The following union position is available to internal bargaining unit members only. Bargaining unit members interested in this position are requested to apply in writing by completing an 'Application for Transfer' form and forwarding it to: Department of Human Resources or employment@uwindsor.ca on or before 4 p.m. on the posting closing date.
There is one week left for nominations and applications for the titles of Professor Emerita/Emeritus, University Professor and Honorary Professor. The Special Appointments Committee is accepting nominations or applications for an eligible candidate to the Office of the University Secretariat by February 15.
In Fall 2010, a team of award-winning instructors on campus began to look at ways that they could make a serious contribution to enhancing the overall quality of teaching on campus.
It wasn’t so much a question of teaching other people to do what they do: in fact, they wanted to keep improving as well, and to develop a faculty-driven network of people interested in exploring new ways to foster excellent learning.
The university has declared a HP Laserjet colour printer 3500 as Disposal File 863. Please click here for details.
The university has declared a HP Laserjet colour printer CP4005N, plus two toner cartridges, for sale by bid as Disposal File 864. Please click here for details.
The University’s annual Celebration of Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity will be held today from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Ambassador Auditorium in the CAW Student Centre.
The reception will honour faculty members and students for their contributions to their fields of endeavour. Find a full list of honourees here.
Drama professor Tedfred Myers, who died Friday, Feburary 3, at the age of 56, is remembered for the difference he made in the lives of his students, says Lionel Walsh, director of the School of Dramatic Art.
“What characterized Ted was in every case, the students came first with him,” Walsh said. “He cared so deeply about the young people he taught — that was the centre of his approach.”
A search committee invites nominations and applications for the position of Head of the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology until February 10.
The position will commence July 1, 2012, for a term of three to five years. Candidates must hold a tenured position in the department. For more information, please see the online posting of the internal search.
Ron Gaudet, chief executive officer of the Windsor Essex Economic Development Corporation, told a national audience that relocating its offices to the Centre for Engineering Innovation is much more than a physical move.
“It is a message to the internal [local] and external community that we are serious about partnerships and serious about taking this region to another level,” he said in an interview with a business reporter from the Globe and Mail.
A two-week trip to work with orphaned and vulnerable children at the Kititimo Child Centre in Singida, Tanzania, helped education major Katie Nanson develop a different perspective on what it means to be a teacher.
“My heart is social justice,” she says. “The focus at the Faculty of Education is to equip teachers to meet the needs of every child. We’ve learned about equity versus equality and the idea that while all children need shoes, not all children need the same shoe size—we have to reach them as individuals.”
School achievement gaps stem partly from inequalities among children’s opportunities to learn outside of school, particularly during the summer, says Scott Davies. Some children entertain themselves over summer breaks from school, while others enjoy a menu of enriching activities.
The “summer setbacks” compound, eroding the literacy skills of disadvantaged children and attributing to an achievement gap by high school, says Dr. Davies, a professor of sociology at McMaster University.
