The City of Windsor agreed at its meeting Monday to a timetable for a grant of a total of $10 million in support of the University’s downtown campus initiatives.

The city will donate $500,000 on the formal closing of the transfer of the city-owned Armouries, bus depot, and Chatham Street parkette properties; $3 million on May 31; $3 million on September 30; and $3.5 million on January 31, 2014.

“This generous contribution will support our efforts to expand our presence downtown,” said Sandra Aversa, UWindsor vice-president, planning and administration. “We are extremely appreciative of this demonstrated support for revitalizing and diversifying the city’s core.”

The monies were committed by city council as part of its 2012 capital budget.

Do you know of a staff member from Student & International Affairs who "Goes the Extra Mile" and has really made a difference for you or someone you know?  If so, please submit a nomination so that they can be recognized at the eighth annual Student and International Affairs staff appreciation luncheon.

Please click here to see the list of offices and staff that qualify for this award, and to access the online nomination form. The nomination deadline is February 28, 2013.

Visit the GEM website to learn more about the awards (http://www.uwindsor.ca/gem).  If you require additional information please e-mail the GEM Planning Committee at recognition@uwindsor.ca.

The University of Windsor Centre for Career Education, in partnership with St. Clair College, is holding a job fair for students and alumni of both institutions on Tuesday, January 22, at the St. Clair Centre for the Arts.

The event, on the theme “A Partnership to the Future,” is an opportunity for students and alumni seeking full-time, part-time and summer positions—or students looking for information on potential co-op or internship positions—to network with professionals from various industries. It is open to all current students and alumni of the University of Windsor or St. Clair College; student ID is required to enter.

The event will run 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. A free bus service will shuttle students from Vanier Circle to downtown every 30 minutes, starting at 9:30 a.m.

For more information, including a list of attending companies, visit the Centre for Career Education website.

The centre will also offer a Job Fair Preparation Workshop to give students the tools and tips to be successful at the Job Fair. The one-hour workshop is set for room 351, Dillon Hall, and costs $5. It will run twice:

• Thursday, January 17, at 1 p.m.
• Friday, January 18, at 11 a.m.

Please register online at the virtual interactive career website, myCareer, via the student portal at https://my.uwindsor.ca.

The latest edition of Studies in Social Justice focuses on “the Politics of Resilience and Recovery in Mental Health Care.”

Article titles include:

• Uncovering Recovery: The Resistible Rise of Recovery and Resilience;
• Power and Participation: An Examination of the Dynamics of Mental Health Service-User Involvement in Ireland; and
• The New Vocabulary of Resilience and the Governance of University Student Life.

The journal, produced by the Centre for Studies in Social Justice, publishes articles on issues dealing with the social, cultural, economic, political, and philosophical problems associated with the struggle for social justice. Read the current issue online.

Residence Life is currently hiring for the 2013/14 academic year. Applications are now being accepted for the following positions:

• Resident Assistant
• Resident Assistant – Academic
• Student Conduct Board Coordinator

Residence Life Staff members are upper year students who live in the residence buildings and act as leaders, role models and mentors while they manage their assigned community of students.

Information nights regarding the RA position are:

• Tuesday, January 8, 6 p.m. in the CAW Student Centre Commons
• Wednesday, January 9, 6 p.m. in McPherson Lounge, Alumni Hall
• Thursday, January 10, 6 p.m. in the Oak Room, Vanier Hall

Applications and job descriptions are available online at www.uwindsor.ca/residence.

The application deadline is Friday, January 25. For more information, review the “Residence Life Staff Application Information Package” or contact the Residence Life Office at 253-3000, ext. 3279.

The Office of Liaison and Student Recruitment has taken up temporary residence in room 204, Odette Building, while it awaits completion of the Welcome Centre.

“This move puts us in a more highly visible and accessible location,” says recruitment officer Katia Benoit. “It will make it easier for prospective students and their families to find us, as well as putting us in the heart of the new and exciting physical changes that are happening across campus.”

• awards are per semester, $1500;
• only University of Windsor graduate student whose interests and programs of study intersect with CRRAR interests are eligible;
• it is possible to be awarded a CRRAR Student Fellowship more than once;
• holders of CRRAR Student Fellowship are expected to participate in the life of the centre, and to make a presentation about their research to the centre.

To apply, students should send (i) a copy of their CV, (ii) a one-page account of their research interests, and (iii) an explanation of how their research interests are connected with those of the centre. Potential applicants may want to review the CRRAR website—www.uwindsor.ca/crrar—to determine the centre’s research interests.

The deadline for applications is Monday, January 14. Apply to:

• Christopher Tindale
  Director, Centre for Research in Reasoning, Argumentation and Rhetoric
  401 Sunset Avenue
  University of Windsor
  E-mail: ctindale@uwindsor.ca