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From black belt to pre-med: Outstanding Scholar finds balance

Sohila SidhuSohila Sidhu participating as a committee director for the 2025 UWindsor Model United Nations (SUBMITTED BY SOHILA SIDHU/University of Windsor)

From training in the dojo to Model United Nations, Outstanding Scholar Sohila Sidhu is balancing a lot.

At the same time, she is also laser-focused on a career in medicine.

This drive is part of what motivated Sidhu to become part of UWindsor’s Outstanding Scholars program, which facilitates research opportunities for high-achieving undergraduate students.

Doctoral study gives rise to guide for gym accessibility

Fallon Mitchell in a gym facilityRecent Kinesiology graduate Dr. Fallon Mitchell has released a guide to help fitness centres improve accessibility (FILE/University of Windsor)

By Kate Hargreaves 

While the benefits of exercise on mental, physical and social well-being are widely known, accessing inclusive and functional spaces to engage in exercise can be a challenge for people with a disability. 

In her doctoral research, recent UWindsor Kinesiology graduate and Vanier scholar Dr. Fallon Mitchell (PhD ’25) explored the accessibility—or the lack thereof—of fitness centres. 

Pinning ceremony marks induction into profession for teacher candidates

Ken Montgomery hands a student a pinFaculty of Education Dean Dr. Ken Montgomery welcomes students into the teaching profession at the OTF pinning ceremony (MICHAEL WILKINS/University of Windsor)

By Kate Hargreaves 

While September brings the start of the school year, November marks the beginning of practicum placements for teacher candidates in the Faculty of Education. 

On Friday, Nov. 14, more than 350 first-year teacher candidates gathered in the Dennis Fairall Field House at the Toldo Lancer Centre to be officially welcomed into the teaching profession during the annual pinning ceremony. 

From the shop floor to the classroom: Tech ed alumni bring industry experience to high schools across Ontario

Mona Elkadri teaching hospitalityMona Elkadri teaches hospitality and tourism with the Greater Essex County District School Board (photo: Jeanette Dufour-Amaral)

By Kate Hargreaves 

Angela Langlais’s path to becoming a technological education teacher was a journey in more ways than one. 

A 2024 graduate of the University of Windsor's Bachelor of Education in Technological Studies Program (BEd Tech), Langlais is now a hairstyling and aesthetics teacher with the Keewatin-Patricia School Board at Dryden High School. 

From the court to the conference: Outstanding Scholar combines varsity athletics with research

Abby ScottAbby Scott is an Outstanding Scholar and plays on the Lancers women's volleyball team (FILE/University of Windsor)

By Kate Hargreaves

When Abby Scott joined the Outstanding Scholars program, she was not expecting to be listed as first author on a book chapter before she finished her undergrad.  

The fourth-year sport management and leadership student didn’t even know what Outstanding Scholars was until she was invited to enrol in the program during her second year as a student-athlete on the women’s volleyball team. 

Sport Management and Leadership internship connects students to alumni and industry opportunities

Cailey TheosUWindsor alumna Cailey Theos is manager of partnership marketing at Canada Basketball (photo courtesy of Cailey Theos)

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.” 

Annual HK Scholars’ Evening celebrates student success

Sheldon Fetter and Samantha MonkPhD honourees Sheldon Fetter and Samantha Monk (photo courtesy of the Faculty of Human Kinetics)

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. 

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Visit to Nagoya University builds international collaboration in STEM teaching

George Zhou outside Nagoya UniversityGeorge Zhou travelled to Nagoya University in Japan (photo courtesy of George Zhou)

By Kate Hargreaves

When George Zhou visited a high school in Japan as part of a six-week trip to Nagoya University, he was struck by the collaborative approach of the teachers.  

“When the school principal led me to a large open room, I was astonished by what I saw,” said Dr. Zhou.

Rather than sitting and working independently, Zhou saw teachers sharing resources and moving around the room to talk to their colleagues.

Decorated former Lancers to be inducted into Alumni Sports Hall of Fame

Parker Van Buskirk tending goal for the Lancers hockey teamParker Van Buskirk tends goal for the Lancers men's hockey team. He is one of four 2025 inductees into the Alumni Sports Hall of Fame (EDWIN TAM/University of Windsor)

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. 

Business students take their game to Scotland

Odette School of Business students on a study abroad trip in Scotland.Odette School of Business students on a study abroad trip in Scotland. (Back, left to right) Gabrielle Graziano, Lauren Purves, Alexis Russell, Luke Tatomir, Ryan Roth, Stefan Dobrich, Dylan Schives, Evan Smith, Dr. Matt Wilson (Front, left to right) Kayla Bennett, Lava Rios. (Submitted by Dr. Matt Wilson)

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.