Mar 7th, 2012
The School of Music Take 4 series presents five student performances, Wednesday, March 7, at 4 p.m. in room 139, Music Building.
Current Students
A degree completion program allowing engineering students from Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to finish their educations in Windsor represents a great collaborative partnership, says Saint Mary’s dean of science, Steven Smith.
“It will give our students a much broader range of options than they already have,” he said Tuesday. “Windsor has incredible programs with fantastic faculty and facilities.”
In November 2010, Johanna Skibsrud’s novel The Sentimentalists was announced as the winner of the Giller Prize, which promptly embroiled the work, its author, and its publishers in a clash between different modes of book publishing.
“The novel’s publication as a limited-run book from a small press, then as an e-book, then as a mass-market paperback sparked public interest in the kinds of questions usually asked by bibliographers,” says Alan Galey.
With the first blooms of 2012 already appearing on campus, grounds crews are eager to get into flower beds, says supervisor Garry Moore. However, the spring-like temperatures can’t fool the professional gardener, who knows the soil isn’t ready for working yet.
“What can come up are spring bulbs, which we have planted earlier,” like the snowdrops that have blossomed outside Memorial Hall, Moore says. He says Facility Services plans to plant more trees on campus this season, including some varieties that “push the boundaries” a little in terms of range.
Several campus events on the theme of “Connecting Girls, Inspiring Futures” will celebrate International Women’s Day on Thursday, March 8.
The Womyn’s Centre is sponsoring a series of activities in the CAW Student Centre, including a showcase of community groups in the Commons from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Mar 7th, 2012
Karly-Jo Kreitzer found that a two-week expedition to the tropics gave her insights she could never have had in a classroom.
“It's an entirely different world and it was an amazing learning experience,” said Kreitzer, one of 14 students who participated in a University of Windsor field course on the ecology of Costa Rica.
Studying plants and animals in ecosystems ranging from ocean-side mangrove forests to mountaintop cloud forests, the biology students gained a unique firsthand understanding of tropical ecology.
Ontario University Athletics named sprinter Nicole Sassine its outstanding female performer at the provincial track and field championship meet, one of five Lancers announced Tuesday as major award winners.
Sassine ran to four medals at the OUA tournament, including gold in the 300m and 4x200m relay, and silver in the 60m dash and 4x400m relay. The fourth-year human kinetics major earned 22.5 points for the Lancers, leading Windsor’s women to their third straight provincial title.
Pride for the University of Windsor is alive and well both on campus and with our 100,000 alumni, says George Kalivas.
That’s why the social media coordinator in the Office of Public Affairs and Communications put together a video featuring some students and alumni declaring their UWindsor affiliation, loud and proud.
“We wanted to show all aspects of being a Lancer,” says Kalivas. “It’s not just for varsity athletes. Whether you’re a first-year drama student or the mayor of Windsor, you can be proud of your alma mater.”
It’s a show that can help educate a city, says Chris Rabideau.
A two-time UWindsor grad, with degrees in education and drama, the director of Interrogation says the play’s production will make history.
Interrogation tells the story of a transgender teenager who has been the victim of a hate crime. Its script draws on the actual experiences of local high school students.
“Victims of crimes shared their stories,” says Rabideau. “Then we cast it with students from all over town.”
Maria Argoselo of conference and accommodation services won yesterday’s DailyNews trivia contest and earned two tickets to see the University Players production of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull, translated by David French.
Argoselo’s name was drawn from all entrants who correctly identified Richard Bach as the author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull, “Laridae” as the seagull family, and The Good Doctor as the Neil Simon play which pays homage to Chekhov.