At this year’s Thanksgiving weekend game, the Lancer football team will take on the Queen’s Gaels, Saturday, October 6, at 7 p.m. on Alumni Field. This final regular-season home game comes after a hard-earned 26-22 victory over the York Lions on September 29.
A win for the Lancers would be their fourth on the season and set them up for further victories against the McMaster Marauders and Waterloo Warriors.
Sixty University of Windsor biology students set a biodiversity record during a class field expedition on Saturday, September 29.
Students in professor Dan Mennill’s ornithology class observed 64 different species of birds on their day-long trip to Point Pelee National Park and Holiday Beach Conservation Area.
“This is the eighth year that I’ve taught this course,” explained Dr. Mennill, “and we’ve seen anywhere from 38 to 59 species during a full day of birdwatching. But we’ve never broken the barrier of 60 species.”
UWindsor students are enjoying a better user experience with the new UWinGmail service, commending the accessibility and storage capabilities of their new e-mail accounts.
“I was excited to change over to Gmail,” says Roxanne Adekunle-Wright, a third-year communication studies major. “It is more advanced and I have better accessibility on my iPhone.”
Suzanne Anker, chair of the Fine Arts Department at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, will discuss the interweaving of traditional and experimental media in her free public lecture, “Between Awe and Artifice: Welcome to Wonderland,” on Thursday, October 4, at 7 p.m. in Assumption University’s Freed Orman Centre.
A free public reception Friday will celebrate the Art + Life student exhibition on view now in the SoVA Projects Gallery, LeBel Building.
The participating artists include Kacie Auffrett, Bryce Clark, Lauren Divito, Erica Douglas, Cole Fortier, Jessica Howick, Amanda Laflamme, Brandon Lemire, Natalie Nadeau, Tina Suntres and Amanda White.
The closing reception will give patrons a chance to meet with the artists and starts at 2 p.m. Friday, October 5.
The University of Windsor will be well-represented at BookFest Windsor, October 25 to 27 at the Capitol Theatre and Arts Centre.
Members of the UWindsor faculty will join a number of alumni for the event, a celebration of the literary arts that will feature workshops and discussion, readings of poetry and prose, book signings and socials.
Among the professors—both past and present—who have committed to appear are Marty Gervais, Susan Gold, Karl Jirgens, Martha Lee, Nicole Markotić, Eugene McNamara and Stephen Pender.
Tom Wright, director of Canadian operations for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, will discuss what it takes to build a global sports brand and business during the next instalment of the Odette School of Business Breakfast with Champions speaker series, Thursday, October 11.
Sean Moriarty, acting executive director of Information Technology Services, is the featured speaker at a session for part-time students on Wednesday, October 10.
Moriarty will discuss the transfer of student e-mail to the UWin Gmail system, the MyUWindsor portal, the CLEW learning management system and will answer questions.
A sale of baked goods Monday in the CAW Student Centre raised more than just funds; volunteers with the local chapter of Students Offering Support hope it will raise a few roofs.
The national network builds educational infrastructure in Latin America through its “Raising marks. Raising money. Raising roofs” initiative. Projects include building or expanding a school, or building latrines to increase the health of students to decrease absences.
Organizer Alyssa Pursel called bake sales “an easy way to make money” for the group.
The earthquake that rocked eastern Japan in March 2011 points to the need for enhancing integrated disaster risk management, says Norio Okada.
A professor in the School of Science and Technology of that country’s Kumamoto University, he will discuss the challenges for the field in a free public presentation at 10:30 a.m. Friday, October 5, in room 108, Odette Building.
