Undergraduate Students
As a young boy, Josh Mellanby recalls being glued to the television, fascinated by the old episodes of The Twilight Zone that his mother had turned him on to.
“It was one of the biggest influences in my life,” the 30-year-old filmmaker says of the old Rod Serling-directed mind-bending science fiction television series. “I loved the twists of fate and the way they could craft these complex stories in such a short amount of time.”
If the role of a documentary filmmaker is to focus the lens on provocative and potentially incendiary subject matter, then Kim Nelson perfectly fits the part.
However, rather than imposing her own personal opinions on the controversial topics of immigration and multicultural assimilation in Germany, she takes a back seat in her film Berliner, allowing instead for the characters’ own personal stories to define the fundamental conflict there.
The opening of an exhibit at the Leddy Library dedicated to the female scientist who discovered radium – which revolutionized diagnostic imaging and the treatment of cancer – provided a perfect opportunity to address the need to encourage more women to pursue studies and careers in hard sciences.
Phil Graniero had a fairly simple motive when he shaved off the goatee he normally wears on the weekend and started growing a new moustache.
“My family hasn’t been touched by prostate cancer and I’d like to keep it that way,” says the associate professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences.
It’s not too late to save the world from environmental devastation, according to a retired UWindsor professor and leading coral reef ecologist who will speak on campus Thursday night.
Hundreds of staff and faculty members tricked and treated their way into Winclare A Monday for the annual campus Hallowe’en luncheon sponsored by the Office of the President.
Two individuals each won an extra vacation day after Provost Leo Groarke announced the winner for best individual costume as “the Paperbag princess.” It turns out that both Rosemary Plastow of the Student Counselling Centre and Jacqueline Mellish of Residence Services came dressed as the Robert Munsch heroine.
From a first meeting with Lenore Langs, you might get the mistaken impression she’s not a big fan of dub poetry or graphic novels.
Whether she’s an avid consumer of those genres, however, seems irrelevant. As a key organizer of BookFest Windsor, her interest is in promoting literature in all its forms, and keeping the three-day event fresh and current is her number one priority.
Have you got your costume ready for the annual Faculty and Staff Hallowe’en Social? The party is scheduled for today—Monday, October 31—from noon to 1:15 p.m. in Vanier Hall’s Winclare A.
All University of Windsor staff and faculty are invited to the event, which promises prizes for best individual and group costumes in addition to door prizes and a free luncheon, sponsored by the president’s office.
Membership has its privileges, and the University Club is offering a special promotion this month to UWindsor staff to encourage their membership.
Dues for the 2011-12 school year have been reduced from $40 to $30 for each employee who joins on a Friday in November: 4, 11, 18 or 25. Every new member will receive that day’s lunch buffet – an $11.95 value – free.
Club members qualify for a number of benefits: