At this year’s Thanksgiving weekend game, the Lancer football team will take on the Queen’s Gaels, Saturday, October 6, at 7 p.m. on Alumni Field. This final regular-season home game comes after a hard-earned 26-22 victory over the York Lions on September 29.
A win for the Lancers would be their fourth on the season and set them up for further victories against the McMaster Marauders and Waterloo Warriors.
A document submitted to the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities this week begins the process of developing a strategic mandate agreement between the province and the University of Windsor.
The ministry had asked the University of Windsor, along with all universities and colleges in Ontario, to:
The University of Windsor will be well-represented at BookFest Windsor, October 25 to 27 at the Capitol Theatre and Arts Centre.
Members of the UWindsor faculty will join a number of alumni for the event, a celebration of the literary arts that will feature workshops and discussion, readings of poetry and prose, book signings and socials.
Among the professors—both past and present—who have committed to appear are Marty Gervais, Susan Gold, Karl Jirgens, Martha Lee, Nicole Markotić, Eugene McNamara and Stephen Pender.
Tom Wright, director of Canadian operations for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, will discuss what it takes to build a global sports brand and business during the next instalment of the Odette School of Business Breakfast with Champions speaker series, Thursday, October 11.
Sixty University of Windsor biology students set a biodiversity record during a class field expedition on Saturday, September 29.
Students in professor Dan Mennill’s ornithology class observed 64 different species of birds on their day-long trip to Point Pelee National Park and Holiday Beach Conservation Area.
“This is the eighth year that I’ve taught this course,” explained Dr. Mennill, “and we’ve seen anywhere from 38 to 59 species during a full day of birdwatching. But we’ve never broken the barrier of 60 species.”
Friends and colleagues recall Bernie Mulligan as a caring person whose contributions will be missed. Mulligan, a carpenter in the UWindsor maintenance department, died October 1 at the age of 46.
Maintenance manager Rajeev Chawla recalled him as a team player.
“Bernie was always upbeat, always had a smile on his face,” Chawla said. “He had the unique ability to look at any job as a challenge to be completed. He is definitely going to be missed.”
James McGinlay, now manager of residence facilities, started his campus career alongside Mulligan in facility services.
It's that time of year again… the leaves are changing colour, the weather is getting cooler, and Canada Savings Bonds are on sale.
Permanent employees of the University of Windsor, full-time and part-time, may purchase the bonds through payroll deduction. They earn competitive rates of return, are cashable any time and are guaranteed by the Government of Canada.
The program offers an effortless and convenient way to save. You can reduce or end your contributions at any time, but you can begin or increase your purchase only until October 26.
A trip to Canada’s far north with an expedition to catch and tag fish, and set out acoustic receivers to track their movements, has been one of the most amazing experiences of his life, says Stephen Fields.
A communications officer in the University of Windsor’s department of Public Affairs and Communications, Fields joined researcher Nigel Hussey aboard the MV Nuliajuk, a 64-foot vessel plying the waters off the coast of Baffin Island.
The Marche Pasta station in the CAW Student Centre’s Marketplace food court is offering patrons a break this week.
Pair any pasta with any sauce for just $5 through Friday, October 5 (extra charge for vegetables or protein).
A couple of Lancer fans have secured seats as good as gold for Saturday’s football game against the York Lions at the south campus stadium.
Roger Lauzon, project leader of the IT review, and Danielle Reaume, secretary for the labour studies and women’s studies programs, won yesterday’s DailyNews quiz and its prize. Each will receive a pair of tickets in the gold section as well as two foam fingers to cheer on the Lancers.
