Event proposals for Windsor Welcome Week 2012 received after a deadline of Friday, July 6, may not be approved and definitely will not be included in the handbook, organizers warn.

Program orientation is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, September 5. The Educational Development Centre asks that all programs submit their event plans for the day using the official proposal form.

Please direct any questions to Soula Serra, soula@uwindsor.ca, 519-253-3000, ext. 3462; or Christina Alcena, alcena@uwindsor.ca, ext. 3289.

Permissive, helicopter, authoritative, authoritarian… there are enough labels out there to keep any parent second-guessing their parenting prerogative.

Discover your child-rearing character and what the experts have to say about its impact on kids’ behaviour now and down the line in the June/July edition of Wellness E-Digest, published by the Department of Human Resources’ Office of Employee Engagement & Development.

The current edition also offers information on caregiver stress, blood pressure in children, and on-campus opportunities for fitness. Read the Wellness E-Digest.

UWindsor president Alan Wildeman issued a cross-campus call Thursday for input into the University’s response to Strengthening Ontario’s Centres of Innovation and Knowledge, a paper released by the provincial government to launch a consultation process about the transformation of the postsecondary education sector.

Among the topics under discussion are innovation, expanded credential options, credit transfers, year-round learning and a new tuition framework

Dr. Wildeman encouraged readers to review the document and send feedback to consultations@uwindsor.ca. Read his entire message on the presidential communications Web site.

Read the Strengthening Ontario’s Centres of Innovation and Knowledge discussion paper.

Bright decals on the windows of the CAW Student Centre represent just the first in a series of steps to stamp a sense of identity on the building, says Kim Orr, president of the University of Windsor Students’ Alliance.

“We didn’t like how generic the student centre can feel sometimes,” she says. “Once you’re inside, you feel like you could be anywhere.”

The decals, affixed to the windows along the building’s east side, bear the message “You. Windsor.” They will be joined by banners on the outside of the building, and more hanging in the atrium open from the cafeteria to the lower level, says Orr.

“I can’t wait for students to come back in September and see how we have dressed up the centre,” she says.

Her alliance and the Organization of Part-time University Students will split the $45,000 cost of the materials, created by the marketing and design firm Hargreaves Stewart.

Students in the centre Tuesday welcomed the initiative.

“The decals will help to promote school spirit,” said fourth-year mechanical engineering student William Girard. “They’re kind of cool.”

Lola Abdul, who plans to begin studies in international relations this fall, agrees.

“I like them,” she said. “It makes this place look alive.”

A guide to help campus career centres evaluate the effectiveness of their programming and operations has won praise from the national association representing professionals in the field.

Karen Benzinger, director of the UWindsor Centre for Career Education, was a member of a working group from five Ontario universities that produced Career Centre Evaluation: A Practitioner Guide.

“When my colleagues and I first came together out of a shared interest in evaluation, we wanted to further our own evaluation activities within our respective institutions, but we also hoped that we could develop a resource that would be useful to other practitioners,” she says.

The resulting guide earned Benzinger and her co-authors an outstanding achievement award from the Canadian Association of Career Educators and Employers, a national non-profit partnership of employer recruiters and career services professionals.

“We were very pleased to receive the award, as it is a good indication that others across the country are finding value in our work,” says Benzinger. “We also believe that while aimed at career centres, the concepts outlined in the guide can easily be applied to other settings.”

The guide outlines a framework for assessment that measures inputs, processes and outcomes. Benzinger says it will help practitioners to demonstrate the value of their work as well as provide a basis for continuous improvement in program design and delivery.

“This evaluation process will help people make wiser decisions,” she says. “It gives you information that you can use.”

The other universities participating in the working group were Trent, Westerm, Waterloo and Toronto.

Consult Career Centre Evaluation: A Practitioner Guide on the Web site of the sponsoring organization, the Canadian Education and Research Institute for Counselling.

A previous contest offering the book 500 Ways You Know You’re from Windsor as a prize was so popular, DailyNews is reprising it.

The book, by UWindsor alumnus Chris Edwards (BA 1983, MA 1985) and his partner Elaine Weeks of Walkerville Publishing, is a hardbound, full-colour collection of more than 650 photographs documenting recollections and images from Windsor’s baby boomer years.

The publishers have donated a copy for today’s contest. The winner will be randomly selected from all correct responses received by 4 p.m. Wednesday, July 4.

To be eligible, select the most correct answer to each of the following questions, inspired by images drawn from the pages of the book:

1. Before the Art Gallery of Windsor moved into its current location, before it was housed in the Devonshire Mall, but after it left Willistead Manor, it occupied this building at the corner of Riverside and Bruce. What had been the original use of this now-demolished building?
   a) bowling alley
   b) brewery
   c) distillery
   d) paint warehouse
    

2. The Elmwood Hotel and Casino brought top entertainers to the city during its 30-year run. What is the Dougall Avenue building’s current use?
   a) Brentwood Recovery Home for Alcoholics
   b) Food Basics grocery store
   c) Real Canadian Superstore
   d) WalMart department store
    

3. Campus Billiards, at the corner of Wyandotte and Sunset, later found use as what University amenity?
   a) the former drama building, now demolished
   b) the Music Building
   c) the Vanier dining hall
   d) a visitor parking lot

Contest is open to all readers of the DailyNews. Send an e-mail with your responses to uofwnews@uwindsor.ca. One entry per contestant, please. Note: the decision of the judge in determining the most correct response is inviolable.

Cable community television channel, TVCogeco, will air recordings this week made by the Centre for Teaching and Learning of the University’s 97th convocation ceremonies.

Cogeco will show them for cable customers on its channel 11 service in the following timeslots:

• Session 1—education—Tuesday, July 3, at 9 p.m.
• Session 2—engineering, science and inter-faculty programs—Wednesday, July 4, at 7 p.m.
• Session 3—honours undergraduate degrees in arts and social sciences— Thursday, July 5, at 7 p.m.
• Session 4—general and graduate degrees in arts and social sciences—Thursday, July 5, at 9 p.m.
• Session 5—business and nursing— Saturday, July 7, at 2 p.m.
• Session 6—law—Saturday, July 7, at 7:30 p.m.

The recordings were originally live webcasts of each session, and are available for viewing on the centre's Web site.

Students who help Canadian Blood Services recruit blood donors over the summer can qualify to win bursaries of up to $1,500 toward their post-secondary tuition.

The Assignment Saving Lives Student Bursary Program offers an award of $1,500 to the recruiter of the most new donors and $1,000 to the recruiter who brings in the most donations, as well as 16 awards of $750 each drawn at random from all qualifying participants in southern Ontario.

The program runs until September 3; the deadline to register is July 14. Find the full contest rules and an official registration form.

Organizers of a golf tournament in celebration of professor Anthony Faria’s 38 years at the Odette School of Business have rescheduled the event to avoid the summer doldrums.

Dr. Faria retired at the end of June. Originally set for July, the tournament will take place on Friday, September 7, at Ambassador Golf Club.

Well-wishers have three options: playing in the scramble-style 18-hole tournament for $70, partaking in dinner for $50, or making a day of it for both golf and dinner at $100.

Early bird registration runs through August 20. Contact Connie Beaudoin at 519-253-3000, ext. 3095 or e-mail connieb@uwindsor.ca.

Ambassador Golf Club is located on Windsor’s west side at 1025 Sprucewood Avenue.

The following positions are available through Human Resources.

The following Non Union Administration position is available to all applicants through Human Resources.

#2012-NU-12 Director of Centre for Career Education (temporary position for approximately 1 year)
The following posting closes Friday, July 6, at 4 p.m.

Reporting to the Executive Director of Student Development and Support, the Director of the Centre has primary responsibility for the development and operation of services that support applied learning opportunities through programs such as internships, Co-op and VIP; and for provision of on-going career development opportunities through the development of a comprehensive career education curriculum, and the provision of information on full-time, part-time, summer, on campus and overseas employment opportunities as well as volunteer opportunities. The Director is responsible for leadership, direction and management of the staff and services in order to facilitate experiential learning opportunities and contribute to the career achievement of University of Windsor students.

Your resume and cover letter can be submitted to the Department of Human Resources  or employment@uwindsor.ca, quoting posting reference 2012-NU-12 on or before 4 p.m. on Friday, July 6, 2012.
Please note: The University of Windsor accepts resumes for current postings only.

The following union positions are available to internal bargaining unit members only. Bargaining unit members interested in these positions are requested to apply in writing by completing an 'Application for Transfer' form and forwarding it to: Department of Human Resources or employment@uwindsor.ca on or before 4 p.m. on the posting closing date. Please note: Union positions are covered by the union collective agreement, therefore, please be aware that we must allow our qualified unionized staff the first opportunity for transfer or promotion to these positions. This opportunity is not available to external applicants.

CAW 2458 Part-time – Office and Clerical Unit

#2012-PT-03 Access Services Clerk ‘5’ part-time – 8 months (September through April) In the Leddy Library – Access Services
Hours of work: (up to a maximum of 24 hours per week), Monday to Wednesday 3:30 to 6:30 p.m.; Thursday 3 to 10 p.m.; Friday 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 a.m.; Sunday 10:30 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. (Hours of work are subject to seasonal change)
The following posting closes on Friday, July 6, at 4 p.m.

The Access Services Clerk is accountable for the circulation of library materials, for accepting and processing reserve materials, for creating and/or amending patron records, for assisting patrons with Library policies and procedures, for the provision of basic reference assistance to patrons, for accepting fine and fee payments, and for provision of a cash service. S(he) is also responsible for dealing with facility problems and/or patron behavior problems as they are reported to the circulation desk.

CAW 2458 Full-time

#2012-FT-17 Office Clerk ‘7’– nine-month position (mid-August to mid-May) in Food and Catering Services
The following posting closes Monday, July 9, at 4 p.m.

Under the supervision of the Manager – Cash Operations, the Office Clerk is responsible for cash handling and reporting for the department’s retail food outlets. The incumbent is responsible for administrative duties such as processing payroll and invoices.