Start the school year on the right foot (and then the left) with a tour of the Leddy Library and see what you’ve been missing!
Tours leave from the building’s lobby every hour on the hour from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, September 19 and 20.
The tour takes about 20 minutes and includes a walk around the Leddy Main and West buildings. Guides stop at service points to explain borrowing policies, collections and help services.
With more than 110 student groups registered with the University of Windsor Students’ Alliance, Clubs Week promises something for everyone, says coordinator Bola Rahman.
“Joining clubs is the lifeline of being a student,” says the third-year business major. “It is part of the university experience.”
Before she took on her current role, she was active with the Odette Toastmasters, African Union, the Nigerian Student Association, the Soccer Club, and All Nations Youth on Campus. Now, she says, she’s automatically a member of every club.
It may be better to give than to receive, but sometimes you can do both. One such occasion is Tuesday's retirees barbecue for the United Way.
UWindsor retirees organize the annual event, with proceeds going to the United Way, which funds non-profit organizations in Windsor and Essex County. The barbecue will be held outside the eastern entrance to the CAW Student Centre from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Get a hotdog (or vegetarian facsimile), chips and a drink for the low, low price of $4.
The Lancer football team, currently ranked 10th in Canadian Interuniversity Sport, looks to build on its successful start this weekend as it hosts the No. 7 McMaster Marauders on Alumni Field.
Two straight wins to open the season earned the Lancers their first CIS Top 10 ranking since 2006.
Saturday's game will kick off at 7 p.m. Read a full game preview, "No. 10 Windsor set to host No. 7 McMaster in Saturday showdown" on goLancers.ca.
Historically, the humanities have been central to education because they have rightly been seen as essential for creating competent democratic citizens, says philosopher Martha Nussbaum. But recently, she argues, thinking about the aims of education has gone disturbingly awry both in the United States and abroad.
Readers who can’t get enough DailyNews stories about the amazing research being conducted by UWindsor faculty and students will soon be able to hear more about them over the airwaves.
The Athletics Department is offering DailyNews readers a chance to win gold seat tickets to watch the no. 10 Lancer football team take on the no. 8 McMaster Marauders on Alumni Field, Saturday, September 17, at 7 p.m.
Two lucky winners will each receive a pair of tickets in the premium gold section of University of Windsor stadium. Just send your answers to the following trivia questions. The winners will be randomly selected from all correct responses received by 4 p.m. on Thursday, September 17.
Saturday’s Lancer football game just got a lot more interesting, as Windsor joined McMaster in Canadian Interuniversity Sport’s top 10 national rankings. The two teams will play under the lights Saturday on Alumni Field. Kick-off is at 7 p.m.
A release announcing the newest results of the national poll noted the 2-0 Lancers were rewarded for last week’s 41-40 upset of Laurier. Windsor is now ranked 10th in the country; the Marauders are seventh after a loss to Western.
The university has declared 10 Seanix computers with P4 processors and 40 GB hard drives for sale by bid as Disposal File 854. Please click here for details.
The public is invited to a couple of events on Thursday, September 15, celebrating the opening of Collaboration, the 2011 faculty exhibition in the School of Visual Arts.
Both events are set for the LeBel Building’s SoVA Projects Gallery. Participating artists will be on hand for a lunchtime discussion starting at noon and a reception will run from 5 to 7 p.m.
Among the collaborators are:
