Evan Suntres is astute enough to see the irony in the research path he’s chosen.
A master’s student in history, he is studying a phenomenon which he suggests saw conservative males turn to muscle cars as a way of expressing their masculinity in reaction to such social upheavals of the 1960s as the anti-war and women’s liberation movements.
A self-described political moderate, he’s also in the process of restoring his own 1973 Ford Mustang fastback.
Michael Ala got a head start on his engineering career Wednesday.
A recent graduate of Central Public School heading to Massey Secondary this fall, he toured an open house displaying the capstone projects of fourth-year students in electrical and computer engineering—and came away impressed.
“I have always had an interest in this aspect of engineering,” he said. “Today was really educational and enjoyable.”
Saying the concert is about more than music, the University of Windsor Students’ Alliance announced Tuesday a preliminary line-up for its Coming Home Music Festival, scheduled for September 5 at Windsor’s riverfront festival plaza.
“The UWSA’s concert, like our university and our city, will be the best across the country because it will be about more than the music,” said Alyssa Atkins, the alliance’s vice-president administration. “This is about us … being more capable, innovative, and bold than anyone believed.”
There are two weeks left in the Lancer summer camps program, with week-long camps for children ages 7 to 17 offering instruction in everything from Web design to volleyball skills.
In addition to the specific focus, every camp includes outdoor activities and swimming:
The adornment of the CAW Student Centre is now complete, with the addition of banners and signage to the exterior of the building.
Pennants reflecting Lancer pride lead along the east façade to a panel on the stair tower bearing the message “You. Windsor.”
Kimberley Orr, president of the University of Windsor Students’ Alliance, said the change will help to stamp the centre with the UWindsor identity. The full-time undergraduate student government split the $45,000 cost of the new materials with the Organization of Part-time University.
Imagine a device that alerted blind people they are about to walk into an obstacle, or that could tell identify for them approaching individuals. A group of UWindsor engineering students is working to turn this science fiction into reality.
The group designed a belt that vibrates to indicate to wearers the location of an obstacle nearby. It also incorporates a camera and an existing face recognition program to identify people and whisper their names to the user.
As a student new to Canada, Syeda Fariha found it difficult to adjust to the differing expectations of her professors. She transferred to Windsor in fall 2011 after two years studying economics in her native Bangladesh.
“In the beginning, I had no friends and I was struggling with my studies,” she recalls. “I was frustrated and disappointed.”
However, Connecting4Success and other programs of the Educational Development Centre have helped her gain confidence.
Construction of a temporary parking lot on the former site of Cody Hall will begin on Friday, August 3, and is scheduled to be completed by September. Vehicles using the Assumption University parking lot may experience disruption due to the installation of new gates at its Huron Church Road entrance.
Please direct any questions or concerns to project administrator Mark Rudkin at 519-253-3000, ext. 2168.
The area is tentatively slated to revert to green space once construction of the parking structure on Wyandotte Street at Sunset is completed.
Editor’s note: This is one in a series of articles about students involved in cool research, scholarly and creative activities during their summer break from classes.
Lisa Isabella-Valenzi has plenty of fond childhood memories of fishing with her father, so she is pleased to spend most of her summer studying ways to get rid of invasive species that are robbing many area anglers of their favourite pastime.
Work on a new streetscaping project located in front of the CAW Student Centre between Dillon and Memorial halls is scheduled to begin July 30, according to Dan Castellan, manager of facilities, planning, design and construction.
The Student Centre Courtyard, which will be jointly funded by the Universuity of Windsor Students’ Alliance and the University through its Strategic Priority Fund, will re-imagine the existing space to make it more user-friendly and serve the ongoing use requirements of students, Castellan says.
