Engineering and education students have developed a day of hands-on learning activities for children and families, Saturday, April 21, at Canada South Science City.
Bridging Worlds: An Engineering Education Challenge will give children seven years and older a chance to engage in four activities – constructing a boat and setting it afloat, making a working model of a set of lungs, building a tower and testing its strengths, and cleaning spilled oil from water and feathers.
Faster, higher and stronger are no problem, but how about cleaner? About three dozen members of the Lancer track and field teams took on a new challenge Friday: litter.
The student-athletes donned rubber gloves, grabbed trash bags, and spread out across campus to clean the grounds.
“We want to show people a different side of the Lancers,” said education major Nicole Sassine, a co-captain of the women’s team. “We’re not just athletes; we give back to the community.”
A diversity exhibition highlighting the communal involvement and activism of teacher candidates will form the centerpiece of the fifth annual Social Justice in Education conference, Friday, March 9, in the Neil Education Building.
Several campus events on the theme of “Connecting Girls, Inspiring Futures” will celebrate International Women’s Day on Thursday, March 8.
The Womyn’s Centre is sponsoring a series of activities in the CAW Student Centre, including a showcase of community groups in the Commons from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
It’s a show that can help educate a city, says Chris Rabideau.
A two-time UWindsor grad, with degrees in education and drama, the director of Interrogation says the play’s production will make history.
Interrogation tells the story of a transgender teenager who has been the victim of a hate crime. Its script draws on the actual experiences of local high school students.
“Victims of crimes shared their stories,” says Rabideau. “Then we cast it with students from all over town.”
A pasta dinner at Windsor’s Fogolar Furlan Club this weekend will raise money in support of teams of students from the Faculty of Education heading to schools in Tanzania later this semester.
Teachers for Tanzania will bring medical and school supplies, clothing and shoes, soccer gear, and hygiene products to the east African nation’s Singida region. The teams will also bring funds to purchase much-needed materials within the community that will contribute to the local economy.
Education student Kerry Bryan won yesterday’s DailyNews contest and two tickets to the Ianni Performance Scholarship Competition, Sunday, January 15, in Assumption University Chapel at 2:30 p.m.
The concert features student musicians competing for a $500 scholarships named in honour of the late University of Windsor president.
Bryan’s name was drawn from all respondents who correctly translated Meine Ruh’ ist hin as “My peace is gone,” identified “presto” as a very fast tempo, and set Bizet’s opera Carmen in Spain.
Two programs that send the educators of the future abroad on international missions ultimately make them greater teachers, far better suited for instructing in the diverse, multicultural classrooms of Canada.
For any parent who was born in Canada and brought up through the educational system here, discovering your child learns differently that the other students and then figuring out what to do about it can be extremely challenging.
For parents who have recently moved to Canada, the whole process can be especially complicated given all the cultural and language barriers that might exist. According to Cam Cobb, the right kind of relationship between educators and the parents will influence the sort of support they need to be academically and emotionally successful.
Amanda June Marshal believes in turning her talents to her interests.
When her friend Carolina McGuire was diagnosed with cancer, Marshal developed an interest in treatments for the disease.
The two-time UWindsor grad (BA 2010, B.Ed 2011) has pulled together the Couture for Cancer Gala and Fashion Show to benefit Transition to Betterness and McGuire’s family.
