With a theme of “The Big Chill,” this year’s holiday luncheon for faculty and staff promises the company of colleagues in a casual setting, says catering manager Dean Kissner.
“We are doing the same type of stand-up reception as last year, with several new themed food stations,” he says. “Our guests will enjoy a festive holiday setting.”
The event will run from noon to 2 p.m. Thursday, December 13, in Vanier Hall’s Winclare Room A. Admission is $10, which includes tax and a glass of wine.
University Players is offering DailyNews readers a chance to win two tickets to see the comedy Welfarewell. The play’s run continues through Sunday at Essex Hall Theatre. Wednesday through Saturday performances are at 8 p.m.; Sunday matinees are at 2 p.m. For more information or tickets, call 519-253-3000, ext. 2808, or visit www.universityplayers.com.
Men on campus participating in the annual moustache-growing initiative known as Movember will gather together at the University Club restaurant at noon on Monday and are inviting the rest of the campus community to participate in a fun contest to help support the cause.
Most people probably don’t give it a lot of thought, but physics plays a major role in their everyday lives, according to graduate student Theresa Spanjers. However, teaching its more daunting modern concepts at the high school level can be a challenging task, even for some of the best educators.
The Office of Public Affairs and Communications and the Document Imaging Centre have teamed up to make it easier to send holiday greetings on campus.
An online form will allow departments to order cards bearing a selection of seasonal imagery and text greetings for use as printed cards, e-cards, or both.
“We wanted to give people the flexibility to personalize their holiday cards, while still ensuring a manageable workload that can turn around the product in a reasonable amount of time,” says Jennifer Ammoscato, senior manager of marketing, publications and Web.
Christine Palmer, a secretary in the Faculty of Engineering, won Thursday’s DailyNews quiz and two tickets to “Songs of the Sea and Beyond,” the University Wind Ensemble’s end-of-semester concert, on Friday, November 23, at 7:30 p.m. at Banwell Community Church.
Palmer’s name was drawn from all respondents who correctly identified G.F. Handel as the composer of the Hallelujah Chorus, F minor as a key in which J.S. Bach failed to compose a flute sonata, and the oboe’s reeds outnumbering the flute’s 2-0.
The Friday after US Thanksgiving, known as Black Friday, is traditionally the beginning of the holiday shopping season, says Martin Deck, marketing manager of the University Bookstore.
“We wanted to find a way to honour that tradition and save our loyal customers the hassle of driving stateside to shop,” he says.
The Bookstore will offer University of Windsor faculty and staff a 10 per cent discount on all clothing and giftware at its kiosk in the CAW Student Centre for one day only—Friday, November 23—from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Flu clinics on the University of Windsor campus November 21 and 22 did a brisk business, administering the vaccine free to Ontario residents.
“Our numbers overall are up this year in comparison to previous years,” said Judi Wilson, health promotion nurse in Student Health Services.
She said the Windsor Essex County Health Unit offers the mobile clinics to make it more convenient for people to get vaccinated: “We try to go all around the community and the county and hit all the major areas.”
A new web site that showcases the breadth and variety of opportunities available for students to do research here should spark an interest among undergrads considering the possibility of graduate studies, according to Patricia Weir.
“I hope it will motivate them to believe they can be a part of this amazing process of becoming a graduate student,” said Dr. Weir, Dean of Graduate Studies.
A glaring lack of media attention paid to the worst conflict since the Second World War may explain why international efforts to prevent it can be described as feeble at best, according to four UWindsor professors who have co-authored a book on the subject.
