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Open House gives prospective students a little UWindsor experience

Nov 12th, 2012

In what organizers are describing as the University of Windsor’s largest recruitment success yet, more than 3,000 high school students and their parents came from all over Ontario to Friday’s Fall Open House.

Sunny skies greeted visitors for tours of academic, residence and athletics facilities, presentations on programs and services, and a barbecue lunch served under four tents in the courtyard outside Dillon Hall. The Mark Calcott Band, an ensemble of UWindsor students, entertained guests as they enjoyed their lunch.

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Chantelle Myers
Jackie Sanger
Liaison and Student Recruitment
Public Affairs and Communications
Renee Bombardier
Wendy Bedard

Engineering building opens doors on innovative research

Nov 12th, 2012

A showcase of engineering research Friday was a great opportunity for prospective students and members of the community to see first-hand some of the fascinating work that’s going on here, according to a participating professor.

“Everyone seemed really pleased with what they saw,” said Narayan Kar, one of three researchers who opened up their labs for the Open Doors, Open Knowledge event. “It’s critical that people have a good understanding of the kind of research we’re doing here.”

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Hoda ElMaraghy
Narayan Kar
Rupp Carriveau

Cross-country teams ready to race in national championship meet

Nov 9th, 2012

The Lancer cross-country teams will look for top performances on Saturday when Canadian Interuniversity Sport celebrates 50 years of competition in the sport during its national championship meet in London. The event will feature 125 athletes from 25 schools in the women’s five-kilometre race at noon; 129 runners from 24 institutions are scheduled to take the start of the 10-kilometre men’s event at 1 p.m.

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Austin Kennedy
Dan Cerino
Jen Corrick
Jordan Brescacin
Matt McGarva. Mitch Tome
Matt Walters
Shea Pierre

Planned signal boost driving radio station fundraiser

Nov 9th, 2012

A planned increase in the broadcast signal of campus community radio CJAMfm has the station redoubling efforts to attract donations during its 2012 pledge drive, which opens today.

The station has applied for a permit to quadruple its signal strength to more than 2,000 watts, which would allow listeners to tune in through Windsor-Detroit and beyond, says station manager Vern Smith.

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CJAM
Vern Smith

Quiz offers chance to win tickets to Lancer basketball home opener

Nov 8th, 2012

The Athletics Department is offering DailyNews readers a chance to win tickets to the Lancer basketball home opener against the Carleton Ravens on Friday, November 9. The defending national champion women will play at 6 p.m.; the men tip off at 8 p.m.

One lucky winner will receive a package of four tickets to the season openers in the St. Denis Centre fieldhouse. Just send your answers to the following trivia questions. The winner will be randomly selected from all correct responses received by 4 p.m. on Thursday, November 8.

Bus to shuttle fans to national cross-country meet

Nov 8th, 2012

A bus will provide transportation to fans hoping to watch Lancer runners in action at the Canadian Interuniversity Sport cross-country championship meet in London on Saturday, November 10.

The bus will depart from the St. Denis Centre at about 8:30 a.m. to arrive at the Thames Valley Golf Course for the race start—the women at noon and the men at 1 p.m. The bus will leave London following the awards ceremony, at about 2:30 p.m.

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Mitch Tome

Panel to discuss challenges and solutions for family businesses

Nov 8th, 2012

The challenges and solutions for family business owners in the Windsor-Essex community will be the focus of a panel discussion on Tuesday, November 13, entitled “All in the Family: A Panel on Family Business.”

The discussion, which runs from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Ambassador Golf Club, is hosted by UWindsor’s Centre for Enterprise and Law.

Four successful Canadian business owners and experts will touch on starting a business with one’s spouse, succession planning, starting a family while owning a business and next-generation business challenges.

The speakers are:

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Centre for Enterprise and Law
Chantelle Myers

Reading to reflect shared love of skating

Nov 7th, 2012

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.