The UWindsor Welcome Week committee invites individuals and organizations to submit proposals for events for the annual fall orientation program no later than Friday, June 28.

Those interested in offering a social event must submit an event information form by the deadline to have it included in promotional materials. Applicants will be required to sign up for a time slot to attend the program proposal meeting and explain their event.

“Only events approved by the Program Proposal Committee will be advertised in our schedule and app,” says Amber Norman, student development specialist in the Student Success and Leadership Centre.

Find the Event Information Form.

Faculty members planning Academic Program Orientations for Wednesday, September 4, do not require approval by the committee, but must submit a form to reserve space. All academic spaces on campus have been booked for that date and will be allocated on the receipt of a registration form.

Find the Program Orientation Form.

Norman encourages faculty and staff to download the UWindsor Events app, which will give them access to the information sent to students about Welcome Week, Head Start, and open house activities. Visit the orientation website to find the app.

For further information, contact Norman at anorman@uwindsor.ca or 519-253-3000, ext. 3462.

The Canadian Academy of Engineering inducted UWindsor electrical and computer engineering professor Jonathan Wu as a fellow at a ceremony Friday in Quebec City in conjunction with its 2019 annual general meeting.

The academy brings together the nation’s most distinguished and experienced engineers to provide strategic advice on matters of critical importance to Canada.

A citation noting Dr. Wu’s election called him a “world-leading expert in the field of computer vision and machine learning” and praised his development of systems for a wide variety of real-world applications.

His was one of 55 appointments announced by the academy Friday; president Eddy Isaacs said he expects them to make considerable contributions to public policy.

“They are engineers from widely varying backgrounds, from industry, academe, and government, but they all have in common the demonstrated desire and ability to go beyond the normal practice of engineering and serve as role models in their fields and to their communities,” Dr. Isaacs said in a release.

The aging of the baby boomer generation heralds a historic demographic crisis with important implications for Canada’s future trading patterns, three UWindsor instructors argue in an opinion piece published Monday in the Globe and Mail newspaper.

Contributing to the article “Demographics dictate the direction that Canada’s trading should go” were:

• Ron Meng, professor emeritus of economics;
• Imran Abdool, lecturer in economics and finance; and
• Richard Douglass-Chin, associate professor of English Language, Literature, and Creative Writing.

The authors note that Canada’s biggest export market is the United States, where spending habits have pivoted sharply toward health and other services, and away from more traditional tangible goods.

“Canada cannot rest on its laurels as an exporter of resources and primary materials of production,” they write. “Canada needs to become an exporter of processes, innovations, technology and cutting-edge research in health care and other service sectors.”

The three warn that time is of the essence: “Failure to act will result in a poorer and more economically fragile Canadian society.” Read their entire piece online.

Offices housed in Assumption Hall, together with the Faculty of Graduate Studies and the Office of Human Rights, Equity and Accessibility, collected 34 boxes of goods for the student food bank administered by Iona College.

Rose Zanutto, executive director of Institutional Analysis, issued a challenge to colleagues to help fill the cupboards located in the basement of Canterbury College after learning that supplies had run low.

She says staff responded wonderfully.

“Look what we can do when we do it together,” Zanutto said as volunteers packed the foodstuffs for delivery Friday, June 21. “I’m amazed at what we accomplished.”

Sandi Rose, who manages the Campus Food Bank, thanked the donors for coming to the rescue.

“People don’t realize there are students around all summer,” she said. “We serve 50 to 60 students a week. That empties out our cupboards in one shot.”

The service provides basics and essential items to registered University of Windsor students free of cost. To make a contribution, contact Rose at sandir@uwindsor.ca.

While cholesterol performs a number of important functions in the body, too much can lead to artery damage and cardiovascular disease.

The June 2019 edition of Workplace Wellness E-Digest, published by the Department of Human Resources’ Office of Employee Engagement and Development, describes causes and effects of high cholesterol levels.

Articles explain who is at risk of developing cholesterol disease, the connection between eggs and cholesterol, and how to make nutritious choices to lower blood cholesterol. Read the Workplace Wellness E-Digest.