN chair Anne Snowdon. “We look forward to their individual and collective contributions to the WIN mandate, which are highly anticipated and will no doubt be transformative.”

• Dr. Forest is director of John Hopkins’ Institute for Health and Social Policy, and effective March 1, director of the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary.
• Dr. MacMillan is director and professor of the Dalhousie University School of Nursing.
• Dr. Singh, managing director of the healthcare consultancy InnovatioCuris and director of Asia operations for Lean Healthcare Consulting.

Learn more in the official announcement.

Established in the fall of 2015, the World Health Innovation Network is the first Canadian health innovation centre with formal ties to the U.S. Its areas of focus include supporting research demonstrating value for the health sector, helping to ensure that Canadian discoveries and innovations are accessed by key enablers necessary for adoption, and scalability in health systems both domestically and internationally.

The Campus Bookstore is spotlighting sweatshirts representing faculties and programs, showing them off this week in its front display window.

“These are a really popular item among our customers,” says marketing coordinator Martin Deck. “Our students are eager to show their pride in their majors.”

The dark-blue hooded sweatshirts are 100 percent cotton and sell for $49.95.

Deck sounds just one note of caution: “Don’t put them in the dryer!”