His experience in the simulation labs as a UWindsor nursing student helped Andrew Peltier land his dream job. Even before his June Convocation, the fourth-year student will take up a position in the emergency department of North York General Hospital.
He said the scenario-based job interview was not much different from what he did in the Faculty of Nursing labs.
When the University hosts a classic car show, September 21, during its 50th anniversary Weekend Celebration, Andrew Templer will be there.
A professor at the Odette School of Business, he is also the proud owner of a 1968 Wolseley 6/110. He purchased the car during a sabbatical in his native South Africa in 1991.
The Food Services outlet in the Centre for Engineering Innovation has re-opened to provide patrons with beverages, sandwiches and pastries from the Second Cup and Bozii through intersession.
“We are very happy to be able to offer this service to our campus clientele,” says department head Dave McEwen. “At the end of the semester, we will evaluate whether the level of business warrants staying open through summer session as well.”
The location, called “the Hub,” will operate Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Award-winning research conducted in part by a scientist at the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research could lead to better advisories about the safe consumption of fish as well as improved methods for screening chemicals before they’re released into the environment.
The process of discovery is a universally motivating factor and every time Alex Waugh and Sabrina Botsford learn something new, they’re a little more inspired to scratch deeper below the surface of their respective research subjects.
“It’s almost like a puzzle, and each and every little achievement you make makes you want to go deeper in to it,” said Botsford.
The High School Social Justice Forum held on campus Tuesday hit home for Madeline Doornaert.
“I learned how people were excluded from society through history,” she said as the day’s events wound down. “Someone close to me has a mental disability, and I really learned a lot about their situation.”
Besides the obvious benefits of bringing together hundreds of scientists who study natural health products, a UWindsor biochemist hopes a major conference here next week will help people realize the potential of an already growing industry that could create new jobs and growth in that sector.
A video podcast of a lecture featuring engineering professor Rupp Carriveau and his predictions for what life will be like in Ontario in 2030 is now available on line.
Dr. Carriveau, whose expertise is in renewable sources of energy, is the university’s representative in a campaign called Research Matters. Organized by the Council of Ontario Universities, its aim is to increase public awareness about the importance of university level research.
Anyone who has ever experienced a performance by Noiseborder Ensemble knows what a rich and complex blending of aural and visual information the group’s largely improvisational shows always include.
Trying to tell the ensemble’s story in a three-minute video would be a daunting challenge for any aspiring filmmaker, but it’s one that turned out to be rewarding for Owen Eric Wood.
The renovation of the CAW Student Centre to accommodate the Campus Bookstore provides a space that will better serve student needs, the Board of Governors heard Tuesday as it approved a total cost of $2,585,000 for the project.
Under designs by the architectural firm Di Maio Associates, patrons will enter the store to find an area for course materials; a merchandising space for Lancer and UWindsor gear, office and school supplies; a technology centre; a general reading area; and a seating space equipped with charging stations for electronics.
