Tamara Kowalska was working downtown at the Milk Coffee Bar when a young girl came in and requested a glass of water, and then asked if there would be a charge for it. Kowalska quenched her thirst for free, and later that day while watching a documentary on homeless teens in the area, she recognized the girl was one of the subjects in the film.
Current Students
Oct 20th, 2011
Chemistry graduate Aaron Rossini, who received three degrees from the University of Windsor, has achieved the highest academic standing at the graduate level among his cohort and will receive the Governor General’s Gold Medal at the first session of Convocation on Saturday, October 22.
The University of Windsor Alumni Association is inviting nominations for the Alumni Award for Distinguished Contributions to University Teaching. The award is given annually at the Spring Convocation ceremonies to honour and recognize distinguished teaching on campus and to provide incentive and encouragement for achieving excellence in this field.
All full-time members of the teaching faculty, with a minimum of five consecutive years teaching at the University of Windsor, are eligible for nomination to the award.
Writer-in-residence Alan Davies will read from his work at a free public reading, 8 p.m. tonight – Thursday, October 20 – at Phog Lounge.
English professor Louis Cabri, the evening’s host, describes Davies’ poetry as “an extraordinary and vibrant arc of innovative writing and thinking that spans three decades of social and formal change.”
Oct 20th, 2011
Richard Lanspeary of the Advising Centre won yesterday’s DailyNews contest and two tickets to Afternoon Jazz with Shahida Nurullah & Friends, Sunday, October 23, at 2:30 p.m., in Assumption University Chapel.
His name was drawn from all respondents who correctly identified Robert Fazecash as a trumpeter (photo D), Marion Hayden as a bassist (photo A), Jeffrey Price as a saxophonist (photo C) and Kenneth Rice as a drummer (photo B).
A sociology professor whose research involves issues regarding the spread of HIV and AIDS will discuss his work when he appears on CJAM 99.1 FM this afternoon.
After getting several rejection letters from festival organizers, Tony Lau was beginning to second guess his ability as a filmmaker.
“As an artist, you work so hard to make a film and you want it to have an audience,” said Lau, a sessional instructor in Communications, Media and Film and director of a short documentary called Left Behind Woman. “You don’t just want your friends and family watching it. You want to bring awareness to your topic.”
Oct 19th, 2011
The School of Music is offering DailyNews readers a chance to win two free tickets to Afternoon Jazz with Shahida Nurullah & Friends, Sunday, October 23, at 2:30 p.m., in Assumption University Chapel. The concert will star vocalist Shahida Nurullah with some of her fellow instructors from the School of Music and some special guests.
The University of Windsor will recognize the contributions of a government watchdog, along with the accomplishments of almost 900 graduating students, during two sessions of the University’s 96th Convocation ceremonies on Saturday, October 22, at the St. Denis Centre.
Former auditor general of Canada, Sheila Fraser, will receive an honorary doctor of laws degree during the afternoon session.
Spreading the word from coast to coast about prevention of women’s heart disease was the goal of Lori Buchanan’s Canada-wide bike tour this summer with her twin sister Nancy, but the pair got an unexpected bonus along the way.