Mark Lefebvre doesn’t have to worry about standing out in a crowd. He can stand above it.
The UWindsor drama grad (BFA 1988) is a founding member of the Stilt Guys. He strapped on the leg extenders yesterday to promote the Bozii outlet in the Toldo Health Education Centre.
Wearing a T-shirt bearing the slogan “It’s what’s inside that counts,” Lefebvre walked around campus, distributing discount coupons for Bozii, which sells hot, stuffed pastries.
Michelle Fitzgerald, administrator of exchange student services, values the experience of sharing her Thanksgiving with visitors from overseas, and encourages her campus colleagues to consider registering for the Host for the Holidays program.
“If your family dinner is like mine, there is usually so much food that a few more people won't make a difference,” Fitzgerald says. “You are introducing the students to this bit of Canadian culture and at the same time you get to see the Thanksgiving celebration through the eyes of someone else.”
The first 500 fans to pass through the gates for Saturday’s Lancer football game against York University will receive a free souvenir foam finger to cheer on UWindsor athletes.
This week’s match-up will be played September 29 on Alumni Field under the lights. The 2-2 Lancers will take on the 1-3 Lions at 7 p.m.; the gates will open at 6 p.m.
Contest puts stadium’s best seats up for grabs
Deb Dayus is proud of her work as a volunteer canvasser for the Annual Giving Program.
“The campaign most certainly has a clear and positive impact on the work we do, in the lives of our students, and the University of Windsor community as whole,” the nursing professor told colleagues gathered Wednesday on the lawn outside Memorial Hall.
A lunch reception launched the 2012 campaign, which invites support from University employees for student scholarships, campus improvements, teaching and research programs.
The Kentucky coffee tree (Gymnocladus dioica) derives its common name from reports that early European settlers used its seedpods as a coffee substitute. The species survives in Canada only in southwestern Ontario, where it is considered threatened.
That population grew by one Wednesday, as the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and the Jull EES Club helped to plant a specimen in front of Memorial Hall in celebration of National Tree Day.
The Distinguished Visitor in Women’s Studies program this year will honour a diverse group—activists whose struggles helped to enshrine gender equality in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
“Their vision and determination have made it possible for us to live in a country that values fairness and justice for women,” says Anne Forrest, director of the women’s studies program.
According to the Ontario Association of Food Banks, in one of four households using food banks, children skip breakfast at least once a week, says Kimberly Hillier, a doctoral student in the Faculty of Education.
She is calling on the campus community to help meet a dire need for breakfast cereals in the monthly food baskets distributed by the Downtown Mission. She will collect new, unopened boxes of cereal in the lobby of the Neal Education Building, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, September 27.
After many years of service, UWindsor retirees continued to give their time to help those in need.
Retired and current staff volunteered to run the annual barbecue Tuesday in the Student Centre Courtyard to raise funds for United Way, which funds non-profit organizations in Windsor and Essex County.
“We want to increase awareness and raise money for the campus campaign,” says volunteer Soula Serra, student development specialist in the Educational Development Centre. “There are many people in need, and the retirees felt it was important to help them.”
A University of Windsor professor hopes to combine arts and science in a performance Saturday that will draw the community into discussions about the local ecology.
During the Art and Ecology Sidewalk Parade, Saturday, September 29, “no one gets to be a viewer,” says Jennifer Willet.
“Everyone gets to be a participant.”
She will assign everyone in attendance a role, whether it’s making music or carrying a sign to represent an organism found in the local ecosystem.
The public will have a chance to say goodbye to the Windsor Armouries and view the University’s plans for its downtown campus during an open house in the building on Thursday, October 4.
The event will run 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the historical building, located on University Avenue at Freedom Way. UWindsor president Alan Wildeman, project managers, architects and representatives from the City of Windsor will be on-hand to discuss plans for the development of the Armouries, as well as the former bus depot across the street and the Windsor Star complex several blocks to the west.
