Campus Life

All You Care To Enjoy Dining moves to Rodzik Hall

Joseph Moore stands in front of pizza oven at Rodzik Hall.Joseph Moore, General Manager of Sodexo Campus Canada and University of Windsor Food Services oversees the preparation of the Rodzik Hall kitchen. (UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR / JOHN-PAUL BONADONNA)

By John-Paul Bonadonna

The new, purpose-built dining hall in the Rodzik Hall residence building is ready to welcome students, faculty and staff.

Doors opened Sunday, Nov. 23 for dinner service, marking the start of the All You Care to Enjoy (AYCTE) dining program at Rodzik Hall.

“Every station has something to love — from fresh pasta to salads to stir-fries made right before your eyes.”

AYCTE options include fresh, stone-fired pizza from a newly imported oven.

Pasta dinner to support student-created Poet’s Cookbook

Students in the Editing Practicum course at the University of Windsor are hosting a pasta dinner on Saturday to raise funds toward the publication and launch of The Poet's Cookbook. Students in the Editing Practicum course at the University of Windsor are hosting a pasta dinner on Saturday to raise funds toward the publication and launch of The Poet's Cookbook.

By Lindsay Charlton

Combining literature with the culinary arts, students in this year’s Editing and Publishing Practicum courses are crafting The Poet’s Cookbook, the inaugural publication of the independent publisher Conspiracy Press.

“The Poet's Cookbook functions as an attempt to bring a human element into writing,” said English and creative writing student Regis Bogahalanda.

Local legends come to life in Strange Tales of the South Shore

Kory Bessette, clinical therapist at the University of WindsorKory Bessette, a clinical therapist at the University of Windsor, is one of the co-creators of a new series exploring local legends, called Strange Tales of the South Shore, pictured in his office at the University of Windsor on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025.

By Lindsay Charlton

Campus is no stranger to geese, mostly harmless, but what if one had a sinister plan?  

One of Canada’s earliest hauntings tells a “wild” story of a Wallaceburg, Ont., farmer whose land was said to be cursed by a witch who takes on the form of a goose, tormenting the family to make them leave.  

Get moving to support Canadian veterans

Royal Canadian Navy members and students observe a moment of remembrance during a campus serviceCanadian Armed Forces (CAF) members and Serving Scholars students take part in a Remembrance Day service at the University of Windsor on Monday, Nov. 11, 2024.

The University of Windsor’s Serving Scholars team is rallying the campus community to get moving in support of ill and injured members and veterans of Canada’s military.

Throughout November, the team will take part in the Loaring Consistency Challenge in support of Soldier On — a Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) program that helps ill and injured members and veterans recover by connecting them with opportunities in sport, recreation and the arts.

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. 

New leadership and new beginnings mark UWindsor Fall Convocation

The University of Windsor will host two Fall Convocation sessions Oct. 16 at the Toldo Lancer Centre, celebrating more than 1,100 graduates across all faculties. (FILES/University of Windsor)The University of Windsor will host two Fall Convocation sessions Oct. 16 at the Toldo Lancer Centre, celebrating more than 1,100 graduates across all faculties. (FILES/University of Windsor)

The black robes, the proud families, the music, the crossing of the stage.

It’s a moment graduates dream of—and for more than 1,130 University of Windsor students this fall, that dream becomes reality.

But Fall Convocation 2025 is about more than crossing a stage. It’s a celebration of hard work, resilience and a future full of possibility — for the graduates, and for the University itself.

Men’s Volleyball preseason set to host U SPORTS Top 10 opponents

Lancers Men's Volleyball players jumping at the net for a spike block.

Windsor-Essex volleyball fans can expect some outstanding university volleyball starting Thursday, Sept. 25. The Lancer Men’s Volleyball team is set to host several U SPORTS Top 10 ranked opponents from across the country as part of their home exhibition schedule.

The Lancers will first welcome Trinity Western University Spartans to the Toldo Lancer for a pair of pre-season exhibition matches. The Lancers will host TWU – their first visit to the TLC – on Thursday and again on Friday, Sept. 26, with first serve set for 8 p.m.

A legacy of learning: Huang family celebrates three UWindsor science graduates

Three generations of the Huang family in front of Essex HallTiffany Huang shares a moment outside Essex Hall with her grandfather, Fore-lien Huang, and father, William Huang — both fellow UWindsor science alumni. [ANGELA KHARBOUTLI/The University of Windsor]

By Sara Elliott

The Huang family legacy includes three proud University of Windsor science graduates.  

The family story starts with Fore-lien Huang completing a biology doctorate in the 1970s. Then his son William Huang, graduated with a double major of biology and psychology in the 1990s. In 2001 Tiffany Huang came to UWindsor to follow in her father’s footsteps and successfully pursued a biology and psychology double major too. 

Lancer Recreation serves up fall pickleball classes

PickleballLancer Recreation is offering four weeks of fall pickleball classes in the Dennis Fairall Fieldhouse, with beginner and intermediate sessions running Fridays from Sept. 19 to Oct. 10.

Whether you're chasing your first rally or sharpening your serve, Lancer Recreation’s fall pickleball classes offer a fast-paced and social way to stay active. 

The instructional series returns to the Dennis Fairall Fieldhouse for four consecutive Fridays, beginning Sept. 19 and running through Oct. 10.  

Each week features two levels of instruction: beginner classes from 8 to 10 a.m., followed by intermediate sessions from 10 a.m. to noon. 

UWindsor rocketry team soars to triumph

University of Windsor rocketry teamUniversity of Windsor rocketry team members Daniel Accettola, Mathew Estrela, Ian Powell, Gianluca Romanzin and Nick Pinkney at Launch Canada 2025 in Timmins, Ont. (Courtesy Mark Gryn)

By Lindsay Charlton

Go for launch.

In Timmins, Ont., the University of Windsor Rocketry team, along with student teams from across the country, designed, built and launched high-power rockets in the 2025 Launch Canada competition last month.

The national aerospace engineering challenge tested teams’ innovation, accuracy, teamwork and strength under real-world conditions as they launched their designs.