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Organizers reschedule golf tournament to celebrate business professor’s retirement

Organizers of a golf tournament in celebration of professor Anthony Faria’s 38 years at the Odette School of Business have rescheduled the event to avoid the summer doldrums.

Dr. Faria retired at the end of June. Originally set for July, the tournament will take place on Friday, September 7, at Ambassador Golf Club.

Well-wishers have three options: playing in the scramble-style 18-hole tournament for $70, partaking in dinner for $50, or making a day of it for both golf and dinner at $100.

Board approves tender for Odette renovation project

The University of Windsor will issue a call this week for contractors to convert the University Bookstore space in the Odette Building to classrooms, meeting rooms and study and gathering spaces for business students.

According to architectural designs, the $3-million project will include:

Job postings from Human Resources

The following positions are available through Human Resources.

The following Non Union Administration positions are available to all applicants through Human Resources.

#2012-NU-10 ESL Instructor (Part-time, 24 hours or less) — Temporary/Contract, in the Centre for English Language Development, July 13 to August 27, 2012 (two positions)
The following posting closes Thursday, July 5, 2012.

Workshop to provide information on starting businesses

A workshop July 12 promises to provide experiential learning opportunities to help student entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses.

The Centre for Enterprise and Law presents the Business of Innovation Program from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, July 12, in Alumni Hall’s McPherson Lounge.

Attendees will get essential business and legal insight, as well as free refreshments. To RSVP, e-mail nsleiman@uwindsor.ca.

Business grad hoping to make national mark as young entrepreneur

A UWindsor business grad is hoping his alma mater can help get him named Canada’s young entrepreneur of the year. Michael Kaye (MBA 2008) is under consideration for Profit magazine’s FuEL Awards; public voting will count for 20 per cent of the final score.

“If I am selected in the top 20 entrepreneurs it will result in tremendous publicity for Alexa Translations,” the company he runs with fellow Odette grad Gary Kalaci (BSc 2005, LLB 2009, MBA 2009), says Kaye.

Golf tournament to celebrate business professor’s retirement

After 38 years with the University of Windsor, business professor Anthony Faria is calling for his scorecard and heading to the links; his friends and colleagues are inviting themselves along.

A golf tournament to celebrate Dr. Faria’s retirement is scheduled for Thursday, July 12, at Ambassador Golf Club.

Well-wishers have three options: playing in the scramble-style 18-hole tournament for $70, partaking in dinner for $50, or making a day of it for both golf and dinner at $100.

Lancers representing Canada on the court and on the track

How skilled are Windsor’s women basketball players? Lancers account for half of the Canadian university athletes playing with the nation’s senior national B team in preparation for the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Miah-Marie Langlois, Korissa Williams and Tessa Kreiger join three of their Canadian Interuniversity Sport competitors and six Canadians playing in the NCAA on the squad.