The University of Windsor School of Music will continue with a 36-year-old Christmas tradition Sunday, December 2, when the Chamber Choir and the University Singers will present A Festival of Christmas at Assumption Church.
The students have been preparing for the choral celebration since September. It will start at 3 p.m. and will be conducted by Bradley Bloom and Richard Householder.
 Bruce Thompson. |
Being a mature student gives him advantages in his work as a graduate assistant in visual arts, says MFA student Bruce Thompson.
Music therapy major Kristin Ward hopes to work in geriatrics and paediatrics and dreams of expanding her profession to her native Barbados. Her placement at Windsor Regional Hospital, working with a 14-year-old patient with cerebral palsy, has set her on that path.
Ward is one of four senior music therapy students who will discuss the experiences they gained in their fall semester field placements during “Wintersong,” Thursday, November 29, at 7 p.m. in Katzman Lounge, Vanier Hall.
The presentations include:
Lawyer, teacher and social justice advocate Marion Overholt, a 1981 graduate of Windsor Law, will begin an appointment as executive director of the faculty’s Community Legal Aid, Legal Assistance of Windsor and poverty law clinics in January 2013.
In making the announcement, dean Camille Cameron emphasized the Faculty of Lawʼs commitment to supporting access to justice and to providing law students with rich opportunities for clinical and experiential learning.
The University Jazz Ensemble will add some seasonal flavour to a program of great standards during its end-of-semester concert on Friday, November 30, at Banwell Community Church.
Under the direction of Bob Fazecash, the ensemble will ring some Jingle Bells along with a selection of charts that includes Billie Holiday’s God Bless the Child and Herbie Hancock’s Chameleon, as well as You’re Nobody til Somebody Loves You.
Along with the big band of more than 20 musicians, the concert will feature a set by more intimate student combo.
Dino Spagnuolo’s first ever attempt at growing a moustache turned out to be a winner.
A clerk in the Leddy Library’s media centre, Spagnuolo tied for top honours with Dave Smith, an analyst in the university’s planning and budgets department, in a campus moustache growing contest.
“It’s an honour to have been chosen as a co-winner from among all these great-looking guys,” Spagnuolo said yesterday after a lunch held at the University Club to pick the winners.
Downtown businesses are preparing to welcome participants in Friday’s mass photo shoot marking the occasion of the official transfer of ownership of the former Windsor Star buildings to the University of Windsor.
“Say Cheese for the Keys” will record the historic moment at noon; buses will shuttle students, staff and faculty from Vanier Circle starting at 11 a.m.
Lancer volleyball will host men’s and women’s teams from Western University for a doubleheader being billed as Rivalry Night, Wednesday, November 28, at the St. Denis Centre.
The women will play at 6 p.m. and the men at 8 p.m.
The match-up also marks Movember Awareness Night; the Lancer Student Athlete Council will be raising awareness and funds for prostate cancer.
 Hua Meng. |
An international student herself, Hua Meng says she was amazed to see the ethnic diversity on the UWindsor campus. A teaching assistant in economics, the master’s candidate says she hopes to set an example.
A group of extremely creative students will spend Wednesday afternoon speaking about turning big ideas into big improvements for their community.
Second and third-year students in the Ways of Doing: Practices of Civic Engagement class spent the semester working with local non-profit organizations and will present their plans on how to implement transformative new projects that will ultimately make Windsor-Essex a better place.
