Repair work will close the accessibility ramp from Sunset Avenue to Chrysler Hall Tower from November 18 to 20, weather permitting.
The construction is a continuation of the work currently being completed on the building’s pedestrian deck.
Two alternative accessible routes to the building are:
The Organization of Part-time University Students will hold a potluck lunch party to celebrate the approaching end of the semester on Wednesday, November 23.
The event promises to be a cross-cultural experience reflecting the varied backgrounds of the campus community. It will start at noon in the OPUS office, room 172, CAW Student Centre. Find details on the organization’s Web site.
Viva Cultural Diversity Week will close Friday evening with the Care for Somalia Benefit Showcase, at the Thirsty Scholar Pub.
The show promises live music, guest speakers and documentary screenings starting at 6 p.m. Admission is $7, $5 with a donation of an item of winter clothing or a textbook. Proceeds will benefit Windsor’s Somali community and relief agencies in Somalia. Learn more on the event’s Facebook page.
Campus flags will be lowered Wednesday in memory of retiree Alan Johns, who died November 8. He joined the University of Windsor in 1985 as a technologist in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, a position he held until his retirement in 2002.
At his request there will be no funeral services. Find more details in his obituary.
Tuition costs remain a hot topic on the University of Windsor campus, and now students are taking those concerns to the streets, joining the “Occupy” movements that were sparked on the streets of New York City.
“Everyone has specific things that they do not like,” says Mohammad Almoayad, one of about 20 students among the protesters camping out in the park in front of Windsor City Hall.
Almoayad supports eliminating tuition altogether, saying it would cost “only $5 billion.”
Faculty, staff, and students honoured University of Windsor faculty members who received awards in the last year at the sixth annual Celebration of Teaching Excellence on Monday, November 14, in the Ambassador Auditorium.
The event, hosted by the Office of the Provost and the Centre for Teaching and Learning, recognized their important contributions to the culture of teaching and learning at the University, including:
The university’s warehouse in the United States will close Thursday and Friday, November 24 and 25, to celebrate US Thanksgiving. Anyone expecting perishable shipments to come through the facility at that time should take measures to ensure they arrive no later than 10:30 a.m. on Monday, November 21, for delivery to campus before the weekend.
For more information, contact Evelyn St. Pierre at 519-253-3000, ext. 2083.
Hundreds of students, faculty, and staff gathered in front of Memorial Hall on Friday to pay tribute to Canadian soldiers who fought and fell in the cause of freedom.
The service included an address by UWindsor president Alan Wildeman, a reading of the poem In Flanders Fields, playing of The Last Post and Reveille, singing of O Canada, and concluded with the laying of a wreath below the commemorative plaque in Memorial Hall.
The School of Music is offering DailyNews readers a chance to win two free tickets to a recital of classical works featuring clarinetist Trevor Pittman, pianist Gregory Butler and violinist Lillian Scheirich, on Sunday, November 13, at 2:30 p.m. in Assumption University Chapel. Tickets are $15 general admission, available at the door or in advance by phone at 519-253-3000, ext. 4212; or online at www.uwindsor.ca/music.
Laurie Freeman-Gibb, a lecturer in nursing, won Wednesday’s DailyNews trivia quiz and the prize of four tickets to see a screening at the Windsor International Film Festival.
Her name was drawn from all those who correctly identified the featured works of UWindsor filmmakers: Josh Mellanby’s No Shelter , Kim Nelson’s Berliner and Owen Eric Wood’s Return.
Students eligible for free film festival passes
