While libraries are increasingly involved in all steps of documentation, librarians still love paper, says Mita Williams. That’s why a creative session of papercraft is a great way to introduce new students to the resources available on the UWindsor campus.

Williams, acting head of information services at the Leddy Library, and other library staff will lead free activities during “Get Crafty at Leddy,” from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the library’s foyer Thursday, September 7, as part of UWindsor Welcome Week.

“Libraries are no longer just passive repositories,” Williams says. “More and more, we’re supplying the creative raw material for researchers, helping people at every stage of the learning process.”

She cites examples from sourcing diagrams to illustrate classroom lectures to providing materials for artistic collage.

Participants in Thursday’s session will have the opportunity to make their own buttons and origami bookmarks. The library will supply necessary materials, drawing on obsolete catalogue cards and Williams’ backlog of New Yorker magazines.

Using a button maker borrowed from the Arts Council – Windsor and Region, Williams hopes to produce objects the creators will be proud of.

“Come on out, have some fun and get creative!” she says.

UWindsor Welcome Week activities continue through the weekend; find a full list of orientation events, locations, and times in the Guidebook app: download it now.

The University will host a hub during Open Streets Windsor on Sunday, September 17, and is seeking departments, organizations and individuals to participate.

Billed as the city’s largest free recreation program, Open Streets will close designated thoroughfares to vehicles, opening them to people along an eight-kilometre corridor from Sandwich Town to Ford City. Businesses and organizations will mount displays and hands-on learning opportunities at activity hubs, including one on University Avenue at Patricia Road.

“It’s a chance for us to make a connection with the community,” says Mary-Ann Rennie, special events manager in the Office of the President. “We’re hoping a lot of campus groups will be eager to join us.”

Last year, the University hub offered yoga instruction by Lancer Recreation, tours of the Campus-Community Garden, children’s activities from Let’s Talk Science, displays of engineering projects, and performances by the University Players.

Organizers expect 10,000 attendees. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., but Rennie emphasizes that volunteers do not have to be present for the entire time.

“Any contribution you can make will be welcome,” she says. “It’s all a part of making Open Streets a celebration of our community, showcasing the many wonderful elements that make up our city.”

Find details, including a route map, on the City of Windsor website.

To inquire about setting up an activity in the University Hub, e-mail Rennie at mrennie@uwindsor.ca.

“I love the U already!” exclaimed Kyle Wong, winner of a free semester’s tuition courtesy of the Alumni Association, at Wednesday’s Welcoming Celebration in the Dennis Fairall Fieldhouse. “This is going to come in handy, 100 per cent.”

Wong, who will begin studies this week in concurrent education and science, had his name drawn from among thousands of incoming students who thronged the St. Denis Centre for the event, part of UWindsor Welcome Week activities.

Students cheered their faculties and programs, met their student government, and heard from administrators before the prize draw, which included gift cards to the Campus Bookstore and packages from the University of Windsor Students’ Alliance as well as the big prize.

“We are happy to sponsor one semester’s tuition for one lucky winner,” said Jean Wright (BA 1971, B.Ed 1972), president of the University of Windsor Alumni Association. “I am so proud to say welcome to our alumni family.”

Members of Moose Tracks, a team of students from the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, celebrate their victory in the Welcome Week faculty rivalry. Read more about the competition in Friday’s edition of DailyNews.

UWindsor alumna Sukanya Pillay (BA communication studies 1987, LLB 1990) has returned to the Faculty of Law as one of two Law Foundation of Ontario Scholars taking up appointments for the 2017-18 year.

Pillay, most recently executive director of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, taught in the school from 2002 to 2007. She received the 2016 Award of Excellence in the Promotion of Women’s Equality from the Ontario Bar Association and will teach in the areas of national security and civil liberties.

“I am so happy to be back at Windsor Law, my alma mater and the original social justice law school in Canada,” she said. “I am excited to work with the dynamic faculty and students here, and to help promote a centre of excellence in civil liberties and human rights.”

The other new appointee, Patrícia Galvão Ferreira, will teach environmental law and international environmental law, supervising students at the Transnational Environmental Law Clinic, a joint program of Wayne State University and Windsor Law.

“This position will allow me to strengthen my research agenda on transnational environmental law, as Windsor Law is recognized as a centre of excellence in transnational legal studies,” she said.

Read more about the Law Foundation of Ontario Scholars on the law website.