Student participants in the 2019 Alternative Spring Break program are prepared to deliver — and they will deliver lunch directly to any office on campus.

About two dozen volunteers are raising funds for a week of social action during Reading Week in February and March. They have partnered with Catering Services to offer a fresh, hot lunch delivery on Wednesday, Jan. 23. This year’s trips feature a return to Walpole Island First Nation in March, led by education students, and a trip to San Isidro, Costa Rica, to focus on supporting secure access to clean water, led by the dean of science, Chris Houser.

It’s a great way to support a service-learning opportunity for students, says co-ordinator Simon du Toit.

“Your contribution will help our students engage in meaningful community-driven service and critical personal reflection,” he says. “Plus, you’ll get a great catered lunch!”

The menu offers four meals:

• Chicken stir-fry with vegetables on rice;
• Quarter barbecued chicken with mashed potatoes and corn;
• Quarter honey-garlic chicken with mashed potatoes and corn; or
• Vegetarian stir-fry on rice, which is vegan and gluten-free.

Each option costs only $13 + tax, with half the proceeds going to the ASB program.

Place your order no later than Jan. 16 on the ASB website.

Donations from faculty and staff helped to address a shortfall of supplies at the student food banks, says Paolo Vasapolli.

Executive chef in Food Services, he arranged for a large storage container to collect donations of canned goods and other non-perishable foodstuffs on Turtle Island before the winter break.

“I wanted to thank the campus community — students as well as employees — for coming together before the holidays to fill the pantry shelves,” says Vasapolli. “That generosity goes a long way to helping meet the needs of the food bank clients, all of them our students.”

Besides the donors, he notes the support of alumnus Mark Bertoia of the Storage Box who donated the container, facilities staff who set it up and delivered the proceeds, and the University Print Shop for contributing signage.

All told, the effort netted thousands of items for the campus food pantry run by the University of Windsor Students’ Alliance, and the food bank administered by Iona College in the basement of Canterbury College.

Stop the winter blues before they start by spreading school spirit and decorating your office door — join the student experience door decorating contest to win a coffee break for the office!

Decorate your door with everything Blue & Gold for Jan. 23 — a Windsor Wednesday, of course — with judging starting at 1 p.m.

To have your entry judged, email Jacqueline.Veres@uwindsor.ca before 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22, with your name and office location.

The Centre for Teaching and Learning has issued a call for proposals for monies from the Centred on Learning Innovation Fund (CLIF), which provides opportunities to explore innovation in teaching and learning, regardless of focus.

Projects might include, but are not limited to:

• fair and consistent evaluation of teaching,
• peer evaluation of teaching,
• effective practices for using evaluations to improve teaching,
• reflective teaching,
• change management and educational leadership,
• mentoring strategies to support faculty and their contributions,
• collaboration with graduate and teaching assistants,
• community building,
• teaching support,
• high-impact practices, and
• team-based teaching.

Awards are available at $5,000 for projects showing application across an entire program or department, $2,500 for those at an individual level, including collaborations among individuals.

Applicants must complete the online application, including a project description (two pages maximum) and proposed budget, and submit it electronically by Feb. 1.

View abstracts from previously successful projects or contact CTL for advice and assistance in preparing a proposal at clif@uwindsor.ca.

Campus Parking Services is offering a chance for you to put unpaid parking tickets into your rear-view mirror.

During the week of Jan. 21 to 25, receive a 50 per cent discount on any parking tickets older than 14 days.

To receive the discount, visit Campus Parking Services in room 106, Joyce Entrepreneurship Centre, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Find more information at Campus Parking Services Online.