Today—Friday, January 18—will mark the University’s first Screen Free Day: everyone is encouraged to turn off all devices that have a screen and use traditional methods instead of technology to get through the day.
Rev. Chris Valka of Campus Ministry says “Originally the event was going to be called ‘Turn off for Tolerance,’ but the name was changed when the event was made a part of Mental Health Awareness Week.”
Fourth-year concurrent education student J.C. Girard is also participating.
Lancer men’s hockey captain Brett Vandehogan is known as “the Roadrunner” in Blenheim, where he starred on the Blenheim Blades junior team. Now an education student, he is working with local youth to pass on the skating skills that earned him that nickname.
Vandehogan and Lancer teammates Brett Oliphant, Spencer Pommells, Matt Renaud, D.J. Turner and Parker VanBuskirk—all involved in teaching and coaching—spent an hour on the ice with peewee players from the Blenheim area, Tuesday at Windsor Arena.
Concerns expressed by some commentators that feminism and queer politics is emasculating men and creating a new generation of sissies is resulting in a “Menaissance,” according to a Faculty of Education professor.
The phenomenon is characterized by males trying to recapture their lost masculinity, however the fear that men are becoming increasingly effeminate is nothing new, says Chris Greig.
DailyNews will over the first week of 2013 list the leadership in each of the academic areas. Today, current appointments in the faculties of Education, Engineering and Science:
Education
Engineering
Professor Karen Roland will begin a one-year term as acting dean of the Faculty of Education on January 1.
A four-time UWindsor grad (BA 1993, B.Ed. 1994, M.Ed. 2000, PhD 2009), Dr. Roland has worked at the University since 1994, first in the equity office and currently as an experiential learning specialist. Her ongoing research interests are restorative justice, equity and peer education.
Provost Leo Groarke invited faculty and staff to welcome Roland to her new role.
The University of Windsor announced today that Dr. Clinton Beckford has commenced an administrative Leave and unpaid suspension from his position as Dean of the Faculty of Education.
This will be in effect until June 30, 2014, and is in recognition of an academic integrity breach involving plagiarism.
An acting dean will be appointed in the weeks to come.
A dinner reception November 30 at the Ciociaro Club celebrated the 50th anniversary of the UWindsor Faculty of Education.
The event, “Excellence in Teaching,” provided 250 guests—including former deans, professors and alumni—with an opportunity to reminisce and reconnect while giving current teacher candidates a glimpse into the origins and evolution of the Windsor Teachers’ College into the current Faculty of Education.
During the cocktail hour, teacher candidate Leah Harris sang and played piano to entertain attendees.
A University of Windsor alumnus won Monday’s DailyNews trivia contest and free tickets to the University Players in the social satire Welfarewell.
Malcolm Campbell had his entry drawn from all respondents who correctly identified Hansel and Gretel as the tale of a cannibalistic witch, The Over-the-Hill Gang as the tale of elderly electoral malcontents and Ma Barker as a criminal matriarch.
A group of Lancer hockey players is getting a head start on their ambitions to be teachers and coaches, working with local youths to pass on the techniques they have developed in their athletic training.
Captain Brett Vandehogen, assistant captain DJ Turner, goaltender Parker Van Buskirk, and forwards Brett Oliphant and Spencer Pommells will mentor young boys and girls on the ice, working with teacher candidates under education professors Kara Smith and Chris Greig to experiment with ways of teaching hockey skills.
Alumni of the UWindsor Faculty of Education can celebrate the school’s 50th anniversary during the Reconnect. Reunite. Reunion. barbecue event Friday, November 30.
The event, at the Ciociaro Club, promises a full-course meal, a wine tasting and music by the Ciao band. It starts with hors d’oeuvres at 5:30 p.m. Proceeds will benefit the John McGivney Children’s Centre.
