Alumni

By Kate Hargreaves 

When UWindsor Sport Management and Leadership alumna Cailey Theos (MHK ’21) recalls her experience with the program, she describes it as being part of a family. 

From faculty, staff and peers to alumni and internship partners, she says “everybody that works within the program cares so much about everybody’s success. It feels so authentic.” 

By Kate Hargreaves 

Students and faculty gathered for the annual Faculty of Human Kinetics Scholars’ Evening on Tuesday, Nov. 11 to celebrate students’ scholastic success. 

A total of 138 students, from undergraduate to doctoral level, received scholarships and bursaries in addition to the 103 students recognized for making the Dean’s Honour Roll, which requires a minimum of an 80 per cent average across five courses. 

By Kate Hargreaves 

For kinesiology professor Chad Sutherland, the phrase “volunteer work” is a misnomer. 

“I don’t really view it as work,” he says. 

“I view it as something everyone should be doing: getting involved and helping in the things that you love to do, whether that’s bringing expertise to an area or offering an extra set of hands. It’s all important, and we need it more than ever right now.” 

By Kate Hargreaves

Whether on the track, the field or on the ice, former Lancers Corey Bellemore, Brian Jones, Gisèle Poulin and Parker Van Buskirk collected victories, medals, all-star recognitions and records.  

On Nov. 16, they will take home yet another honour as the 2025 inductees into the University of Windsor’s Alumni Sports Hall of Fame. (Click this link for event photos.)

By John-Paul Bonadonna

For Jessica Monteith (BA 2015) and Rizki Sirois (BComm 2015), the University of Windsor is more than just where they earned their degrees.  

Campus is the place where their lives became deeply intertwined. 

So much so, that the couple returned to campus on July 31 to exchange vows in front of Dillon Hall, honouring the place where their relationship first blossomed. 

The choice to mark such an important milestone at UWindsor was intentional and symbolic. 

University of Windsor graduate Clark Wiebe (MBA '18) is helping drive the rapid expansion of one of Windsor’s fastest-growing business groups—Coachwood Group—and leading the turnaround of a major consumer brand.

Wiebe joined Coachwood in 2018 as a sales representative and now serves as chief operating officer.

He played a central role in reviving BioSteel, a bankrupt sports drink brand that became profitable within six months of acquisition.

Graduates looking to showcase their degrees can take advantage of a limited-time frame sale hosted by the University of Windsor Alumni Association. 

The sale features slightly damaged and plexiglass-only frames at discounted prices, including styles for undergraduate, Law and concurrent education degrees.  

Inventory is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. 

The sale runs through this week or until supplies are gone. 

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.