UWindsor students who want to enhance their resumes with a professional and rewarding experience should consider the Centre for Career Education’s Volunteer Internship Program (VIP). The application deadline is March 15 to participate in the summer 2012 term.
Participants contribute 40 hours of volunteer work in a non-profit organization in the Windsor-Essex community and attend career development workshops and activities. In exchange, they get work-related experience, networking opportunities, and recognition on their academic transcripts.
Past job titles have included:
Korissa Williams
Mar 5th, 2012
Students with an idea for a great new technology, innovation or start-up can take it to the next level through a video competition hosted by Ontario Centres of Excellence.
The contest, open to all post-secondary students enrolled at an Ontario university or college, is a chance to put their ideas in front of the movers and shakers of the science and technology industry.
Mar 2nd, 2012
How can graduate supervisors and mentors adjust their approach in order to communicate more effectively with their students? And what can instructors and supervisors do when an impasse or outright conflict arises?
Tracy C. Davis, professor and associate dean for academic affairs at Northwestern University, will offer a special presentation to faculty and staff on graduate supervising and mentoring, March 16 at 10 a.m.
Mar 2nd, 2012
The Document Imaging Centre is offering a special incentive to use its services this month.
Any order placed in March will earn each customer a coupon worth 25 per cent off the next regular-priced order for black and white and colour impressions on any paper in stock, including wide-format posters.
The coupons are valid until April 27 and may not be used for typesetting, design, CourseWare, stationery or previously quoted jobs.
Mar 2nd, 2012
The Human Kinetics Speaker Series presents Steve Manske delivering his free public lecture, “Learning for Action Systems in Youth Health,” at noon Friday, March 2, in room 145, Human Kinetics Building.
Mar 1st, 2012
The following Non Union Administration position is available to all applicants through Human Resources.
The following posting closes on Tuesday, March 6, at 4 p.m.
#2012-NU-01 Research Finance Manager, Financial Services – Research Finance
The Marketplace food court’s multicultural week goes south of the border today with a Mexican menu featuring vegetable escabeche Dona Vito; bone-in chicken breast with apricot mole; and beef rib chili.
Thursday’s Italian celebration features chicken marsala with grape vine; homemade porcini-infused beef ragu with fresh egg tagliatelle; and tofu cacciatore.
The Marketplace food court serves lunch and dinner in the CAW Student Centre.
Feb 29th, 2012
Campus flags will be lowered today in memory of retiree Corrado De Concini, who died Monday, February 27.
De Concini commenced working at the University of Windsor in 1969 as a custodian in Facility Services, a position he held until his retirement in 1988.
A campus-wide notification system intended to keep the UWindsor community safe and informed in an emergency while providing real-time information sharing with public safety agencies won accolades at a recent Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police Conference in Toronto.
The flags, foods and fashions of varied cultures will take centre stage in the CAW Student Centre Commons on Wednesday during the Celebration of Nations.
The multicultural festival will start with a parade of flags leaving the corner of Sunset and University avenues at 10:30 a.m. and head to the centre for exhibitions and performances from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.