Marijke Taks studies the soci-economic impacts of sports and leisure and says the organizers of the International Children's Games have done an excellent job in engaging the community's assistance in planning the event.
Non-mega events like the International Children's Games are more likely to better engage local volunteers and are less likely to leave behind “white elephants,” according to Marijke Taks.
English head Karl Jirgens sits in the department's seminar room with a large jar with an image of former writer-in-residence W.O.Mitchell's face imposed on it. The room's other jars - made by professor Tom Dilworth - include images of Alistair Macleod and Joyce Carol Oates, and are jokingly referred to as the shrunken heads.
![Lauren Fitzsimmons](http://www.uwindsor.ca/dailynews/sites/uwindsor.ca.dailynews/files/styles/full/public/cricketdnshot.jpg?itok=a6MisgeI "Lauren Fitzsimmons holds up a cricket. The post-doctoral fellow discovered that crickets celebrate winning fights with "victory dances," especially if other crickets are watching.")
Lauren Fitzsimmons holds up a cricket. The post-doctoral fellow discovered that crickets celebrate winning fights with "victory dances," especially if other crickets are watching.
Art student Pearl Van Geest works on one of her latest creations in her Le Bel studio.
Kyle Brown has been working with the Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital foundation on promoting a fundraising event at Comerica Park for Canadian fans of the Detroit Tigers.
Bill Anderson looks out at the Detroit River, over which billions of dollars of agri-food products cross every year, according to a recent report commissioned by the research institute he directs.
![Students pose with banner that reads "Lesha's Lancers."](http://www.uwindsor.ca/dailynews/sites/uwindsor.ca.dailynews/files/styles/full/public/450_leshaslancers_4338.jpg?itok=d7hQEKno "Students pose with banner that reads "Lesha's Lancers."")
Posing with the banner they made are Lesha’s Lancers: Christina Cuckovic, Meagan Tompkins, Kevin Thompson, Diana Cuckovic, Neda Demiri, Milena Sanson, Sara Jacobs and Marianne Wright. Missing: Robert Lefrancois and Emilyn Anderi.
Students don’t have to wait until they graduate to make a difference in the community, says Christina Cuckovic.
The education student helped to organize the Relay for Life, a fundraiser in support of the Canadian Cancer Society. Cuckovic’s team, “Lesha’s Lancers,” raised $2100 by participating in the overnight walk-a-thon, June 21 and 22 at LaSalle’s Vollmer Complex.
A student from St. Anne Catholic School in Blenheim creates a special dinosaur-themed award during a field trip to the UWindsor campus on June 21.
Gwendolyn Ebbett, left and Joan Dalton stand beside one of the last remaining, and now obsolete, card catalogues in the Leddy Library.
Lancers Miah-Marie Langlois, Chantal Vallée, Tessa Kreiger and Korissa Williams are suiting up for Team Canada.
