The Centre for Research in Reasoning, Argumentation and Rhetoric (CRRAR) will offer fellowships to two UWindsor graduate students to assist professors Douglas Walton and Hans V. Hansen with a research project analyzing the argumentation in the recent Alberta provincial election.
The work involves reading, extracting and classifying arguments found in newspaper reports made during the election period, and filing the information on a Web site as well as discussion of the findings.
Walking the streets of downtown Hamilton proved educational for a student in the UWindsor master’s of social work for working professionals program.
Jeff Baxter was assigned to study a city neighbourhood and said he was interested in testing his preconceptions of Hamilton.
“As a resident of Guelph—the city with the lowest rating on the crime severity index scale in the country—I always had the perception that Hamilton was a violent city, and so tried to explore this issue further,” he said.
What he found surprised him.
The Faculty of Graduate Studies is inviting nominations and applications for the position of its associate dean effective September 1, 2012, for a term of three to five years.
Applications should be submitted by July 2 and include:
A UWindsor business grad is hoping his alma mater can help get him named Canada’s young entrepreneur of the year. Michael Kaye (MBA 2008) is under consideration for Profit magazine’s FuEL Awards; public voting will count for 20 per cent of the final score.
“If I am selected in the top 20 entrepreneurs it will result in tremendous publicity for Alexa Translations,” the company he runs with fellow Odette grad Gary Kalaci (BSc 2005, LLB 2009, MBA 2009), says Kaye.
Patricia Weir, a professor in the Department of Kinesiology, will begin a five-year term as dean of graduate studies on July 1, provost Leo Groarke announced Thursday. She has been acting in that capacity over the last year.
Laura Benacquista, a master’s candidate in philosophy, will discuss three practical values of argumentation theory in a free public lecture on Tuesday, May 29:
The following positions are available through Human Resources.
This Non Union Administration position is available to all applicants through Human Resources.
#2012-NU-05 Executive Assistant to the Vice President, University Advancement
The following posting closes on Friday, May 4, at 4 p.m.
A partnership with the de Souza Institute will afford nurses seeking advanced preparation in oncology and palliative care a unique opportunity for professional development at the graduate level, according to the dean of the UWindsor Faculty of Nursing.
Linda Patrick announced Friday that her school will offer a graduate diploma in advanced practice oncology/palliative nursing for students in September 2012.
The Health Research Centre for the Study of Violence Against Women offers research grants for up to $500 for graduate student research on topics related to violence against women.
The spring 2012 deadline has been extended to April 15. Calls for applications will also be made in the fall with a deadline of November 15.
The application is available on the centre’s Web site. For more information, contact Patti A. Timmons Fritz at pfritz@uwindsor.ca.
A million-dollar investment through the Automotive Partnership Canada will assist in the development of manufacturing processes to produce lighter-weight car parts, says UWindsor mechanical automotive and materials engineering professor Daniel Green.
