After 50 years of continuous education, Bernarda Doctor knows what it's like to need a bit of a boost come exam time. So on Monday, the official last day of exams, she bought a bunch of cookies and other treats, set up a table in the Market Place at the CAW Student Centre, and handed them out to gradteful students as they passed by.
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UWindsor students have the upper hand among Canadian universities when it comes to the publishing process, thanks to a creative writing professor who involves them in his publishing company.
Black Moss Press founder Marty Gervais presents two manuscripts each year to the students in his editing practicum course. They have to go through the complete editing process, giving them a real feel for what the industry is like.
Gervais said it is the only course in Canada that allows students to work with real manuscripts they marshal through the entire publishing process.
Recent nursing graduate Alyssa Thrasher will undoubtedly spend the holidays looking at her family and her living conditions with a greater sense of appreciation after spending several weeks during the fall on two separate trips helping villagers in some of the poorest regions of Central America.
He’s big and sturdy with a generous heart, a great sense of humour and a wicked ride. Sound like every woman’s dream? It’s no wonder Lara MacMillan has a Thing for Santa.
Singer-songwriter MacMillan, a UWindsor alum (Ed ’96), has written and recorded I’ve Got a Thing for Santa, which has been getting airplay around Ontario after the song’s debut at Stratford’s Santa’s Parade of Lights on Nov. 27.
Dec 19th, 2011
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A traditional law practice was never in the cards for Windsor Law graduate Anny Strojin (’83), and that was the very thing that attracted her to UWindsor nearly 30 years ago.
Strojin, a St. Catherine’s native, recently attended a UWindsor reunion at the Shaw Festival, where she heard University President Alan Wildeman encouraging grads to share stories of why they are proud to call UWindsor their alma mater.
Dec 19th, 2011
UWindsor International students hoping to share Christmas festivities with Canadian families may not all get their wish this holiday season without some last minute help from UWindsor faculty, staff and the Windsor community.
Dec 19th, 2011
Everybody was a winner at the conclusion of the Leddy Library Food for Fines program which wrapped up December 9. The Iona College student food bank received 648 canned goods and other food items, and many library patrons were breathing a sigh of guilt-free relief at getting their library materials back to their rightful home.
The program, organized by the Access Services staff, credited each non-perishable, non-expired food item donated at the Leddy’s circulation desk at a rate of $2 off outstanding overdue fines, to a maximum of $50 per person.
Design-build project will open in the summer of 2013
The University of Windsor will construct a two-storey Innovation Centre and a seven-level parking garage with 1,055 spaces on the south side of Wyandotte street between Sunset and California. The University of Windsor will now enter into contract discussions with Newton Parking Structures Ltd. from Guelph, Ontario to construct the first ever design-build project on campus.
Dec 14th, 2011
The Lancer women’s basketball team will host their annual Holiday Classic Tournament Christmas week at the St. Denis Centre.
Coach Chantal Vallée and the Women’s Lancers will host three teams from across the CIS in a three-day tournament, December 28 to 30. The #2 ranked Lancers enter the tournament with a 6-2 record to start their season and are led by CIS female athlete of the year, Jessica Clemençon.