Lancer day camps include a variety of experiences all summer long, for children ages 4 to 17.

The new Little Lancer camp for four- to six-year-olds promises arts and crafts, story time, physical activity and swim time with certified lifeguards. Another new choice will provide instruction in baseball and fastpitch.

Sports camps are led by varsity athletes and coaches, and there are also learning opportunities in robotics, computer programming, web design and chess. Different programs run each week from July 4 to August 19.

UWindsor staff and faculty are eligible for a special deal—register your child in one camp and receive a second for half-price. Find more information—including camp descriptions, fees, and registration forms—on the Lancer summer camps website.

Convocation is the culmination of students’ University of Windsor experience and the celebration of their academic success.

UWindsor faculty and staff members are invited to help make the occasion memorable for graduates and their guests by joining the Volunteer at Convocation initiative. A joint project of the Department of Human Resources and the Office of the Registrar, it recruits employees to welcome guests, usher them to their seats and answer any questions.

Spring Convocation will be held in eight sessions on June 14, 15, 16 and 17, in the St. Denis Centre. The deadline to apply as a volunteer is Friday, May 27. Find more information, including a sign up form, at www.uwindsor.ca/volunteer/convocation/.

A conference will explore strategies for making streets safer for cyclists and promote bicycling as a form of transportation, Monday, May 30, in the Ron W. Ianni Faculty of Law Building.

The Bike Summit boasts a line-up of speakers focused on partnering to create a more bicycle-friendly Windsor-Essex, an area its organizers tout as a destination for cycling tourism.

A community ride the day before will wind up at the Walkerville Brewery for an address by Jean-François Pronovost of Vélo Québec.

Find a full agenda and registration information on the conference website.

Could you or your department could use some assistance this summer? Consider mentoring a student from the Volunteer Internship Program (VIP).

Eager students are happy to assist you or your team with special projects or day-to-day tasks. VIP employers provide guidance and work experience so a student will gain transferable skills and increase their employability. VIP students will complete 40+ hours and will be ready to start volunteering in early June.

The program has extended its deadline to accept on-campus VIP positions until 1 p.m. Monday, May 9. To submit a job, fill out the VIP Job Posting Form and e-mail it and any questions you may have to vip@uwindsor.ca.

Hands-on exhibits and dazzling demonstrations are coming to the UWindsor campus Saturday, May 7, during Science Rendezvous.

With a theme this year of science fiction, the annual event spans the gamut from astronomy to zoology. It runs 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Education Gym, located between the CAW Student Centre and the University Computer Centre.

The agenda features the Chemistry Magic Show at 11 a.m. and the Phunky Physics Show at 1 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public. Find more information and a free parking pass on the event website.

For the ninth year, the School of Dramatic Art is hosting a two-week long intensive training by members of the New York-based SITI theatre company.

Ellen Lauren, SITI’s co-artistic director; J.Ed Araiza, long-time company member and head of the UCLA graduate acting program; and SITI founding member Will Bond; are conducting training in composition techniques, Suzuki and Viewpoints methods to 34 dramatic art students and recent alumni.

Professor Gina Lori Riley calls it “a rare gift—a once-in-a-lifetime experience to be able to work with such dedicated, exceptional artists.”

SITI is an ensemble-based theater company with a focus on training young artists and a commitment to international collaboration. Tina Pugliese, director of the School of Dramatic Art, welcomes the return of its educators to the University of Windsor.

“I am happy to have Ellen and J.Ed back to the School of Dramatic Art,” she says. “They provide an exceptional opportunity to enrich the students’ training in this area.”

A free public presentation, created by the students in a collaborative process, is slated to begin in the Jackman Dramatic Art Centre at 12:30 p.m. today—Thursday, May 5. The site-specific presentation will involve cast and audience in a walk of less than 10 minutes between locations.

A study of shareholder proposals to disclose corporate political spending is the subject of a lecture Friday in the Odette Building.

Accounting professor Christine Wiedman of the School of Accounting and Finance at the University of Waterloo will discuss her project “Shareholder Activism and Voluntary Disclosure Initiation: the Case of Political Spending” as part of the series Topics in Accounting Research.

“Using corporate political spending disclosures as our empirical setting, we conduct a detailed inquiry of shareholder proposals to highlight the role of shareholder activism in the diffusion of disclosure practices,” says Dr. Wiedman. “Our findings highlight shareholder proposals as one mechanism by which investors can express their preferences for and successfully influence corporate disclosure policies.”

Her presentation is free and open to the public, at 10:30 a.m. May 6 in room 321, Odette Building.

In its four years of activity on the UWindsor campus, the charitable group Caring for Cambodia has raised thousands of dollars to support the Sihanouk Hospital Center of Hope in the south-east Asian country’s capital, Phnom Penh.

A donation of more than $7,000 two years ago helped to fund a new electrocardiograph for the medical ward, exhaust fans for isolation rooms, air conditioning, wall sockets and safety bars for patient wards. Organizers set a target of $10,000 for the next two-year period and are very close to reaching that goal.

As it wraps up its work, the charity will celebrate those successes with a formal gala dinner on Friday, June 3, at the Giovanni Caboto Club, 2175 Parent Avenue. Find more information on the event Facebook page. Tickets are $35 until May 13 and will increase then to $45, available by phoning Amanda Eak at 226-348-6187 or e-mailing caring4cambodia.uwin@gmail.com.