A program organized by the Centre for Teaching and Learning and GA/TA Network will help UWindsor graduate students improve their teaching skills, whether to benefit their current students or to prepare for careers in which they'll need to discuss, present, and provide feedback to others.
Education
Marilyn Farnworth (née Morris) counts a meeting with then-Detroit Piston—now Detroit mayor—Dave Bing and an on-campus concert by Ike and Tina Turner among some of her fondest memories of her time at the University of Windsor, but it was the camaraderie among students and faculty support she says best marked her student experience.
Farnworth, who attended UWindsor from 1972 to 1976 as a kinesiology and math student and later a teacher candidate, came home to Windsor following a year at the University of Western Ontario, seeking smaller class sizes and a “personalized atmosphere.”
Lancer Olympian Melissa Bishop will compete in the first round of the women’s 800m race, Wednesday August 8, in London’s Olympic Stadium. The top finishers will compete in semi-final heats August 9 to determine eight finalists to run in the medal round on August 11.
Wednesday’s quarter-final qualifiers begin at 6:35 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time; they will be broadcast on TSN, channel 24 on Cogeco Cable in Windsor.
About 200 people—former track teammates, coaches, professors, university officials, friends and family members—turned out at the St. Denis Centre on Friday to wish alumna Melissa Bishop (BHK 2010, B.Ed 2011) godspeed on the next leg of her journey to the London Olympics.
Bishop will compete in the 800 metre race after becoming just the third Canadian woman to beat the two-minute mark in the event.
Lancer track and field head coach Dennis Fairall said he was proud of Bishop, the first athlete he has personally coached to qualify for the Olympics in his 40-year career.
The athletics department is encouraging fans to wear red and white clothing or gear with a “Canada” theme to its July 20 reception to show their support for Lancer alumna Melissa Bishop (BHK 2010, B.Ed 2011).
The runner, Canada’s top-ranked woman in the 800 metre event, will leave for Europe this weekend to begin her journey towards the London Olympic Games. The public is invited to a send-off celebration Friday at 11:45 a.m. in the St. Denis Centre’s multi-purpose room.
The London Olympics are just around the corner. Did you know that UWindsor alumni were part of the only Canadian basketball team to ever win a medal at the Games? Or that Lancer track athlete Melissa Bishop (BHK 2010, B.Ed 2011) will compete for Team Canada in London?
Read about them in “Silver Stars,” the cover story in the summer edition of View magazine, published by the Office of Public Affairs and Communications.
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Jun 7th, 2012
Professor Clinton Beckford will begin a five-year term as dean of the Faculty of Education on July 1, provost Leo Groarke announced Tuesday.
“Over the course of his career, Dr. Beckford has gained significant experience with external partnerships, advocacy, and program and curriculum development,” Dr. Groarke said. “His strengths in team building, community collaboration, and international education will be an asset as the Faculty of Education embarks on its future course.”
How skilled are Windsor’s women basketball players? Lancers account for half of the Canadian university athletes playing with the nation’s senior national B team in preparation for the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Miah-Marie Langlois, Korissa Williams and Tessa Kreiger join three of their Canadian Interuniversity Sport competitors and six Canadians playing in the NCAA on the squad.
Although achieving top grades in high school was a lot of work, it never felt like a burden, says Chelsea Bastien, “I just like learning and improving myself.”
A senior at Belle River District High School, she was among a select group of high school students whose accomplishments were celebrated Tuesday at the Presidential Scholars reception.
In what years did Albert Einstein, Alexander Fleming, Max Planck, Ernest Rutherford, Francis Crick and James Watson win their Nobel Prizes?
Asking high school students to slot in a series of responses tests their knowledge of science history. Telling them how many they got right and timing them while they switch their answers also tests their ability to solve logic puzzles.