A church near the UWindsor campus is co-ordinating an effort to help students clear out at the end of the school year.

Rev. Scott McAllister, pastor at the University Community Church, 2320 Wyandotte Street West, says volunteers are ready to pick up furniture and other large items from outside student housing through the neighbourhood.

“We ask that they leave it on the porch or beside the house, and we will load it up as our truck travels down the street,” he says.

Members of the Future Entrepreneurs Association at the Odette School of Business have signed on to help, recruited by student Brandon Halin, who is organizing the logistics of the event.

“We’re blessed to have him helping us out with this,” McAllister says. “We look forward to pitching in at the end of term.”

The collection is set for Saturday, April 23, in the area bounded on the west by Huron Church Road, east by Campbell Avenue, north by Riverside Drive and south by College Avenue.

Students interested in having an item picked up may call or text Halin at 226-280-7983 or e-mail fea@uwindsor.ca.

Monday, April 25, is the deadline to purchase tickets to the 21st annual Clark Awards dinner set for May 10 in Ambassador Auditorium.

The University will confer the honour on four supporters: Tony Doucette, Tom Porter, Carol Reader and Mona Stonefish. Established in 1994, the awards recognize recipients’ outstanding service to the University of Windsor and the community, and are named for former chancellor Charles J. Clark, who died in 1996.

Find more information on each of the honourees. Tickets are priced at $75 each, available by contacting Mary-Ann Rennie at mrennie@uwindsor.ca or 519-973-7059.

A free public symposium next week in the Pitt-Ferry Building will feature research findings and panel discussions on the topic of violence against women and children.

The Health Research Centre for the Study of Violence against Women will host “Knowledge and Practice: Facilitating conversations about responses to violence against women” on Friday, April 29. Its goal is to create partnerships between community agencies and university researchers and to open discussions about local research needs.

Organizers offer free parking and refreshments; find an agenda and online registration on the centre’s website.

Free public events Saturday, April 23, will mark the 22nd anniversary of the 1994 genocide against Tutsis in Rwanda.

Paul Rudatsikira will speak on “Justice and Forgiveness: from a Christian Perspective” at 11 a.m. in the SDA Church, 5350 Haig Avenue.

The Ambassador Auditorium in the CAW Student Centre will host speaker Phillipe Basabose on “Justice and Reconciliation: from a Survivor Perspective,” at 3 p.m.