By Lindsay Charlton
From a young age, Jack Lavigne was drawn to the spaces that shape our world.
Tagging along on visits to project sites, he saw how blueprints turned into buildings, taking shape as places people live in and move through every day.
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Teaching & Learning
Campus Life
Beginning July 9, students will have a centralized on-campus and online location to access academic support services.
Student Central will integrate three core areas of student support. The Office of the Registrar, Student Awards and Financial Aid, and Student Accounts will be centrally-located at Chrysler Hall North in the Registrar’s office area.
Community & Partnerships
By Sara Elliott
A team of MBA students has launched a summer tourism campaign called 40-40, bringing new energy to Windsor’s business scene.
Five MBA students from the Odette School of Business partnered with Windsor-Detroit Borderlink Limited (WDBL)—operator of the Windsor-Detroit Tunnel—to encourage tourists to cross the border and explore Windsor hot spots.
Campus Life
By John-Paul Bonadonna
For Kevin Kosempel, Grounds Supervisor for the University of Windsor, overseeing the Facility Services team that maintains campus grounds is a source of pride, artistry, and legacy.
“People taking pictures in front of our beds, especially graduation pictures, that’s always going to be there for the lifetime of that person,” remarks Kosempel.
Campus Life
By Lindsay Charlton
Building strong business relationships sometimes means stepping out of the boardroom, onto the green, and driving connections.
Trading formal office wear for a polo shirt and baseball cap, assistant professor Matt Wilson of the Odette School of Business focuses on using golf as a business tool in his course, Teeing Off for Business Success.
People, Equity & Inclusion
By John-Paul Bonadonna
After an extraordinary 38-year journey at the University of Windsor, Diane Rawlings is retiring.
Her last day marks not just the end of a remarkable career, but the celebration of a life woven into the fabric of campus.
“There’s just an energy around education and on college and university campuses that you really can’t be compared,” remarked Diane.
Community & Partnerships
By Sara Elliott
If you act fast, there are a few foursome spots left in the 2025 Alumni & Friends Golf Tournament.
The University of Windsor Alumni Association’s annual event takes place on Monday, July 21, 2025, at Beach Grove Golf & Country Club in Tecumseh, Ont.
Community & Partnerships
By Sara Elliott
University of Windsor alum Gordon Orr (BA 1989) is expanding his leadership role in the Windsor-Essex region.
The current chief executive officer of Tourism Windsor Essex Pelee Island (TWEPI) will serve dual roles when he takes on the additional role of chief executive officer of Invest WindsorEssex on July 2, 2025.
Community & Partnerships
Women United has set a goal of collecting more than 5,000 books, and they’re looking to the UWindsor community to help get them there.
The group is hosting a campus book drive in support of United Way’s Summer Eats for Kids program, running now through July 15.
New and gently used books for all ages are welcome.
Donations can be dropped off at:
Community & Partnerships
By Lindsay Charlton
As efforts continue to shape the proposed Ojibway National Urban Park, University of Windsor researchers have been helping bring that vision to life through community partnerships, Indigenous knowledge, and ecological research — work that is already informing best practices for urban conservation in Windsor and beyond.