Scheduling the UWindsor’s fall open house on a Saturday will offer a better experience to prospective students and their families, says the event’s organizer.

The annual event is slated this year for November 7.

“Our visitors will not have to take the day off school,” says Zora Savic of the student recruitment office. “Holding it on a Saturday also offers easier access to parking and more classroom space for program presentations.”

The open house features tours of the campus and its residences, formal sessions on academic programs, and opportunities to speak with faculty, staff and current students.

Provost Douglas Kneale is excited about the change to a weekend event.

“The open house is a signature part of our recruitment efforts and key to our institutional success,” he says. “I hope that the move to a Saturday will mean increased attendance and an improved chance to reach more prospective students.”

Savic says she will be working to finalize details of the day’s activities over the next few weeks.

Innovation is at the heart of what we do at UWindsor—and the focus of the VIEW Fall 2015 cover story. The most recent edition of the alumni magazine is now available online and in print.

The University’s EPICentre initiative refers to all entrepreneurial activities on campus—from in-class education and extracurricular events to mentorship from local business leaders—that provide students and recent alumni with the opportunity and resources to successfully start and grow a business.

The fall edition of the magazine also profiles the sexual assault prevention research of professor Charlene Senn, which recently received global attention; law alumna Tina Georgieva; and student ambassador Patrick Frias.

It’s Annual Giving Program season, and the 2014-15 donor roll can be found in the online edition as well, recognizing those whose contributions allow UWindsor to focus on its goal of making a difference in the world.

Readers have three convenient ways to access VIEW electronically:

• Visit www.uwindsor.ca/view to download either a PDF or “flipbook” version of the magazine.
• Apple iPad or iPhone users can download the VIEW PDF at www.uwindsor.ca/view.
• Android phone and tablet users can access VIEW using the “flipbook” or save the PDF as a download at www.uwindsor.ca/view.

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Changes to food services on campus this fall are driven by the keywords healthy and choice, says Anna Kirby, executive director of Campus Services.

New developments are based on student feedback and trends in the industry, with the goal of ensuring students have the best when it comes to options—especially healthy options. 

“Food Services plays an essential role in our customers UWindsor experience and knowing this, drives us to deliver a program that serves great, healthy food, offers our customers exceptional variety, excellent customer service, while being fiscally and socially responsible,” says Kirby.

Following are the changes:

The Marketplace in the CAW Student Centre has introduced two new concepts, a Mediterranean Grill and Burger Bar. The grill’s menu is both trendy and healthy: featuring Greek salad, gyros, souvlaki, falafels and dinner combos that come with rice and vegetables. The Burger Bar serves fresh-made ground chuck patties cooked to order on a flat top grill, which customers can customize with an assortment of fresh toppings including caramelized onions, sautéed mushrooms and selection of premium cheeses.

The Marketplace has renamed its home-style line “Chef to U,” featuring daily homemade specials at lunch and dinner. New this year is a daily lunch special for under $6.

Chef Paolo Vasapolli has created a number of new take-out meals that are now part of the Made Fresh to Go line, and has expanded the selection of pre-packaged sushi, made fresh daily by Au So Sushi.

Another new addition is Coca Cola’s free-style fountain machine that offers more than 100 different drinks, and the opportunity for customers to create their own concoction by blending different flavours.

The Marketplace also now hosts a self-serve Tim Hortons to help combat long lines at the Tim’s kiosk. Two outlets will better handle demand for Canada’s favourite coffee.

The Crocodile Grill in Vanier Hall has a new made-to-order menu at breakfast and dinner, featuring eggs benedict, steak and eggs, huevos rancheros burritos, egg white omelettes, fruit parfaits and smoothies. The Croc has a number of gluten-free items including bagels, English muffins and pancakes. The dinner menu includes salads, fresh made burgers, wraps and hot sandwiches, a “slim” platter for diet conscious customers, grilled tilapia, a Vietnamese noodle bowl, Korean barbecue style pork chop, chicken quesadillas, pasta of the day and dinner special.

The Bru in Alumni Hall saw a much-needed renovation this summer to its café convenience store. In addition to a fresh coat of paint and new fridges, the store now has a made-to-order pizza counter featuring a oven that cooks a pizza in two minutes. The Bru has a new line of Made Fresh to Go Bowls and meals designed for students to bring back to their rooms and heat up in a microwave, and still carries the popular sandwich counter and home-made soup specials.

The Brown Gold Cafés in the Leddy Library and Toldo Health Education Centre has re-opened to serve fair trade certified organic coffee and teas, including Marley coffee blends. Both shops have a full line of Made Fresh to Go sandwiches and salads.

The Hub in the Centre for Engineering Innovation has transitioned to a second self-serve Tim Hortons outlet.

Humanities Week 2015, scheduled to take place September 21 to 24, has given student organizer and videographer Naomi Pelkey a unique perspective on the importance of humanities to all academic pursuits.

Pelkey, who worked under the direction of Humanities Research Group director Erica Stevens Abbitt, was tasked with producing a video that posed the question, “Why Humanities?” to a group of students, faculty, and staff.

“I think we live in a complex and complicated world. A world in which we need informed citizens and leaders who understand the world to help make it a better place,” said Diana Mady Kelly, professor emeritus, School of Dramatic Art, in her interview. “I think the humanities provide pathways for us to do so.”

Dr. Stevens Abbitt says that bringing the richness of the human experience to the campus community and the wider public is the goal of this year’s event.

“During Humanities Week, we are setting up an ongoing conversation about the humanities and their relevance to our world,” she said. “Perhaps most exciting, this represents a wonderful collaboration between HRG and the President’s Office—with support from our HRG student ambassadors, UWSA, PAC, FAHSS, the Leddy Library, Recruitment, and the Windsor Symphony Orchestra: an alliance of students, faculty, staff and community members working to promote awareness of the humanities on campus and beyond.”

Among the week’s scheduled events is a visit from the Windsor Symphony Orchestra; student-led Humanities Café debates with invited professors; and the “WHY Humanities?” competition, where the best student entry on the relevance of humanities in the 21st century will win the entrant a free semester of tuition.

“Humanities are what make us human,” said Christine Quaglia, student development specialist in Student Disability Services, who also appears in Pelkey’s video. “Things like art, like philosophy, like music, like literature—they’re the things that move humans forward.”

For a full calendar of Humanities Week events and more information on the “WHY Humanities?” competition, visit http://www1.uwindsor.ca/hrg/.

All the excitement of a Lancer football game wrapped up UWindsor Welcome Week on Saturday, as hundreds of fans poured into the south campus stadium to watch the hometown favourites take on the Carleton Ravens.

While the Lancers suffered a 61-16 defeat, fans enjoyed the surrounding festivities: a tailgate party with a free barbecue, face painting, music and dance, giveaways of gear, a draw for a semester’s free tuition courtesy of the Alumni Association won by Lillian Barquni, and an address by UWindsor president Alan Wildeman.

He played a few bars of “Happy Birthday” on his harmonica—which he taught himself on the walk to the stadium—to illustrate the importance of trying new things.

Among the on-field highlights were 188 yards and a touchdown by receiver Beau Lumley on six catches, and the first passing TDs of rookie quarterback Liam Putt’s Ontario University Athletics career. Find a full game recap at goLancers.ca.

The crowd was boosted by international students, who attended after their first session of orientation. They learned about Canadian laws and customs and expectations at the University before posing for a group photo. Click on the image below for the full-resolution picture.

Find a photo album from the day’s celebrations on the UWindsor Facebook page.