With more than 110 student groups registered with the University of Windsor Students’ Alliance, Clubs Week promises something for everyone, says coordinator Bola Rahman.

“Joining clubs is the lifeline of being a student,” says the third-year business major. “It is part of the university experience.”

Before she took on her current role, she was active with the Odette Toastmasters, African Union, the Nigerian Student Association, the Soccer Club, and All Nations Youth on Campus. Now, she says, she’s automatically a member of every club.

Clubs Week runs today through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the CAW Student Centre. The event takes the form of an information fair, with each group staffing a table to register new members.

Rahman expects about 65 clubs to participate, and says it will extend from the Commons area to Ambassador Auditorium.

Thirty hours without food cannot compare with the suffering of people in famine-stricken Somalia, says Candace Spencer, but it may help to relieve it.

The coordinator of the Womyn’s Centre is organizing the UWindsor 30-Hour Famine, part of a national effort to raise funds in relief of Somali refugees.

“I think everybody has seen what is happening in Somalia,” says the political science and women’s studies major. “We want to give them just a taste of how it is for these people day after day after day.”

She is recruiting volunteers to solicit pledges in exchange for fasting from noon Friday to 6 p.m. Saturday. So far, about 20 students have signed up.

“All of what we collect has been designated for food in the camps,” says Spencer. “We’re hoping to raise $1,000.”

To volunteer, to offer a sponsorship or to make a donation, contact her at womynctr@uwindsor.ca.

The engineering profession offers a wide range of career opportunities to young women, from designing pollution control equipment, to supervising construction of a building, to managing hospital schedules. The possibilities of these well-paid jobs are nearly endless.

On Saturday, October 1, the University of Windsor wants to introduce local students to some of them.

Go Engineering Girl, now in its seventh year, will provide girls in grades 7 through 10—and their parents—a chance to learn more about engineering as “a caring profession.”

Hosted by the University of Windsor’s Faculty of Engineering, the event runs from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Participants will enjoy hands-on activities, informative sessions for parents, and engineering student exhibits. A free lunch will follow where everyone will have a chance to talk with engineering students and view their projects.

Go Engineering Girl is free but registration is limited. For more information, or to register for this free event, visit www.uwindsor.ca/goenggirl, or contact Katia Benoit at 519-253-3000, ext. 2040, e-mail katia@uwindsor.ca or Mike Konstantino at 519-253-3000, ext. 2578, e-mail mikek@uwindsor.ca.

Computer science student Ludmil Gueorguiev won yesterday’s DailyNews trivia contest and earned two tickets to see the University Players production of Much Ado About Nothing.

Gueorguiev’s name was drawn from all respondents who correctly identified the speakers of each of these lines from the play:

1. There was never yet philosopher that could endure the toothache patiently. (Leonato, i.e. none of the above)
2. Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps. (Hero)
3. Silence is the perfectest herald of joy: I were but little happy, if I could say how much. (Claudio)
4. I would my horse had the speed of your tongue. (Benedick)
5. He that hath a beard is more than a youth, and he that hath no beard is less than a man. (Beatrice)

The University Players production of Much Ado About Nothing continues through Sunday at Essex Hall Theatre. For information or tickets, call 519-253-3000, ext. 2808, or visit www.universityplayers.com.

High demand for beginner workshops in Microsoft Word convinced her to add a session for next week, says Mical Palumbo, a trainer in Information Technology Services.

LearnIT workshops offer free training for students, faculty and staff in levels ranging from beginner to advanced in Office productivity, Lotus Notes, operating systems, statistical software, and computer security.

The new session in Microsoft Word 2010 – Level 1 will run 2 to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, September 27, in the University Computing Centre. To register, or for more information about LearnIT, please visit the program Web site at www.uwindsor.ca/learnit.

The Senate Committee on Honorary Degrees is welcoming nominations for honorary degrees.

Anyone wishing to nominate a candidate for an honorary degree must submit a nomination form by Friday, September 30.

Read the selection criteria or print a nomination form here. For more information contact Maria Giampuzzi, at 519-253-3000, ext. 3317, or by e-mail at woody@uwindsor.ca.

Start the school year on the right foot (and then the left) with a tour of the Leddy Library and see what you’ve been missing!

Tours leave from the building’s lobby every hour on the hour from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, September 19 and 20.

The tour takes about 20 minutes and includes a walk around the Leddy Main and West buildings. Guides stop at service points to explain borrowing policies, collections and help services.

“It’s a great way to become familiar with the basic services and physical layout of the Leddy Library,” says librarian Mita Williams. “Please join us!”

The CLEW wiki is designed to help instructors and students navigate the UWindsor learning management system, says learning technologies educational consultant Lorie Stolarchuk.

“Over the last few years, CLEW uptake has increased across campus. We developed the wiki to respond to the stream of questions we receive regularly from instructors and students using the system. Since the wiki went live two weeks ago, students have accessed the ‘Getting Started’ page more than 7000 times.”

Through collaboration with Brock University and the University of Florida, and with the support of the CLEW Team, UWindsor instructors who volunteered their input, and a student hired to work on the project, Stolarchuk created over 100 pages of help documentation. Users can add and change the content, review frequently asked questions, print instructional documentation, and link to other tools.

“A well-crafted wiki is an excellent way for a user to search and quickly find appropriate ‘how to’ results for CLEW tools and functions,” says Anne Dickinson , visiting fellow in educational development. “I provide faculty support for a similar learning management system at my home university in the UK, and I recommend the wiki to anyone who needs help with CLEW!”

To access the CLEW help wiki, visit http://web2.uwindsor.ca/clew/index.php/Main_Page. Questions and comments are welcome at clew@uwindsor.ca.

Campus Community Police are seeking information with regard to a suspicious male observed in a women's washroom in the Leddy Library on Saturday, September 17.

In a crime advisory issued Monday, the service described a suspect and listed tips for personal safety. Read the advisory on the Campus Police web site.

Businesses on both sides of the border are taking advantage of the international market just steps away from their storefronts. But not all companies understand the ins and outs of conducting business across an international boundary, which is why WEtech Alliance is co-sponsoring a session to inform business people about how best to use one of the greatest assets in the region: the Windsor-Detroit border.

The session, “Driving Cross-Border Business,” is set for Thursday, September 22, from 1 to 5 p.m. with a networking reception to follow, at Detroit’s Renaissance Center.

Participants will learn how to conduct cross-border business, collaboration tips, advantages of doing business internationally and the resources available to them. Admission costs $35; UWindsor employees and students qualify for a special rate of $30.

Find a registration form and more details at http://drivingcrossborderbusiness.eventbrite.com/.