Provost's Question of the Month

The Question of the Month is a chance for all of you to tell the University what you think about your UWindsor experiences. Every month, one respondent will win a great UWindsor prize!

Our goal is to hear directly from students, faculty, and staff, and we will share what we learn with you on this website.

Please send your responses to vpacademic@uwindsor.ca by March 31, 2018 for a chance to win a new University of Windsor hoodie! 


March's Question:

On March 22 and 23, the University of Windsor will hold its annual UWill Discover conference, an event designed to showcase the amazing research, scholarship, and creative activities that our undergrads engage in each year.

Once upon a time, it seemed that only professors did research, but now we integrate “discovery” in all its forms into the curricular and co-curricular experiences of our students.

One of the great things about the University of Windsor is the number of opportunities you have as an undergraduate student to work with a professor on a particular topic or question; to produce something original through hands-on creation or performance; to tackle an issue, a great idea, a problem – and then, through our UWill Discover conference, to show & tell the world what you’ve discovered.

I gave my first public conference paper when I was an undergraduate. It was a comparative study of two 19th-century literary texts in what we call the locodescriptive or topographical genre. I can’t recall how it went over with the audience, but I sure remember the effect it had on me.

So here’s my Question of the Month for March 2018:

If you’ve been involved in undergraduate research, what’s the effect it’s had on you?

More information on the UWill Discover conference.