A University of Windsor industrial and manufacturing systems engineering student is one of two graduate students in Ontario to be recognized by the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers.

Saeideh Salimpour, a PhD student at UWindsor with a grade point average of 99.25, will be presented with a $2,500 scholarship towards her engineering education during the society’s annual general meeting, May 4 in Toronto.

“Saeideh is one of our most active, hardworking and ambitious graduate students,” said professor Ahmed Azab, Salimpour’s faculty advisor and director of the Production and Operations Management research lab.

Natasha Reid, the society’s community engagement and events coordinator, said that in addition to Salimpour’s “strong record of academic achievement,” her community involvement helped her stand out from the other applicants.

Salimpour manages Dr. Azab’s lab, which focuses on production planning functions, facility design, process planning and supply chain. Since 2014, she has acted as a graduate student representative for the mechanical, automotive and materials engineering department; graduate student representative for the Windsor chapter of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers; vice-president of the Women in Leadership club; vice-chair of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Women in Engineering Windsor section; secretary of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) University of Windsor student branch; and judge of the Windsor Regional Science, Technology and Engineering Fair. She is also a member of the Golden Key International Honour Society.

“I noticed here in Canada fewer women take engineering in school,” said the Iran native, who moved to Windsor in 2014. “I hope this shows that women can be successful in engineering. We just need to believe in ourselves.”

Salimpour said the scholarship will help her finish her doctoral studies. Her dream is to teach while being active in industry through research and consulting.

A team from the University of Windsor will present two workshops on “Mental Wellness and Self-Care” during Health Access Day today — Tuesday, April 25 — at the Caboto Club.

Presented by the Community Partners for Multicultural Health, the event promises a series of interactive workshops and health promotion activities for refugees, immigrants and other newcomers to Canada.

Professor Ben Kuo and his doctoral students in clinical psychology will offer their workshops as an outreach and service project. Each has between 60 and 80 registrants; a student volunteer will provide simultaneous translation into Arabic.

Exhibitors from a variety of agencies will provide information on support services to stay physically and mentally healthy, and prevent disease and illness. The day’s activities are free and open to the public, from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 2175 Parent Avenue.

Listing events in the website calendar provided through the University’s Drupal content management system can help others spread the word, says Rob Aitkens of Public Affairs and Communications.

“Each department’s calendar of events can feed into the central listing, which we use to populate high-profile boxes on the UWindsor.ca homepage,” he says. “Our system is set up to enable listings in the calendar to appear on pages across the entire website.”

Aitkens — who holds the office of web design and development lead — notes that some departments have not activated their events calendars, while others have not yet requested they be included in the umbrella listing at uwindsor.ca/event-calendar.

He encourages anyone responsible for an official UWindsor site to contact him with questions at raitkens@uwindsor.ca.

A reception Thursday, April 27, will welcome relatively recent retirees to the Windsor University Retirees’ Association.

The association exists to promote the interests of retirees from the ranks of faculty, librarians and upper administration, says president David Palmer, a professor emeritus in the School of Creative Arts.

“We work to represent retirees in the areas of health and pension benefits, through representation on the faculty association and with the offices of the president and of human resources,” he says. “An important aspect of our activities is the sponsoring of social events, encouraging members to maintain contacts with former colleagues.”

Invitations to join have gone to those who retired in the years 2010 through 2016. Thursday’s reception is set for 2 p.m. in Assumption Hall’s Freed-Orman Commons.