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Applications open now for Students Orienting Students

Jan 16th, 2012

Sarah Hanik says helping new students settle in during Residence Move-in Day made her feel like a hero.

“It’s actually the best thing ever, because everyone loves you for helping them,” says the fourth-year behaviour, cognition and neuroscience major. “You’re the first people they meet and get to be their personal guide to the University.”

Hanik has volunteered for Students Orienting Students since her second year, helping with orientation activities, the campus Go Green Team, and greeting clients in the Advising Centre.

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Johnathan Weedmark-King
Sarah Hanik

Nanotechnology the topic of public lecture Wednesday

Jan 16th, 2012

Nanotechnology is miniaturization taken to the extreme, down to the size of atoms and molecules. Its applications impact a wide range of products from the textile, personal care, pharmaceutical, and electronic industries.

Award-winning chemist Tricia Carmichael will describe nanotechnology in general and in applications such as self-cleaning nanopants in a free public lecture Wednesday, January 18, at 7:30 p.m. at Canada South Science City.

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Tricia Carmichael

Senate urges amnesty for student protesters

Jan 16th, 2012

In its meeting January 13, Senate voted to encourage instructors to allow students to participate in National Day of Action activities on February 1.

Organizers in Windsor plan a march starting at 11:30 a.m. in coordination with demonstrations nationwide calling for the reduction of tuition fees, reduction of student debt and increased education funding.

The resolution reads:

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Matt Walters

Campus Police offering women’s self-defence course

Jan 13th, 2012

Campus Community Police is offering a free self-defence course to female students and employees at the University of Windsor on Saturday and Sunday, January 21 and 22.

The Rape Aggression Defence System is a program of realistic self-defence tactics and techniques for women. The RAD System is a comprehensive, women-only course that begins with awareness, prevention, risk reduction and risk avoidance, while progressing on to the basics of hands-on defence training.

President’s address looks ahead to next 50 years

Jan 13th, 2012

If the foundations of courage, love and hope are compromised, an education will fall short on its promise, UWindsor President Alan Wildeman said in a public address Thursday on campus.

“I believe it is the University’s duty to provide a supportive environment and spaces within which every person, regardless of who they are, can feel that those foundations are enabled so that their own human spirit can thrive,” he said to a crowd of hundreds of faculty, students, staff and members of the broader community.

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Alan Wildeman

Trivia contest offers tickets to music student showcase

Jan 12th, 2012

The School of Music is offering DailyNews readers a chance to win two free tickets to the Ianni Performance Scholarship Competition, Sunday, January 15, in Assumption University Chapel at 2:30 p.m.

The concert features student musicians competing for a $500 scholarships named in honour of the late University of Windsor president. Find more information, including musicians’ photos, bios and program selections on the Web site of the School of Music.

Film shoot seeking extras

Jan 12th, 2012

Have you always thought you ought to be in pictures? You may get your chance this weekend, as a University of Windsor graduate is seeking volunteers to act as extras in her first feature-length film.

Sarah Manschot (BA Communication Studies 2004) is shooting a scene in Erie Hall in the afternoon of Saturday, January 14. She is looking for people to fill the background. It is set in a film festival, so adults of all ages are welcome, but no children.

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Sarah Manschot