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Engineering professor receives jubilee medal

Peter Frise is celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s coronation in style.

The UWindsor professor of mechanical, automotive and materials engineering and head of the AUTO21 Network of Centres of Excellence has received a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal recognizing his outstanding contribution to Canada’s manufacturing and automotive sectors. The Canadian government created the medal to mark significant achievements in celebration of the jubilee year.

Sport management program ranked among best in the world

It may not be the best-known program on campus, but recent rankings have proven what those who work in the Master of Human Kinetics program in sport management have quietly known all along: theirs is among the best in the world.

The program, with six faculty members and an average of about 15 to 20 graduate students a year, was recently ranked in third place worldwide by the SportBusiness International 2012 Postgraduate Sports Course Guide.

Lancer track coach to join local sports hall of fame

The Windsor/Essex County Sports Hall of Fame announced Wednesday that Dennis Fairall, head coach of the Lancer cross country and track and field programs, will join its inductees in the class of 2012.

Fairall is one of three founders joining five athletes to be honoured at an awards ceremony October 13 at the Caboto Club.

Besides Fairall, the founders group includes Herman football and Windsor Mic Macs baseball coach Harry Lumley and Massey cross county and swimming coach Lou Pocock.

St. Anne’s students show small is mighty during penny drive to support research

Pupils at St. Anne’s French Immersion School were tickled pink to support cancer research again this year during their annual penny drive, raising $3,488 in copper, and more than $19,000 in total, including government fund matching, since the annual campaign began in 2008.

Students presented the donation to UWindsor representatives Friday during a school-wide assembly. St. Anne’s teacher and penny drive organizer John Dufour said he expects even more pennies to trickle in throughout the month of June.

Day of activities demonstrates fun side to engineering

Spending a day in the Centre for Engineering Innovation helped convince Dilshan Pieris that the subject could be fun.

“We crash-tested crumple zones for some remote control trucks and built bridges out of popsicle sticks,” he said. “Engineering is more interesting after today!”

Pieris was one of about 100 grade 11 students of academic and enriched science at Vincent Massey Secondary School to participate in the all-day experience Friday, May 25.

Chocolate part of trivia prize package

This week’s DailyNews trivia contest offers a chance to win some UWindsor swag—courtesy of the special events manager in the Office of the President.

The prize package includes these logo-bearing items: two 50 mm square photo frames in bonded leather, two pens, a leather luggage tag, a t-shirt, a chef’s apron and two milk chocolates, plus a special quilted bag to carry it all.

Web site to match volunteer interests and opportunities

Recruiting volunteers and finding volunteer opportunities has never been so easy.

A new Web site, www.uwindsor.ca/volunteer, will showcase events requiring volunteer help and allow UWindsor students to register with their interests and availability. They will be matched automatically with the specifications of event organizers and volunteer recruiters from any department or office.