Jennifer Rocheleau, secretary to then history department, made a most deserving recipient of an award recognizing staff service in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, professor Miriam Wright told attendees at the faculty’s end-of-year celebration, Wednesday in Vanier Hall.
Bright red lipstick is the first thing you would notice about Daniella Bumbacco and Catrina Franzoi while they are on set working as LadyMeta Movement, the production company the two UWindsor communications, media, and film grads started over a year ago.
“The first rule of LadyMeta is, at all times red lipstick must be worn on set,” said Franzoi. “We started it on our first set in 2011 and have kept it going, almost like our identifier.”
The pair has found that running their own company gives them the power to maintain artistic freedom.
A University of Windsor alumnus won Monday’s DailyNews trivia contest and free tickets to the University Players in the social satire Welfarewell.
Malcolm Campbell had his entry drawn from all respondents who correctly identified Hansel and Gretel as the tale of a cannibalistic witch, The Over-the-Hill Gang as the tale of elderly electoral malcontents and Ma Barker as a criminal matriarch.
After releasing a debut EP, producing its first music video and playing several opening gigs for bigger Canadian acts, Windsor-based alternative rock band Pulp City Inn has had its busiest year yet.
Band members—lead singer Justin Zuccato, guitar player Darryl Festa, bass player Brandon Zuccato and drummer Brandon Lefrancois—have been struggling to juggle their academic and musical careers.
The University’s plans for its downtown campus cleared another hurdle Monday, as Windsor city council approved a change in the zoning of the Windsor Star, armouries and bus depot sites from commercial to institutional.
Kaitlyn Quigley, a fourth-year student of film and geography, packs a big message in a short film.
She won a video contest on the theme “Stand up to bullying,” organized by the University of Windsor Students’ Alliance as part of its Anti-Bullying Week program. The victory carries a chance to have her one-minute video viewed by students across campus, as well as a $100 cash prize.
Watch Quigley’s winning entry:
A film student hopes a new documentary she produced will draw much-needed attention to the issues of youth homelessness in this area.
“The community needs to be aware of what’s happening and what’s needed, and film is one of the best mediums to demonstrate those challenges,” said Svjetlana Oppen, whose 40-minute documentary What Is Home? will be screened for the first time tomorrow night at the Capitol Theatre.
Senate approved “the School for Arts and Creative Innovation” as the name of the merged music, film production, visual arts and urban ecology programs at its meeting November 9.
“The new name recognizes the leadership of the arts in the digital economy and the evolution of a new culture,” says Cecil Houston, acting director of the new school. “Our graduates are creating the visual and sonic codes and designs that support the innumerable technical creations of our times.”
The Odette School of Business has taken a large role in the Windsor International Film Festival again this year with the help of professor Vincent Georgie.
This will be the fourth year he has involved students in the festival and with 100 volunteers, it will be the biggest effort yet.
“I have had students work as much as 100 hours and take time off of work because they love it so much,” said Georgie.
A reading on Friday will bring together two UWindsor graduates to recall “It all started at Riverside Arena.”
Laurie Smith (BA 1991, B.Ed 1993, BA 1995, MA 1996) recounts that she and Kevin Shea (BA 1977) have been friends since the first day of Grade 1.
“Growing up in the shadow of Riverside Arena, we had no idea how important that rink would be in our lives as writers,” she says.
