The University of Windsor will confer honorary degrees during Spring Convocation ceremonies June 13, 14 and 15, on individuals who have made outstanding contributions to science, literature, the performing arts, politics and law.
Receiving honorary degrees are:
Professor Clinton Beckford will begin a five-year term as dean of the Faculty of Education on July 1, provost Leo Groarke announced Tuesday.
“Over the course of his career, Dr. Beckford has gained significant experience with external partnerships, advocacy, and program and curriculum development,” Dr. Groarke said. “His strengths in team building, community collaboration, and international education will be an asset as the Faculty of Education embarks on its future course.”
After 38 years with the University of Windsor, business professor Anthony Faria is calling for his scorecard and heading to the links; his friends and colleagues are inviting themselves along.
A golf tournament to celebrate Dr. Faria’s retirement is scheduled for Thursday, July 12, at Ambassador Golf Club.
Well-wishers have three options: playing in the scramble-style 18-hole tournament for $70, partaking in dinner for $50, or making a day of it for both golf and dinner at $100.
A University of Windsor environmental studies major took top honours last month at the Canadian Rope Skipping Championships in Moncton. Not only did Shelby Toews win the overall title in her age group, the 20-year-old bested all the competition, scoring 398 points out of a possible 400.
Now Shelby Toews is preparing for the 2012 World Championships in August in Tampa Bay, Florida.
The University of Windsor will confer honorary degrees during its 97th Convocation ceremonies on five individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the advancement of the arts, science, education and law.
Receiving honorary doctor of law degrees are:
Peter Frise is celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s coronation in style.
The UWindsor professor of mechanical, automotive and materials engineering and head of the AUTO21 Network of Centres of Excellence has received a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal recognizing his outstanding contribution to Canada’s manufacturing and automotive sectors. The Canadian government created the medal to mark significant achievements in celebration of the jubilee year.
It may not be the best-known program on campus, but recent rankings have proven what those who work in the Master of Human Kinetics program in sport management have quietly known all along: theirs is among the best in the world.
The program, with six faculty members and an average of about 15 to 20 graduate students a year, was recently ranked in third place worldwide by the SportBusiness International 2012 Postgraduate Sports Course Guide.
Joining the pharmacy component of the Southwestern Ontario Health Care Partnership offers an innovative way to control rising costs, says the University’s human resources department.
The partnership provides a network of pharmacies that have agreed to offer University of Windsor faculty and staff discounted dispensing and professional fees, competitive drug ingredient prices, and high-quality levels of service.
Use of the program is voluntary, says Cheryl Paglione, director of employee services.
The June issue of Safety in Mind, the UWindsor health and safety newsletter, focuses on the issues of heat stress.
“Working in the heat puts stress on the body’s cooling system,” says the lead article. “When heat is combined with other factors like physical activity, air temperature, humidity, loss of fluids or fatigue, it may lead to heat-related illnesses.”
The publication lists the causes, symptoms and treatment of illnesses ranging from heat rash through cramps, heat exhaustion and even heat stroke. Among the tips to avoid such illnesses, it offers:
Pupils at St. Anne’s French Immersion School were tickled pink to support cancer research again this year during their annual penny drive, raising $3,488 in copper, and more than $19,000 in total, including government fund matching, since the annual campaign began in 2008.
Students presented the donation to UWindsor representatives Friday during a school-wide assembly. St. Anne’s teacher and penny drive organizer John Dufour said he expects even more pennies to trickle in throughout the month of June.
