It was Abraham Lincoln who once famously remarked “He who represents himself has a fool for a client.”
That may have been conventional wisdom back in the days when Honest Abe was U.S. President and a former attorney himself, but these days, growing numbers of individuals are opting out of hiring a lawyer when they go to court and choosing instead to represent themselves.
Who says there’s no such thing as a free lunch?
The entire campus community—students, faculty and staff—is invited to celebrate the start of the academic year with a free barbecue on Thursday, September 20, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the quad between Dillon and Chrysler halls.
This event will proceed rain or shine and promises a smoky sausage, a bag of potato chips and a drink, served by campus celebrities absolutely gratis to all comers (while supplies last). There’s even a meatless sausage for vegetarian and vegan diners.
People who are 50 years or older and who don’t have positive thoughts about aging may want to participate in a free workshop and research study that’s aimed at reducing negative thinking about getting older.
Kyle Asquith has some intimate knowledge about how television markets products to children, but is also quick to dispel the widely accepted notion that it was the TV industry that invented the methods so commonly used today.
“There’s a misconception that marketing to children came in the television age,” says Dr. Asquith, the newest faculty member in the department of Communication, Media and Film. “Most companies already had the tactics and strategies of marketing to children nailed by the 1920s.”
Scientists are hailing the discovery this summer of a new boson as the most significant advance in particle physics in 30 years.
Robert Harr, a professor of physics at Wayne State University and a member of the Collider Detector at Fermilab experiment, will discuss the implications in a free public seminar entitled “Sighting the Higgs boson: a field guide,” Thursday, September 13, at 2:30 p.m. in room 108, Odette Building.
A video by producer Peter Freele of the Centre for Teaching and Learning captures all the excitement of last week’s Welcoming Celebration ushering in the Class of 2016.
The centrepiece of the event was an original song written and performed by UWindsor president Alan Wildeman.
Freele said the format of this year’s celebration marked “a pretty radical departure” from past practice.
UWindsor alumnus Greg Samek (BMus 2006) will open the School of Music’s fall concert season with a marimba performance on Friday, September 14, at Mackenzie Hall.
Samek is an alumnus of the Detroit Civic Orchestra and the National Youth Orchestra of Canada; he is currently a member of the Scrap Arts Music ensemble, which performed for the closing ceremonies of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
The Organization of Part-time University Students invites all part-time undergraduate students, faculty, staff and alumni to its annual welcome barbecue on Tuesday, September 18, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.
The event promises free food and beverages prepared and served by Catering Services, on the lawn outside the northwest corner of the CAW Student Centre.
Staff and faculty registration begins today—Monday, September 10—for LearnIT workshops during Fall 2012 session.
The program offers a wide variety of free workshops for students, faculty and staff in levels ranging from beginner to advanced in Office productivity, Lotus Notes, Microsoft Windows 7, statistical software, and computer security. All participants will receive a certificate of completion, a handout for the session and lucky winners from our raffles will take home a Quick Resource Guide or a promotional coffee mug.
All of the dedication and commitment Dennis Ma has put into his research are beginning to pay off, both in his academic career and the progress he’s made in finding new ways to fight cancer.
