Naming the plaza leading to the Toldo Lancer Centre to honour the late athletics director Richard Moriarty would serve two purposes, says professor emerita Marge Holman.

“It embeds some of the campus history and university pride in a way that can be readily viewed by all as they traverse to the most-used facility on campus and it honours a long-standing member of the university and community at large who dedicated his career to improving the quality of life for others.”

Dr. Holman is one of the organizers of a campaign raising funds to designate the walkway from College Avenue to the athletics facility as “Moriarty Way.”

During Dr. Moriarty’s tenure as athletics director from 1956 to 1985, the number of sports contested by varsity teams grew from three men’s to 12 and from two women’s to 10. For more than 40 years, he taught courses in business, English, and kinesiology. He retired from teaching in 1998 and died in June 2021.

He was a member of the initial class inaugurated into the University of Windsor Alumni Sports Hall of Fame, and was inducted into the Windsor-Essex Sports Hall of Fame in 1994. Each year, the athletics department confers an award named for him to the Lancer team whose members earn the highest academic average.

The specific details of the walkway are not yet finalized, Holman says.

“Generally, it will have multiple and visible messages that remind visitors of the educational values of sport and respect for the intersection of education and sport and the role that the University of Windsor and our Faculty of Human Kinetics provide in promoting this message,” she says.

Moriarty’s family welcomes the gesture, says his son Sean Moriarty (BSc 1982, BComm 1997, MBA 2001), who worked for the University for 26 years before relocating to the State University of New York at Oswego in 2013.

“It would demonstrate his legacy continues, acknowledging all he meant to the students and the community,” he says. “The University was at the centre of our family life: all my siblings and all my kids attended the University of Windsor and Lancer sports was the talk every night at our dinner table.”

He notes his mother still lives in the Randolph Avenue house three blocks from main campus where she and Dr. Moriarty raised their family.

Click here to make a tax-deductible contribution to the Moriarty Way campaign.

Celebrate spring and the end of the academic year with students, alumni, and friends of the School of Creative Arts.

Join the University Wind Ensemble on Friday, April 4, for its spring concert, including a performance by a massed ensemble featuring more than 20 alumni under the direction of Mike Seguin, with special guest conductors Nicholas Papador and Trevor Pittman.

The show starts at 7:30 p.m. at the Capitol Theatre. Tickets are $20 general admission with a student rate of $10, available at the door or in advance on the Capitol website.

On Sunday, April 6, experience 200 singers performing Carl Orff’s famous Carmina Burana, accompanied by two grand pianos and seven percussionists at 2:30 p.m. at the Capitol Theatre.

This SoCA Alumni Choir concert features the University Singers and Chamber Choir, choir alumni and the Windsor Symphony Orchestra Chorus, all conducted by Bruce J.G. Kotowich, director of choral activities for the School of Creative Arts. They are joined by alumnus David Weaver’s London Singers and the Windsor Essex Youth Choir, all accompanied by pianists Alde Calongcagong and Michael Oddy and percussion students under the direction of Dr. Papador.

The music of Carmina Burana, particularly “O Fortuna,” has been used extensively in movies, often to set a dramatic or epic mood.  It was first introduced to mainstream media in the John Boorman film Excalibur (1981). You might also remember its use in The Hunt for Red October (1990), and Lord of the Rings (2001-03).

Listen to Carmina Burana:

“Carmina Burana is all about celebrating spring and finding love,” says Dr. Kotowich. “You’ll hear over 210 musicians perform in celebration!”

Tickets are $20 general admission with a student rate of $10, available at the door or in advance on the Capitol website.

The Capitol Theatre is located at 121 University Ave.West. Street parking is free at meters in downtown Windsor after 6 p.m. on Fridays and all day on Sundays.

The Office of Student Recruitment is looking for passionate students to represent the University of Windsor as student ambassadors and global student ambassadors.

These roles offer a chance to engage with prospective students, share Lancer experience, and develop valuable leadership skills.

Submit applications on mySuccess by the deadline of April 16 — emailed applications will not be accepted. Job titles and IDs for positions posted on MySuccess are:

• Global Student Campus Ambassador (Job ID: 86760)
• Student Campus Ambassador (Job ID: 86763)

Apply today, says student ambassador co-ordinator Youstina Asaad in the Office of Enrolment Management: “Don’t miss this opportunity to be a part of our dynamic team!”

A progress report on actions completed to date is now available on the Employee Mental Health Strategy website.

“Especially now, as we are navigating difficult times on campus, it is crucial to continue building knowledge and capacity around mental health so that we can challenge the stigma around help-seeking and be able to meaningfully support our colleagues,” says employee mental health co-ordinator Kate Hargreaves.

Part of this capacity building has come through training more than 140 leaders on campus in mental health and 118 in psychological safety, developing and sharing custom learning modules and support resources, and offering mental health learning opportunities for faculty and staff.

“I also want to acknowledge the work of the Employee Mental Health Working Group, who have been instrumental in providing the expertise to make these initiatives happen, as well as the 70+ employee mental health strategy ambassadors across campus who have been engaging with colleagues, sharing support materials, connecting peers to resources, and helping reduce stigma in their areas,” says Hargreaves.

“When we face challenging times, being able to collaborate and support one another is critical, and the ambassadors have been a powerful example of that.”

As work on the strategy continues, those who have suggestions to enhance knowledge, reduce stigma, and support employee mental health at UWindsor are invited to submit suggestions to be brought forward to the EMHS working group at https://forms.office.com/r/WykC0A6U6z.

For those looking to reach out for support, resources and help line information is available at Mental Health Supports and Help Lines | Office of the Vice-President, People, Equity, and Inclusion.

The University of Windsor Enactus team joined students from across Central Canada in Mississauga on March 5 and 6 to showcase the social, environmental, and economic entrepreneurship solutions they developed.

Enactus Windsor is a student-run non-profit organization supported by the Odette School of Business which aims to provide experiential learning for students as they identify needs and solve problems in the local community through social entrepreneurship ventures.

The UWindsor team won first runner-up for its Youtopia project, an online educational program that enhances classroom learning with practical business applications. The program is delivered by student mentors and aligned with the Ontario curriculum, and to date has helped over 600 students in grades 7 to 12 learn financial and entrepreneurial skills.

The team also claimed second runner-up for Youthrive, an eight-week program conducted in Windsor-Essex secondary and elementary schools that mentors students through the creation of their own micro-businesses.

Faculty advisor Kent Walker, professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at the Odette School of Business, says the team continues to improve every year.

“I’m proud of the students and their hard work,” he says. “And while winning at competitions is always nice, the real goal is impact in our community.”

Enactus UWindsor, along with the other successful teams from the regional competitions, will move on to compete at the Enactus Canada National Exposition in May.

Enactus Windsor co-president Brinda Joseph Benher expresses pride in her team and the effort members put into their projects: “I am looking forward to competing in nationals this May and to the growth I know Enactus will have in the future!”

As part of its commitment to “Becoming an Increasingly Equitable, Diverse, Inclusive and Just University,” the Office of the Vice-President, People, Equity, and Inclusion is offering faculty, staff, and students the following free online training modules:

• Unpacking and Addressing Antisemitism
• Unpacking and Addressing Islamophobia

To access the modules and for more information, visit EDID Online Modules | Office of the Vice-President, People, Equity, and Inclusion. Direct any questions to vppei@uwindsor.ca.

Spring has finally sprung, and Information Technology Services would like to thank the campus community for participating in the Digital Spring-Cleaning Challenge. Over the course of one month, UWindsor was able to reduce its excess storage by 201 TB.

While progress has been made, there is still time to clean your files and commit to the Digital Spring-Cleaning Challenge for a chance to win a $50 UWinCash gift card.

“Every little bit helps,” says Ericka Greenham, director of client services in IT Services. “To date, our collective efforts to remove and delete files and emails we no longer need have added up to more than $100,000 in annual storage savings.”

IT Services encourages the campus to continue their digital decluttering efforts and suggests incorporating good file management habits into their daily work routines.

Habits you can incorporate for your Outlook mailbox include creating and using folders to organize important emails, setting reminders to review your inbox regularly, and deleting unnecessary emails after reading them. Be sure to empty the “Deleted” and “Junk” folders, as these emails still count against your storage. This will help you keep your mailbox within storage limits and prevent it from becoming overloaded.

You can also use Outlook’s sorting tools to find and delete old emails by date or locate emails with large attachments. Consider deleting full email conversations or using the “Archive” feature for important but infrequently needed emails.

By taking some time now to clean up both OneDrive and Outlook, you’ll ensure your storage stays manageable and avoid hitting storage limits.

Refer to the Microsoft Storage Knowledge-Base articles to learn more about how to clean up your digital storage.

As a reminder, the following storage limits will be implemented:

In addition, Teams and SharePoint sites will be limited to 25 GB of storage, and shared mailboxes will be limited to 20 GB.

If you are currently using more than the allotted storage amounts for your account type listed above, you will need to reduce duplicate and redundant data in your UWindsor Outlook email account and OneDrive to stay below the threshold. Users who may require more than the allotted quota for work, academic, or research purposes can submit a request to IT Services for review.

The student centre will serve a free breakfast Thursday, April 3, to the first 200 students seeking a pre-exam boost.

“It’s a simple show of goodwill and best wishes as students prepare for their finals,” says Sandra Riccio-Muglia, director of events and programming for the student centre. “Grab some eggs and potatoes and get a good-luck cheer.”

The event will begin at 10:30 a.m. and is sponsored by Local 1393 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, which represents the University’s trades, technical, and professional staff.