After almost three years in the naval reserves, Kelvin Beaudoin says the experience is worth more than the money. An able seaman, the first-year philosophy and sociology student works as a resource management support clerk at the HMCS Hunter.
“For my trade, many of the skills I’m learning now are transferable to civilian jobs,” Beaudoin says. “I’ve learned communication, organization and team working skills.”
He is paid for his work, but also received $2,000 toward his university tuition.
Composers ranging from George Gershwin to Count Basie to Wes Montgomery are on the program today, as a student jazz combo performs in recital for the School of Music’s Take 4 series.
The event gets underway at 4 p.m. in room 126, Music Building, and will feature:
David Suzuki, iconic Canadian scientist, educator, broadcaster and activist, delivers a last lecture — what he describes as “a distillation of my life and thoughts, my legacy, what I want to say before I die” — in the film Forces of Nature.
Cinema Politica hosts a screening of the documentary, winner of a people’s choice award at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival, at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 5, in room 108, Odette Building. Admission is by donation.
A partnership with the de Souza Institute will afford nurses seeking advanced preparation in oncology and palliative care a unique opportunity for professional development at the graduate level, according to the dean of the UWindsor Faculty of Nursing.
Linda Patrick announced Friday that her school will offer a graduate diploma in advanced practice oncology/palliative nursing for students in September 2012.
Café Chez Vanier will close this September to save approximately $300,000 in direct costs and balance Food Services’ budget. To accommodate residence students who visit this restaurant, the hours of the Crocodile Grill located one floor below will be extended to include lunch, and the Market Place in the CAW Student Centre will also offer longer hours. Specific operating hours will be finalized in the weeks to come.
A trio of fourth-year students who recently brought home some impressive awards from the Southern Ontario Undergraduate Student Chemistry Conference say they couldn’t have done it if they didn’t work in such a supportive department.
If you want to give blood before exams start, time is running out. The Canadian Blood Service will hold its final blood donor clinic of the semester Tuesday, April 3, in Ambassador Auditorium in the CAW Student Centre from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The charity benefiting from a student-organized dodgeball tournament got an unexpected bonus, as the winning team turned over its $500 prize for the cause.
The tournament -- Saturday, March 24, at Assumption College Catholic High School -- was the brainchild of a group in business professor Martha Reavley’s Management and Organizational Behaviour Class: Zach Braga, Tyler Jahn, Evan Rhyno, Mohamad Zein and Nowshin Nur.
“Overall it went spectacular,” said Jahn. “As we dwindled down to the finals, everyone was duking it out and in the end, Team Meadows won.”
It’s hard to be sick.
That’s the lesson students in professor Cheri Hernandez’s class “Chronicity in Health Care” took from a project which challenged them to adhere for one week to a regimen prescribed for patients living with chronic illness.
“I wanted them to be better nurses,” Dr. Hernandez said Wednesday, after hearing presentations on the student experiences. “Health professionals who have empathy recognize that complete adherence is impossible.”
To exhibit the wide range of media — from traditional painting and drawing to multimedia and installation art — explored by bachelor of fine arts students graduating from the School of Visual Arts takes more than one gallery.
Students will transform the studio classrooms in the LeBel Building into gallery spaces for this semester’s showcase, Twelve°, April 2 to 5.
After four years of study and countless hours logged in their studios, these students are ready to prove themselves as professional artists. The exhibitors include:
