Teaching & Learning

UWindsor students find meaning and connection on trip to Tanzania

Twenty-eight University of Windsor students from the faculties of education and nursing took part in an experiential learning trip to Tanzina, focusing on social justice and humanitarian work. (Student supplied photo)Twenty-eight University of Windsor students from the faculties of education and nursing took part in an experiential learning trip to Tanzania, focusing on social justice and humanitarian work. (Student supplied photo)

By Sara Elliot

Watching a cesarian section surgery up close in Tanzania was a pivotal moment for nursing student Gabriela DiGesu. 

“It was a truly profound cultural experience to be able to immerse myself in that,” says DiGesu. 

UWindsor students co-author scientific paper after immersive Paris field course

Dan Mennill gives lecture on field course in ParisStudents doing hands-on learning during study abroad field course in Paris. Prof. Dan Mennill is leading a lecture on bioacoustics in urban green spaces. (DAN MENNILL/University of Windsor)

By Sara Elliott

“The field course was a pivotal point in my academic journey because if not for my study abroad experience, I genuinely would not be in this lab and I wouldn’t be doing my master’s in this area of study,” says Natalie Emerick (BSc 2025).   

In 2023, Emerick and 13 other University of Windsor undergraduate science students accompanied professors Dan Mennill and Stéphanie Doucet to Paris for a field study course.  

How a one-of-a-kind UWindsor program built a path to creative impact

Jack Lavigne graduate of VABE programGraduate of the VABE program, Jack Lavigne, at the University of Windsor School of Creative Arts. (MIKE WILKINS/The University of Windsor)

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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